Enzo

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Val rode this bike around his home.

Richard, I'm from Lexington and have raced at Mid Ohio. Where are you? Tex, that little HOnda step-through was the first motorcycle I ever rode. It IS the REASON I ride today - the impression it left on me at ten years old riding through the backyards on that thing as the sun set. Did it leave an impression? I can remember every moment of that ride. It was a revelation. I FELL IN LOVE WITH MOTORCYCLES BECAUSE OF THAT BIKE. And, finally, Baldini, what a fine, poetic post of the JOY of Guzziology. Yes, it is about rhythm and torque and curves and happiness. I remember when we were down at Mt. St. Helens amidst the mountains and wild curves that a brand new V11 owner, Chris, told me how thrilled he was on the Guzzi. This was a guy who has owned everything. He just smiled from ear to ear and said, "I just don't have to change gears, this is fantastic!" Ah, he was smitten. What a fine collection of Lemans we had down there. What could be better? Even my dedicated RC51 does not provide the deep down soulful pleasure of the Guzz.

http://p075.ezboard.com/fbeautyintechnolog...opicID=75.topic I forgot to mention the new sound! OMG! It is that deep, restrained, mellow Ducati sound that I love so much. No more harsh gnarley business. Oh, it sounds sweet!!

Man, that is really horrible looking with the stock headers. Out of scale too.

That is one beautiful motorcycle! I need some more. All my others will be left stock!

That link you've given me goes to Wildguzzi and a small conversation about the Griso. Still looking for a link to some V11 Dynos.

Jon, That is INSANE man. Really, that is not funny. It makes you realize that SOMETHING IS GOING ON!! Man, when it is over 80 f. in Seattle I am going crazy. We like 55 and drizzle.....ah, that makes for a nice ride.

The two Cobra headers are the exact same length going to the collector so it doesn't matter what side of the bike they collect. My new pipe is very long. It now collects on the right side - RUNS UNDER THE BIKE TO THE LEFT SIDE - and then under foot and 45 degrees out to the rear. This set up is several inches longer than stock. As for stock headers and design - it is VERY expensive to twist pipe in a fancy way. Much cheaper to put out a single curved header pipe and then straight to the back. If Guzzi wants or needs to make more power, they will have to spin the engine faster or go to their own variable exhaust system. I don't know what the Griso puts out. Is there a dyno on the Griso I could look at? Also, I can't find the dyno thread on this site. Can someone give me a link? I'd like to study them.

Thanks all...... It has the FBF 11:1 pistons. K & N filters with no air box, Pete Roper's sump tray. That's it - well, my Cobra pipes. My dyno guy thought that the tube between my air filters and throttle bodies were a bit long and that I could possibly get more top end with a shorter tube, so I picked up new foam pod filters that don't even have tubes. We also found that my bike actually runs better with the old Mistral can placed back on it. We ran it wide open, we ran it with my 'cone' end piece, and we ran it with my old Mistral placed back on. The best results as you can see are with the much longer system with can. Good news for the sound. I was getting tired of all that racket. I'm having the can welded in place today. I'll send pics later, but now the entire system is quite long - longer than stock I think. This is weird because I still get very good top end. But playing with pipes is a black art.

I don't like how the torque falls off at 6300. I'm making a couple small adjustments and a possible big experiment. It may be good and it may be a disaster. I'm going to go back in to have another pull when my mad tweeking is done. I want to see 90 hp. Here I'm at 89.1 and it killed me that I couldn't reach 90. At least the torque goes over 60 and stays up there till about the end. Stay tuned......

Enzo's Cobra with Two-into-One Enzo replica top end racing piple - Mark Seven:

I just got back from a long session to have a custom map made for my V11 'Cobra.' I have never actually had a proper map for this thing. Boy, it was running terribly and the map was WAY rich. Just swamped in gas. Anyway, I pulled 89 back wheel horses and 68 pounds of torque on a good level chart. Is there a place on this site to look at other dynos?

Yes, thanks everyone for lending a hand. I see I will have to come here more often and learn more and throw in my own two cents worth form time to time. There is a wealth of valuable material gathered at this site!!

A very nice choice of bike. I lust after it myself. Sounds like you had a Guzzi lemon. That's the thing about Guzzi - you can either be very lucky or very unlucky. That is how they are. Plus the expensive parts and weird company communication. Dearlership is also an issue. None of this applies to the fine BMW that has a much better base of support. I would encourage you to keep the bike totally stock. I will never cut up a bike again. I'm leaving my RC51 company stock. Not even cans. If I win the lotto (which I have never played), I would get the R1200S - in addition to three or four others I need. If your Guzzi is not nice to you, it has got to go. Good luck, and there is no reason to leave the site. We'd like to hear about your adventures.

I'll be getting my voodoo dolls ready. Please stay at the Laughing Loon. Look for a giant eye in the sky. As for Seattle beer - it is high quality ale. Only strange monkish ales from Belgium with LSD-inspired labels could be better. I prefer German lager type, and no one really makes it. I'm dying to experience fresh lager from the Motherland the way god intended. No one wants to make it. I wonder why. Ale must be easier to pull off. All those fruity hops gets kinda old.

EUREKA MY BROTHAS!! Well, last night I was certainly bummed out. Wiring problems. The Guzzi still would not start after the new regulator install. I was thinking in bed that I might buy a bigger garage and strip the Guzzi down and rewire the whole thing - paint the subframe, look at everything etc. I was resigned to my fate. But some kind soul reminded me to just look at the wires going to the battery - maybe I had missed connecting one of them. Sure enough, after totally cleaning up the job site last night and putting the tools away, I went out in the morning sun and had a good look. Everything looked connected. Then I went to the other side of the bike. Nothing hanging down. Nothing obvious. But wait; I saw it. It was hiding beside my frame and hard to see. There it was, the missing wire that should have been connected to the battery. I didn't connect it then, but went to work with a new spring in my step. I came home and connected it. FIRE IN THE HOLE!! Everything is normal. But then the ride test. After all, it could simply be as it was - with fresh fuses and relays it would start, yes, but would only run for a minute or two before the melt down. So, the ride was tense. I've also opened up my Cobra pipe once again, so the bike runs very rough at small throttle opening and low speeds. Very rough. I took it up my big hill so I could coast home if there was a problem. Not only did it run fine, but at open throttle it SCREAMED. I circled around and then took a different loop further from my house. Again, no glitches, no melt down. no stopping. Greg Field was convinced that my 'horrible wiring' was the culprit. What he doesn't see is that everything is where it should be. Sure, a little messy for a German, but it is all OK. Anything funky about it was done by the previous owner, but we have already cleared that out. He was also convinced that it was a bare petcock wire (which he then broke). Wrong again. I traced this down myself to the regulator and I was right. Thanks to Pyro Dan for the excellent black GEI relays and to Todd at MPH for the improved regulator. That was a very simple install. So simple I couldn't believe it would work. The Guzzi is WAY too complicated for its own good. If I want complications, I'll buy a Swiss watch!! Leave the fancy complications to Honda whose owner's manual actually sounds like English these days. ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD MY BROTHAS. And, I got an appointment with my Dyno man for a run on Monday night!!! Those pipes with a new map will be very sweet. Loud, yes, but that's the only way you're gonna get power out of one of these tractor motors. STAY TUNED FOR A DYNO CHART UPDATE ON MY BIKE COMING MONDAY!!! Tonight I think I will drink some cool beer, rearrange my tools and clean house. My wife's been in New York City for two weeks and I pick her up tomorrow. Ah, life is good. I think I'll even look at my new Robb Report Motorcycle magazine.

D. Would please try unplugging your white wire coming out of your regulator and see if the bike will still start? That will give me a place to start. Thanks. E.

OK, after thinking a few minutes I have a new theory. On a stock bike, the white wire goes back to the dash as a warning light. Perhaps it is routed from there to supply the fuel pump. Could that be? I just can't figure out why the pump has no juice suddenly.

No, that didn't work. I used a long wire and attached it to the battery and then touched all the open wires and got nothing. What bothers me is that the old regulator had like 6 wires coming out of it and this one only has 5. One of them is a useless indicator light. It seems to simple. It seems to me that the fuel pump needs to be fired up by one of these wires - but which one? Do I have the wrong regulator?

Well, I spent all day spicing wire, getting parts, putting everything together....I ignored the Guzzi lines. I put the red line to the positive, the green to the negative. Connected the two yellow alternator wires. Put in all new GTI relays, checked the fuses, made sure there were no bare wires etc. And everything worked perfectly - except the fuel pump. No power to the fuel pump. No 'loading sound' when you turn on the bike - just silence. The signals, brakes, starter, lights, blinkers, horn....everything else was powered up. I'm wondering if one of those Guzzi lines needs to be spliced into the regulator red wire. I noticed under relay #7 (the problem one) that there is a red/black wire. I also noticed that one of the Guzzi wires going to the old regulator was also red/black. Could it be that this wire has to be spiced into my new red power wire? I'm totally bummed out.

D, Is my idea to ignore all the wires coming from the Guzzi OK if I don't have a warning light?

Thanks. Good advice. I'll attach the red line to the positive battery terminal and the green wire to the negative terminal. I might put in an in-line 30 amp fuse and then carry alligator clips if I get stranded with a broken fuse. I don't know. But I think I get it now. The other wires are not important if I don't have a warning light. The damn Italian electrics are weird. I kaint truss it. Thanks me hardies.

So I don't have to run a ground wire to the negative terminal on the battery at all? I won't have a warning light, so I don't intend to hook up anything else. Your inline fuse sounds good, but I don't like having a fuse I can't replace on the spot. They say you don't need one, so I guess I'm going to take their word on it. So, all I'm gonna do tomorrow is attach the two yellows, the red line to positive on the battery, the green line along with the Guzzi black ground to the mounting bolt and let everything else dangle in the wind. Sound good?

Dlaing, I have the same symptoms as you did with the melting 30 amp fuse. I have my new regulator (ElectroSport) right here and ready to go. It is a little confusing. Here are the wires from the Guzzi that attached to the Ducati regulator: So I was a little confused that the new regulator does not have all the wires to connect. I've looked at your posts, and I think I know what to do. I no longer have a dash or idiot lights on the Guzzi, so I think it might be very simple. What I intend to do is simply connect the two yellow wires to the two yellow alternator wires. Then run the red and green wires directly to the battery. Since I have no sensor lights, I intend to leave all the other wires 'dangle' - capped off. That would mean the white wire from the new regulator and both conectors from the Guzzi (the red/black with blue plus the red/green wire). C. said something about splicing in the Guzzi black ground wire into the new regulator wire. Can't I just connect it to the mount as it was before? I also take it that I will no longer need a 30 amp. fuse in the fuse box. Is this correct?

I was all set up to go to this race, but with the horrible heat, I'm really glad I stayed home and watched it on the plasma. On top of it all, Valentino's bike blew up.