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For those who don't happen to speak German.... Those documents were produced by a company that doesn't seem to exist anymore. A quick search turned up a newest reference from 2010 in some forum or other. Nothing newer. What's on the page? Farhzeuggeometrie = Vehicle geometry. Lenkkopfwinkel = steering head angle. Nachlauf = trail. Radstand = wheelbase. So the first section is all about the basic dimensions of the bike. In the next section: Winkelabweichung = Angle deviation. Verdrehung = "twist". "zur" = "to the". "zum" = also "to the". Has to do with conjugation with various different genders for the definite article. "zu" = also "to the". Just take it for granted... Lenkkopf = steering head. Schwingenachse = swingarm pivot. Vorderrad = front wheel, Hinterrad = rear wheel, Lenkachse = the axis of rotation through the steering head. In the last section: Versatz = offset (i.e. error in that case) Räder = wheels Radaufstand Punkt = the point where the wheel touches the ground (I think...). Spur = the line along which the wheels travel. EDIT: "nach" = "to", Links is left, Rechts is right, so "nach Links" is "to the left". The bottom line: both bikes were tested by a company in Bavaria that believed it knew what it was doing, and was recommended in at least one forum. The results show that both bikes were within less than 3mm of being absolutely straight.

What @GuzziMoto said... I've had that issue even bleeding the old-fashioned way by pumping the lever.

That's the best plan. My sister figured out the physics of it some years ago: When you look for something, the act of searching builds up an energy state that, if the search goes on for more than a couple of minutes, causes the sought after object to pop across into another dimension. Only when you stop looking does the energy state dissipate, allowing the object to fall back into our dimension and be found.

Don't worry mate, you get used to that.

Naa, wouldn't have that. Wouldn't pull the skin off a custard...

From the link in the edit from my post further up....

To the question, of course it does. By the bye, is the "cleveland" designation commonly known in the USA? I'd imagine so, but don't know. "Cleveland" or "Windsor" was a subject of some discussion amongst Ford afficionados in Australia. I'm not that solid on the difference, as I was more interested in Holdens. For the sake of completeness, in case the whole discussion is new to anyone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_335_engine#351_Cleveland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_small_block_engine#351W EDIT: just found this section, which brings as back to de Tomaso at the end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_335_engine#302_and_351_Cleveland_(Australia) Ummm, no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_Guzzi#1973–2000:_De_Tomaso_years The early Le Mans models, and the small-block engine and frame that is the origin of the current V7 models, were all introduced during the de Tomaso years.

That sounds good. The way I go at it on the V35, and the one time I've done the V11, is to turn the second one in finger tight whilst wobbling the swingarm to see how much play is in there. The aim is no play, and the swingarm stills moves without any restriction, a bit like head-stem bearings. If you're using a tool with leverage to tighten them, they are too tight.

Yes, but my taste in 4 wheel vehicles is more in this direction

@docc you got it down.

Nice Le Mans.

"Curve", most likely. "Curb" ist the edge of the gutter or footpath on the side of the road.

I've heard rumours that NZ is pretty (apart from the way the locals speak). Apparently there is some substance to that.

Ok, that's not a bad start. What is it powering? Going by the mag wheel, I thought it might be a '70s sports car.

@Tomchri what does that wheel belong to? Looks kind of interesting...