stewgnu

Avon 3d-xm's lasted a fair do and were great except for when god sent a flood. Don't know if you can get them inthe US? The 180 was too wide, it rode well enough but was a pain to get on/off. I've just put angel gt's on (170), my first set of these, feel supoib so far.

New tyres, new brake pads, all lines bled and calipers cleaned, bodywork waxed. Ahh. Do the Germans have a massive word that represents "That lovely feeling when many small fettlings combine to result in hightened satisfaction"?

Hi Owen, you should be able to get it sorted- I've biked my v11 all over England and Scotchland in some horrendous, miserable downpours and she never missed a beat so it is possible!

Haa! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yao_T2adl14

Looks neat. You'll get some nicely graded gravel to shake out every few hunnerd miles?

Are we really saying that with all the exacting stuff people can make, 'they' cannot manufacture a perfectly aligned prop shaft? I notice in the video a few posts back, that the rearward props offset was aligned off 'to follow' rather than be pushed- is that important?

Well my avon xm's are good enough- bit cheeky in the very wet though.. and the 180 width is tooo wide. INTERMISSION: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ay9eZNRVHI

Nice, and autofab have a snazzy slip of a tail on this one: http://www.autofabrica.com/#/type-9/

Are you saying it will ride, albeit not perfectly? Or that no sane human could tame it?

To be fair, if you'd love a tenni, i highly doubt you would regret getting one!

You can fit proper handlebars and adjustable pegs are available too. I shouldn't think of it as an uncomfortable bike but the peg/seat distance is poss on the short side? Whilst conversely it is a stretch to the (clipon) bars. How do other members, who might suffer with knee, wrist and lower back problems, fare on the v11?

Possibly shortly followed by: BANGG!

Hahahahaaaa!! Rraarrr!

Mmmmmmonza, they sound lovely with open pipes

Hey, you're onto something there... i see it too. If the shaft is misaligned on the bike would there be weird handling when changing speeds? How is it manifested?

Daytona, Ariel Ace and Dominator!

Really? It's one of my favourite aspects of the design. I even like the weirdly-shaped tank too!

I've always thought that the v11 rear end looked awful without the tail-section- and not so easy to customise perhaps? I have honestly yet to see a 'true' V11 that was fully customised to look better than the original v11sport. Even ghezzi- and we all know how good they are. I mean, not like a tonti, or f/bed etc, that had a structure in place to bolt to... Case in point: http://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/2016/12/round-head-racer-moto-guzzi-lemans-mkii.html mmmmmm! Should put this on 'what bike would you desire' thread.

Oooh, lovely! Always thought they looked miles better than the v12's. It's the obvious question but how does the ride compare to the v11?

Thats a funky tip. ^ I measured the 'ole diameter at 5.3mm (could only find some 6mm bearings in the bitsbox, natch). So for now there's a length of 4mm passivated rod in there.

Heh! I must've spent a good ten fruitless minutes on hands and knees, conk six inches from the floor & muttering foul foul language, before realising i was in a public area... I've come to regularly check the functioning of the rear light as mine, like cash1000's, does snag up occasionally. Imagine getting rear-ended on a bike... *shudder*.

What's .1 of a mil between gutsisti?

The dutch parts list lists it as 3.9mm?

Yep, mistral crossover installed. Alas, for my lovely mistrals were recently forced to be replaced due to fate (and a myopic taxi driver). So now I have the mivvs on her. Re mapping: I had purchased the necessary cable, and was intending to guzzdiag her, but after fresh plugs, filter clean and baseline tps reset, she is back to running like a peach. With added super mega bonus of eradication of any (noticable) pinking. Yayy. If you can stomach the price, the mistrals are just lovely.

Ah! Cheers muchly doc, it landed somewhere in a patch of grey gravel, the b*stard, so i've had to remember to dab the rear for illumination- not ideal!