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Yeah, that's not so much the problem, although they do get a bit flat in the middle. It's more the front tyres. Not so much that the profile dissapears, but that you (can) get very uneven wear happening. In particular, what is known as "Sägezahnbildung" in German, i.e. "saw-tooth developement" more or less. That thing where the tread blocks wear more on the leading edges, and you get steps developing from one to the next. I've had front tyres that still had enough profile to be legal, but were really not good for the handling on the bike. Tyre pressure is critical. Too little pressure accelerates the process dramatically.

I beg to differ. If you are constrained to the consevative 110 km/h that is allowed in Australia, yes. If you are really on an Autobahn, it depends entirely on how fast you are prepared to ride. My normal cruising speed on the GTR 1000 was about 150 - 160 km/h (average, mind you. Peak around 180 km/h. More than that, and I start getting nervous on public roads...). That, particularly on that heavy bike, is not exactly conducive to long tyre life, front or rear. And smooth B roads are only the norm in southern / western Germany. Here in the region around Leipzig, and in fact all of what was the DDR prior to 1989, you get everything from freshly made roads through "patches on the patches" to cobblestones. Makes a trip across country through unknown territory quite interesting. EDIT: having said that, even around Heilbronn, where I lived previous to Leipzig, there were some pretty shitful roads. That is in Baden-Württemberg, which is a pretty well-off state, but some of the back roads are still pretty ordinary.

That might explain the black seat. Look at the photos here. The site is not 100% reliable, but when the included photos are of the right bike, they are apparently mostly catalogue photos. The ones in this article confirm what I thought, i.e. that the Tenni should have a brown seat. https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/moto guzzi/moto_guzzi_v11_le_mans_tenni 02.htm EDIT: I see in the ad that the original brown seat is included. I wonder what condition it is in...

Neither am I. As far as I know, the longevity is in a direct relationship to the compound, not the tyre size.

@p6x should have a message from me with my address.

Annoying, but nobody is depending on that delivery to stay alive. It will turn up in the next couple of days, I'm sure. Take it easy...

Seems to even be on the right side of town for you, mate, in Scoresby. Get on down there. Wish I could. http://www.foim.asn.au/

I've already seen that. Was it posted here, or on the german forum? I can't remember. It is certainly interesting.

If I were to do that, I would use Guzzidiag. It has a function to activate the injectors manually. This allows one to see if they are working, how much they are injecting (catch it in a glass and measure the volume), and what the spray pattern looks like (put a piece of paper in front of the injector whilst it is being activated). During the process, as the ignition is on all the while, it should also be possible to see if they are leaking, I reckon.

Apparently about €15,000 in Germany for the spiffier model https://www.kawasaki.de/de/products/Modern_Classic/2024/Z900RS_SE/overview?Uid=0886X1BbWV9bUQlcWA5YXFtZDQpdWlxYDlsKDAkJXA5cDl4 And then there is this for a couple of bucks more... https://www.kawasaki.de/de/products/Supersport/2024/Ninja_H2R/overview?Uid=0917WwpeDFwJDVFeWVAMXFgLXApRDFxcClhZXwxdWA0LCwo

Cornet. Lovely. And what a cool tuba. The little dancing girl has excellent taste.

The link didn't work for me just now. The message said "connection to the server facebook.com failed". Maybe facebook was having kittens, or maybe my interwbe connection, or maybe the page has been taken down.

AMG could well be right. The brand name exists.

Tom is on the right track with his questions, I think. The output shaft of the gearbox will have a bit of play relative to the input shaft of the gearbox, as will the final drive from the input shaft to the wheel drive. That is normal. The drive shaft should sit tight on the bolted up splines, both the one out of the gearbox and the one into the final drive. The uni-joints have no play at all in them when they are good. You need to have a specific look at all the steps along the way. PS: at 6,000 miles I would be checking if it is all apart anyway, but not expecting any trouble. Assuming the bike hasn't been mistreated. Anuvverps: there is also the sliding spline in the middle of the shaft that compensates for the difference in length as the suspension goes up and down. That will have a very small amount of play. If it didn't, it wouldn't slide.

I experienced an eclipse, I think it was a total, in Australia when I was about 15, and one in Germany in around 1998 or '99. Weird, interesting, exciting, lots of words for it. I'm very glad I had the experience.

That's how it is on mine, as far as I remember. Throttle cable to the left throttle body, and high idle on the right. On the Breva 750 i.e. too.

I have only read about this, but it sounds easy. Guzzidiag has a function to activate various things to see if they work. One of them, as far as I understand it, is the injectors. The function is on the page accessible from this menu next to the green mark I made on the screenshot. I can't get further than that without it being connected to a bike, but I think that should show where to find it. EDIT: "Ansicht" is likely to be "view" in the english version, and "Aktoren" may be "actors" or something similar to that. The positon in the menu is almost certainly the same. As far as I have read, it is as easy as screwing out the injector, connecting Guzzidiag, and activating the function. It shows you if the injectors work at all, and, assuming they do, allows you to see what the spray pattern looks like and/or see how much fuel they are letting through.

From the ad does that cost extra?

I made that mistake myself, but was uncertain enough to ask about it here Looking at the photos of that bike, and being polite enough to assume the bloke is not hopelessy stupid, I reckon his custom seat frame might have left him no other choice.

Very pertinent.

No, I have to admit I don't and haven't. I've only read about it. The thing is, some very smart people invested considerable effort teaching me during my time at the university about how to evaluate sources. The things I have read on the topic have been, at least to a good part, from reliable sources, and plausible. I'm convinced it is not a "phantom of the internet", but rather something that really has a basis in fact. Nevertheless, solid first-hand information would be very welcome.

Regarding the paint on the motor: mine has got that. The owner before me touched it up here and there with something. The touch-ups are visible if you look, but fairly good. I've decided that the best strategy for the meantime is just to not wash the engine. I'd be more concerned about the single-plate clutch. Some of them were, apparently, grenades waiting to go off. Maybe someone here has solid information about whether that is really the case, and which ones were involved.