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you're a scholar and a gentleman And a bass-man. Who will also work for beer!

I notice the volume of beer is not specified . . .

Will work for beer . . .

Maybe if a valve was so tight as to hold it open and cause no compression. Valves are easy to check, so is compression.

The air bleed screws can also get sooted up. Remove them and clean them, and their holes, with throttle body cleaner (along with the throttle plate edges).

My unqualified opinion would be that the bolt-up to the flanges is the structural support. Otherwise, I would expect the plate to be press fit onto the cross tube.

Does it still have the electric fuel petcock? Those can fail and cause the pump to overwork. If so, check the two wires running under its rubber boot on the left underside of the tank.

If it's stored in a heated enclosure with moisture control (a proper floor etc), I would change the oil "on time" - whatever that means to you. But realize we can ride a little every month here in the sunny South making me no expert on winter storage. That said, by all means only drain warm oil as that better suspends all the particulates and nastiness you want to come out with the old.

Great story! As I recall, the prototype was solo saddled and still had a five speed gearbox . . . (can't seem to open that photo . . .)

Heh - yeah, I've long said it only depends on here the bullet's been put. Nothing like riding on artillery ranges . . .

We all know these Guzzi donks are bulletproof. Just not when they come from chain guns! Great photos! Thanks!!

Thanks, motoguzznix! I'll get a look those points and add that to the Tank Off Maintenance Check List.

I have bought some cables with some trepidation. You guys have made me do this. Save me, Hubert! My bike runs fine!

How exciting! You have definitely come to the right community. Get ready to know your Moto Guzzi! If you can get a digital electrical meter, these fellows will help you through the electrical problems. You can do it! The shock is not original to the bike. There may be forum members who would part with their original Sachs-Boge , but the yellow spring might mean it is an Öhlins. Does it have markings? Why do you say it is "shot?"

From the parts catalog "V11 Sport/Mandello 1999-2001: Cmplete headlight - - AUS-J-MAL-NZ-SGP UK - - GU03740545 Headlight - - - - - GU03740540 These, for sure, are the metal ones, the AUS/UK version having a different lens pattern as chamberlin has said. It is curios that the later Nakeds have a unique number (GU03740430) even though they are fork mounted. Are the later Nakeds not metal buckets?

1999-2001 Sports (and probably Rosso Mandello) have Bosch headlamps in metal buckets.

It comes to mind that, here in the States, the (fabulous) Sierra was sold as the Merkur XR4Ti whose engine made a lot of vibration and makes me think that aspect is much like the Guzzi, as well, when it comes to points of possible failure in the electrical system. Connections that were tight might jiggle loose . . .

This is a much more accurate statement, Hubert Very interesting how closely this approach jibes with the electrical troubleshooting printed in How to Prepare the Sierra for Motorsport, compiled by Graham Robson for Ford, c.1988: "The most common electrical faults in SIERRAs are caused by wiring faults i.e. breakage of wires or connectors, electrical shorting, poor or intermittent connections, or contamination by water or mud, rather than by component failure." I have have found this so often true of the Guzzi, as well.

That's only cc x 14 - so, I would say "just unlucky." My Sport is sitting on cc x 87 . . .

Breakfast at 10. Leave out about 11. Kindred spirits!

Clicking while activating the starter is a sign of low voltage. It is not, then, the bullet connectors for the clutch safety switch. Just to be absolutely sure, tight battery terminals are critical, as is the connection of the ground to the gearbox. You are certain that ground connection to the gearbox case is well fettled?

I would think them very uncommon on an 1100 Sport because of the faring mounted mirrors. I just looked through the first hundred or so google images and only saw one 1100 Sport with bar end mirrors and those were Napoleans.

Make certain your main battery ground to the gearbox is clean and solid!

+1 on the OMRON relays. And +1 on pyrodan - he's an excellent guy and his service to the Guzzi community ought to earn him a medal. Or a grappa. I remember when he moved on from the Bosch to the GEI. Maybe, at some point, he'll go to the OMRON. I don't think he ever supplied TYCOs. Those, and the Siemans, are the bottom of the heap.