[2000 v11 sport observations and questions]

Thanks @pressureangle, I'm kinda new to motorcycle maintenance.  I have been reading that massive thread and while I've found a lot of interesting things, like people really seem to dislike the stock steering dampener.  I didn't find anything by searching 'oil change' or 'how to change the oil'.  So, I search youtube I already described what I found.  I guess 'how to change the oil' is like 'how to scramble an egg', you never see it in the cook books.  Funny thing, my brother-in-law had to teach my niece how to scramble an egg when she got an apartment.  I'll keep searching.

 

[2000 v11 sport observations and questions]

Since buying my v11 sport earlier this year I've logged about ~750 miles.  Bike has ~25.5k miles now.  I got it at ~24.75k  Things I've noticed include, sometimes bike sputters out and stalls at low idle.  Occasionally I accidentally "find" a neutral gear where it should not be when shifting.  The neutral light works sometimes, usually when bike is warmed up it stops lighting up.  And, sometimes putting the kickstand down when in gear turns engine off and sometimes it doesn't.  Browsing the forum, seems like many of these things are quirky things others with this model experience too.  Just checking I am right about these things. 

Yesterday I after a great ride on a hot day home from work I backed the bike into garage and it was running in neutral, steering seemed to whine a little, for the first time I've noticed it.  Fluid levels look ok.

I've been thinking about what kind of maintenance I should do, change oil, maybe change drive shaft fluid.  Found fewer videos about how to change the oil on youtube than I expected.  It looks like you drain by removing the plug, then remove the plate/cover on the sump and replace the filter.  One video shows this filter as a Bosch 3300 which is a typical looking car-like filter with a metal cup.  You drain oil and remove filter cover and replace it.  (this version is in the manual) Seems pretty easy.  Another video I found had a completely different filter, kind of like some of my Toyotas have just the filter part & O rings without the metal cup.  A large bolt ran up thru the filter and exterior filter cap to remove it.  And yet another showed someone removing the entire sump to get at the filter.  

Can anyone here fill me in on how to do the oil change and any other maintenance I should be thinking about doing?  Tips & tricks etc.

 

[Was a factory center stand ever offered for the V11 Sport?]

Yes, it is a Teo Lamers stand.  I contacted them, no install instructions available but they have a list of needed hardware.

[Was a factory center stand ever offered for the V11 Sport?]

My V11 Sport came with an uninstalled center stand. I'm wondering if folks think its worth installing given some have said its a bit poorly engineered. Or if there are install instructions somewhere. No youtube videos on this yet!

[Stuck Seat]

This happened to me right after I bought my guzzi.  The former owner and I started to take the back end apart and wasted a lot of time without success.  I somehow found this forum post and based on all the responses, I solved the problem.  Thanks Everyone!  Like many others here, the root cause is the spring fell off the release latch.  I have a fiber optic probe which I stuck under seat toward the very back on left side of the bike.  The probe light illuminated the latch assembly.  I slid ice pick in and triggered the latch to release.  Once seat was off I wired the spring onto the latch to stop it from sliding off again.

 

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