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I'm getting conflicting info from different sources on the tire size. For a 2001 V11 sport. Is it 170/60-R17 Or 180/55-R17 ? The obvious answer is just look at it. I would but the bike is home, and I want to make some calls before I take it to a shop to hopefully get it fixed this afternoon.

Screw is way on the edge, in clean. Tires have about 5000 miles on. I am not remotely close to an "extreme" rider...

Found a screw in my rear tire this morning. Been looking up info online. So what's the controversy? Is it "really" unsafe to plug a flat tire? Or just urban legend to make you buy new tires?

Oh yes, it was handling really badly, but I only used it 3 or 4 times, inner city to get to work, before I had to put it away for the winter. At the time, I knew it was bent so I didn't want to go on a real ride or at any kind of fast speed. I just didn't know it was cracked so badly too!

From my intensive shopping last fall, I can honestly say that V11 gauge clusters are EXTREMELY few and VERY far between!! Most parts are also NLA. I looked far and wide for a month without finding even a HINT of one. The closest I found was a Cali cluster which looked the same, on Ebay Australia. It sold for about 460$ I gave up and bought a Koso instead.

I had the same problem yesterday trying to put a hugger on my new-to-me swingarm. One of the inserts started rotating with the screw. I'm thinking a bit or red locktite should do the trick...

Yeah... can't imagine what would have happened had that crack finished going through while at speed...

I just replaced my rear swingarm and hugger, thanks to some generous people on this very forum. Took me about 3 hours to do the swap. The break is the result of a crash described somewhere else here. At the time, I couldn't see the full extent of the damage because the hugger was in the way. But now that I can see the whole thing... It does seem a lot worse than I first thought, considering a rode it a little bit with the broken piece in there... I guess I lucked out... eh?

What I've read is that the tank material does not allow for Kreem coating to adhere properly. Even filling the tank with bolts and shaking it to score the surface may not be enough to get the coating to bind. Others may have a method garanteed to work, but you need to look into this before you coat it.

What he said. Pete What they said... Pat. You only need to rotate till close enough to TDC for both valves to be fully closed. They both stay closed for a part of the rotation, not just at one specific position.

Saw this on Wild Guzzi. http://www.woodcraft-cfm.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=12-55

"it did not improved starting time as it still take 3-4 cranks to fire up but after each day it gets better, the second day it only take 2-3 crank to fire it up and today it fire up first crank which never happens before. I didn't change anything and not sure why it improves starting progressively and not immediately is beyond me." It may be because the new wires improved your charging circuit. Your battery may have been drained, and the wires may not have been efficient enough to recharge the battery properly. Now, you would have a fully charged battery. Which would explain everything. Just my 0.02$

Strange, mine have the proper C and R on the caps. Bad quality control?

Was this on a muddy dirt track in the woods or flat out into the hairpin at your local racetrack? KB It was going about 30 on the highway.

I don't understand. I have a 2001 with stock breaks. I can lock the front with two fingers and have the scars to prove it. Stock breaks are more powerful than tire grip...with two fingers. What more do you need?

Exactly my point. Wouldn't matter much at hight RPM at full advance. But on idle it would likely make a bigger difference. I wonder if changing the timing would be better than running with loose valves. Just curious if anyone's tried it.

Hahahahaha... good one!

Doesn't timing have something to do with that?

Definitely not a wives tale, I've used it 3 times on my old airhead. Just regular HB pencils.

Dont know about Guzzi clutch plates. But on a Beemer, if you tape together 8 wooden pencils, sharpen only the one in the middle and stick it out a little, it gives you the perfect alignment tool... Probably wouldn't work on Guzzi clutch plate I guess...

It's the ghost of Giovanni Ravelli haunting you.

My personal fav so far is route 3 and then 30, through the Adirondacks in early June (no cars.). It's not California or the Rockies, but it's not like I can go over to the West coast for a day ride...

This one has crashed. Can't be worse than this one though