Lucky Phil

Not as physically hard as the sideflow ones which are Bitch. I was assuming he already had it substantially apart. Ciao

Any local car efi tuner/maintenance shop should be able to do them. They are a common injector to lots of cars. Ciao

Ok cool docc. Remember I was looking at the huge change in ignition timing at the hiccup point a little while back and postulating on that as well. Did anyone adjust/play with that in Tunerpro and see if that had an affect? Ciao

I'll have a refresh with the information you've provided, thanks. I was just recently reading/skimming a Lithium battery thread on a German forum and was noting the compatibility or otherwise of LI batteries with some motorcycle charging systems and this battery interested me in that it includes it's own controller which I think most quality ones do but it looked like it was designed to accommodate a wider variety of chargers and charging systems. Ciao

This has some nice detailed images. Turn the sound down as the "Guesstimator" doing the commentary has nothing useful to add. Ciao

I'd be interested in a review of this brand/family by the "battery brains trust" https://www.fullspectrumpower.com/products/pulse-ipt-battery-p-14s Ciao

Did the Centy hiccup as well Chuck? Ciao

Yep the new bike V85TT. Ciao

Excellent, will be interesting to know if it has a positive effect. Chances are it won't but its a low effort zero cost situation. What could possibly go wrong:) Ciao

Does your hiccup docc? I don't think you can insulate EMI unless you use specific shielding. It needs more than just plug wire insulation I believe. Ciao

Might need to hold off on the "brilliant" it's just a maybe and possibly and be good if it was scenario. Ciao

I just had a thought triggered by an issue on the V85TT's caused by what appears to be EMI from the ignition coil affecting the crank angle sensor pickup cable. Causes erratic idle apparently and the Guzzi TSB fix is to re route the wire away from the HT lead I'm led to believe. I was wondering if anybody with the 3000 rpm hiccup as a chronic issue on their bike might like to see if the crank angle sensor pickup cable or connector is anywhere near the HT lead to the sparkplug. Looking at old images of the wiring on my bike before the engine swap the connector and cable were right next to and touching the r/h coil HT lead. Might be worth looking at and if it's close reroute the cable to keep it as far away as possible and see if there is an effect. ( the std cable has lots of length from memory) Ciao

I was attempting to be humorous. I won't do it again:) Ciao

Yes, it's a major consideration on the track when changing gearing and ride height. Not sure how the new Guzzi will play out in this regard, a lot of the jacking issues from my experience with it on BMW K100's was as much to do with the rate of jacking as magnitude. In other words how it was controlled. Time will tell. Ciao

There is no "correct" unless you are tuning for emissions and then there's a "range". There are settings that would make you look at the possibility that there was other issues worth checking. If it's running well at +18 and is not using too much fuel, warms up nicely and responds well to the throttle then I see no reason the change it. Ciao

I like the first one best because. It's honest and says I'm a SS header/exhaust and don't see the need to hide it. It has "patina" It's not a hot-rod it's a motorcycle It costs nothing Being an air cooled engine the the last thing I want to do is insulate the header pipes for aesthetic reasons. It's doesn't look like the exhaust on one of those hideous bobberised calamities that, Manscaped, mun wearing, rolled up long pant, Latte sipping, inked up barrister's would ride. Ciao

If you mean "Guzzi specific tooling" there is only 1 and that's the flywheel holding tool which is cheap to buy and needed when torqueing up the flywheel bolts. Maybe a clutch plate alignment tool for the twin platers. Not necessary on a RAM single plate unit. The rest is just std tooling. Even buying a few special tools is a lot cheaper and easier than taking it to a Mechanic. Ciao

Looks like he ran out of funds when it got to the front wheels, lol Ciao

I'm wondering if the electronic suspension model might have a variable damping capability tied to throttle position/engine torque output. So when you get on the throttle the rear shock rebound rate is increased proportionally to help lessen the jacking. Lots of scope in electronic suspension control these days. Of course chain drive sports bike jack the rear suspension on the power and are set up to do it so obviously some is required. It's a matter of proportion and control. Ciao

I think you mean the 1200 Sport. Requires a whole new gearbox housing I believe. Ciao

I think you'll find that the OEM clutch used RAM components except for the flywheel that Guzzi sourced itself that were prone to failure. My bike has a RAM alloy unit in it and I'm not the slightest bit concerned. Aftermarket RAM units don't have a flywheel failure issue. Ciao

First time I saw a Guzzi valve train I though..."Ditch pump" Ciao

We have a local shim maker that makes all sorts of shims to order and has a large stock of many Ducati shims. If he doesn't stock it he'll make it for you. I had some shims made for the Daytona engine. He'll make valve shims for about 6 or 7 bucks each from memory. So if you can wait a week or less you can pull shims and have a the size you need made. I know people in the states that use him as well. http://www.precisionshims.com.au/products/flat Ciao

I recall 75deg is as far as you can go without a balance shaft in a Motogp engine anyway. If it's around that in a road bike it'll need a balance shaft. Lets see if my protractor and scaling off an image is right. Ciao

My protractor also tells me it's not a 90 deg Vtwin either. Probably a 75 or 78 deg V. So balance shaft as well most likely. Ciao