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Thank docc. The engine is painted in "cast iron" colour and I like it better than the original lighter grey. I wasn't sure if it would work with the green but I think it does. With cylinder heads this big I think your eye is draw to the engine no matter what the colour. I left the fairing and front guard in the natural carbon finish because I thought there would be to much green with the belly pan as well , but I dont know. If someone here is an ace on playing with graphics programmes maybe they could make an image with the fairing and front guard in green and i could see how it looks. Ciao

Yes I recall he mentioned the use of a black engine to centralise the mass and draw the eye to the centre, or something along those lines. Ciao

Dont worry, I've noted your photography "tricks" here. Nice mottled light, parked in the middle of a slight dome in the footpath so it reduces the ground clearance in the centre and gives a lower more squatted look and the wooden block under the side stand to hold it more upright so it doesn't extend the suspension for the same reason. I'm no photographer but I know most of the tricks. It's a nice image and the bike looks real good. I've always been interested in how colour influences the impression of a motorcycles shape and form . Motorcycle freelance designer Glen Kerr used to do a regular column in Australian Motorcycle news about 12 or 15 years ago, always interesting. Ciao

Looks very nice. I wonder which paint scheme looks best from multiple perspectives. They all look good depending but which paint scheme looks good from every angle? Ciao

From now on every thread should have a lock washer reference so you can always find it:) Not everything is done with regards to common sense and correct application, even sometimes by the designer. The hours I've whiled away trying to figure out why the designer/engineer has approached it "that way" when it was bound to fail and given up and just applied good engineering principles and fixed it. Ciao

Ha, forgot I started this thread:) Ciao

Yes docc I think the naming gets cross applied over the years. I think some of these serrated/spring locking devices have a use in locations where you cant apply any real torque to the fastener such as holding plastic components together with a bolt/screw where you cant get stretch on the fastener to keep it tight. They'd be good on nylon bolts and screw I suppose holding plastic pieces together. Ciao

Well I understand your suspicions living is the USA but the Europeans can't get away with Bullshitting the facts as they have extremely strict independent accreditation criteria's such as the TUV, and have had for decades. Nord lock are TUV certified. As I've mentioned before I've never seen a spring washer used in aviation in 40 something years and have considered them to be "lawnmower technology" for pretty much all of that time. I'm just posting to make people aware/re aware of technology and engineering that's available out there they might not otherwise know about or have forgotten. Ciao

Note the spring washer performance. Ciao

There is no need to use a Helicoil if you drill and tap the Triple Tee (as you call it) or Triple Clamp as I call it if I'm understanding you correctly. I think from memory the thinnest section of the top clamp is around 4 mm so a 6 X 1 cap screw/bolt will be fine into that section with 4 threads when it's only holding a small clock if you are realistic about the torque you put on the bolt and use a little blue Loctite. There are thicker sections in the top clamp if you choose and once again no need for a Helicoil. Forget about the spring washer, there're horrible things and dont work anyway. Ciao

Yep, a Griso 1100 gasket fits a V11. I've had or still have valpolini gaskets on my V11 thats fitted with Griso 1100 valve covers. Same as the later MLS Breva head gaskets fit our bikes and mean you don't need to re torque the heads and reduce the squish clearance to something that actually squishes. Ciao

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Silly isn't it. In a case like this there's probably more chance that the background music will make the record companies money than lose them money. People might go "hey I remember that song and I like it so I'll go and pay to download it" than they are to sit through a Guzzi instructional video just to listen to a particular song. Ciao

Yep plugs out and crank and look for oil from the switch hole. Prefill the filter and after the pan has been off for days it may take a little while for flow to establish as the oil system "may have" drained out. Ciao

If you use a Valpolini gasket you won't need to carry a spare. Ciao

I totally agree with all your points and the same for the other posters as well. All great arguments and valid positions. I just don't think it's an "all or nothing" equation and as typically happens the pendulum will hopefully swing back to the null position at some point. So I'm hoping for a future mix of vehicles where electric is used where it's most efficient and the ICE still remains for certain roles and for those that enjoy them. That would be a win all round for the ICE fans and the environmentalists and reduce the consumption of oil so it lasts longer . It won't be a "perfect" solution but maybe good enough until a new and better energy source is found. The down side is that petrol will become bespoke and expensive if the balance goes too much towards electric. Ciao

Yea, not so much about how much gets up there but how long it takes for the flow to start getting to the head from dead cold. Some engines take quite a while I'm led to believe but then again the older I get the more I believe. Absolutely nothing surprises me anymore. Ciao

Maybe not so much. I re-read nanochickens posts and I missed one. He said he removed the l/h valve cover and cranked twice for about 8 seconds with the plugs out and didn't see any oil flow. Hmm, not sure if this is A typical or not. Pete Roper might know from doing it before. It wouldn't totally surprise me if it took longer than this for the heads to get fed after starting let alone cranking. He did't mention if the Oil pressure light went out during this cranking with the plugs out. My Daytona engine puts the light out the second you hit the button well before the engine fires. Can't remember if the 2 valve engine was the same. Ciao

Honestly the last thing I would be looking at on a bike with that mileage would be the pump. The usual suspects leaving out a mechanically damaged engine are. the switch The filter and gasket A missing section of sump plate gasket on the oil module a poorly seated oil pressure relief valve A blocked oil pickup screen, maybe. faulty wiring to the switch. A V11 pump is pretty bullet proof. I know lowrider has an issue with his Cali? and the dealer mechanic changed a pump after a priming issue but I'd have loved to see the old pump. Ciao

I would just change the switch. I've had switches fail to open on start and leave the light on and it wasn't on a Guzzi. My GSXR1000 track bike did it once. That was enough for me, I just changed out the switch and it was fixed. Just for the sake of accuracy a v11 doesn't use a trochoidal pump. It uses a gear pump. Not saying there mightn't be a more serious issue but do I need to remind everyone of Occams Razor? Ciao

Yes docc I'll own an electric town car one day for sure, but a town car to me is like some sort of white goods, there do do a job and require zero input of any kind. So much of motoring for me is about the visceral stuff, without that it's just transport. There's a reason at air shows everyone wants to see the old WW2 fighters more than the jets fly around. Ciao

Just for clarity, because 2 filters are made in the same factory and look externally identical doesn't mean they actually are. Companies like Champion make filters for a lot of different brands and each brand has it's own specification for the filter internals. Things such as filter medium, size, # of pleats, check valve material, cardboard end supports etc. The list is long. Ciao

I think electric vehicles have their place in the world but if I'm eventually forced to ride an electric motorcycle i'll just stop being interested in the motorcycle world. Like those clowns Harry and Megan driving away from their wedding day in an old E type Jag convertible that had been converted to electric. Pathetic. Automotive history sacrificed on the alter of Wokeness for an entitled generation. As for battery technology well the last thing I saw on that was it's still today 1/100th the energy density of gasoline. Some way to go yet and battery research has been very focused and funded for many years already. Here's the most sensible thing I've seen on electric bikes. Ciao

I wouldn't be to concerned about the mag plug, depends if it's been regularly cleaned when changing the oil. The filter is a UFI I think, 74mm. May as well check the seal and change it out while your there. Big ends OK? Looks like a switch replacement and see how you go. Ciao

They are still available but expensive and not commonly carried by tooling outlets. Ciao