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What on earth is that weird yellow thing in the background?

I didn't notice anything behind the bike. Barely even noticed the bike, if it comes to that...

Mine has a 15M ECU and no Lambda sensor.

First registered in 2003, in May I think. Thanks for your post. Very interesting, even if it doesn't clear the fog much, unfortunately.

For want of anything better to do, I just watched that video. I can only concur with previous opinions: the bloke is a right royal d ickhead. EDIT: I feel it is a pity that it happened to him. Someone who feels obliged to put it on the 'net, and not mention that it was most likely a "one in a million" failure. Bad luck for Piaggio, and not good for the Moto Guzzi reputation. ANNUVVEREDIT: "spoilt brat" also springs to mind. The other bloke, who seems to be the father, is on a bike that costs around €24,000 and Junior is doing "don't want that anymore, I want a different one". I'm afraid I don't have much patience for that sort of thing.

These days it's HMB-Moto, since that wave of lawyer's letters from the Piaggio lawyer about using the name "Guzzi". Is this the lever? https://hmb-moto.de/Bremshebel-Fuss-V11-CNC

Unless there is some unresolved uncertainty regarding it. Better safe than sorry.

Or even a single bad part in a good batch.

On a closed circuit, of course. None of us would ever do that on a public B road, would we?

It has an R on both forks. As I understand it, the version with compression in one leg and damping in the other was the 40 mm fork. Mine is the 43mm version, and rebound in both legs is correct for that. I don't see that as a problem, either. Lots of bikes only have rebound damping. If there is anything that remotely resembles a problem, it is only making sure that both legs are adjusted the same. I've thought about it, and come to the conclusion that if one were to want to alter the compression damping, using a different fork oil would be the way. Get the compression damping where you want it with that, and adjust the adjustable rebound damping to match. Haven't tried it, but it should work, I reckon. And I'm not at all concerned about the bike. The package seems to be, as mentioned in the quote further up, "the best of both worlds", apart from the shitty engine paint. I'm just curious.

As far as I know, it only affects the specific models mentioned here: Your greenie should have the double-plate clutch, which doesn't cause any problems at all.

I posted I thread in a german forum posing the same question as here, and got these two replies today: Both posters are very well informed, so I'm assuming the comments are accurate. I've no idea if those "transition" Le Mans models made it out of Europe or not, but it seems that the combination is not unknown here, perhaps even normal for a 2002 model.

Yep, you're right, of course.

Yours, I take it?