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"Marked" 100,000 miles on the Sport following a couple good friends on a sweet little curvy road on the way to get another Guzzi ready for next weekend's South'n Spine Raid. Success on both counts!
Beautiful photo, Gino! And fabulous to be riding with Fiona!
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Thuesday I set of to Mandello. :-D
I'm jealous! <_ .>
And happy for you!
(There is a tune-up procedure posted in "Frequently Asked Questions"):
http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12204
There are some improvements and perhaps "easier" methods that could give you excellent results. It would be a good topic post for the Technical Topics as we all probably need to revisit this "tune-up" idea!
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If your V11 is misbehaving, it could make for our next TechSession.
We'll show it who's boss!
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Seems V11 values are on an upswing!
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Mmm, that is nice. Something funky going on with the speedo drive?
Right? Is that a reed switch or something out of The Avengers?
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See there? We're right back to the Urinal Standard of Volumetric Measures . . .
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Docc,in the Great White North its Imperial gallons(litres) and kilometers
and poutine,back bacon and maple syrup.Of course around Vancouver its more like sushi,yoga and B.C. bud.
But we like our Guzzis.
Wait - is the Imperial gallon based on liters? I thought it was based on the volume of body fluid the King might offer up on a typical night of reverie . . .
Seriously, I thought the US gallon/ "quart", metric liter, and Imperial gallon were three different things?
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I was thinking more along the lines of a war elephant but since elephantry is no longer employed to full tactical effect I'll ride the Daytona.
I'll bring my Sport for those purposes.
I hear it is like an elephant in a cocktail dress.
Or something like that . . .
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BC uses Imperial gallons or US gallons? Kilometers or miles?
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Heh - without anything nearby for scale, I thought that aircraft picture was a model sitting on a table . . . I thought, "Wow, saved a pound. Outstanding!"
Every ounce counts on a 500 lb. airplane..
Wow - my Sport weighs more than that!
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Heh - without anything nearby for scale, I thought that aircraft picture was a model sitting on a table . . . I thought, "Wow, saved a pound. Outstanding!"
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You mean I don't have to ride a Spiney???
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.
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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 . . .
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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!
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" . . . 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 . . .
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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.
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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?
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Why not cut to the chase and get Meinolf's Map?
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Kudos to this board to keep these bikes viable and on the road. Docc, Mr Moderator, Chuck, Kiwi Roy, aftermarket guys and everyone that got this Guzzi from 90% to 110%.
You guys deserve a lot of credit.
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
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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?
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Do the part numbers change for #16 : "lever?"
Or should those bushes simply be pressed back in?
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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"
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Heh - yeah, "Ciao" can mean a lot of things. In this case, "You're braking for the corners and I'm not. Bye-bye!"
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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 (?)
Cutting out at very small throttle
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That's another good thread that puts a finger on all the likely culprits (they're all worth a look and some fine fettling.
When my Sport was doing this, I found a few contributors, but a bad TPS made a major difference. I couldn't find it watching the change in millivolts with my meter, but by disconnecting the TPS and watching the resistance in the finer settings, I could see an abrupt *jump* as the TPS opened and closed across a specific point. New Harley-Davidson TPS and big improvement.
The rest of that odyssey meanders through this thread spanning seven years: Nasty Hiccup
Now, that's a bad case of the hiccups!
That said, sometimes a really thorough and complete tune-up is all that it takes.