Grant

I have close to the same bike. Mine has 4 inch risers on the handlebars and I picked up a Puig windshield which gives great protection. The bike handles speed very easily and the suspension handles dips etc. very well. Parts were scratched up so I did a spray can paint job on everything but the tank. Mine shows the month of manufacture in the top left of the label on the neck of the frame. 2002 registered as 2003. Long frame with the gap at the front of the tank but it still gets the soft pad on the top of the gas tank. Speedo is in MPH so it was a U.S. bike originally I expect.

That's a lot of miles docc. Very best wishes back from Canada.

A "Well Known Fact".

Everyone SHOULD know about WKF's !!! After 46 years married I know them well. She's always right too ;-). It seems like every ride on a Guzzi results in some bit vibrating off completely or loosening at least. This is not the ultimate feature for a bike to have ! I need to start using more LocTite (Keep Your Nuts On - KYNO). Grant

That looks like it was a great trip ! The squiggly blue lines on the maps look fun. Thanks for sharing.

Best I've ever carried was a full size rocking chair (many years ago) on the back of a Honda 550/4. Cheated a little bit though with the girlfriend holding on to the chair riding pillion :-). That relationship didn't last long for some reason .

Thanks for your post Rob. Our bikes are closely related for sure. I changed the mirrors hoping the rectangular, longer mirrors would let me see around me. They still aren't wide enough. The bars were set up with 4 inch risers when I bought the bike and give a sit up position when riding. Very comfortable. No regrets on the Puig windshield either. It covers wind buffeting well. I like the look of the tail tidy too. I expect the 2003 model isn't that different to ride than what we have in spite of the list of changes. Keep the rubber side down. Grant.

I've got a U.S. model that reads in MPH, not kilometers. Here's a pic of the plate on the head. It looks like mine was made in June 2002 although registered as a 2003 bike. I used the link to look up the serial number and it identified the bike as a Rosso Mandello which is consistent with the grey paint on the side panels and cowl when I got the bike. Those twin 320mm brakes on the front sure slow the bike down in a hurry :-). I got some Mothers grease and bug remover which combined with Autosol liquid metal cleaner made the exhaust headers much easier to look at. Grant.

I just finished going through having my bike quit on me 3 times during a 15 mile ride. Symptoms were the high beam indicator was stuck on and the headlight died. Opening the headlight shell showed the connector for the headlight melted a bit. A new headlight bulb and universal connector and things were fixed (less than $30 fix). The internals on the universal connector were different than stock Guzzi and my low beam switch setup is now a high beam but it works. I have a pretty blue light turned on for regular riding.

In places the world IS flat. Just another black frame rider :-).

We used to get warned by the shop we got tires from they had a coating on them. It's more than just the sprues. For the first couple hundred miles we "scrubbed tires in". Take it easy for the first couple hundred, then the bike gets back to normal. My favorite loop always has gravel on it. People just wander off the road onto the gravel which throws it on the pavement which is like riding on marbles which make what kind of tires you're riding on largely irrelevant. I still want good tires on my bike.

Not many PC800 riders around. It is a very different bikenality (not personality) than the V11. That's for sure.