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He's not talking about rabbits, he's talking about hares, possibily what you would call a jackrabbit. They can apparently get up to 70cm long and a weight of 7 kg. I wouldn't like to hit one.

Yes, keep an eye on the ads, and be prepared to have the replacement painted. Losing the fairing would be a tragedy. EDIT: if everything else fails, this might be an option. Probably expensive, I expect, but better than losing the fairing. And it is pretty. http://www.magni.it/v11_fairing.htm

I'm just wondering, why do you want clamps for a 28mm handlebar? Do you have a particular handlebar in mind? As far as I know, most handlebars are 22mm, not 28mm. And my personal opinion, this claim from the text sounds like bullshit to me: For the other inmates here: that claims that the higher handlebar provides a more direct "steering feel". In my experience, the further away from the upper triple-clamp (obere Gabelbrücke) the handlebar is, the more indirect the steering feels.

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?

I'm fairly sure mine shouldn't be. Others here have said so. Mine had a handlebar instead of the clip-ons in the hands of the owner 2 previous to me. The papers I have confirm the number plate as being the owner from Feb. 2017 till May 2022. The mufflers are also different to the ones on it now. I think the previous owner flogged them off seperately when he sold it to me. The photo was passed on to me by someone I know from the Germann forum. No idea how he got the photo. PS: I'd rather like to know why that luggage rack wasn't on it when I got it.

The penny just dropped. You're right of course.

Mine both have compression rebound damping adjustment. EDIT: Thanks @Lucky Phil for picking up the mistake. My gauges are black (ish. more like grey..) No, it doesn't. What's the next digit after that? The 10th digit is the year of manufacture. Look here: https://www.mgcn.nl/database/mg-framenummers

errrmm, #456, I think.

I had already started a thread about the originality or not of the bike. It is here, but nothing absolutely conclusive came out of it. As you all can see, the topic is leaving me no peace... @docc it occurs to me now, too late, that I could have hung this on the end of that other thread instead of starting a new one. Feel free to merge them if you wish.