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Gio, Seems you've done an excellent job of getting her back together and ready to ride! Here's to your getting back in the saddle, mate!

Pete Roper's reference to "buying Mark's (V7) map:" http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18539&p=211311

Nice ride! Reminds me to make certain my tire plug kit and an air compressor are on board!

What was the approximate cost of professional lining/ date of service? thanks!

Some of us have epoxied them permanently with JB Weld or the likes.

That rear oil line is the return from the crankcase vent that makes its was through the spine frame's backbone. No surprise for it to ahve picked up some moisture over time. With the tank off, you can loose it at the upper end and give it a good flush out.

I've heard a lot about retorquing heads over the years, so I'll defer to the experts. Just make sure you use right head wrench and employ the the proper assistant . . . (link with discretion) http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19384&p=211501

Glad to hear you are making such great progress (yourself and the V11)!

http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=12716 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18247&p=199453 Early (1999-2002) light arrangement. Later clusters differ. (I'm sorry I can't seem to make the image simply appear in this post )

If I had V11 acting up, I would start with: 1) zero the CO (sure, use an exhaust-gas analyzer if you've got one) 2) baseline the TPS Then, the best and easy stuff: 1) fresh spark plugs 2) Adjust the valves 3) Balance the throttle bodies 4) Fresh zero-ethanol premium fuel (finding such could be like adding melted dragon's teeth to the fork oil . . .) Sure, there's a chance that some component has played up. Or the mapping is just terrible. But those aren't the most likely suspects.

I've always thought the same about Alabamans. No coincidence there is a "Birmingham" in both places?

That's a beauty! Certainly reminiscent of Carcano's V8 racer - one of which is currently on exhibit at the Frist Center in Nashville, Tennessee. More pictures, OK?

One of my sputters turned out to be a TPS with a single bad spot on it. I couldn't find it reading millivolts on my digital DVOM, but reading resistance while slowly opening and closing the throttle, I could see a*jump* in values (Ohms). It was, of course, just off idle where the TPS apparently spends most of its time.

Yes, the swing arm was removed before, unfortunately before dismantling I didn't note the original size of swing arm alignment. I tried to align it approximately and it drove better afterwards. Maybe you can advise how I can align it more accurately? Kiwi_Roy's method is a good starting point, but first take a caliper and measure the depth to the pivots from the lock nuts - this will tell you where it is now. We measured six V11 at a Spine Raid a few years back and none were the same. With my V11 sitting vertical, I used a laser level from the sides of the front tire and marked the floor at the rear to get them aligned. (I, too, had removed my swingarm before measuring!) Others have used long glass tubes (fluorescent light bulbs) to project alignment from the front. http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4778&p=46556 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4778&p=159624

True that an exhaust gas analyzer is the correct method. Andy used that and, at the time, VDSTS to set mine. I suppose it was just coincident that the analysis was correct at the CO "setting" of zero. The idle did smooth out noticeably and rose a couple hundred RPM.

A dark , dark , dark business, this . . .

I struggled sooo many years with burping/hiccup/sneeze before a Total Expert and Complete Gentleman (The Perfesser-His-Own-Self Andy York) zeroed my CO. It was an absolute revelation. Mine was at "minus 27." Your V11 will never run right with the CO leaned out so. Do the right (guzzidiag) thing, get the cables, and check (zero) your CO. This is Step #1, before all else. At these low, idle/off-idle speeds, also consider tuning with the air bleed screws out a full turn rather than the factory specified 1/2 turn (never could get that to work!)

"If-and if-then-if" I remember failing at these algorithms miserably in an algebra class.

One of my long standing theories (unfounded and totally unsupportable) is that the US bikes weren't "mapped" for the awful LaFranconi EPA canisters and these bikes run better with proper cans. Any *proper* cans . . .

I'm not saying my 100,000 mile bike is *perfect*, but it is hard to imagine it could be made much better by (re)mapping. Without properly performing the "tune-up" over a series of intervals (4,000 mile/6.500 km, but no more than 6,000mi/10.000km), it seems rather blindly hopeful that some digitization will forgive overlooking the tuning parameters. I suppose I should divulge my config . . . 2000 V11 Sport: 99,050 miles/ Guzzi "off-road only" (Mistral) cf round cans, evap delete; K&N filter in stock airbox with enlightened (yin) intake snorkels; various elec-trickeries; controversial low-mass engine temp sensor holder; 0.006"/0.008" valve lash with slightly high idle and zero-ethanol fuel (when available); CO trim zero. So, yeah, I'm saying it can be done without modifying the mapping. Out on a limb here, then. Heretical, i know.

BTW, here's one of the worst culprits I ever found that gave that same low speed *burp* - http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12326&p=151210

Roy, How many miles since the last complete tune-up (valves, plugs, CO trim set, TPS, synch) ? Also, maybe good to compare the tachometer reading with the RPM seen by the ECU. There can be a large variance making us think we're idling at 1100, but it's actually 600-800 (ungood). Can you get a guzzidiag dashboard up?

Well, three cables . . . I looked for a post that links all three, but can't seem to find it right now.

Some ongoing discussion on V7 tuning: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18539&p=211386

This current crop of fellows, "we few-we lucky few", I could stand with, travel with, and converse freely. We may not all agree on all matters, but I am promised to walk away all the better for the tuition.