Lucky Phil

The Hyperpro looks good but dont exclude Wilbers as an option. I've worked on Ohlins (Proper race Ohlins as well as the "production" ones) Penske, Marzocchi, Bitubo and the std stuff and the Wilbers is a high quality unit they will build to a spec for your use and weight. I've run one for years. Just putting it out there as another option. Ciao

Yes, its a sick feeling being behind someone with the side stand down trying to warn them and seeing the inevitable looming. My bike doesn't have a self retracting side stand, I dont know any Guzzi that came with them? Why would you de activate the switch unless you were stuck somewhere? Ciao

Yes thats the best part. Ciao

All of these things in combination have stopped me from using one of these deep sumps although I like them very much. The other issue is you lose your oil cooler and can only fit one via a fairly untidy oil filter sandwich plate and AN fitting hoses. The best way around the side stand issue is the weld a machined lug onto the side of the sump for the original style V11 stand bracket which incidentally comes in 2 versions, 1 with a 6mm bolt and the later type with an 8mm bolt. Even in European traffic the engine will get hot with one of these sumps with the extra capacity and paul Daytona has fitted a cooler as well on his Daytona. He has also used the daytona bracket without the additional bolt for years without an issue apparently. In my view the sidestand cutout is a mandatory function, either that or the less appealing self retracting side stand. It only takes one lapse to cause a nasty and very possibly fatal accident. I've witnessed one and heard of others over the years. Ciao

I'd rectify that myself. I've seen a nasty accident from a side stand left down and heard of more than 1 fatality from it over the years. If you dont have the safety switch then it needs to be self retracting for mine. Ciao

Roy is the "go to" man for the electrical stuff. Ciao

Bravo to NicoNZ then. I skim too much these days. Ciao

Whats the fuel pressure like? have you changed the fuel filter? Ciao

Winner,Winner, chicken dinner:) Ciao

Ok will do. I'd love to do a tree change and it's on the cards. I'd just like to get out of the city/suburbs even though i'm on the north east fringe now I'd rather be in the "country" I'd like to move back to the south coast of NSW near the sea for the nicer winter weather. I'm from Sydney originally and now I'm retired I'm sick of the grey overcast Melbourne winter weather. The temps dont bother me but the lack of sunny days sure does. However my eldest daughter is moving down so that plans out the window I think.I'm looking for a nice country town in Victoria with good services and sunny winter weather an acre of land and near the water if possible. I need to be on that show myself. Ciao

Yes feel and weight transfer were the major shortcomings. #1 priority on a race bike is front end feel. If you don't have that then everything else is wasted. The only people that had anything good to say about racing any of these style front end bikes were the people that had sponsorship ties and were paid to ride them from the Elf project on. Ciao

No guarantees here but I hope its a factor. I'm trying to actually remember all the steps for the process as it worked so well for me I never had to contend with any problems other than forgetting I had the kill switch off at one point. ciao

You outline the issue I had with mapping the Daytona engine from a different ECU but it's not the headache you might think just time consuming and you can use Tunerpro to look at plenty of other peoples .bin files to shorten up the process. So when I needed to use the Daytona/Centauro mapping from a 16M ecu to a 15M ecu ( both use different XDF files to read the .bin files) I was also able through the generosity of others around the world to read a lot of other .bin files for standard and modified maps and use them as a reference. You can read the process in my build thread but essentially I had enough information on maps to look at what had worked for others and mix and match to suit what I thought might be needed on my bike. So for instance you have a problem in one area you can look at 6 other .bin files and say well gee mine is way richer here than all the others so obviously I need to lean it out here, whats the leanest of them all and make a judgement about where you go with the change. So forth and so on. It's not going to be better than a few hours on the dyno but you can get it running very well indeed and at the very least try some basic stuff in areas that you have an issue. You're never going to wreck an engine by taking small steps on the mapping riding it around at road speeds unless you are silly. You will feel or even hear any issue thats a problem but always err on the side of caution. My first 2 maps were much too rich and didn't have the engine running very well, at all but once I managed to get a look at what a standard centi map looked like and then a daytona and 2 modified centi maps that had worked I had a ton of info to look at and make sensible decisions. Ciao

Nice. The red really "pops" in that image and the black parts centralise everything and draw the focus to the centre of the bike and give it a shorter look. I really like the look of the pipes but I still think they are too long and not quite large enough in diameter. I've always had a hankering to make a set of those with my proportions in brushed stainless steel with TIG welds. Ciao

This is not entirely correct. The closed loop function has no influence over ignition and its influence is in a steady state throttle situation only. So basically in a cruise mode where it looks at the exhaust and determines if it's rich or lean via a voltage produced by the sensor. On a Guzzi its a crude wide band sensor so all it sees is rich or lean and then switches the ecu accordingly. It is literally like a switching situation.This can lead to a slight and annoying surging feeling on some bikes and cars as well in the steady state throttle situation. It's all about emissions and turning it off which you can do through diag. I've never heard of someone disabling it and having a complaint. Ciao

Have you tried turning the ignition "on" then hitting OK? Thats what the screen says to do, not hit OK and then turn the ignition "on" as you state in your post. Don't know if it matters but I follow instructions to the letter and have never had an issue. Ciao

Sound like the ignition switch contacts. Ciao

I have only theoretical knowledge of the PC's but I do know that anything that's an "add on" to an injection system is a last resort. I can understand how they came about and evolved but honestly once Guzzidia and Ducatidiag came along and esp if you started having running issues then that barnacle needs to go. My 1198 which is 11 years old has had from almost new a Michrotech ECU fitted which is laptop programmable and has switchable maps not to solve any running issues but because i wanted control over the engine operating system and I refused to use some crude basic add on that seemed more about profit than performance. Time to scrape off the barnacle and do it right. Ciao

Personally I believe in steering dampers esp if the bike was fitted with one from new. If you've ever experienced a proper full blooded lock stop to lock stop tank slapper and lived to tell the tale then you would probably feel the same way. Ohlins are arguably the best but pricey. The std Bitubo is well about as good I guess as the std one on the bike that tried to kill me. It's better than nothing, just. I went home and ordered an Ohlins damper the next day. Ciao

Sorry I couldnt load the whole image due to it's size. Ciao

Ok It was just a left field thing and upon reflection probably wouldn't have an impact anyway. I think on the early models its the same style plug as i recall someone asking about it after a manual tap conversion. That and when I did the daytona engine conversion I thought I'd get rid of the fuel tap connector and cut off the level plug,doh, and had a wiring repair to do. Docc will know or Kiwi Roy. I still think the ignition switch might need to come apart. You didn't wash it before the maintenance did you or the last ride wasn't in the rain? Ciao

I dont know if this counts but have you got the fuel sender and electrical fuel tap connectors around the wrong way? I THINK you might be able to connect them to the wrong things as the connectors are the same. Ciao

On a 2004 cat convert model 3/4 Greenie Ciao

A correction to start with, if you've had the airbox off then you will also have disconnected the ambient temp sensor mounted to the airbox as well. Wont be that unless the plug is trapped somewhere shorted out I guess. Have you thought about the ignition switch? They have a habit of creating strange issues and a disassemble and clean usually fixes them. Ciao

If your bike has a lambda sensor it will have the 15rc. Thats the only practical difference between the RC and the M. Ciao