thevoodoochild

thanks for the love guys... more builds soon to come.

thanks man!! i had to buy a drive shaft, mine was f*cked.

im having a real issue with my drive shaft. im not being able to splip the two halves, to remove it from the swing arm, it seems to be locked up, also the u joints are no parallel to each other at the ends.

i have a few fastenal stores close by...thanks for the tip man!!

they carry a lot of things...but i looked at it and u might be right, ill order online once i take it apart and figurate out its dimensions... thanks

great read.... as soon as i get the call from the dealer with the parts i ordered, ill take i apart and grease it...thanks man!!

ill get one tonight... just in case mine seized....its just $13....thanks

home depot carries a lot of hardware now days... ill check there or ill buy it online i wouldn't mind the wait...

ill disassemble, clean and ill go to the home depot to get stainless fasteners...ill let u know if this fixes it....

Yeah you forgot the bucket in case you cock it up. Nothing worse than petrol peeing all over the garage with nothing to catch it in. Also, be careful how you set the tank down once you get it off - some expanded polystyrene will protect those taps. Cheers. couldn't agree more ill keep a few towels and a bucket handy...

is it one of the recalls that Moto Guzzi made?? i had the dealer look for the history on mine to see if they had been done... ill do some reading on that thread but i dont think that my abilities can get me that far...

same problem....the clutch releases it, the dealer told me that i can just be lack of grease on the linkage and that its a very common thing to see on these bikes...

great tip, i was actually gonna ask how to go about it and u totally saved me...i got not mechanical experience but im handy and i learn fast...thank u for the reply!!

thanks man ill do this as soon as i get the parts...

thanks for all the tips....illl try it this weekend...... just came back from the dealer, i bought a oil radiator bracket which was broken, 4 exhaust nuts because mine are rusty and bought a new breather hose and new clamps......is there a good way to wash away all the oil from engine that's been dripping to make sure the breather hose was the source of my leak?? thanks

yeah i figurate out it works, but i think its broken because i twist it and nothing moves down there....

thank for the advice.... i have a check list before i do any mod anyways.... (1) im getting Pirelli Angel gt tires.....im all about grip, recommend something better if u want......(2) have all fluids changed, Brake, clutch, and all oils....(3) fix tranny issue...(4) fix idling issues which are not constant sometime it happens and sometimes it doesnt, and i dont think the choke is working i keep on twisting the lever and nothing moves on the thottle bodies(5) fix leak......(6) clean her completely and then mods.....

thanks for your reply guys... i didnt get the Enzo joke....lol..... mine has something that looks like another hose outlet on the right side of the tank and it turns, is that u are referring as a shut off valve?? i have a friend with some wrenching experience...ill be doing the pod filters mod real soon also add a power commander, ill swing by my local dealer to see if i can get the idle deal fixed and to check for recalls and parts...thanks for the replies....is there a good shop manual with graphics so i can identify parts that way i can explain myself better... my first bike was a honda shadow so it didnt have fancy electronics or fuel injection thats why im so lost...what is TPS??

thanks for the reply... there is a dealer in my area, they deal with Moto Guzzi, Mv Agusta and Aprilia.... ive read somewhere there are a few recalls...how can i find out if they'd been done on mine somewhere along the line? i would like to be able to fix things myself, i dont like taking the bike to the stealership...i wanna be able to take it appart, clean it, customize it myself...thanks

hey there, im Max from Argentina but ive been living in miami for 12 years....1 week ago i bought a 2001 V11 sport...needless to say i am in love, its my second motorcycle, im relatively new to the world of motorcycles, riding, and i have no mechanical experience... im having a few issues with it, it has a hard time down shifting and sometimes the shifter sticks at the bottom and i cant pull it back up, the only way to pull the shifter lever upwards is by playing with the clutch... another problem is oil leaking everywhere.... i think it comes from a thick hose that comes out of the top of the frame...the neutral indicator doesn't work and its not idling fine sometimes, it also dies after i come off the highway to a stop sign or light.... i have an owners manual and i downloaded the shop manual but they both suck...no graphics at al...since i have no graphics or mechanical experience and english is my second language im having a hard time identifying the problems, researching or even asking for help because i don't know how to call things unless at least i have diagrams to follow and parts names, info etc. the red oil indicator is on when i turn the key but it disappears when the bike starts, i checked the dipstick and it seems fine....i figurate out how to take the tank off but i don't understand how the petcocks work so i couldnt fully remove the tank because i dont know how to turn the petcocks off.....i wanna do a few mods like getting rid of the air box and getting clip ons without rise....im in love with my Moto Guzzi but im just very disappointed at the lack of info on the web, i found this page and i see a lot of info but im frustrated at the fact that sometimes i don't know what u guys are talking about due to my lack of vocabulary and my lack of knowledge in mechanics, is there any manual with schematics detailed info etc. that way i can ask the right question..

Hello everyone, im Maxi from Miami and im a proud owner of a V11....