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Thanks Dave. I know a lot of people think these are somehow more valuable than the other special edition models, but they don't do it for me. Now a Nero Corsa... I'd even consider trading my Scura for a pristine Nero Corsa. Sadly, prices for all sorts of used bikes are probably going down soon given current economic conditions.

I have a lot of springs. Payment and shipping details are back a few pages. I have a few boxes ready to ship as soon as I am allowed to leave my house - California is currently under stay-at-home orders to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Glad you guys got it sorted. I have a lot springs here and can re-supply you guys later. I'm already boxing up a few shipments to have ready when I can leave my house again.

Today is the first day staying at home in California. I took a pre-dawn walk with the dog to the main street at the edge of my neighborhood. Still some light traffic, which I assume were people on their way to "essential work" such as healthcare, sanitation, power supply, etc. Saw a couple big military trucks roll by. Wednesday, a solo military helicopter landed at our local airport - I assume the passengers are now in charge of that airport. My daughters are all home (one returned from college a few days ago). So we are safe and stocked up on essentials. Taking a cue from the Italians, we've got a load of pasta and tomato sauce. I'm all set up to work at home (have always maintained a home-office), and putting in long hours. My business is hit hard by this and we (like most other small businesses) are scrambling to figure out what this will mean to us. In each of our offices (UK, Singapore, 3 in the US), we made everybody take home whatever they needed to work from home. Yesterday, we did a video meeting and showed off our new "offices" to each other. We went totally virtual as we are expecting this restriction to go nation-wide. Last night (hours before the California stay-at-home deadline), I delivered a bunch of food to one of my team who has a high-risk profile for this virus - he is on self-imposed 100% quarantine till this is over. He said (though his upstairs window) "You don't realize how much certain activities mean to you until you can't do them." I told him to remember that he has a rebellious friend with a dirt bike who knows how to find things. This thing is totally surreal. A few weeks ago, I made my family watch the movie Contagion. They didn't think that was going to happen. But here we are. I hope Moto Guzzi (which is near the epicenter of the Italian outbreak) can make it to their 100th birthday. Thanks Jaap, for opening the dialogue and for setting the apolitical tone.

I'm running the Mitas E-07s on mine. They have a pretty aggressive tread for an ADV tire. I mostly ride asphalt and they handle quite well. I do graded dirt roads and slightly rougher dirt roads whenever possible, and I have bounced over a few rocky sections, but nothing really technical. They work much better than the stock 90/10 tires. The Mitas is supposed to be a long-wearing tire, but I have not been going slow enough to have that experience. FWIW - I replaced the rear TKC 80 on my Husqvarna 701 with the Heidenau K60s - for much improved traction and seems to be wearing better.

Yeah Phil - My 2002 Scura has the more substantial subframe elements as you described. Same with the 2002 LeMans I had. They are interchangeable with the 2003 and 2004 models. Definitely seems to be a transition period - and explains why the 2003 LeMans had internal fuel pumps, while the 2003 Sport models had the carryover external pumps and smaller tanks.

Hey Phil - no worries about bubble bursting, especially if you are providing evidence. It's clear that the internal-pump tank is longer, which I did not know. My experience was in swapping a Greenie tank with a Champagne LeMans tank. This was red-frame to black frame, but both tanks had petcocks and external pressure regulators, supplied by an external fuel pump. So... I still believe that the external-pump tanks were the same size through 2002 (same as Footgoose said above). Then they were different starting in 2003 with the internal pumps. (With the customary footnote for the bikes sold as 2003 models, which were more like the 2002 models).

I have personally swapped tanks between red and black framed bikes without any issues or modifications. While I no longer have both tanks available to measure, I do believe the tanks are the same size. There is just more clearance between the tank and the triple-clamps with the black-frame bikes.

Download the alchemy app. Whatever you scan turns into gold. Requires a Golden Retriever as well, because those dogs retrieve gold.

There is a complete V11 engine for sale on ebay right now. That's an extreme option, but if you wanted some other spares, it could make sense.

^ yeah, especially since everyone knows the best fish chips on the planet are the Mahi Mahi in Hawaii. This is pro-level thread drift by us.

That sounds fabulous. There are Stelvio owners on wildguzzi.com but I am not aware of a bike-specific forum like this. I'd suggest mapping out a few routes (perhaps with connectors between them) so you can adjust to weather, whim, and whatever... Personally, I like to take in the National Parks when I can. In the US, Yellowstone and Grand Teton are not too far South of the border. I've often thought it would great to ride the Canadian Rockies through Bannf or Jasper. You have endless possibilities and the Stelvio is great ride. You didn't ask us to help you spend more money, but what are forums for? I found that a small, clip-on wind deflector, on the stock screen with in the full upright position, will create a near-silent air pocket. Something like that would be great to have on such a long ride. I also have found the Giant Loop Diablo tank bag to be an excellent bit of luggage and a very good fit on the Stelvio.

How about that. Lovely photo though... I just sent the guy a text and asked to remove my picture from his ads.

I got a replacement for the Ohlins forks. See this post: The Marzocchis are different - not the same mounting pattern.

Fair warning... I have noticed this ad a few times for a Scura, which also misidentifies it as a Coppa Italia. I believe we discussed it elsewhere (or it may have come up on WildGuzzi). https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2002-Moto-Guzzi-V11-COPPA-ITALIA-5011141431 Why the need for the warning? One of the pictures is of MY Scura. How can I tell? I know my child when I see her. Also, I recall taking the picture in the desert by the wind turbines... and it has all sorts of custom bits (mirrors, reservoir tanks, belly pan, etc) and extra "darkening" that I did... and my handheld, dirtbike GPS is mounted on the handlebars. So this could be a scam. Or the other pictures are of a bike he actually has for sale. Either way, I feel mixed emotions about this. Slightly violated and slightly complimented that the seller is using picture of my bike. FWIW - there is also a factory photo mixed in there, but the rest of the photos appear to be of a different Scura.

I think you find the Quat D to quite valuable to the right person if you want cash. And as griswoia offered above, you can probably get a complete system in trade.

Like Docc said. Be sure you know what you are plugging. One line from the tank is draining rainwater and/or gas overflow. Another is to let air back in the tank as the fuel is used. I wouldn't want to accidentally plug either of those.

This You Tube guy cracks me up. He's done a lot of interesting features on specific cars. But he just released this about Ducati. I hope you enjoy it.

If I recall correctly, the top bolts have washers, but the lower bolts, which go through the head guards, do not have washers.

You mean the front subframe? That might be a puzzle to remove without taking the engine out, but could be possible. I would get the bike vertical with the shop stand, then support the engine with a platform jack. You will need to remove the tank and bunch of other stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/75-5027-Intake-Powerstroke-Cleanable-Cotton/dp/B001F0YHVM/ref=sr_1_22_sspa?crid=39OKS3Z8KF5KO&keywords=s%26b+cold+air+intake+6.7+powerstroke&qid=1579560110&sprefix=S%26B%2Caps%2C199&sr=8-22-spons&psc=1&smid=A3GJK7T1KN0PLM&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzNkpJWENZVkVCMDk0JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTE2ODY5VUcyMEZGMFdCSEhPJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA3MDQzODMyQjlXUkhMU1lSMEZDJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYnRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ== It's the S&B kit. Link to Amazon above. Pretty straightforward bolt-on. A bit of fiddling, but that's to be expected. It is noticeably quicker across the RPM range - but still not fast by any stretch of the imagination. I also have modified exhaust, I think it's a 4" pipe. There are different kits for the OBS (Old Body Style like mine) and the new body style starting in 1999..

Those coiled plastic tubes are truly fugly, but it's a race bike and racers are supposed to experiment with stuff. That said, I do fancy that full-length belly pan. I suppose that not having a side stand makes it easier to fit something like that. And since we're looking closely and straying off topic... those rear-set pegs appear to be mounted inside the big nuts that lock the swing arm pivots in place. That must be fiddly...

That, along with Docc's use of beer bottles to add bell-shapes to the airbox top suggest that the main restriction on the V11 is getting air to filter - not the filter itself. I think that just ditching the rubber snorkels from the airbox top might allow a bit more air in. The search for the correct shape beer bottle provides intrinsic motivation. On the theme of airbox mods... I just put a whole new airbox and an enormous pod filter on my 7.3L Turbo-Diesel F250. The new airbox draws in fresh air from the stock intake piece (which opens in front the radiator for cool air. But it also has a huge hole in the back of the airbox, so air intake can flow in from the other side. I'm no intake scientist, but it seems to me that holes in the V11 airbox lid would serve a similar purpose to the one I just put in my truck, allowing air to flow directly onto the filter (and more evenly over the available surface of the filter), instead of having to travel over the filter to the back of the V11 airbox.

Thanks guys. PM sent to Emerald.

FWIW - all the Ducati STs are cheap. I just sold an ST3 in very nice condition for a bit less than my $2,750 asking price (and after a long time progressively dropping the price in the ad). It was a 2004, which I think is the last year of the dry clutch on that model. The ST3 is more powerful and more refined than the ST2. I'd certainly rather spend a few hours replacing a Ducati clutch than a few days doing a Moto Guzzi clutch. And with a dry clutch, you can get fancy stuff and a vented cover so it always sounds like your bike is about to frag itself. The Ducati desmodue/desmotre Maintenance and Modification Guide, by LT Snyder is a good investment if you decide to get one of these bikes. But it does not cover the desmoquattro (the engine in the ST4).