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The Neodymium magnet makes all the difference!!! Seriously, the Guzzi original one cost about 14 USD from the usual places. Then you need to also add the shipping. Here, they built the shipping into the price, so all in all, it's the same. The main difference, Votex has it in stock, while the others have to order it after you pay. Delivery in June! I want to fix that Quota as fast as possible.

I have actually shimmed things... I have run Electrical Submersible Pumps in oil wells. You do that when the well is not eruptive, and when you want to have a better flow rate than from those horse head pumps that you see in the movies... You assembled these pumps vertically, when you run them in hole. Since the actual assembly you run in hole is made of various elements, the first element that goes in is the electrical motor. On top of it comes the protector, and on top is the pump itself. Each of these elements have to be shimmed in order for the spline shafts to not bear the weight from the outer housing. I believe the shimming that takes place in the final drive of the Guzzi is based on the same principle. I went through the workshop manual, and the entire procedure is extremely well explained! For example, the torque value of the oil plugs are given, using the older metric unit mkg. 3 mkg for filler plugs, and 2.5 mkg for level and drain plugs. 25 Nm and 29 Nm respectively. The spacing, or shimming, procedure is not described, but the principle is the same as for the ESP above. You don't want the gearing to be compressed when you torque the sides. I guess it is a trial and error job. You torque it, and check the rotation to make sure it is free to turn. I have downloaded the manual, since it can be used for the V11. Some of the special tools could probably be built.

Well, I paid 1,788.18 dollars to MPH to go through the bike after I brought it here in H'town. I guess you just need to do everything yourself, which I would if I was properly equipped. I just ordered the oil plug; since none of the usual suspects had it in stock, I widened my search and purchased one from an auto part for 30 dollars delivered.... 30 bucks for a less than 1 dollar oil drain plug.... but it is made in the USA...

@Ali Fra Remote troubleshooting is like fumbling in the dark... As @gstallons says, you need to completely give the forum all the details of the issue you are experiencing. The very best, is to make a video, showing exactly what happens. Get someone to shoot the video while you go through the motions of attempting to start it, and what you do to get it started. Your biggest clue, as shown in the video I posted in my initial reply to you, is the fact that my warning lights, my head beam, loses intensity when I depress the start button. I am closing the circuit, which means I have conductivity in my wires. However, I do not get enough amps to get the solenoid to fully work. If you have an intermittent connection somewhere, meaning that pushing the start button does not result in any change of the intensity, then you have a wiring problem. Check your circuit for integrity. Start your engine, leave the side stand deployed, and put it in gear. That should instantaneously kill the engine.

As is, with no oil, no different noise that with oil.... To tell you the truth, the gearbox makes so much noise that it would be hard to detect a whining noise from the final transmission. But there is a ball bearing inside that final transmission; I lost item 33 and of course 9. 26 is a ball bearing. Since I had the IMS changed on my Porsche, I have learned that some Ball Bearings are sealed, and lubricated for the duration of their lives and the IMS fails because it was not meant to be lubricated by engine oil. It is a bit of the same with the wet timing belt issue. Those belts were never designed to be immersed in engine oil. I would not think this one is one of them. What really annoys me, is that I can't even check what type it is, because all you get is a Guzzi part number. As you see in drawing 16, 24, 25, 26 are shims. So there is an adjustment necessary if you take the final drive apart. I would have no idea how to properly set it up.

LU REDLINE Synth Gearoil 75W90 GL5/1 says the invoice....

I rode 220 miles to home without any oil in the final drive. Do you think I need to open it to check? or change the final transmission out of precaution?

I figured it had to be the final transmission, and I also found the reason... The oil drain plug decided to go astray....

I did not specify it, but you obviously need to add a fuse between the Relay and the Solenoid; As for the relays, on this forum, there is a huge discussion about which and what. I can't look it up now, as I have a problem on my Quota that needs urgent looking....

Yesterday, May 10th 2025, I was doing some Motorcycle Texas tour stops. I was already 500 miles into it, and the plan was to overnight in Gladewater; When I got to the stop in Gladewater, I noticed the back of my Rimowa case was sprayed with oil droplets. When I looked at the final transmission. I could see it was all wet with oil, without any obvious origin. This brought back some memories, when I was looking to purchase a Quota in Boise. He did not have a rubber plug, like mine. He had installed an oil breather, connected to a long hose going through the chassis. Anybody has any experience of this happening on final transmissions of 25 years old Guzzi? this never happened before, and my last trip was 167 miles last Sunday. However, there was something different yesterday. I rode at higher speeds, since it was the late afternoon, and the road was mostly empty in East Texas. Maybe this was the first time since the oil change that the Quota was put through its pace?

At this point, it seems a lot cheaper to travel to Europe to purchase your gear, VAT free, and import duty free. Some of the bakery stuff that is made in France cost 50 USD here, and 13 EUR there; taking into account that 50 USD here is without VAT and 13 EUR includes VAT in Eur... These are cast for a pastry named Canelé. I need at least 50 of them....

Exactly what I said in my post;

And you waited all that time to tell me? Each time I change the gearbox oil, my clutch slips... now I understand why!!!

Mine broke at 30k miles. Since you are in Norway, I suppose 13 k is 13,000 km. 30k miles is about 50k km. I would wait. What you need to do, is to connect the crank signal through an additional relay, and route the solenoid direct from the battery using that relay. This is how you take care of the no crank issue once forever. The starter motor main power is coming direct from the battery. However, the Solenoid power is routed through the ignition switch. Over time, that signal does not bring enough amps to get the Solenoid to close the circuit to power the starter motor. After purchasing my Le Mans, I experienced the "no crank" almost right from the beginning. It was a 2004 model with about 9000 miles on the non-working odometer. The bike would seem to crank normally, but at times, pushing the start button would yield nothing. After a few moves, then it would crank again. Just modify the start wiring. At present, your start wire is connected directly from the ignition switch to the solenoid via the start button. Install another relay, connect that start wire to that relay, and the plus solenoid directly to the battery via the relay. Voilà! you will never have the no crank issue again. Here's a photo of the additional relay on my Le Mans so six instead of five... Here's the video of what happens when you have the non modified circuit: Here's another issue that you need to check for: the nipple gets loose and starts to leak:! This is the pics of my broken pawl spring in the gear box:

This weekend we have the Le Mans race! it should be an interesting race; well, hopefully it will be. The is racetrack is the one with the most braking, 35% of the time, according to Brembo. Ducati should not be getting too much of an advantage, maybe. It is said that Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins will race with a new inline 4. The French GP broke the racetrack attendance record the last two years, and they are hopeful to beat 297,471 this year. Meanwhile, have a little taste, back in 1988 when the French GP was taking place on the Paul Ricard racetrack, on 2 strokes bikes, and with Barry Sheene commenting with a bit of an Australian accent... lol...

Personal goods should not be subject to retaliatory taxes. As I have moved from country to country during my professional career, with some of my personal belongings in tow, I never had to pay import duty. Those so-called "tariffs", derived from the French "Tarif" meaning "price list", are directed towards new goods, for commercial resale. Say you are transferred to work in South America. Because cars in manufactured in South America are usually boxes with wheels, four generation older than the rest of the world, and more expensive, you decide to take your own Opel with you. After a few years of work in Macae (Brazil), your company transfers you back to Stuttgart. Germany is not going to charge you import taxes on your car, purchased in Germany.

I thought Nigel was no longer setting speed traps?!

I am surprised! In my mind, import tax is applied to new goods, based on the country of origin. Your motorcycle is not new, and its country of origin is Italy, not the USA. I feel strange that your Canadian buyer would need to pay import duty on used goods, made outside the USA. Also, based on my own experience, if you have owned something for more than six months, you are exempted to pay duty, as it is considered your own property that you are bringing back. When I came to the USA, I shipped a container from France of my own items, nothing new, but no motor vehicle. I did not have to pay any import duty. The import tax is applicable to new goods, and the import tax percentage is based from the country of origin. What your buyer could do, I to purchase the motorcycle from you, and wait six months before getting it across the border. He can tell the Canadian authorities that he purchased it to tour the USA. I checked the US import regulations for personal belongings bringing into the USA, and nothing has changed. As long as those goods are not prohibited items, and they weren't purchased right before being imported, no tax duty is due.

Good call! I never looked at Quadlock, I considered them phone oriented. On the picture shown, it seems the clamp section is slimmer than my Smallrig, Insta360 ones. I also used Ulanzi, DJI accessories without much more success. The Insta360 X3 offers more flexibility, as I could anchor on the luggage rack of my V11, whenever I try it. Scottymakestuff has a lot of accessories, especially for GoPro cameras... check it out! Mounting cameras on my Quota is a dream compared to the V11...

Fulvio has Moto Guzzi coveralls. Maybe he is a retired Moto Guzzi employee? Someone forgot to tell him that if you personalize your motorcycle, to the extent of permanently immortalizing it with your name in multiple places, it may become difficult to sell... But what do I know....

Isn't that genius? 5/4 time signature...

In the same verve, someone is selling a modified Griso for 23K EUR. His name is "Fulvio", just in case you missed it...

I attempted to carry forward my love of guitar playing to my son... I initially bought him a smaller scaled guitar, so he could start developing his chops. Paid for guitar tutor too, because according to him, I was too strict. All that amounted to nothing, because as you clearly pointed out, this was me wanting him to learn to play guitar. I gave the guitar away to Goodwill, hoping that someone will make a better use of it. All the successful guitar players that have spoken about their humble beginnings wanted to learn. But you need to accept that sometimes, when you are a kid, you don't really know what you want. Michael Jackson would not have been Michael Jackson if his father had not imposed an army like discipline on his kids. Same for the Williams sisters... the will of their parents made them. Sometimes, you only need to provide the means, instigate the discovery, and the momentum keeps by itself. Also, if your family is into music, you have a better chance to succeed in it too. Look at Lalo Schifrin, Ennio Morricone... both had fathers that were into music. Prince too... father was a Jazz musician, mother a jazz singer... I fell in love with guitar playing after seeing Jimi Hendrix live at the Olympia. He was opening for Johnny Halliday. I was young, and my mother was horrified to see Jimi's playing antics on stage! she bought me a trumpet and I could only get to learn guitar when I did not have the time any longer. Fact is, my parents never were into music.