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WHAAAAT!?!? No beers?

I also spy Bill Hagan's clever gear rack: a six (or eight?) foot ladder to hang jackets and pants from, totes and helmets on top, boots and totes at the base. Brilliant!

I see a few nice V11 in our Personal Classifieds. Two are "single plate clutch" bikes, but there are a couple other RedFrame Sports: A big welcome, bsanorton! Best to you on finding one of these marvelous V11!

For lighting, I followed the lead of one the auto professionals that I know and added "wall" lighting (in addition to overhead lights) to cut the shadows where we tend to poke our heads into. I was fortunate to repurpose some retired X-ray viewboxes to surround the lift . . .

I never thought of mounting one to the shop wall. You know, like above the fire extinguisher. I keep one under the Sport's seat along with a Fresnel lens. For those impromptu, roadside TechSessions . . .

My Sport seems mostly given to The Blues. . . . like it got its instruments tuned at some crossroads in Mississippi . . .

I swear I can see a 12"x18" V11 wiring diagram above the tool box in the Stornello view . . .

Easy! Pop by the South'n Spine Raid this September on the US border of Tennessee and North Carolina. We'll take it on! So... not likely. Begin with a "Decent Tune-up" . . . We can go from there... Welcome, @innesa to the best place in the world to sort a Moto Guzzi V11!

@Bill Hagan has built a couple admirable garages, The Garage Mahal at his last place and his current Moto Grappa . . . @Kane, I wonder about a simple "acid wash" for your interior wood (looks like the roof decking is already new. Just a spray down with white vinegar solution, maybe a little brushing, let it stand then rinse may be all it takes to neutralize growth and brighten the old wood a bit. Just must have a way to move dry air over it all until entirely dry again.

Seems some garage doors are more "insulated" than others! No one mentioned a sound system, yet. My shop would not be complete without tunes . . .

One of the adverse effects I discovered running Sat-Nav is the Tractor Beam Effect. Oh, you think the "tractor beam" is the thing of Star Speck science fictionalism? Turns out, if you are the guy with the nav, and know the way, various elements may become magnetically attracted to your trajectory, as if by "tractor beam." Even if those "elements" follow too closely and are discovered to have failed brakes . . . A FireTruck in a parade, followed closely by two competing marching bands. After seeing those following distances, and learning that one of the bikes was running on a brake failure, I changed my Sat-Nav protocols . . .

@hammershaug got such a nice result with his «Temple of the Guzzi». An inspiration!

Oh, what fun! A place to pin all manner of memorabilia to the walls (old brake discs, spare sump gaskets, stolen road signs. . .) +1 on the lighting. Also, worth having a nice, smooth floor for the motorcycle lift.

There is so much very, very Guzzi about that set-up!

p6x tells me the book is in both Italian and English in the same printing. I see in the description, now: "italiane e inglese (Multilingue)". Apparently, it not a typical sequence of models, but more focused on the history and people of Moto Guzzi. I am ordering my copy for "the library." FWIW, I really have been enjoying Falloon's new book, in spite of some of the disappointments. I'm pretty bad about spending most of my time just looking at the pictures. Something I picked up from certain periodicals that others claimed they got "for the articles" . . .

So, how big of a thing is this, actually, with our V11 heads in particular?

You guys talk like Nylon is such a bad thing!

I remove my tank about every three years (about the same interval as my swingarm removal). I only hope my tank does not, one day, split at the rear mount as I am "coaxing it" back on. While moving the tank forward does not look like a good option for the ShortFrame/ShortTank (1999-2001), I also am reluctant to lift the front of the tank. Sure, that might relieve the stress to the rear mounting bolt, but I don't think I would like the look . . . Here again, though, those with LongFrames and short tanks (2002 and early '03 "carry-overs with chin-pad tanks), grooming the forward mounting pucks to shift the tank forward is brilliant!

On a LongFrame/short tank (2002/ and carry-over 2003) before the internal pump/filter long tank, this looks like a great solution: shift the tank further forward on the frame mounts (forward "pucks"). Lots of room because the frame is extended and the tank is still the short one. On my ShortFrame with the short tank (external pump/filter), that would likely cause fork/tank interference at full lock. I have a little contact already.

Oi! My Sport is beginning to resemble that remark!

Having some fun with the Frat Party thread, but on the serious side, if any of you are experiencing issues using Tapatalk there is a thread directed at this: Thanks, @Picasso Bull for the heads-up and the persistence to join and get logged in! Pretty sure you've made it past the drunken Sharpie part, now . . .

Seriously. It was a yellow BMW R1100S that my Sport caught me catting around with. She popped a gearbox seal just to let me know not to stray . . . Guzzis can be coy . . .

Wait . . . you mean no sharpened drunkies have been by to initiate you in to the party? Well . . . then you're in! Cheers!

LowRyter sez: "contact Don here": https://www.motivcycleworks.com/ Here is a LowRyter post with more contact info in another thread about the frame plate: @SFTripod, There are several other issues to consider if your RedFrame's tail is wagging the dog . . .