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On 1/13/2025 at 10:14 AM, Pressureangle said:
A 2000 red frame V11 has turned up locally, with 'a bad transmission' , removed and benched.
On 1/13/2025 at 10:54 AM, Pressureangle said:...aaand, the transmission is gone altogether. Sent for a leak repair, disappeared into thin air.
And then, what happened . . .
On 1/13/2025 at 6:37 PM, Gmc28 said:dave blue? I know dave....
What an amazing story. I cannot wait to hear this in person and chase this resurrected Sport across the Cherohala Skyway at next year's South'n Spine Raid XXII . . .
@Gmc28, this is your formal (as it gets
) invitation. Bring Dave! 
You know:
Get There.
Bring Tools.
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I'm thinking the tensioner showed up in the accompaniment boxes.
Man, the finishes on your reardrive and gearbox look GREAT!
What paint did you use for that?
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What fun! Always reminds me of this one . . .
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There is also the matter of torquing pinch bolts in steps, going back and forth between them. If you simply do one up to torque then the other, the first will have loosened.
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16 minutes ago, Pandamonium said:
Would love to have seen images of that, sounds really interesting. Both my morinis came from North Leicester. Stuart retired a few yrs back and his son took over and rebranded as Lusso Veloce
My Italian is not so good, but doesn't that translate "Fast & Lusty ?"
Reminds me of a girl I dated in college . . .
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6 minutes ago, Pressureangle said:
If I had every part in-house I could have it assembled in time, but just can't get away.
I got a special surprise for next year, though.Bring it!
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Welldone, all around!
You still have time to bring it (you've named "it", by now, I suppose . . .) to the SSR!
Just maybe SSR Double-X/ Double-Eye
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14 minutes ago, kidboyblue said:
Given the custom turned spacers are the big hurdle to following this guide... do they need to be custom? It looks like you made them to ride inside the heim joint but I can't figure out why.
It seems like a heim joint with an ID that matches the bolt, plus a couple plain spacers with that same ID would locate the joint just as well. Would like to know if I'm missing something before I go that way.
Hi-ya, @kidboyblue!
Not sure how to answer your question about the Heim joints, but here are a couple links addressing the reaction rod bushes in the original reaction rod .. .
https://hmb-moto.de/Silentblock-Reaktionsstange-V11-alle-Modelle
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1 hour ago, Pressureangle said:
Is an MGS-01 a Spine Frame? 'cuz I'd like to bring one to the SSR.
Oh, yes, indeed! Curiously, though, the swingarm attaches directly to a machined rear gearbox plate (same 6speeder as our V11); no Frame Side Plates.
And, by all means, bring it!!
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3 hours ago, footgoose said:
posed your question.
The first "tricolore" themed Guareschi Moto Guzzi was the MGS-01 Corsa raced by Gianfranco Guareschi at Daytona in 2007. For this event, the bike featured a special livery with the Italian flag colors (green, white, red) on the left side and the American flag on the right side.
viewed 75 web pages, cited 3 sources, one of them us.
can you provide an image of this motorcycle?
Not an accurate image as is typical of AI, at least Grok
MOTO.IT suggests the 2007 Guareschi racer looked like this:
At least we know which came first:
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Since none of the V11 in that racing series had the tricolore livery featured on the V11 Coppa Italia, it appears the Guareschi adopted the livery after the V11 Coppa Italia.
All of the Guareschi bikes I see before the 2004 V11 Coppa Italia are red, or various other motifs. When was the first "tricolore" themed Guareschi Moto Guzzi?
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Oh, yes. That is delightfully twisted . . .
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31 minutes ago, footgoose said:
My pleasure. I'm fascinated by ai as a search tool. This is as much fun for me as it is you.
Don't quit now, buddy . . .
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On 8/26/2025 at 1:38 PM, docc said:
Are there any Guareschi bikes in that livery before the V11 Coppa Italia?
Or did Guareschi adopt the scheme from the 2004 V11 Coppa Italia?
I can't find any images of Guareschi race bikes or other models that resemble the V11 Coppa Italia livery until after the V11 Coppa Italia was released . . .
I'm assigning this query to @footgoose.
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SSR forecasting is coming into range: sunny, cooler with lower dewpoints.
High temp at The Appalachian Divide on the Cherohala Skyway Saturday: 67ºF, lows: upper 40s-low50s.
Y'all "Morning People" mind that windchill!
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Not sure if these folks had anything o do with the dealership in Lillington . . .
The only two names I remember from the Moto Guzzi operation in North Carolina is Dave Blue and Shelby ______________ (?) . . .
[edit: brain kicked on (or was it the coffee?) . . . Shelby Kinnard. ]
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I see four SpineFrames, hopeful, for SSR XXI: my 2000 Sport, @Agonza5's 2001 Rosso Mandello , and two 2002 LeMans: @Kevin_T and @Skip (both coming from Michigan!!
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Depending on if @Randy brings a Lemans or his Coppa Italia, the TechSessions will be revealed . . .
I would certainly like to compare the various triple clamps that show up . . .
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From that page, " I have added a page detailing some of the characters involved as well as a glossary of Aussie Slang, mostly for our semi-illiterate North American audience who may not be as familiar with some of our Aussie expressions."
https://fredgassit.tripod.com/glossary.htm
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If this thread, discussing the changes to triple clamps over the V11 range, has not already been cross-posted to this topic, it is germane to the changes between the short and long frames:
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14 minutes ago, audiomick said:
I dare say he's trying to put that throttle body back in after it fell out on the ground.
If they came out that easy, I would have serviced mine already!
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1 hour ago, guzzler said:
I haven't ridden a long frame, but we have some pretty good but crappy in parts roads round here, gotta say though I'm constantly surprised at how well the short frame handles them....
I've mentioned my set up elsewhere, but 01 greenie with correct weight linear springs, Guzzimoto fork fix, + 12 mm up thru triples with Hyperpro shock and 160 rear tyre. She steers quickly but is still very stable.
I recall reading an article in Classic bike a few years ago about Dr Johns spine frame racer. It mentioned how well it handled bumpy circuits at lean if you were committed and not shy with the throttle and I find this is true now with my bike set up properly. The racer had a wheelbase of 1460mm from memory so not far from our shorties!
This wasn't always the case though as prior to sorting I clearly remember one particular corner scaring the bejesus outa me when the forks couldn't handle it and bounced up a couple of inches and deflected sideways about the same....I made it but I've never forgotten it ha ha. HUGE difference in road handling now and love the way she goes about it now!
Cheers
Fascinating. I see Dr.John's first SpineFarme was 1460mm wheelbase with 26º steering angle, versus the short RedFrame Sport: 1471mm/25º.
It would be very interesting to know the fork offset to the steering head on the Dr.John racer as very early production V11 Sport were 45mm and changed to 40mm to increase trail/stability. [edit: Some careful measuring on an image of the racebike in the MotoItaliane.it book "Dr. John's Moto Guzzi" suggest the racebike's offset was likely similar to the 45mm Sport 1100.]
There were, yet, more changes to the V11 LongFrame and its triple trees . . .
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Sure: it's a SpineRaid .
But, yeah, there's always more going on than just that . . .
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7 hours ago, Goofman said:
It'll be great to see you! No 'shine this time.
Ah! "liquido speciale, tipo: 'shine "
Beware SSRaider Kentuckians posing as Virginians . . .
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On 8/22/2025 at 6:22 PM, Pressureangle said:
...but it ain't.
So, that little roller bearing on the swingarm end of the rear drive, that gets rusty if you pay it no mind?
Well, behind that is a steel spacer which also gets rusty, and plenty of space for water to collect with no exit.
This bearing looked *fine* from the spline side. But I could'nt rotate it with a finger, and you can't get it out without taking the crown gear out. Lo and behold. So this should probably be added to the 'every so often'/'x miles'/'x years' maintenance check.
You will want to be certain that internal corrosion has not damaged the "nose" of the crown wheel lest the deep seal cannot (seal) . . .
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2000 Redframe on deck
in 24/7 V11
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You built your own tensioner?