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I am currently "conditioning" my eleven year old Odyssey PC545 that lives a dogged and neglected life in my CubCadet tractor, swampee, that largely just serves as a test bed for what happens to old PC545s. Expecting our G-string rated V11 charging system to bring back a needy Odyssey is probably asking too much of the system. Even my dedicated EnerSys Ultimizer charger wouldn't pull the old PC545 out this time - had to discharge the battery, then manually apply 10 amps until the voltage reached 15v; then attach the Ultimizer for the 13.56v "bulk charge" for 24 hours. Then repeat until the PC545 holds above 12.65 volts for days to weeks. @4corsa, check your charging voltage with your V11 running. Also, don't expect anything less than a 6 amp charger to actually charge a PC545 (assuming that is the battery you are using).

FWIW, I would expect my Odyssey to read 12.63v (~85%) after it sat for a week. After a sustained ride, like 90 miles, charging at 14.2 volts, I would expect it to be over 13 volts slowly falling off to a hopeful 100% (12.84v) after a few hours sitting.

I love this guy's wit and humor. What a love of life and uplifting spirit. This may be the only virtuoso performance I have seen not interjected with his splendid comedy. Just magnificent.

Roosevelt Lake Bridge and the Deck Park (Papago Freeway) Tunnel?

Tom Petty, Big Weekend . . . > V11 Guzzi content: "If you don't run, you rust" . . .

FWIW, I've never used CJ-4/CI-4 or whatever diesel rated oils in mySport. I've used them in other machines, though. I settled on the full PAO/ester RedLine 20W-50 long ago. "Full-synthetic with PAO and Ester base stocks and 2200 ppm of ZDDP "

This is why motor oils rated for diesel engines can be favorable to flat tappet motors.

Look further on that metal tag for the actual month-year build date. All V11 are vastly interesting and curiously rare. “Collect them all!”

FWIW, early V11 viscosity specification is 20W-50. Later the spec changed even though the motor did not change appreciably.

The year model is coded on the VIN before the actual serial number. YM=2000, 1M= 2001, 2M=2002 etc. The actual month/year the particular unit was built is scribed into the metal plate on the left of the headstock. You likely will have to push some wiring out of your way to see it.

Settle your front forks:

Good news on your fix! Time to try and figure out what it started out as. (Pretty much impossible to figure out what previous owners have changed, or why.) So, again, @Revilo, does your 2003 Sport have White face Veglia gauges and a "chin pad" tank? The "KR" versus "KS" is not in the engine number, but in the VIN in the 7th and 8th positions (before the numbers begin). What is the actual build date scribed into the aluminium manufacturer's plate on the left side of the headstock? ??? ???

I was thinking after clicking it thirty or forty times, it might come through. Held my tongue right and everything.

I kept pressing the "More" button on the bottom left, but no joy . . .

You have checked with Stein-Dinse, Teo Lamers, HMB Guzzi?

@Rolf Halvorsen, look at this from an ebay seller in Germany . . . https://www.ebay.com/itm/274959393118?hash=item4004db615e:g:7L4AAOSwn3RhTHHQ

Ah, yes, this. Does your 2003 Sport have a chin pad tank and white face Veglia gauges, @Revilo ?

The earlier V11 front wheel has two sizes of inner bearing races. Maybe that was the source of the mix up. Certainly, this spacer does not appear to seat on the inner race, but looks to be inside of it:

What with our respected V11LeMans.com domiciled in The Netherlands, with Belgium in the wings, surely if anyone has any knowledge of the V11 Playboy Exclusive Edition, this particular "model" might be within our grasp? So far, there is not even more than that singular image, let alone any reports of the V11 EE, itself ? ? ?

Well, we at least know of people with Scura R, The V11 Playboy EE ? *** crickets ***

Using @stewgnu's 2002 wiring diagram, it looks like @Grim's 2003-carryover has the same wiring colors I noted above for the 1999-2001. There does not look to be any electric petcock wiring to get mixed up with the fuel level connector:

So, that image is not entirely the factory configuration (looks like an added belly pan and maybe a Quat-D exhaust). Let me find one more representative image of the Scura R. So, yes, this is the Coppa Italia/ Café Sport configuration with handlebars and headlight/instruments frame mounted (unlike the 2002 Scura which is fork mounted). Anyone paying a premium for the V11 EE should insist on the stack of magazines that came with it….

Yes, that is coincidence. The fuel level connector on your early wiring harness should have black and white wires (Perhaps white with a faint yellow stripe) and "should" fit onto your new pump assembly's fuel level sensor connector with the white/blue wires. Otherwise, yes, make up matching 2 pin auto plugs. [edit: earliest wring harnesses also have a similar connector for the early electric petcock with yellow-blue and black wires. DO NOT connect your fuel level sensor to this connector!] Your existing fuel pump wires (red-black and black) have ring terminals and will have to be re-routed to connect with the new pump wiring (red and black wires). You will have to make up a matching connector set unless you happen to have a harness side connector to fit the new fuel pump connector. [NOTE: wire colors are from the 1999-2001 Sport diagram. The 2002/2003 "carryover" harness does have slight variations. If anyone has a 2002 wiring diagram, that will apply to @Grim's 2003-carryover harness.]

Frankly, this is a very familiar and fantastically sexy formula . . . Missing = 1) Exclusivity , and 2) Tanya Dexters (Instead, a concrete pillar)

From Wikipédia.fr: La V11 Playboy EE (pour Exclusive Edition) est une série spéciale présentée au salon de Bruxelles en 2003 commémorant les cinquante ans du magazine. Uniquement réservée au marché belge et néerlandais, ce modèle se singularise par sa livrée gris métal, complétée par des logos représentant le lapin, et son échappement en titane. Chaque acheteur a reçu un abonnement d'un an au magazine. Ceux qui ont passé commande avant le 15 avril 2003 ont également reçu deux laissez-passer pour assister à la soirée jubilé de Playboy qui a eu lieu à Amsterdam, dans le Heineken Music Hall le 25 avril 2003. The V11 Playboy EE (for Exclusive Edition) is a special series presented at the Brussels Motor Show in 2003 commemorating the magazine's fiftieth anniversary. Reserved exclusively for the Belgian and Dutch market, this model is distinguished by its metallic gray livery, completed by logos representing the rabbit, and its titanium escapement. Each buyer received a one-year magazine subscription. Those who ordered before April 15, 2003 also received two passes to attend the Playboy Jubilee Party held in Amsterdam, in the Heineken Music Hall on April 25, 2003.