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oh thanks Antonio, thats what I needed. Guilt trip me into doing it..... ::sigh:: okay, what part of me can I sell to Medicin?

you know crazy thing, I got this V11 sitting around in pieces. 6000 euros? whats that just shy of $10000....... hmmmmmm

NICE!!! That reminds me, I need to stop being a sissy and get back under the needle. Ciao Z

Hmmmmm, Breva, Griso, the bennelli Cafe, the Tornado, MMMMMMAAAAABBBBBBY the 1200 sport. Anyhow, I'll try to get down there but nothing for sure. Ciao Z

Finally, got pics.

"Very often one can see small front-wheel-drive cars on the road with huge wings mounted on the trunk lid. But there’s no corresponding aerodynamic down-force device in the front. Of course, in the majority of cases the wing is there for the ‘cool factor’ because many race-cars have wings (birds do too, but birds also have no penis)." What the heck is that doing in a manual for a lambda snesor?! It's good to these people still have a sense of humor. Ciao Z

I try not to think of this I just bought my 1200 sport a few weeks back. A set of Nelson-Rigg bags and I couldn't be happier. I wanted to wait to for the 8V but it jsut wasn't going to happen. Caio Z

I was running pods on my V11 for about a year. Nice sound out of them and as long as I kept up on keeping them clean I never had a problem with water or gunk getting into the motor. As for the air temp sensor I first just zip tied it up to the frame. After some time thinking about it though ( the sensor looks a bit fragil) I opted for 35mm film case. After market exhuast, PCIII, dynoed. Bike ran nice......... till some *&^% slamed on his brakes. Then things started to go down hill. Ciao Z

I was going to wait till I got a pic of the bike but that dosn't look like its about to happen. First and for most the fit and finish of this bike is wonderfull. Its great to see how far guzzi has come in the last few years. This bike beautifull. When you stand the bike up it fells real top heavey and takes a bit umph to get up. This might just be that I'm only 5'7" with a 30" inseem. It really feels like it has been laid out for a slightly taller person. Starting is made simple with the now standard "push-and-forget" starter. The bike does a little shimmy-shake and comes a live smoothly. Raise the kick stand puts in place for the front of the left foot to rest on (it takes some gettin use to but makes the stand easy to find.) Click it into first and away you go. The clutch still feels the same both in and out. Oh and the Transmission. This is in my mind one guzzis greatest improvments. Not fuss, no hassel. You push the lever up or down and it just slids happily from on gear to the next taking about as much consintration as it does to turn on the sink. The engine is smooth and full of hoodlum fun. So far its managed to handle around town traffic needs including the interstates around phoenix and still stay around 4000 rpms. Slow roll ons reward you with enough boost to roll by most people in the slow lane. Hard roll ons though is where this bike really comes alive. Just as an exparament I started to roll out from a stop light at normale speeds and then wacked the throttle half open. The front wheel will come up on you if you do this. When you do this at speeds the bike revs right up and things start to go flying by. It's REALLY fun The suspentions good. It sucks up bumps and ruts and keeps the wheels hugging the ground. Some of the roads that my V11 would bounce and hop around on the 1200 sport glids over with just a few hiccup. The guages used on the new guzzis have all kinds of neat little thing. You can change it to display run time since the last trip to average MPG, to current MPG. The last one I think is a bit optomistic in my mind. It keeps telling me on the highway that I'm running at 67 MPG. I just put my first tank in it and 5 gal in at 187 miles. Worked out to about 37 mpg. The Average MPG reading though was faily close. On the down side the foot pegs are kinda funny. I normaly rode the v11 with the balls of the foot on the peg. If you do this you'll end up with your heels on the passanger pegs and feet rotated in slightly. It's kinda funcky. If by chance anyone knows a way to replace the whole bracket I would be vary thankfull. I will keep you all informed on how this bike developes. Ciao Z

It wasn't at the show in phoenix. But they did have Rossi and Stoners bike though.

I guess I should go a little more in depth to the story. Yes I do live in Arizona, more specificly phoenix. The bent frame was nothing more then a small tweak untill some little old lady was nice enough to run me off the road a few weeks ago. Then it started to go south quick. I hadn't relized how far it had got till I got to san diego and then everything else started to go wrong. Have no fears though, it will all be fixed. The frame will be replaced and in the proccess of the frame swap all the other projects will be come together. I guess this could be called the "Winter" project Also Carl, I've see the job you did on that frame swap when you son brought the bike in for emisions. You did a hell of job on that thing Maybe if I'm luck a few performance bits will make their way into the rebuild. Ciao Z

Took a trip over to San Diego last weekend to visit an old navy buddy. On the return trip I noticed that the bend in the frame (crashed at the begining of the year) was getting worse, then I found out my turn signals went out. Shortly after that the tail light went out. With this going though my mind I start think all the other things I need to do to it. The bike was in need of some major down time. Unfortunitly its my only mode of transportation. Swung down to the guzzi shop this morning. There low and behold is a new 1200 Sport. I'll post pics of my new bike tomorrow with a ride report. Ciao Z

Thanks Allan. Your timing is great seeing how I find my self in the market for a new bike. It turns out that the accadent I had back in march managed bend the frame. good times. Ciao Z

Small block motor, small block frame. mid to up 50's for hp. Handling should be mild. Did they ever up the suspension? I wonder if Guzzi is still make small block motors and frames or if thier just trying to get rid of the left over stock? I like it though. The bikes got a lot of classic lines from the V7 sport. I heard during my short time at a guzzi shop that they where working on droppin the price of the small blocks. Ciao Z

What? The new 8V isn't enough? Whats Guzzi tryin to do, take all my money? Ciao Z

thanks for the back story on the pic. I've been seeing it flout around for awhile now. Was kinda wondering about it. ciao Z

Okay, the rums not talking to me anymore. So with a little luck and nothing better to do this is what I've found "The work of eng. Giuseppe Salmaggi, the Lambretta V-twin had its crankshaft in line with the frame, wilst the cylinders were set at 90 degrees. Square 54x54 bore and stroke dimensions gave a capacity of 247.3cc. cast integral with each alloy cylinder head was a cam box enclosing the single overhead camshaft and valve gear - which included two valves per cylinder, triple coil valve springs and shim set tappets. camshaft drive was by a shaft and straight cut bevel gears, supported by ball race bearings. Each camshaft was supported by a roller bearing, with a ball bearing at the drive and another ball bearing at the outer end, roller bearings were provided for the rockers." Mick Walker's Italian Racing Motorcycles Man I need to get a job. Ciao Z

"By innovating the new large-wheeled scooter, Guzzi competed less directly with manufacturers of small-wheeled scooters such as Piaggio (Vespa) and Lambretta. To illustrate the delicate balance within the Italian post-war motorcycle and scooter markets, when Guzzi developed their own prototype for a small-wheeled scooter, Lambretta retaliated with a prototype for a small V-twin motorcycle -- threatening to directly compete on Moto Guzzi's turf. The two companies compromised: Guzzi never produced their small-wheeled scooter and Lambretta never manufactured the motorcycle. Notably, the drive train that Lambretta made in their 1953 motorcycle prototype remarkably resembles the V-twin + drive shaft arrangement that Guzzi developed more than ten years later, ultimately to become iconic of the company. The Casa Lambretta Museum[1] in Rodano Italy has both Lambretta's two prototype motorcycles and the single prototype Guzzi small-wheeled scooter on display" There you go ratchethack. I'd love to find you more but the rums calling to me. Ciao Z

I had to do this when I was moving over to sicily. At first I tryed a small hand pump, it got a most of it out but their was still a lot in the corners. Finaly said to hell with it, removed the whole tank and turned it up-side down in the back yard. Just my Ciao Z

Hey man, Matt here, formaly of the Ton-up shop. The goose be looking good man.

Wendy I can fly. Hope he was alright after the landing.

Mines an '02 that I bought in '04 with 600 mi on it. Just got back form a 6 week trip up and down the west coast now its sitting just over 18000 mi. Mods and fixs: the tranny spring, new seals in the bevel housing, new battery (thank dad), fuses, body work, fairing sub frame, "GUZZI" valve cover, Quat-D muffler, oil cooler mount, crankcase breather line, new stearing, handle bars, grips and both rims streighten. Most of thats from the crash this year.

Pete, If you had posted this like 2 weeks ago, I would be all over it. Having spent a 11 days on on my goose, New Hampshire to LA would been a walk in the park. Ciao Z

Hey Richard. The speedos seem to have good timing like that. My bit the dust right after I got the bike back on the road from a crash. If it's not spining at all you might just want to check the cable. Like Pasotibbs said its on the right hand side of the tranny just in front of the oil fill plug. If the cables not broken than its ganna be the speedo itself. Good luck Ciao Z