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So true . . .

Pretty interesting to study through 78 images with good light and decent resolution. The bike is very well presented (well, you know: "bringatrailer"). The text is maybe 99% correct, yet with a few notable omissions that say the seller doesn't really know what's been done to the bike. Gonna be interesting to see the final sale price. I reckon the Coppa Italia is one of the two most desirable V11 (along with the Rosso Corsa). They are not my cuppa, yet I remain fantastically mystified that a finely fettled (ie: expertly molested), silver (like a Gambalunghino!), early RedFrame (Telaio Rosso !!) Sport is still worth more parted out . . .

@chamberlin! Glad to see you!!!! You're shopping???

Whew, I had to look . . . you're, what, 800 miles across the Coral sea from Brisbane? Yeah, that must make goozee parts a little hard to come by . . .

I feel like I have a > Decent Tune < on MySport lately. Gonna be fun to take some temp readings all around. So many variables. Like: at start up after idling a "few" minutes? After rolling in from a ride, but not after any hard riding? Pulled in, but not idling in no air flow for any length of time ? Not even minutes? No fan over the front of the motor? Soooo many variables to get comparable temps. 50ºF seems like a lot of difference, but IDK. If the exhaust temperature is, say, 500ºF, then 50ºF is 10% and, so: meh.

Whatever you use, clean/roughen the contact surfaces? Honor the clamping and curing times/temperatures. Probably rescue that Valeo, at least until the bush pilots fly a replacement in to you . . . My life with machines would not be the same without JBWeld . . .

The tire smudge is the light point to be matched up the the heavy wheel point (valve stem)?

I better get a roll, then. Pretty sure My Sport (and her starter) already heard y'all crowing about this . . . . won't be far down the VooDoo chain now . . .

Absolutely. This thread is golden. Applies to all of our V11 and worth the effort! Lucky Phil rocked this one!

I always felt that way about liquid fuel pressure gauges under the dashes of our hotrods. Always looked like one hoseclamp away from an octane soaked pantleg. Not that there could have been an ignition source in the cabin back in those days . . .

Beware of Step #5: "Oven Cure" to coincide when momma is away on shopping or otherwise distracted from her kitchen . . .

"Magnet Bonding Adhesive" . . . Wow, who knew? (besides gstallons . . . )

The Moto Guzzi Parts Catalog I have (translated to English) calls this the "Tie Rod" and Ball Joints." As to this topic's "eccentric adjustment", I'm pretty sure my personal "Eccentricity Adjuster" is twisted pretty high up the scale . . .

South'n SpineRaid TechSession? We'll generate a Venn Diagram . . . or a Bell Curve. Or a shrug and another round of brews . . .

Always so interesting, yet mystifying. My Sport is 3/2000 and has the smooth alloy exhaust flanges and the side plates never faded to pink. Not that Guzzi ever made changes all at once, at a particular inception date.

@gstallons says that every year. For-like-forever now. I wrote him a note and everything. Oh, wait. I wrote ever-damn-body a note . . . Get There. Bring Tools.

Well, now y'all have me interested in this temperature difference between the cylinders. I have one of those (cheap) infra-red temp readers. But where to take the temperature? The lateral cylinder wall just below the spark plug (not the head)? Or dead on the exhaust flange? Bad Scientists want to know . . .

Those are the factory LaFranchoni on the LeMans. Original levers, Vacuum tube still attached to the intakes, front side reflectors intact. Looks good. Right, so, a 2005 original-looking LeMans with 31,000 miles for $5200US? Hmmmm . . . Is there definitely a "5" in the tenth character of the VIN? (2005 models were not many AFAIK.)

Can we confirm these are Canadian dollars? In that case the Sport and Le Mans are, what, $4000 and $5200 in US dollars, respectively? Those seem like decent asking prices?

Pretty low resolution pics, but the black Le Mans looks fairly complete and original (aftermarket bar-end weights). The Sport is missing its sidecovers. Other than the reverse megaphone exhaust (which I like on most bikes), the reservoir caps, hand levers and head guards have been changed. That sometimes suggests a tip-over or crash damage. Not sure what it is like to import from the US, but (other than speedo/odo in miles), there is a very fine Rosso Corsa on our classifieds . . .

Ah! The very desirable, luscious, lusty silver! How many kms on the Sport? (Not that 50,000 km is a lot on a sixteen year old motorcycle - better than if has been sitting a great deal (which is "death to machines," as @Chuck says ) Ivanno Beggio (Aprilia) actually acquired Moto Guzzi in 2000 (perhaps even late 1999), so no credence to the pre-Aprilia V11 idea. Although the early Sports 1999-2001 were the original mono chromatic (silver, black, or Legnano Green) that the designer (Luciano Marabese) intended. Aprilia then gave us the "mix&match" motifs. The '05 Le Mans is a nice return to the monochromatic scheme and one of the nicest looking V11, IMO. The early V11 ShortFrame with narrower rear wheel/tire probably takes a little more care setting up the suspension and turn in is a bit quicker. I certainly prefer it for my jack-rabbit, carvey riding style, but the Le Mans would be fine. Open road touring, you might prefer the slightly more "stable" Le Mans. Most folks would clearly favor one of those two V11 over the other. No preference, @bhattman ?

Canadian dollars, yes? Even in CAN$, the Scura is an outlier. The Sport and LeMans look priced right depending on their details. What color is the Sport?

Basic starting point (includes balancing the throttle bodies = important!):

This is the kind of thing that keeps me fueling up my Sport and ripping along the creekways and across the ridges.

Andy's awesome V7Sport!