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Today I took the forks out of the V11 Le Mans. It's been standing around in the garage for months now with a blown fork seal. Upon taking the forks out, I got the impression that probably both are leaking. I'm going to give it away to have it done. Probably just to the local workshop that I go to. Getting trick cartridges installed is a very tempting idea, but that will have to wait, I think.

Says you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1490

19mm different. Edit: 1471mm for the one, 1490 for the other. See here: https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/moto guzzi/moto_guzzi_v11_sport 00.htm https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/moto guzzi/moto_guzzi_v11_cafe_sport 02.htm or here, page 28 and page 421 https://guzzitek.org/gb/ma_us_uk/1100/V11_1999-2003_Atelier(Compil-GB-D-NL).pdf As far as I'm concerned, 1490 is a nice, neat, round number that works very well. 1471 seems somehow insufficient.

Well, if it wasn't, it is now. That bloke with the Dobro is really good.

Do we? Well there you go, something I know that I didn't know I know.

"Redneck jazz" wasn't meant to be an insult. I found it interesting how they were somewhere between country blues and jazz.

@p6x moving the Niveau to a completely new level.

So that's what redneck jazz sounds like. I'd been wondering... PS: she lags a bit here and there, but that's just me being picky.

Nice to see that Alfa Romeo is still in the game.

By the way, @Lucky Phil, you, and the horse you rode in on.

Which isn't to say that Joe Bloggs could get on one of those bikes and be nearly as fast as the professional riders. It's the money, though. The more money in the sport, the more gets invested in the machinery. Some teams have more money, which generally means that their machinery is better. I have no clues what could be done to prevent that.

Yeah, I've noticed I tend to do that too, and am trying to train myself out of it. As far as the long corners go, I'm right with you. Feels great when you get it right.

I don't know for sure that they are still available, but since they are still on the site, it is worth asking. I just looked on kleinanzeigen.de. Perhaps this is what @Tomchri meant. Is it any good to you? It's in Königsbronn in southern Germany. https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/moto-guzzi-v11-le-mans-baujahr-2001-verkleidung-rechts-/3013469775-306-9058 Königsbronn is here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2792008#map=7/50.075/9.212 EDIT: I just looked at the advert on Kleinanzeigen again, and noticed that the part is "nur abholung", i.e. "pick-up only", so the seller probably wont send it to the Netherlands. BUT.... as it happens, I am expecting to be going from Leipzig to Altusried and back 3 or 4 times over the next 5 or 6 weeks. That means I will be going past there on the Autobahn A7, and picking it up for you would mean about a 10 km detour. So if you need help, let me know. Posting it on to you is not a problem, and if he wants cash in the hand on pick-up, that can also be done. EDIT again: thinking about it, it might confuse the seller, or make him supicious, if you contact him and tell a story about "someone will pick it up for me". If you want the part, get in touch with me and I will try and buy it. If I can get it, we can take it from there. If you change your mind, it is no big deal. That would mean I have a spare part that I don't really need right now, but one can never have too many spares, even if they are the wrong colour, so no problem.

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?