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for the cover... others have described well. once the dots are aligned, look under one of the cogs (the one over the neutral switch) and you'll find a small indent (about 1/8" concave) and turn the cogs till the neutral switch plunger pops into the indent. thats neutral. for the gearbox, I just (as others have said) moved the selectors around (very scientific) until the rear wheel turns freely. The selector ends facing the cover form a sort of rectangle pattern as I recall.

On a modern engine the primary role of the airbox is for resonant tuning, so the airbox works in concert with the engine and exhaust system as a whole. Its similar to tuned length exhaust but on the intake side. The volume of the airbox and its associated resonance has a significant benificial effect on the airflow into the engine. Its also used in conjunction with variable length untake trumpets and the shape of the lip on the intake trumpets. Its quite a scientific process these days, hence nobody removes airboxes anymore as it will lose you a lot of power. The ram effect has a negligeable benifit especially on a road bike and the ram ducts bigger contribution is in feeding cooler more laminar air into the airbox more than any small static pressure increase. On the V11 Guzzi though the airbox is there to hold the air filter and for noise emission reasons, its design pre dates resonant intake tuning on production bikes. Still dont see the point of removing it though. Ciao I'm curious for you to go a step further with the airbox analysis. What about the effect of removal of the top of the box, which has the snorkels, like when the BMC filter is installed? Looks like I only lose the cool air benefit, and laminar air flow.

I recall a quote from Spine Raid '17 ... "I don't know.... I drank from the jar"

Thanks BBz. Love that. What's in the "Bike Palace" next door?

My bike runs a PC3 and performs very well throughout the range. Stucci Xover, MG Ti cans, and BMC intake. (stock airbox with top/snorkels removed) I'm not "swearing by it" .. I'm jus sayin

03 Sport Naked from Greg Bender site

It looks like a standard sport color, except for the red rear body section. And it's not a real cafe sport. I think he means cafe racer style.

apparently that will do you no good. (fubar) but welcome to the forum anyway.

welcome vt4l

thanks. the last one http://www.odd-bike.com/2015/01/millepercento-moto-guzzis-filling-void.htmlis a great read

That goo in scuds tranny looks like it's mixed with something. Like water from condensation. A part of life in the mid west.

I'm far from disagreeing on RL heavy, but the jury is still out for my use of it. I've been in my tranny a couple of times since I started using it, and the strawberry shake always looks as one would expect. Yeah, it's thick and clingy, but nothing like scuds encounter. I'll continue with it till I see something I don't like.

+1

thanks Marty. Some really interesting bits on the red Magni bike. Someone should tell him about the Li battery. Was anyone tempted to call it Rattley Tappet?

Bravo Docc!!! !

what's new from Guzzi, to Jim Dandy ...in 9 posts. Twisted

"No reason a Tennista to buy one - unless you plan to get an early sport to keep her company." well, they are all tarts, after all.

ok, that clears it up. I didn't realize it was a Guzzi part, since some bikes don't have them. Thought it was aftermarket. Thanks guys.

All true. But for the moment, they are super-cheap and readily available from Moto International. *while supplies last* But Cory, the frame on your Rosso Corsa does not have a place to mount the bracket - so you couldn't use it without welding something onto your frame. I think the lower subframe on your bike does a far better job of holding the driveline in place than the little bracket. In short: ride it hard as-is. If you want a little extra assurance, maybe you should check that the tranny top-mount bolt is not over-torqued. Been all over the MI site and can't find the brace. Some linky help please?

just doing some follow-up on this subject and am curious as to the "two versions" of our gas tank. #1 would be '99 to internal fuel pump, and #2 being internal fuel pump models? So an '02 tank will be correct for an '00, for example? No other differences? Someone mentioned possibly length I think?

in case you hadn't seen this... http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20138

nice tail

Is this it? https://www.harpermoto.com/33-gasket-en.html This one has a different color arrangement than my '02 and Scuds photo. ours is the 02781101 in his link. I also have a spare with the same number. The 037811 is, I think for a later bike.

Congratulations Knumb! Awesome sound.

Kept an airbox, of sorts, and displayed the rear shock! nice. I don't understand the foot controls. Beautiful bike.