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3 minutes ago, VtwinStorm said:
I rode one of my 900SS today, and I have no doubt the V11 is awesome, but against an air-cooled Ducati 900SS, the V11 has tough competition. Never rode a V11, so I have no baseline. All I can infer is it is heavier, wider, and probably has instant torque and an agricultural gearbox.
The only Guzzi I have ever gotten to ride was an '18 V7, and I was not at all impressed. Handling, braked, gearbox, the engine, none of it felt good. The engine was torquey but weak. Perhaps it was a bad example.
Unlike that anemic V7, I think a V11 LeMans would just make my day. What a sexy beast of a machine!
I would say, a 900SS is quite a challenger to the V11.
I am sold on the Le Mans, it is really an incredible, exceptional dream on wheels. And.... you can go everywhere with it, it will never let you down, at the side of an empty road.
You know what they say about Porsche? this is also valid for a V11. Nothing runs like one...
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On 8/12/2021 at 9:20 PM, Lucky Phil said:
Holding by hand is not the perfect solution but it's a lot better then freehand if that's all you've got. You can use some lockjaw pliers to hold the guide and reduce the issue, that's why the larger dia the better for the guide. Downward pressure on a large surface area to keep it perpendicular. If the pilot holes not straight neither will be the tapping hole.
Ciao
I am going to look into getting an adequate vice grips; some have large jaws that would allow me to hold the actual spacer I have purchased to offset the clock's holding bracket from the fork's clamp.
Although I am pretty confident I should be able to hand drill at 90 degrees, but I have not used my skills for so many years.
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Maverick Viñales has apologized to Yamaha for revving up his engine to "let out" his frustration after a succession of setbacks on track.
This is something that feels familiar. Maybe not so much here in the US, but in some places, when the light goes green, people honk you, and I have witnessed revved up engines from exasperated drivers.
Obviously, revving up a race engine with no load is not something you should be doing, and Maverick should have had better control of his nerves.
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Anne France Dautheville deserves special credit for having been possibly the first ever "Guzzi" lady.
She did the 1972 France Iran (Orion Raid), and after reaching the destination Ispahan, she continued by herself to Afghanistan.
That Guzzi in the picture should be in a museum. I wonder if she knows where it is now....
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10 hours ago, VtwinStorm said:
I'm willing to pay my dues by waiting. More than one person I have overheard saying that the V11 is almost too new to be a "classic", but too old to really be "new".
It's kind of in the middle. Some of the last old school Guzzis, apart from the EFI. Not that Guzzis have been known as "bleeding edge" for the past 40-50 years. I think we all love Guzzi for being Guzzi. It's why I have a V11 on my immediate radar.
When I got my "Motorbike" frenetic obsession, I was about 12 if I remember. I had to wait until 14 to get a mopped, then 16 to get my motobike's license.
These were the early 70's, and Moto Guzzi was not even on the map as far as my entourage was concerned.
The only bikes to be discussed were either British, German, and of course Japanese.
But I read a novel written by a French journalist, who in 1972 did the Orion Raid onboard a Moto Guzzi. The Orion Raid took you from France to Iran. She went on to ride in Afghanistan.
The book is interesting in that the Moto Guzzi never failed her. She had some falls, and got local "street shops" to fix her bike with makeshift parts.
After that, I always associated Moto Guzzi with "reliable". Not 100% correct, but close enough.
Later, during my professional ventures, I worked in Italy for 10 years, and explored all what Italian motorbikes had to offer. Starting with Ducati.
I met some very passionate Italian people, and Moto Guzzi started to spike a genuine interest.
But it took me a long time to capitalize on my intrigue, since I only purchased the Le Mans last year in 2020.
One of the best acquisition I have ever made in the course of my life...
every time I ride on it, I forget about all what is not pure joy of going somewhere, nowhere in particular. Just the feeling, the particular engine voice.
I don't think I would get that from anything else, but a V11.
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@grim Have you watched the "Ahhh Scusi" video?
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I purchased mine from a dealership in Pensacola December last year.
It was on Cycletrader, same mileage as the one you are looking at.
The bike was supposedly spotless. When I went to pick it up, I found the odometer was not working.
Before I purchased the bike, I had asked all the relevant questions.
Turned out they had never assessed the bike, it was a "consignment".
They shipped the bike free of charge to me, this was the least they could do. I had spent the money to get there to drive the bike home.
But the one you are looking at is listed on eBay. So you have some protection.
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22 minutes ago, PJPR01 said:
In fact, the Moto GP weekend is also the same weekend as the GRIT RALLY...Guzzi Riders in Texas, up in Lindale. But since Oklahoma rally is on the calendar already, I'd rather go to Moto GP 1st weekend of October, and then Oklahoma rally the following weekend. If Moto GP gets cancelled, I may do the GRIT rally, it's an easy 200 miler up from Houston, and Oklahoma is another 200 miles north of that.
GRIT? as in the food?
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1 minute ago, p6x said:
I am not going to translate what the guys says to the person who called him at the end.... however, he gives the blame of attempting to answer the phone to the caller.
Answering a call, even with a "hands free" solution, is a distraction that keeps our mind off scanning the road and driving accordingly.
I hope this guy will never attempt to answer his phone again.
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41 minutes ago, Guzzimax said:
Most of my photographic efforts are fairly rubbish, I usually forget to hold the IPhone the correct way up, thus resulting in an inverted image
Shiny side down, rubber side up doh
Have you taken the picture in the zero gravity aircraft?
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1 hour ago, LowRyter said:
Yes Mav was only withdrawn from the next race. In fact, his entire team will sit out and not travel to the race. But when the rider deliberately tries to blow up the engine, and those engines have extended life limits by rule, I'd say he's gone.
Like Steal Your Face, gone.
Maverick is at the track, he made a video of himself "on the other side" of the track.
He promised he would give a rationale will explain what happened.... in due time! possibly once he gets released from his obligations from Yamaha?
Talks about him going to Aprilia are getting traction.
Should we start a MotoGP thread?
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11 hours ago, LowRyter said:
OK, Let's unpack this.
1. COTA is always a rip-off IMO, this year is even worse. I think they may be talking about premium parking vs bike coral parking vs standard free parking....but I don't know. Just as bad are the hotel and lodging prices in A-town. What is COTA direct?
2. The back to back weekend was meant for COTA MotoGP and then the Okla Guzzi Campout the following weekend that Paul and I usually attend.
Gotcha!
Austin used to be my "week-end" city, especially because of the Sixth Street.
As the California based companies started to spawn there, the accommodation prices went sky rocketing. But the city has a lot of good vibes. My former company had a product center there. I applied for a transfer and I got Houston instead.
As for prices, its becoming ludicrous...
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2 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:
Here's a tip if you are using a hand operated drill for the holes. Obtain a bush with the pilot hole size in it with the thickest wall you can get. I usually just make one on the lathe from a piece of aluminium. So I would drill a 3mm pilot with a 25mm long bush with a say 15mm OD with a 3mm hole through the middle. Hold the bush flat against the triple clamp surface as you drill the pilot hole and this will act as a guide. That way you will get the hole square to the face.
Ciao
I thought about that; to be really efficient as a guide, it should be clamped, completely immobilized.
I trust that I should be able to drill the hole perpendicular to the clamp, and concentric enough to be tapped.
Before I get to the real thing, I will do a few trials. But my pilot hole should help.
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2 hours ago, LowRyter said:
I'll probably take the Greenie to Okla Campout. If I ride to COTA, I'll ride the Ducati, although I've ridden the Greenie there 3 times.
BTW- I think these are back to back weekends.
I am confused; on the COTA website, they say bike parking is free of charge. When I check the Motogp website, parking is USD 50.00, no specification bike or cars.
$229 for the Grand Stand?
Back to back week-ends? no, there is only one GP scheduled, then they fly to Malaysia, the one before is the San Marino one.
I have read that BRNO opted out of the circuit because Dorna raised the cost of hosting a MotoGP race.
Noticed the teaser on COTA's website is Mark Marquez.... sign of times changing.... prices from COTA direct seem to be cheaper.
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4 minutes ago, PJPR01 said:
It's a small joke, I created the island with my Scura, and after the race saw another guy on a V11, but riding the other direction. So if we get John to ride down on his Greenie, a red Lemans and a Scura...we'll have the M&M collection for our own island!
Speaking of jokes...my Guzzi friends in Italy would always say: Ducati, Ducati...soldi buttati!
I think you need to attach one of those trackers where your island is going to be... I think there are quite a few bikes in that parking lot...
The Ducati slogan may have been correct back in the 70's. In our group, we had a Ducati 350 Desmo, and he had to change the rod's bearings as often as he had to change the oil.
Then he got the 450 Desmo.
In 1974, there was a 750 SS for sale at my dealership, but I was too obsessed with 2 strokes.
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1 minute ago, LowRyter said:
I think you got it right. Canceled for the next race but I can't imagine that Yamaha would let him in the door if this is true.
If you watched the race, or read the reports, Viñales had to start from the pit lane, because he had stalled the bike on the grid. He had some sort of clutch problem.
But for Yamaha to take such a decision, like telling everybody they suspected foul play by MV, I am very surprised.
Japanese are not usually like this. They are more secretive.
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19 minutes ago, LowRyter said:
The big news today is the Yamaha has fired Maverick for abusing the motorcycle at the last race. Apparently he didn't shift to high gear on the main straight for several laps. I wonder if Aprilia will hire him after all given that?
Wow!
I read the MotoGP news every day, and this was not reported this morning Tejas time...
Was Maverick looking to get the heck out of Dodge now that he is a father?
As for Aprilia, who knows...
From what I read on Moto.it, he is only suspended for this Sunday's race, Yamaha has rescinded Maverick's participation for this Grand-Prix only.
Further action maybe taken as they are still conducting their interpretation of what he did, or did not last week-end.
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1 hour ago, PJPR01 said:
I've always done this where possible to even out the pressure, as the lock washer retains tension, and the flat washer distributes the pressure in an even fashion (or if the hole is large enough that the lock washer might sit a bit sideways), realizing it's not 100% even, but probably 99.7%. Good enough.
6 minutes ago, Grim said:I've recently fitted a Ram phone mount to my steering head cap, I used an M8 concrete anchor, as it spreads as you tighten it. It ain't going anywhere, but as you back off the teeth retract and it's easy to remove. I used ally crush washers either side.
I have ordered and partially received the fittings I am going to use.
I am going to drill two holes in the top fork clamp, tap them for M6 x 1.
I have purchased the taps, the drill, the stainless screws and the stainless spacers.
I will do a pilot hole of 3mm because I am not going to be very steady drilling the under gauge hole to tap M6 x1. 4.9mm instead of 5mm, since the hole will not be perfect.
I have a scribe and a punch and a metallic ruler in millimeter.
Once I got everything installed, I will post pics.
I have two Formotion instruments to install, clock and thermometer.
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58 minutes ago, PJPR01 said:
By the way, there's a special V11 parking spot at COTA, it's not Ducati Island, it's La Isola dei V11, out in the motorcycle parking!
Seriously? or is it una barzelletta?
I used to go to the Ducati Store in Austin regularly, because they showed the MotoGP races on Sundays. So I am aware there is a Ducati island at COTA, even if the access is currently on waiting list.
I was bidding on the fact that not everyone would be able to distinguish a Le Mans from a Panigale V2. Both have two cylinders. My experience is that the people filtering the entrances have little understanding of Italian motorbikes.
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1 minute ago, PJPR01 said:
Remove all the Tifosi from the stands, and at least 40% of the fans are gone. There's a lot of new young guns coming up, but I wish Marquez would be able to make it back to 100%...he's thrilling to watch. I've enjoyed seeing all of them race several times at COTA...what a fun event to watch live.
That race track was designed with MM93 in mind. Excepted for 2019 when he crashed, and 2020 no MotoGP, I would be willing to bet on him winning again this season. But he still says that he is not 100% physically during the races.
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On 8/9/2021 at 6:21 PM, Lucky Phil said:
Well I understand your suspicions living is the USA but the Europeans can't get away with Bullshitting the facts as they have extremely strict independent accreditation criteria's such as the TUV, and have had for decades. Nord lock are TUV certified.
As I've mentioned before I've never seen a spring washer used in aviation in 40 something years and have considered them to be "lawnmower technology" for pretty much all of that time. I'm just posting to make people aware/re aware of technology and engineering that's available out there they might not otherwise know about or have forgotten.
Ciao
I really don't think Europeans "bullshit" the facts.
Actually, even if I was in the "lawnmower" industry, what we used to follow were established standards.
To be even considered to bid for jobs, we had to prove that we followed all the industry practices.
Some of the standards we had to follow would come from different organizations;
Of course, there were the various ISO systems, but many ASTM and API standards too.
Our equipment had to have Design and Material certificates reviewed and approved by third party certifying authorities.
Sometimes, a customer would require an additional review and inspection of our designs by their own agency. Such as Norsok approval for Norwegian contracts. We can compare that to the aviation certifying authorities. In the US the FAA rules; EASA in Europe, and I believe CAAC for China.
Back to the subject, I accept that today's technology is a lot better than that of 40 years ago. Unfortunately, at the time I was at school, Nord-Lock did not exist.
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1 hour ago, GuzziMoto said:
There is no point re-hashing that season, it is long over and done.
You'd think, but it is not the case.
One forum was recently closed by a media, just because every single race report was used to ad-lib the hate on either VR46 or MM93. There would be hundreds of posts off topic, one side against the other.
Even Rossi classified 2015 as one of his most regretful season before the 2006 season won by the late Nicky Hayden on the last race when Valentino crashed.
But now that Valentino is going, all his former enemies are now at peace with him. Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Casey Stoner, Marc Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo.
What will be interesting, in my opinion, is the consequences following VR46's departure from the MotoGP grid.
Will the interest for MotoGP drop? I am convinced it will.
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9 hours ago, footgoose said:
I didn't see a kick,-- doesn't mean it didn't happen. I'd call it prejudiced intimidation. It looked like MM may have started it just prior. That's racin' and these guys are gladiators. Top of the game. I envy even a fraction of their abilities and can only imagine the adrenaline rush.
Mark Marquez had been at it in several GPs before the Malaysian one where the incident took place. Rossi's reaction was the apex of a long perceived anti-sportsmanship attitude from Marquez.
Valentino Rossi was clever from the get go. He was the one who started those little celebration theatrics after a win. People started to watch the races just to find out what would be the next one. Ross always surrounded himself with people who would understand how to turn popularity into business.
He also started the "new helmet" reveal each year. Drudi and him devised a new theme every year. Today, most of the top riders have started to do it too.
Even today, when Valentino Rossi finishes races at the back of the pack, you still find people who go to the races because he is there. Justified or not.
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V11 for sale online/ Craigslist and all others
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@Vtwinstorim
Look at this beauty!!! this will go hand to hand with your 900SS!!! and it is for sale.... although, 15k EUR.
It is a showroom bike, 4 km on the odometer...