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Hi Dave... It's back on the bike at the moment, so I'll have to get to the project after the holidays and will take some pics when I get back if I am unable to sort it by then. Appreciate all the suggestions...something for me to ponder while enjoying some desert/mountain vacations over the next couple of weeks.

Thanks...No luck yet there Scud...the only ones on Ebay come from the Netherlands (are new also) and have the same freight charge as buying it from Stein Dinse. I haven't gone the salvage route just yet...will play with the gasket situation a bit further and then decide on buying it from Germany..may just have to add a few more items to the order to justify the freight charge. I think you're right Chuck...it might just be this plastic ring...anyway, a chance to get creative before I order a new part (probably makes sense to buy two of them anyway) as I'm sure that over the years the other side will need to be replaced at some point as well. The only silver lining I have found so far is that since this part is as difficult to find as hen's teeth, it must mean that it fails very infrequently...so once fixed or replaced should last me a long time! Philosophy lesson for the day!

There is a hard opaque plastic ring in there on the end of the shaft in the flange and not easily removed by the way. It is smaller in diameter than the black O-rings, I did tuck a new O-ring in there and it fits snugly inside the flange around the opaque plastic one and a bit deeper, but it does consume 1 thread's depth of the locking nut. I may try it again w/o the new O-ring and see if that allows me to snug it up a bit further. I'm guessing that using Teflon tape here on the threads is not a great idea, anything else I could add to the threads to get a better seal?

The flange itself is not broken, but it's leaking from where the petcock screws onto the flange, so the threaded part of the flange. I don't see it leaking at the gasket on the tank...at least not at the moment!

Well... 2 steps forward, 1 step back...Scura still leaking fuel. Replaced the fuel line with Scud's upgraded item, new fuel filter, new petcock (original one was full of dirt and gunk), and put it all back together, and the damn thing still leaks, so now I believe I'll have to replace the famous Flange into which the petcock screws into as that appears to be the true source of the leak. Bloody impossible to find this part, have checked at MG, Harpers, Moto International and Gutsibits, no luck! Found it finally at Stein Dinse (Danke sehr!)...but I'm wondering before I place the order if anyone has a US source for this part # since the shipping costs from Germany are more than the cost of the flange itself! https://www.stein-dinse.biz/Complete-partlist/Unsorted/Flansch-Tank-V11::6671.html Part # 01101830 Thanks all!

...and the wood shavers on the shelf...nice touch! I recall my Dad had one of those when I was a kid...

Greenies will be making a pilgrimage to your garage soon Chuck! Cool package indeed!

Skill and ingenuity! You guys are amazing! A doff of the cap in recognition of the creativity!

Sweet...the old stomping grounds...great video, bike looks like a blast! Nice shadow photography there!! Excellent sound track as always! Nothing better than the fresh smell of the Pacific ocean near Pismo beach and the sand dunes! Make a stop at Pea Soup Andersen's as well?

Great video of Knopfler..one of my favorite artists no doubt!

Funny...the box of rocks description is commonly used as well to describe the sound of the cold Porsche upon start up before it smoothes out at idle after about 30 seconds of warm up. How is the riding position on the Duc vs. the V11...more or less inclined/pressure on the wrists?

Thanks R3...that's kind of you. Will let you know if it comes to a replacement situation. What model HyperPro did you get?

At that price...it's a steal, would be great as a future reference in case a replacement is needed. Good thing is that the side to side motion is clean and with zero catches...nice and smooth. Looks like I'm all good then here...thanks all for the timely feedback.

Sounds like the Duc will be an interesting beast...numbers are only a part of the experience, the rest sounds rather like unconstrained fury (in a good way). K-bike looks nice and well maintained, I had a blue K1100LT many years ago...an interesting experience, although I'd have to say the Guzzis are more enjoyable in most aspects.

Swoosh...yes...moves about the same amount, a tad less on mine. What did you end up doing to fix it, if anything, or just accept it as normal as docc has said? Thanks Guzzimoto...will take a look. Replacement OEM runs about $320...so I'll compare price on the Shindy. I'm guessing then that this "free play" is for fork compression to allow a bit of angle change while still allowing the damper to function linearly.

Interesting...how did you figure out which is the right one for the V11? Looking at their site, I just see dampers for Harley and other Japanese bikes.

Super...thanks docc!! One less item to replace then! Much appreciated.

If by Rose joint, you mean the center anchoring joint vs. the end mount, then yes...that's where the movement is. I see about a 1/16 of an inch movement, you can see the frame of the steering damper be flush and then rotate open a bit. The "free play" is inside that circular mount where the hex bolt goes thru. There seems to be a little spider screw there as well, but on mine at least it does not appear to be adjustable, and my hex bolt is as tight as it can get, so I'm guessing there's looseness in the washer/mechanism inside that circular mount. If that's normal...great, but it feels sloppy to me.

A side benefit (tongue in cheek) of having taken off the tank to do a few repairs on filter/fuel hose etc...is checking everything else on the bike and finding stuff to fix! So far all else is good, but I notice that the steering damper (part # 01530230) has quite a bit of free play in it at the center mounting point. Tried tightening up the hex bolt there at the center mounting point, but to no avail, so I'm assuming that I need either a new bracket or washer/filler to tighten this up, and hopefully not needing to replace the actual steering damper, which feels smooth and with no catches from side to side. Have others had success sourcing an equivalent mount or have you done some other fix here, as this particular part is not sold separately by Guzzi. Feels like an important item to fix so the mounting bolt doesn't break, as in that case, for sure I'll have to buy the whole damper. Mille grazie...

It does seem to "look" more like a sport touring setup although the front end is Lemans-ish with the fairing/mirror setup and Norge-ish with all the plastic fairing bits, but I wonder how it will feel w/o the bags on it. Nice you had a good reason to take it for a ride!! Pie run!! I frequently ride the Norge on local rides w/o the bags and it does have a notably different "feeling" of lightness (probably because my bags are usually full of long distance gear etc.). This is a nice looking Ducati indeed...adding some variety to the fleet here. Curious to see how it grows on you over time, or will it feel too tame by comparison to the more visceral Guzzi feeling you are used to? A few months ago I saw the new Triumph Thruxton out on a demo day (w/o rides unfortunately...only available for looking at), I'm curious to take it for a spin and see what it feels like compared to the Scura.

Very nice event - cool that you are involved as a founder, watching some of the trailers over the next few days.

Lovely...flat smack in the middle of the 2 weeks I am travelling in May...no can do. Will just have to detour a little bit on the way up to Cedar Vale to catch some of these roads anyway. Enjoy the Spine raid...someone ought to show Spinal Tap one evening for fun!

Sign me up for one in that color combo Docc!!

Any place I wouldn't take my Norge or Scura...I'm looking at forest roads, nothing extreme like where we go with the Rover, but many of the dirt, gravel and overland trails...I'm not looking for a rock hopper or a trials type bike.

I keep looking at it over and over, and I like it a lot. Granted it doesn't have the full specs of the true full on ADV, but that's OK..it will still do 90 % of the job for off roading.