Chuck

Yeah, that was a deal breaker for me..

Thanks for that, Docc..

Isn't that a picture of the circlip in pieces? I'd call it the gudgeon pin retainer if English wasn't my first language.. Graphic evidence of why you don't reuse them.

That's a beauty, Dave.. I had an 07 2V that was a *great* mile muncher. Certainly not as good in the twisties as the Mighty Scura, but in central Indiana it seldom needed to be. The only real downside for me was a top heavy feel moving it around in the garage and at slow speeds two up. I rode a friend's 1200 Sport thinking it would be different, but they felt the same. Great bike, though..

$483 for 5 liters??? cough cough "It's the big one. I'm coming to see you, Lizabeth"

Tell Kathi Hi back..

A new battery that has been sitting for a year is no longer a new battery. If you have a USB port on the bike, it will kill a battery deader than a mackeral. Don't ask me how I know this..

There's a reason I coined the phrase "going out of business since 1921." They've alway been a small company hanging on by their bootstraps, and making wonderful motorcycles with very little money. The last really competently engineered machine was the V7 Sport, IMHO. There is generally a lot of afterthought engineering. The Centauro was one of those worst cases, and our beloved V11 Sports are it's children. Ahh, forward thinking is for Honda..

Welcome to the best place on the planet for 02 V11s. Pictures are required, of course.

Those things are entirely too close IMHO. Luigi must have been promoted to design.. At any rate, they need to be carefully located.

Possibly a broken return spring on the throttle body? A friend has that problem as we speak. He can't find one anywhere, so I'm going to make him one. Hopefully.

No doubt, that spike heel dented that muffler.. those things are delicate.

Yeah, that's a beauty, Tom..

As long as you don't go over 14.9, you're golden.

If the trip set knob sticks out of the left side, it's left hand thread. Right side, right hand thread.

The small block gear box is entirely different from big blocks. It's just nuts and bolts though. *I haven't been through one,* but my kid just did a Monza. He said it was easy. To get a small block apart, you essentially sit the oil pan on "the box", remove electrical and fuel stuff. Then you can take the frame rails loose, pick up the frame, and wheelbarrow it away. Have a saw horse ready to set the rear fender on. You'll have the engine, transmission, swing arm and rear wheel sitting there. Take the swing arm off, and you have the transmission hooked to the engine sitting on the box left. Takes about 2 hours start to finish without hurrying. Easy. I did a small block tutorial on Wild Guzzi in the "finished projects" section that details all this with pictures. It's named, Lario rehab. All the small blocks are similar.

Sure it could. I would not at all be surprised if they are not from the same manufacturer, though. For instance, I have a 9X20 harbor freight lathe. They were closing them out, and I couldn't pass it up for the price. (less than $500 with stand) Since then, I have learned that "EVERY" 9X20 lathe is made in the same place. They paint them different colors so the seller knows how much to charge for them. Seriously. $600-$2200.. same same. It could very well be that this TPS is the same scenario.

Add me to the small coterie.. After the Mighty Scura, my Centauro was my second favorite motorcycle of all time.

The weather in the midwest has been horrible this year, I've ridden the G5 twice, the AeroLario twice, and the Mighty Scura once. There were tornadoes around last night, but it's sunny this morning, so the Scura rumbled to life for a look see. What a sweet bike. Everything just feels right. Light and nimble (for 500 lbs. of road huggin weight) bitchin sound, plenty of power.. I was in the zone. Oh, the damage? It's an old town, and most of the trees are down, no power, roads blocked. (for cars). Amazingly enough, no serious injuries.

Sometimes, new tech isn't all that.. fluorescent light bulbs come to mind. I've changed out Odysseys at 10 and 12 years just because I thought maybe I should. I've seen lithium causing grief on a cold start.

A very nice looking bike, but not a Rosso Corsa. Sorry..

A claw hammer???

Me, too.

I respectfully disagree. Timing chain/tensioner is a simple job, and it sounds to me that it may be in order..