stewgnu

Ooo, fitting the round head covers would be a nice look. Thanks for all the info guys! It’s great to be made aware of all the possible options

Stew, Worth getting a pair of cylinder protectors. Gutsibits do those that use all the bolts, not just those on the outer edge.Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Yes i had, and will have, protectors fitted. The bike slid down the road about 30 feet or so and ground the protector completely away. It did it’s job very well- the road just started to bite into the rocker cover. No damage to the fins thankfully.

Is it time for docc to pull his rockers to see what 100,000 good ol’ american miles has wrought??

“I know we Yanks and Brits are separated by a common language, but your valve covers fall off periodically, Stew !?! “ Nope, I’m just not a very good rider perhaps! ... poor poor bike being saddled with me..

Damn they’re cool. Too late as i’ve grabbed steve’s old set of shiny ones. But good to be aware of the alternatives as i seem to fall of periodically.

Heh! Ee tha’s a prickly bugger! Sorry, i was reading the other post about the rocker arms wearing on our 2v machines and skipped over to read this similarly-themed thread. Whichever way you look at it, if you’ve a post 2000 guzz this seems to be an area to ‘keep a peeper on’.

Well I, for one, am now curious/apprehensive re my up-coming clearance check. I think my bike’s on about 32,000 miles...

There are covers available for earlier models that are much, much older than the v11

Anyone know whether the v11 covers are specific to the v11?

Perhaps not surprising so much as somewhat inconvenient

Any. None left at guzzi, none to be found thru suppliers. Had to grab a second hand set to re-finish.

There’s /\ (New ones, in the uk and poss eu??)

“Got your safety gear Fred?” “I’ve got my pipe and flat cap!” “Jolly good! Pip pip!” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8PmMQK76s&feature=youtu.be

“His goofy jabber doesn’t inspire confidence” Haa! Indeed! As a brit i find him amusing- reminds me of that stereotyped ‘tv-advert-american-used-car-salesman’ : “I’m Manic Marv and I’m mad for low low prices etc etc..”

I happened across thos video referring to seafoam recently- seems to advise against the stuff: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gg9ppeUMpK4

Cheers fellas- i couldn’t think of an alternative bike that appealed as much as the v11! I have my dream bike, and i rode it today. x

As happens i’ve just popped a shot of Wynn’s injector cleaner in mine. Thought she’d appreciate it...??

Seems like a spare worth having! Any other uk owners interested?

Are there plans in place for a uk consignment?

Took her in for the MOT today- she’s been laid up after sliding down the road in October: ‘It’s a write off i’m afraid sir’ ‘Not while i have my strength it isn’t!” Quickest mot ever. ‘No problems there- all perfect- it’s a nice machine’. So i’ve spent most of the day riding about in the p*ss*ng rain, chuckling at the fruity rort from the lovely carbon mistral cans. Write off indeed... how dare you...

"sugru?" Sorry! Just my little joke, sugru is a mouldable, setting putty stuff. Thought it’d be amusing to imagine someone performing port-alteration-work with it. I was wrong. Apologies.

To update: Finally fitted speedbleeders (on the clutch and rear brake) today. These are just great. Can’t recommend them enough. No more rear brake groaning, pretty certain the lines are purged of air, nice and firm. Got to be right up there amongst my favourite mods so far! As mentioned above: Postage to uk was really quick. Oh and you need to file down the pointy end or it’ll bottom out before threading in.

Me! Me! I’m just off out to buy some sugru!

I kind of agree the video’s misleading somewhat. We don’t know if the rider was momentarily distracted or whatever? Anything can happen when you’re riding and there’s can be precious time to correct. I know from personal experience that when things go ‘a bit wrong’ they can do so far quicker than a person can reasonably react (as well as react in the right way). But oh my word that vid gives me the willies..