guzzler

Yep, some bloody good riding round these parts. It's a pity that some of the roads are in need of maintenance but still good fun though! Cheers Ps We had a Suzuki Grand Vitara (full time 4 wheel drive) for a few years and yep the grip was good and modern bike tyres are great in the wet these days, but still need your wits about you all the same eh.

G'day folk's I've had a Shendengan reg/rec on mine since 2010 and not had an issue ever since. Ha ha the only downside... It does away with the charge (battery) light on the dash. Went through the old receipts to see if Brad (Brad the Bike Boy) mentioned a part # but all I have is... Shendengan1 ( Duc 3 phase non gen ) $181.81 back in 2010 here in the land of Oz. I remember Brad telling me at the time that these were the best and coming from him I'd take it as gospel! Cheers Guzzler

Mate It's anything but Summer down here at the moment... 13 degrees rain and windy which makes it worse, we've even got the fire going... Probably be 30 degrees again in a day or so though....Nuts! Instead of tiptoeing along a wet and slippery road to Noojee,I'm afraid I'm hobbling round the house with what I suspect is a touch of Gout....Arghhh! The ole man's had it since his forties and my younger brother has it too so it's not looking good, so it's off to the Quack's next week! The upside of it is that it's the left side of my left foot so would still be able to change up and down, so don't rule out another dalliance with Nooj and Nayook just yet...! Cheers Guzzler

God, what next... Patent the exhaust note?? Cheers

G'day mate Glad to hear you're getting it sorted... Yeah, 15mm does sound a bit extreme but I believe some here have the Ohlins shock which is 8mm longer than standard AND have forks up in the triples 5-8mm... So maybe not as extreme as we think?? I know when I was discussing raising mine by 10mm, Rob ( mechanic ) thought it was a bit much and thought try 5 so we settled on 8mm ha ha. There are NO issues whatsoever with it and I'm pretty chuffed now! The only thing I'd be tempted to try would be more sporting tyres just to feel the difference as have only ever run sport touring, but I can just hear the Minister now ... Why do you need tyres at 7000 kays when the last ones went 15 ? Cheers Ps (Angel GT2 at 11k now and looks like quite a bit left) Pps still glowing from my wee ride yesterday ha ha gotta love these bloody things before they... COME TO TAKE ME AWAY Ha Ha

G'day folk's Just an update for anyone that's interested... I managed to get out on the bike for a 160 or so kay ride and managed to test the suspension settings again. I had moved the Comp back to 4 clicks in and Reb 6 x clicks in ( both from fully out or soft from previous settings of C + 2 /R +4 ) as felt the comp need a wee bit more. They'll be staying put on these now as I love the way she handles and the feel from front end is bloody marvelous... Love it Cheers Guzzler

Reckon the Lav would've handled better than any Boss Hoss though...

Ha ha Yep, I got bugger all chance of a second Guzzi..! Good job the Greenie does it for me. Cheers

When the 1200 Sport came out I really wanted one of these. I was over my neck surgery and able to ride again BUT... At $20K + I just couldn't justify this as it was to be my toy basically and we were just finishing a big reno on the house at the time! So had to wait a bit till funds were available for my splurge. I'm so glad I had to wait and that a Green V11 Sport found her way to me. I haven't ridden a newer Guzzi* but I can tell you that the minute I fired up the V11 at the shop when I went to look at it ... I WAS SMITTEN Thirteen years later.... I STILL AM Cheers Guzzler * I have ridden an older Mk 5 though.

Whoops, not sure whether it's earthed to the frame or engine block but can check and confirm if anyone needs to know... Whichever it is it certainly worked though. Cheers Guzzler

G'day I had a couple of issues like this early in the piece... Brad (mechanic) replaced the reg/rec with a Shendengan Mosfet jobbie and earthed it to the frame and no issues in 10 or more years. Still carry spare fuses but touch wood, haven't needed them! No idea what gauge the wire is though. Cheers Ps hope I haven't woken the infamous electrical demon for having dared mention this....

Good luck mate Hope it's an easy fix, better still easy and cheap! Stil, I doubt nothing easy in removing the gearbox eh! Cheers Guzzler

Yep Once they get under your skin that's it....

Ha ha The wife's been cooking and preparing food for the last 2 days! I've got a snowballs chance in hell of losing the gut till at least March.... Cheers Ps maybe a wee jog across the Nulla to see mates in... Perth? Na, doubt I'd get past the mailbox!

I quite like it actually.. Don't like the look or sound of the Akra's though. Cheers Guzzler

Ha ha Last Xmas the grandkids thought I looked like Santa... So, this year the wife got out the shears and INSISTED I was having a ...Trim! It's a somewhat less hirsute Guzzler this year.... Cheers and Merry Christmas everyone Guzzler Ps if only it was as easy to lose the belly.

Wow..... I've done 160mph and that was something back then but 300 mph beggars belief.... Cheers

When next upon the road to Noojee...shortcut or no! I hope you find the way tight but moist and accommodating..... Cheers Guzzler Ps this may be considered a little ribald and hope I haven't offended anyone...?

It's supposed to be Summer mate but no sign of it yet.. Except for that wee glimpse of it. I don't wanna know about 24 deg F brrrrr

No pictures but a couple of funny town names... Well finally a free weekend and what to do? The green one was sitting forlornly in the carport and the weather was screaming ...Get out there! It's officially Summer but Winters not letting go with week after week of RAIN WIND RAIN and temps of 5 to 17 degrees with the odd good day during the week whilst we're at work of course! But, here we have an Oasis of Summer in a weekend with no chores no where to be and no one to see! A quick call to Dave and he's up for it. So, 9.30am Sunday morning we're togged up and heading for the servo in Warragul to gas up. Bloody hell there's another Green V11 Sport at the pumps. I nearly fall off the damn thing when I see it. A laugh / chat with the owner about common as muck these things/yeah one on every other street corner and we're gassed up and ready to go. Dave's on about heading for the hills but the forecast is for a slight chance of rain about the ranges now with a storm front coming through mid- afternoon and the radar confirms it, so I suggest we head for the coast. Off we drone down the highway to Trafalgar and turn right up into the Strzelecki ranges (no rain about these ones, but don't mention the R word just in case). Once you climb up straight away it's a great twisty rollercoaster of a ride along the top to Thorpdale (Victorias spud capital) and then right to Mirboo Nth. Great wee bakery here so we stop for a pie and water as it's starting to get warm at 10.30. We sit and catch up for a while as it's been a while since we caught up! We then decide to take the back roads down to Meeniyan whereupon we wrong turn and end up in Fish Creek. When we stop I assume Dave wanted to stop for lunch at the Art Deco pub which has great food but no he's on about stopping at the Poowong* pub and mucked up the directions ha ha. * ( I've been meaning to stop in there for years ). So we backtrack to Wonthaggi. It being a great weekend for a change, there's heaps of traffic heading for the Prom (Wilsons Prom = Tramping mecca on Melb's door- step) so good to be heading in the opposite direction. Jeez it's getting warm now, feels like mid 30's or more. Really noticed it sitting at a couple of traffic lights in Wonthaggi! A few minutes later and we're back on open road again but hit more of Chairman Dan's ubiquitous road works! God knows we NEED THEM but do we have to DO THEM ALL AT ONCE so you cannot move ANYWHERE in Victoria without encountering them. It's particularly galling to have to crawl through k after k of 40 kph limit when THERE'S NO ONE WORKING - Arghhhh end of rant! As if in punishment for the criticism it would appear that the great ( ??- cough cough ) Omnipotent socialist dictator directed one of his bugs of monumental proportions into my briefly opened visor (for some air) and straight onto the left lens of my glasses rendering my left eye almost useless! Bugger (literally)! I try to flag down Dave to explain I need to stop and clean my glasses but by this stage he's turned right and heading back up into the ranges and starting to disappear... I should've just stopped and cleaned them but then thought he'd panic and think I'd binned it so pressed on with one and a poofteenth eyes! Of course, it's a tight twisty road in typically crap condition and WINDY as hell up here on the exposed ridgelines.. made all the more fun with said one and a poofteenth eyes! It would be fun with both eyes though! Despite all this I only cocked up two very tight switchbacks when my glasses slid down a bit due to sweat and had to wobble round till I could open the visor and push them back up again! Now which way did he go? Doubt he'd go through Kongwak but then again wouldn't be the first time he's taken a roundabout way but guessed he'd head straight on to Krowera and guessed left again to Loch rather than right to Bena. As it turns out I guessed right (well left actually ha ha ) and there he is at the servo in Loch. I pull up and mention I can't see too well and need to stop and clean my glasses as can't see outa my left eye! He doesn't understand (well an idling Guzzi and Mv both with aftermarket exhaust systems and old fart ears so hardly surprising I suppose) and heads off again! Oh dear, another tight twisty goat track but 5 minutes later we're in the main street of the bustling metropolis of Poowong and the OASIS that is the Poowong Hotel. We walk into a bloody beautiful air-conditioned public bar bubbling away with locals and folk's from the car and hot rod show and shine in our home- town of Drouin stopping off just like us on their way back to their home- town of Wonthaggi. Ha ha as we walked in,their first words were jeez you boys look HOT..this coming from a particularly good looking blonde lady of somewhat lesser vintage than ourselves BUT and I mean BUT she was referring to our ( mostly mine) hot and bothered disheveled appearance.... What a great atmosphere and after a couple of cold drinks (lemonade for me) and a really enjoyable Bruschetta it's back out to the heat and the bikes for the 40 or so kays ride home. Having THROUGHLY CLEANED my glasses the ride from Poowong to home was a Fookin RIPPER...... Home about 3 ish and peeled the leathers off, into the togs (swimming togs this time) and straight into the pool. I'm sure there was steam as I jumped in.... Glass or three of rose at wine o clock finished off a neat wee day out.... Till next time cheers Guzzler

Thanks again mate. I just went out and checked mine... I have 100mm or just over it (wasn't too pedantic about it) with the bike on the side stand so looks like spring rate is correct as I suspected after having the forks upgraded. Cheers Guzzler

Ha ha Mate I've had some work done on the bike and sorted the suspension so she's all ready to go if it ever stops bloody raining down here....! I can't wait to do a few more but will have to wait till after Xmas.Crazy time of the year with weather to match. Actually, some of the high- country roads are washed out and won't be re-opened for some time but like last time we'll figure out a way round it and I'll report in due course! Cheers Guzzler

Yes mate, bloody brilliant resource this place..... Ha ha, I hear you about never completely trusting the front eh but do persist and get it sorted as it does make a BIG difference when you do! Cheers Guzzler

G'day again folk's Well managed to get out for a wee 250 k jaunt Sunday to try latest settings.... I'm quite happy ( bloody rapt actually!) with the Comp on + 2 and rebound on + 4 so think I'll leave it there for the time being. It seems to be a good compromise for our goat tracks! Couldn't agree more about getting spring rate right and now I understand what all those road tests were on about under sprung and overdamped ha ha. My set up now is .95kg straight rate springs ( I'm a kick in the pants off 90 kilos ) and forks as above with them up through the triples by 8mm and a Hyperpro 460 emulsion shock at the rear with a Hyperpro steering damper set at +4 . One particular corner stands out that rams home the difference before /after suspension work. It was a tightish but sweeping downhill right hander taken at 110 kays, road was wet and had a trace of mud / muck on it that was unavoidable. The feel from the front was brilliant and I knew exactly what was going on all the way through it. The old set up was vague through here even in the dry! Thanks again folk's. Ps funny thing happened at the servo filling up before setting out. I pull in and lo and behold there's another Green V11 Sport at the pumps! I nearly fell off the bloody thing in shock and matey was just as stunned! Ha ha we had a laugh about you don't see two of these in the same spot.... Actually you just don't see two of these full stop ha ha ! Geez these things sound good eh! Guzzler

G'day folk's Just a wee update. I've figured out that when the forks were re-installed on the bike, Peter ( the suspension guru ) had set them in the middle of the adjustment range, not for any particular reason but mid-way and for me to adjust as I see fit! So, to that end I've been fiddling around and working things out... Although even with the damping set in the middle it's better than it was but I'm beginning to find that on anything less than a billiard table racetrack LESS Damping is better! I was able to get out for a 300k ride last weekend with Comp on +4 clicks and Rebound on +6 .This is better again on the goat tracks we call roads down here but feel like it could be tweaked a bit more.I've now got them set at Comp +2 / Reb +4 in readiness for another wee jaunt tomorrow to see how that goes! I reckon I may end up with this setting? Gotta say though, what an improvement over the way she was.... GuzziMoto, many thanks mate not only for identifying the issue in the first place finding the solution then when done guiding this clown through setting the forks up... I'm very close to getting her set-up just so...Chuffed. Cheers Guzzler