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I had read about Dr John & the Crane cam, but I assumed that design ended up in all of the ECU EFI bike and they were all the same, I'll spend some more time reading on it before I do a final tune up. I still have quite a bit to do before I get to that stage. Tks to all for taking the time to reply

Is there something different with the V11 engines requiring wider valve clearances, ie cam,timing,combustion chamber etc? I've read a lot of material on the other newer guzzi engines, and .15 & .20 seem like nice wide clearances that breath well for a variety of mg efi 1064 cc engines; personally my Griso and CalVin both run well at .15 & .20 I thought that the engines were all basically the same, but the trend here with the V11 for some, seems to be much wider clearances than most other guzzis; on this site, I read of a lot of owners running .20 & .25, etc and Meinolf's map at .3 & .3. Is there a mechanical or design reason for the difference or just personal preference?

Hey Marty, Tks for that, I've got the reader & writer drivers loaded already and I've been studying how to save my original map as a back up. I'm just trying to decide which map to load to go with the Mistral crossover & exhaust, and if I go with Meinolf's map if .15 & .20 valve clearances will work with it? If that's not a good game plan, I'd try the Beetle map and see how it goes.

I've only done 10-15 kms of close to home test rides on my new to me 2003 V11Lemans, so I really don't have a good feel for the fueling or the bike yet, but the stock mapping seemed good and smooth, it didn't seem as lean & snatchy at low speed like my CalVin. From searching and reading, I'm getting the impression that the stock map is relatively rich and for whatever reasons, the V11's seem to like wider valve clearances? I'd "like" to set the valves at .15 & .20 like my other modern guzzis and install a map if needed to go with new Mistral crossover & Oval CF's that I'll be installing very soon. I have 2 maps available to me, from Beetle "V11_LEMANS_RossoCorsa" and from Meinolf "2017.08.31_#93_6". I know Meinolf is waayyy deeper into the V11 than Beetle is, and has refined his map a lot and people are very pleased with it, but call me a contrarian, I have a hard time planning to set my valves at .3 & .3 which is the baseline tune for his map. I tried the wider Raceco settings .22 & .25 on my CalVin for a short while and I wasn't real impressed and went back to .15 & .20 (To be fair the bike was in dire need of a tune up fwiw) Has anyone run .15 & .20 valve clearances with Meinolf's map? Results? I welcome any and all thoughts and input. Is anyone familiar with Beetle's map "V11_LEMANS_RossoCorsa" results? I'm a newbie with guzzidiag, only done 2 tuneups with it; I'm good with computers, but I'll be in over my head saving fuel maps and uploading new ones, so I'm hoping to only do this once, my theory being much less chance of screwing things up,lol. Tia Kelly

I just realized that you're the lad doing the fly & buy coast to coast, I think you're making a very wise choice getting a road biased 80/20 tire, you'll be covering a lot of pavement to get home. I noticed that you mentioned earlier not being familiar with Shinko, they are the old Yokohama factory/tires, very well thought of by lot's of people in the know. Patience,prudence and common sense goes a long way with my 705's, I rode up the gravel trail to the top of Eagle's nest lookout in Calabogie, no problems, no drama. I did get into trouble with them twice, but stupidity were issues both times; once was on a group ride with waayyy too quick a pace for the loose fresh gravel on the dirt road, the front end wanted to wash out on a corner,,,, one spring I did some exploring on a muddy road through a swampy area to check out the flooding of the Ottawa River,,, I didn't get stuck or fall over, but I was a sweaty muddy mess by the time I duck paddled out of there. I'm not sure how much reading you've done and how prepared you will be for the ride home, but just in case some of the O ring seals on your wheels start to leak, a small compressor & some type of sealant, locktite? might be nice to have with you. Sounds like a great adventure, I look forward to reading your updates. Good luck and safe riding Kelly

I run Shinko 705 on my DR650, they are a bargain compared to most of the other tires. I like them on pavement, pretty good on firm gravel roads, but not enough open tread for loose gravel or mud. I don't know that I'd want to run them on a heavier bike like a Stelvio though,jmho.

Thanks for bumping this old thread up. I've been on Greg's site oldtractor.com many times, for my Tontis, CalVin & Griso, but for some reason, I didn't see all the V11 material. From the instructions above, on the menu on the left and into the spine frame stuff and scroll all the way to the bottom, I found a gold mine, yahoo! Service Manual, Supplemental Manual, Parts Manual, Electrical Schematic and an Owners Manual. Watch out we're loaded for bear now,lol Tks Kelly

That sucks, glad to hear you came out of it was well as you did.

While researching fuel mapping changes I hope to make in the near future, I stumbled across this old post. I noticed there wasn't a visible answer to the question I posed. I thought it would be a good idea to have a direct email address link here, for anyone wishing to donate to guzzidiag: guzzidiag@gmail.com I know I will forget to mention some names, but a sincere thank you to Beard, Meinolf, Paul, Beetle, Pete, Jaap, Docc etc, your knowledge and generosity has helped us guzzi owners immensely. Thank you Kelly

You're correct on that; I just stocked up on shear bolts for the snowblower on my new tractor, it's definitely a science. In SAE bolts 8 is at the top of the hardness spectrum and in metric bolts 8.8 is in the middle; but if the 8.8 metric bolt is of poorer quality it can snap off at a much lower force than expected. I copied over some info from one of the tractor forums below, fyi. The op was very lucky that bolt came out in one piece. Good luck with the next one Kelly "Your dealer does not understand metric hardware. Metric hardware does not come in grade 2, 5, or 8. The heads are stamped as 4, 7, 8.8, 10.9 or 12.something. Most Pronovost blower PTO shaft shearbolts are 10mm diameter 8.8 hardness which is your standard hardness for many, many metric hardware applications. The majority of metric bolts stocked at our dealership are 8.8 hardness."

Hey Phil; I was typing as you were posting. Tks for getting the right spelling, lol

Do yourself a favor and pick up a couple of pair of Valopini valve cover gaskets & you should be good for life. Pete and other guzzi gurus have been singing their praises forever; it took me a while to line up a supply of them, but I like them so far. They are the heavier material black ones, that I think are reinforced with wire or metal in the core. They should be available from MGCycle or AF1 possibly other suppliers or shops near you. I've used factory MG green ones,beige ones black ones, I even had a Griso that came with a set of Real Gasket ? silicon (PO had over tightened); they all leaked at some point of time. If you're handy and have the material, you could certainly make up a set to keep you mobile. I've had trouble before with the gaskets moving around on installation, a few dabs of grease helps hold them in place for me, I've also found tightening them too much and crushing the gasket can cause leaks. Good luck Kelly

I have no personal knowledge of this, fact or fiction I don't know, but it "could" be an explanation. My father had told me many decades ago that Japan had very strict regulations on the age of vehicles allowed to be registered for use on their roads. After only a few "X" number of years you could no longer register your vehicle for use on a public road legally and it was essentially worthless and usually scrapped. Apparently this policy ensured that the fledgling Japanese auto industry would always have customers at home looking to buy new cars, and less vehicle emissions would ensure a better air quality for the relatively small land mass of Japan. Since the global markets have opened up and the Japanese Auto industry is the worldwide power that it is, I have no idea if a policy like this is still in effect, but it could be an explanation. fwiw Kelly

I keep a pretty good eye on the guzzis for sale in Ontario and Quebec and occasionally the rest of Canada. There have never been a lot of them available for sale, but I notice that the V11's in it's various models are definitely trending upward. I used to see them in the $3-4-5K range, now I'm seeing them in the $6-8K range and recently there was a basically stock Scura without the clutch fix asking $10K. Those are Canadian Dollar prices, which I would normally figure to be roughly 30% higher than US prices, fwiw. Kelly

My springs arrived today, thanks to everyone that made this possible. SCUD, thank you so much for jumping into this guzzi parts game again, and helping us keep our bikes going in fine form. Kelly

Some good mcgyver tips here, SCUD, I've never heard of using the towel on the slide hammer, that sounds like a good one to save on the wear and tear on the old body. Phil, if I understand correctly, I gather you mean placing a piece of large diameter tube/pipe 2"-3" and slipping the puller jaws inside and using the tube against the frame or hub to anchor the pressure on the outside instead of the inside like a regular 3 way puller set up? I'm not recommending it and it sounds rough, but when I took a quick look on google, a lot of people without pullers or able to get access with a punch; have used concrete bolt anchors carefully secured and tightened tight against the wheel bearings then drifted out carefully from the other side, throwing the info out there in case someone ever gets stuck without the right tools as an fyi. Kelly

Off the top of my head, I don't recall what the clearances actually were, but I ran the Raceco spec on my Cal Vin for a while a couple of summers ago, the fueling on the bike is lean anyways, it didn't seem to help, still ran a bit ragged. I went back to .004/.006, my impression was it may have ran a little better, but improved substantially when I did the TPS and balanced the TB's fwiw Kelly

Re the pullers, I've never actually used a blind puller, but I do have one old HUGE OTC Silver Slapper slide hammer puller with a variety of good quality arms and attachments, if I can get that thing into position with good purchase on the material; I'm confident I can pull anything out,,, now damage free without carnage,,, not so sure about that, ;~) lol. Re the grease nipple on the U-Joints, I've never done it but I've read lots of horror stories. Fwiw, I just finished servicing my tractor, part of that job included greasing the U-Joints on the PTO shaft, 2 of the grease nipples I was able to get with a straight tip on the grease gun, but there were 2 others, absolutely no way. Thankfully quite a while ago I had purchased 2 different 90 degree angle tips for my grease guns,the first one I tried didn't work, but the 2nd one (designed to slide in sideways in a slot), if I held it just right, managed to work and get grease into the joint. It sounds like you may have a tough time getting a straight shot at this hidden nipple on the U-Joint on the driveshaft, you may want to pick a 90 degree fitting or something similar to give you a better chance at it. Good Luck Kelly

I've picked up a blind bearing puller kit to hopefully aid in the event that I ever have to pull the wheel bearings from one of my guzzi wheels. I've never actually pulled a bearing from one of these wheels, but after extensive reading on the subject, one caution that I've read numerous times in order to prevent permanent damage to the wheel hub if the job doesn't go easily; is to preheat the hub area of the wheel, then apply cold rapidly to the bearing/race with something like computer Dust Off spray, just before you tackle it.fwiw. Following this thread with keen interest. Good Luck Kelly

Wtbh, I've yet to meet a guzzi that I wanted to sell and part with. At one point I had a pinched nerve so bad in my neck I couldn't even dream of sitting on my Lemans CX100 and reaching down to the bars; but every time I walked by the bike in the garage, that bike put a smile on my face; you can't put a price on that. That was the bike that started my guzzi addiction, she'll never go anywhere. Health and pain & discomfort comes and goes, with any luck at all, time will help heal your wounds, but a bike like that may only come by once in a lifetime. To the OP, I sense your struggle with selling your bike, I've learned many times in life when faced with tough decisions, sometimes the best thing to do is absolutely nothing at all, perhaps holding onto it as living room or garage art if at all possible, is the best course of action for now. Good luck Kelly

And then slaps your shoulder and calls you a dirty old man for looking down her top, js

Well, I know I dodged a bullet on the bike; at that time any Ducati I had, would have to be transported 320 miles to Toronto for service, I found out through the grapevine later, the bike needed a valve job and that was why the owner was selling. I was coming off a 750 H2 triple and a KZ900, so the 860GT was underwhelming at best; straight ahead power was really the only thing on my mind at that time, it would be a few years before I came to appreciate a good corner. Kelly

To the OP, "you're in trouble now" LoL Scud; What a man on a mission finding beautiful bikes,,,, Chuck called it right, sit down tightly on your wallets boys! I know the under seat pipe routing is over done, but omg, that red MV Augusta is one sexy looking bike. If it was my decision, that red Ducati would be in my garage already,js. I only rode one Ducati 860GT, 40 yrs ago, I wasn't overly impressed, but I was young and stupid at the time. The Ducatis have a great rep around the track, people in the know seem to love them, and I think that 1000DS model is one of the lower state of tune bikes, that's supposed to be very easy to live with, compared to some of the higher state of tune bikes. It looks sexy as hell, sounds "mint", has a good title so it's safe money, and it sounds like it's been well taken care of. I love the 70 yr old owner describing doing power wheelies with it. In the used bike world, it sounds like it has been very well owned. Good luck keeping that thing out of your garage,lol. Kelly

WTD V11 Lemans MPH riser kit, Mistral Carbon Ovals, crossover I am in Canada, which can be a pita for stuff like this, but if you happen to have these items surplus to your needs, I can convert them to cash for you. Tia Kelly

WTD Cal Vin Mistral crossover I am in Canada, which can be a pita for stuff like this, but if you happen to have this item surplus to your needs, I can convert it to cash for you. Tia Kelly