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Photos of the event! http://www.phpbbforfree.com/forums/socalguzzi-about559.html

Is that like a tea with whisky?

I confess and beg for the mercy of the court. I said that the alleged Breva looked un-original and that it will likely have nearly as many problems as a Rosso Corsa in an Amsterdam Brothel.

Hey San Diegans! If anyone wants to joing the entourage, I'll be meeting my buddy Jeff and his Honda, and my buddy Don(not SoCal Don.) and his Suzuki at the seven-eleven at Palomar and Interstate 5 (across from Peasoup Anderson Windmill) at 6:29AM With luck, we'll make it to the Greezzy Spooooon in time. Be there or be square!

Hey San Diegans! If anyone wants to joing the convoy, I'll be meeting my buddy Jeff and his Honda, and my buddy Don(not D.G.) and his Suzuki at the seven-eleven at Palomar and Interstate 5 (across from Peasoup Anderson Windmill) at 6:30AM With luck, we'll make it to the Greezzy Spooooon in time. Be there or be skwere!

I suppose we should post here for rides etc.: http://www.phpbbforfree.com/forums/socalguzzi-forum-1.html But some of us post here http://www.phpbbforfree.com/forums/viewfor...forum=guzzitech and here http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/ (Todd, Ratchethack, SlowPoke, and occasionally others) This place was the place, but politics tore it a hole where there wasn't any... http://lists.topica.com/lists/Mgnoc-sw Many of the people I met there, don't post anywhere anymore. While I am at it, here is a fine map....but I hear there is a better one somewhere http://www.redhotriders.com/images/ride_map.jpg and another one http://www.ducatigirl.com/california/sdmap.html I poke in here about every six months http://www.wildguzzi.com/forum

Almost as cool as Puffin Poo!

I don't know! I am confused too. I thought I understood the numbering system until now. Perhaps this tidbit from Todd Haven helps: "All U.S. V11 Sport/Le Mans models through 2002 have vin # beginning ZGUKRAKR, the 9th digit has no discernible meaning. 10th digit is year model(not prdouction date) x=1999, y=2000,1=2001, 2=2002 11th digit is M for all Guzzis(designates Mandello factory) 12th-17th digits are "serial number" for the particular bike." So I guess the KS and KT series came after 2002. not much help...

I wonder if it might make sense to go with a lighter oil on the compression side???? Something like 5W for Compression and 7.5W for Rebound. One of the advantages of having Compression and Rebound in seperate forks is that you could do just that.

It figures the best post would come from the man who knows how to make a proper seat for a full-arse!

First time it happened to me, I thougt I was tripping, who could believe a bike could do such a thang. I tossed the rubber, and then it was true love!

Give it up! You and Janice should move to So-Cal!

They both have big sweeping curves I think this is a Featherbed: And below is a Loop-Frame And the one in question may be modified a bit for the fit to work

I'd get internal affairs on that case. But if it was the cops, you would think they would have stashed the unfinished somewhere. I suppose cops aren't the only ones with motive

Yah! why did they not call it a Falcone.?...Falcone! what a beautiful name! Maybe they are reserving the name for something better in the future, possibly with a Falcone inspired laid down parallel twin.

That is sad that they are not being distributed anymore. I think Jedione picked up his Quat-D from Arnold Barnhart, who represented the US distributorship. My two cents on perimeter rim disks is that they would make more sense on a right side up fork, because the extension that holds the caliber is going to flex too much. A hot set-up for Tontis could be right side up forks, fork brace, radial mounted caliber, and perimeter disk. But I have never seen a Perimeter disk with right side up forks... On an upside down fork, radial mounted brakes seem to be the best design because of the rigid factors. I would expect more and more production bikes to come standard with radial mounted brake calibers as it is superior and it need not cost more.

Of course we are talking forks here and not shocks, but I found it interesting that Hagon shocks have adjustable damping with automatic rebound and compression balance. I don't know if that is a good thing. Rebound damping should be set proportionally to spring rate. Compression damping should be set to the terrain, and it does effect compliance, but it is more difficult to determine what is ideal compared to rebound. I have trouble even understanding why any compression damping is neccessary if springs are adequately firm. I have a few ideas, like, you want more spring rating than compression damping if you have a heavy load, but if you have a light load, you want a lighter spring rating, but you still want compression damping. Also the variations between high speed and low speed compression damping provide better compliance over varying surfaces than a spring and rebound damping alone could provide. I feel my explanation is only scratching the surface. Perhaps someone could provide a good explanation of why compression damping is necessary.

No silly, Martin's is the one with the umbrella for front fork....excellent for dampening, especially when you open it up

Is the correct term loop frame, as featherbed refers to a Norton frame?

Grrrrrr! My bike is not half arsed, and it would take a round head with $10,000 worth of de-half assing to make me trade. The V11 is a beautiful result of the evolution of form and function. It did not need extensive testing because it is part of an evolutionary process, not one of them revolutionary processes that people get suckered into. The round heads were half assed Neanderthals, and like the neanderthals compared to modern man, the round heads can probably do SOME stuff better than modern Guzzis, but I would not trade places to be a Neanderthal nor trade my bike for some half arsed round head of equal $ value. Guzzis are still evolving and mark my words, there are going to be problems with the Breva and Griso. Already Guzzi missed the boat by making them less powerful than bikes five years before them...what a half arsed move! But they have also evolved into being more like the small block Guzzis....progress???? Until the MGS01 arrived, there has been no better factory Guzzi than our sixspeeds, EVER! As for the argument of how evolved of a bike a Guzzi is against the contemporary competition, yah, the round heads won. They could stand up spec to spec against Honda's 750 four, Harley and BMW. But today, the Honda, BMW and Buell Specs make the Guzzi look outdated by atleast ten years. But I suppose we don't mind that sort of thing, which is why a round head is still an excellent bike, like its not so half arsed six speed descendants.

It affects # KT 111435 through KS 112350 So, nothing before # KT 111435 and nothing after # KS 112350 EDIT wait a second!!! KS comes before KT, so I really don't know. EDIT2 I am really confused!!! Baldini posted THIS. in this thread.... http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5985&hl= indicates that it is before those numbers So, every KT after 111435 and every KS after 112350 is probably safe, and all the others are probably at risk, but are NOT definitively affected. EDIT 3 Rick, thanks for pointing out the word "before" refering to the numbers

I have no idea. But this thread encouraged me to put the volt meter on and get some crude readings. My electrics are pretty much stock.(EDIT no PCIII during test) There are some grey areas between slow charging and full charging. below 12.6V(or technically higher with the hawker) it is discharging. at 12.6V, it is not charging at 13.xV it is slowly charging at 14.0 to 14.6 it is properly or fully charging. above 15V it is cooking the battery...(and probably slow cooking between 14.6 and 15V) So the results of my test are: with low beam and taillight on at 1000rpm it is about 12.6V at somewhere between 1200 and 1400 it starts to get over 13V which is better than I thought. at somewhere between 1500 and 2000 it starts to get over 14V which is also better than I thought. If I put on the high beam flasher, I can still get over 13V at 1500rpm and if I keep the RPM over 3000RPM I get no voltage drop, and in fact even get a small rise in voltage. At lower rpms the high beam flasher on drops the voltage about half a volt. So, my synopsis is that if it can handle the highbeam flasher's additional 60W, that well, than 60Watts of clothing could probably be handled pretty well by just keeping the revs over 3000rpm, but just a little more draw, like 80W above the normal would probably require keeping the revs over 4000rpm and something like 100W would probably need the revs kept over 6000rpm... But I am only making very crude extrapolations. 100W of additional load will charge below 6000RPM, but probably not at maximum Voltage. Since my extrapolations are crude, somebody might want to test their equipment at varying RPMs Switching to a true HID headlight could save about 20W and switching to LED taillight could save about 4W. If your accessories are over 70 to 90W I think this could make a difference. I would not put 100W of accecories on our bike and I would not put 70W without cutting down on consumption elsewhere, or only using when above 4000RPM. DISCLAIMER: Batteries don't charge as well when they age, 13.xV may be adequate, the manual considers maximum charging to be anywhere from 14 to 14.6V, and my calculations are rough, so your mileage may vary.

Cool Photos!!! I'll try to hit the grezzy spoon, but I'll be riding with others who may have a different plan. If anyone is going from San Diego, we'll probably be leaving from Escondido and meeting somewhere for coffee.

I suspect there have several iterations of the six speed. There was one recall, presumably triggered by Mike's bike (gee thanks For the record that effected bikes made October 1999 to April 2001 VIN range ZGUKRAKR8YM111929 TO ZGUKRAKR11M114435 THE RECALL SAID: The gearbox shift sleeves for engagement of third to sixth gears can fracture unexpectedly while the motorcycle is in use. Should such a fracture occur, the motorcycle's rear wheel can suddenly stop turning or "lock," resulting in a loss of control of the motorcycle, a crash, personal injury or death. To remedy this condition, any authorized Moto Guzzi dealer will install new, improved shift rings and a redesigned Cush-drive assembly in your V11 Sport's gearbox. blah blah blah And then there is the Pawl spring not a recall service notice where some bikes along the line got a spring that was too small for the accompanying boss that it wraps around, so that the spring can bind, break the spring, and leave you stuck in gear, miles from Luigi. see http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5985&hl= MG recognizes it in the service bulletin as potentially effecting frame numbers beforeKT111435-KS112350 but it is not a recall. There are conflicting reports of whether the remedy should be to make the boss smaller or the spring bigger. But yah, the Griso and the Breva appear to have a very different gear box. What about the MGS01????