Randy
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Hepco & Becker luggage set and rack for V11. $250
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/112760168737769/?hoisted_items=753851178949157
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On 3/9/2022 at 10:15 PM, docc said:
Soooo, turns out she loves the spotlight, the stage, the footlights. (Me? I'm just a backstagehand.)
I produced that photograph for a college art class. If I knew then what I know now, I would have titled it "Love is a Burden" . . .
Hey, you found bag racks for it. Where'd they come from?
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"Your bike only has one neutral?"
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I purchased on of the Grimeca's from Ebay and it's worked out fine. Brembo actually sold the rights to this model to Grimeca so it is pretty much the same other than color.
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I had a Motion Pro using mercury that worked well but then it got to where you couldn't get mercury any longer. Purchased the blue fluid version and still could not get a good balance even with calibrating it, etc.
Bought one of these and never looked back: http://www.carbtune.com/carbdtls.html
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I'm running this in the Coppa:
https://www.royalpurple.com/product/hps-high-performance-street-motor-oil/
Silicon = 7 ppm (anti-foaming agent in new oil, but in used oil, certain gasket materials and dirt can also add to this number), Boron = <5 ppm (detergent/dispersant), Magnesium = 46 ppm (detergent/dispersant), Calcium = 3626 ppm (detergent/dispersant), Barium = <1 ppm (detergent/dispersant), Zinc = 1774 ppm (anti-wear), Phos = 1347 ppm (anti-wear), Moly = 189 ppm (anti-wear), Potassium = 11 ppm (anti-freeze inhibitor), Sodium = 2 ppm (anti-freeze inhibitor), TBN = 10.2 (Total Base Number is an acid neutralizer to prevent corrosion.)
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Well, after finding a second Bronze Norge that the owner sold out from under me three days before I was scheduled to pick it up, I've became a bit gun shy of that color (bad mojo).
So, this one is purchased and on the way home next week. 2013 model.
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Anyone know what the closest paint match to the original is on the valve covers? Mine is starting to flake a little.
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Okay, I've got a friend (not me!) looking at purchasing a 2000 Jackal that has been sitting in a guy's basement for 7 years. Besides a gummed up fuel system what else do you think would need to be fixed? Seals?
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On 2/6/2022 at 2:18 PM, docc said:
Having just bur-ground a measured amount of freshly roasted Peruvian whole beans, I thought I could get this posted while they extract at a pre-selected time/temperature before the result is submitted to my consumption.
The new innkeeper, Bryan, at The Lodge at Tellico reached out to @Blueboarhound saying he just reserved a couple rooms for our weekend, but they are not part of the "Guzzi group." He is concerned enough to offer to set a number rooms aside for us and asked that I give him a call. Before I do, I wanted to get your input, realizing there is still no "registration." Hoping to have something less-than-sketchy to tell him.
How many rooms do we usually need?
Booked mine back in December 😁
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1 hour ago, Scud said:
^ cool. Have you ridden the Norge enough to compare it against the Ducati ST3?
And the few Norges I've for sale recently seem at low prices. Deals to be had on that under-appreciated model.
I also like the Zard exhaust on the picture Docc found.
ST3 is in a totally different class, more like a comfortable sport bike with luggage hung on as an afterthought. Quicker turning and peppier.
The Norge is like a Griso with full fairings. Solid handling but not built for tight twisties at speed, nice torque from low on rpm's. Drop it down two gears and the acceleration for passing, etc is perfectly fine.
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On 9/18/2021 at 1:49 PM, docc said:
Those are all valid observations. No doubt, the V11 loves cool, dense, dry air to combust. Water vapor displaces oxygen and is not flammable.
Also, this tendency to cough, or hiccup, in this range is decidedly multicausal. Again, I could list a dozen contributors.
That the cam profiles and valve/port sizes are not conducive to this business of dragging around below 4000 rpm is by design as no one has ever complained that their V11 coughs while ripping from 5000 rpm to redline.
Here again, "You can ask your tango chick to waltz. She'll do it, but it pisses her off."
Yes, she is very happy in the 5000 and up range.
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11 hours ago, Scud said:
Maybe get a ride on a Stelvio before you make your final decision. Otherwise, good luck with the search - that's a nice color on the Norge.
This round I'm looking for the full faired tourer, Stelvio is out there eventually for my dual purpose.
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12 hours ago, docc said:
I went looking for an image of the "bronze" Norge. Is it this (what we V11ers might call "champagne)?
That is gorgeous!
That's it. Photos don't do the color justice, you really have to see it. It's not gold, not champagne, Lisa described it as a fawn color.
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Got it in my mind that I "need" a Norge. Prefer a bronze 2v but open to others. Test rode one today, the seller thought it looked so good with me riding it he decided to keep it
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Not mine but nice 2002 LeMans for sale on FB,
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3 hours ago, docc said:
I don't know who brought the fake oil spill, but Randy slept in Sunday, so he was last one to get it. The guy with the Honda seemed a little ruffled when he found under his ST1300 . . .
Fair warning, Randy has it now and can mess with whomever he thinks will "enjoy" it the most.
(Notice how docc knows precisely where an oil spill is most likely to occur under a V11.
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It was gone when I left, I think the original owner may have retrieved it.
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3 hours ago, docc said:
One must be careful what one asks for . . .
I think it had legs, it seemed to wander around a bit.
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Last man out yesterday, beautiful day for the ride home.
I want to see bike pics!
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I found a loose bolt and Docc put it back
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Just now, docc said:
Word is, there is a Coppa Italia onsite this evening . . .
Along with a pristine champagne LeMans and her sweet older sister, a restored white Eldorado. I'm not naming any names, but his initials are @Tom in Virginia.
Mine mine mine
And that LeMans and Elderado are gorgeous.
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Origins of V11 colloquial nomenclature
in 24/7 V11
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From non-Guzzi Clan folks: "They still make Moto Guzzis?"