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You can ride Alexander the Great's horse, Bocephus, if that trips your trigger. Or Roy Roger's horse Trigger if that trips your . . . well, you get the point . . . Yet, the more spine frame Guzzis the better. This is, after all, about seeing other spine frames, learning their nuances, and the various approaches to keeping them and riding them.

Hey, danl! You may not have only Stelvio depending on what motowfo decides upon. Or, rather, whether both of his cylinders decide to cooperate. Not sure the status of rooms, but it's likely you can find a place to bunk. Perhaps someone with a space will speak up and you'll have something more certain . . .

I've drained my "5.8" gallon tank dry and only got 5.1 gallons out of it. The right side traps the rest. The light ought to start glowing, off and on, around 145-155 miles and out of fuel by 175-185 about the time the light is on steady and bright. YMMV, literally!

" . . . a tractor in a cocktail dress . . ." That's funny, I don't care who ya are. I've been known to liken the V11 to a *heavy* girl in high heels. Yeah, you can dance with her, but might get hurt . . .

My clutch was replaced under warranty at about 4,000 miles from an oil seal leak. So, this clutch seems to be about broken in at 96,000 miles. Although, the engagement gears are probably pretty worn as it has steadily increased its rattle-battle. I, too, thought about the preemptive replacement.

I would consider remapping my ECU if the Sport didn't run so freakin' great . . . Sometimes, I hear folks fussing with their mapping and wonder if they'd be better off with a series of meticulous tune-ups. jharvey, have you done the full tune including valve adjustment, TPS baseline, throttle body balance , and CO trim?

Why not cut to the chase and get Meinolf's Map?

Wow, man, thanks! A week or so ago I spent the afternoon fettling a Rosso Corsa. I used so much of the collective knowledge from here, the outcome was excellent. I would certainly not have a 100,000 mile Sport without this forum and the great contributors.

That some of the foot levers have different appearances (protruding bushing) is no false alarm. There are two lower-rear subframe versions (late model long-frame has braced subframes). Do any of the late models index the protruding bushing into the subframe tab?

Do the part numbers change for #16 : "lever?" Or should those bushes simply be pressed back in?

Hmm - I have the early levers (two of them) and just fettled a late model Rosso Corsa that had no extended bushings. Any chance that bushing just walked itself out a bit? Measurement across the "early Sport" shift lever at the pivot: ~76mm/ 3.048"

Heh - yeah, "Ciao" can mean a lot of things. In this case, "You're braking for the corners and I'm not. Bye-bye!"

The rear Brembo pads arrived. What do you guys make of these markings? "FERIT I/D 450 FF" . . . sintered material; 4,5 mm thick; friction rated FF (??) - geez, no wonder HH rated pads seem to eat the rotor! 07.2686.25 . . . Brembo part number (?)

Usually when he plug spits out, it takes the secondary gear/shaft (shown in post #2) with it. That's what makes it so worth epoxying that disc into the body of the drive. If it ever needs to come apart, the epoxy is easily Dremelled away. If your secondary (pinion?) gear and shaft are still intact, you can fashion a thin disc from any sheet material, then epoxy in place. The disc/plug is ~0.590"/15mm diameter by ~0.041"/1mm thick.

Only way I'm gonna see "100,000" is to have SpeedHut make it so. Current (third) Veglia shows "27,774." Adding the other two plus interim GPS mileage = *nearly* 100,000 . . . Let's face it, there are some serious vagueries here . . .

Hen's tooth?

Now, I've pressed one of the brass inserts into the NOS angle drive and epoxied the metal *ejection* disc to prevent the well known "gear spit" failure. I know that the final solution is spelled S p e e d H u t, but just want to get past the 100k mark on these clocks!

With a stash of these parts on hand I cast about to recombine three of these things into one that would get me through the impending Twelfth South'n Spine Raid. No joy. That one gear was, apparently, designed by Achilles' own podiatrist. And then, lo & behold: a complete NOS angle drive in the bag shoved tightly into an empty speedometer shell!