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Hi, Seamus! Yah, this is the place to be! What an extraordinary community of slightly bent, offbeat, interesting characters. You would not be disappointed at a Spine Raid!

You won't miss it.

That V11 is a rather storied ride having been in your loving possession for quite some time, did it not come from forum member JRT and has that incredible R90S fairing?

Yamazaki - it's delightful, a nice body and complex with a good balance. Not the gear oil I usually drink, but more sophisticated. Reminds me of my GB 500! Somehow (read: motowfo), Ron Zacapa showed up at the last Spine Raid. Fabulous! It certainly rivals some of the fine single malts.

Heh - right? not to mention:

I hope you don't mind, but we're all gonna be bonding with your Guzzi now! " . . . you can hear air . . ." makes me think you should look for intake or exhaust leaks on the left. It's not uncommon for the rubber intake to slip off and give trouble like you describe. Otherwise, it could simply be time for a full tune-up from valves and TPS and spark plugs through throttle body balance,

While your speedometer is entirely mechanical, the tachometer must have quit for a different reason. Luhbo (Hubert) often reminded us that there is a common internal fault (I'm thinking he said it is a fragile coil that breaks?), but the second relay also powers the tach. Be certain all of your lights are working (headlight/brake light/horn), otherwise the bike will not be charging.

Let me know if you find anything on it that is obsolete, fails to link, or needs amended. I try to keep it up to date and linked to all the great experience from this community.

+1 on getting good access. It's a good time to clean up the mess and have at the Tank Off Maintenance Checklist.

One of the nicest things I did for my Sport is "de-stress the exhaust" per Pete Roper's suggestion (heh - Pete makes "suggestions" kind of like lightning gives "a little flash!") - the basic drill is to loosen all the exhaust fasteners and do them all back up a little at a time in round-robin fashion whilst bumping about on the exhaust system to be sure there is no angry stress point. Pete could give you the best description, but there could be an assistive chicken at the fore . . .

Apparently, we should all expect a little wrenching butchery and not be alarmed. Someone should bring a Honda to get us all warmed up . . .

That's a great procedure! Tune early and often!

Can the CO be adjusted without changing the map?

+1 on GPS for instrumentation. Plus it gives you that space for the useless Vagueliar for more important things.

Riding to the local rendezvous (retata?) at Lieper's Fork, TN, it was quite a thrill to pass another V11 oncoming and discover him back at the gathering place. Nice to meet blacklist and see his black 2000 Sport! Talk of the Spine Raid arose with the realization that we are four months out . . . Somehow the whole eastern Mississippi idea didn't get far

Scud, When you say "oxygen settings" do you mean the CO trim (carbon monoxide)? If so, then, by all means (guzzidiag/Axone/VDSTS) check your CO trim - these are notoriously lean from the factory. While there is no special TPS, it is common that its potentiometer develops a little glitch at the most common throttle openings. I only found my fault by connecting it (TPS) to an Ohm meter and very gradually opening and closing it which revealed an abrupt *jump* in resistance. I could not see it watching millivolts. Give your throttle body plates a good clean as well as the idle air bypass screws and their receptacles.

"Darkness on Fire." I like that. Makes me think of the heroine from The Hunger Games. I think a full black and red treatment is probably where this is going cosmetically. I've let go of the white stripe idea. Hmmmmm . . . .satin black stripes? (You know you can't help yourself Scuro Fiamme offers a gentler simplicity. And sneaks the Scura thing in . . .

Be certain it wasn't just a consequence of pulling and re-seating connections . . . otherwise, give it a remap/reflash with guzzidiag/TunerPro?

In the "breakdown of model years" in FAQ, see the fourth bike from the top (Rosso Mandello), but also scroll down to the 2003-2005 Rosso Corsa. The brochure showing the Rosso Corsa is here (scroll to the end of that brochure) and is shown in at least a couple others as a variant of theLeMans. Rosso Mandello is in the this brochure (scroll to the end). From a price standpoint, the RM is likely to be more affordable.

Hey, Ross, also look through the archive of sales brochures posted by chamberlin in FileShare. Some cool stuff there!

Hi, Ross! Welcome to The Forum for V11 Moto Guzzi! Model breakdown is an interesting question since there were quite a few variations on this theme. There is a model year breakdown in Frequently Asked Questions, but I'm gonna move your thread to the "24/7 V11" sub-forum where it will get better viewing and more discussion. Looking forward to hearing more from you! In short, there are (generally) three generations of V11: the early "RedFrame" 1999-2001 which includes the Rosso Mandello (even though its short frame is painted black), the Second Gen of 2002 which introduced the long frame LeMans, and the Third Generation 2003-2004 (maaaybe 2005) which introduced black face ITI gauges and minor changes to the engine. There were myriad other small changes throughout the production run of V11, but we can talk that all up and have some fun with it!

I'm (of course) partial to color matched body work . . . Le Tenebre sul Fuoco

I got my lap-splice method from one of the other forum members years ago who referenced this NASA document (.pdf).