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I had the same experience when I first got my Scura. These bikes are addictive - and I mean that in the best possible way.

I'm using iMovie too - just getting started with it. On the ride - I waited at the base until no cars had gone by for a while. This was not a sporting ride, speed limits in the park are low, and I had my daughter on back.

Sometimes you can find a used one on e-bay... and sometimes not... Harpers makes an aftermarket one that looks similar (but not the same), and I think it is a bit stronger than the original.

Yeah... We hiked The Narrows on Wednesday morning before the forecasted afternoon and evening light rain. Thursday's rain was pretty heavy, our phones were getting flash flood warnings. We drove through Las Vegas Friday morning, just a few hours ahead of the major flooding there. So... back to motorcycles... I'm learning iMovie so I can do something with the video from my new GoPro. Here is a leisurely ride up the switchbacks. You can see the road from above in one of photos above. The park is totally different after the tunnel exit, on the Eastern side. I have some video of that too. Dave - I like your videos. What software do you use to edit them?

I have the Dunlop RoadSmart 3s on my LeMans. I like them a lot - wish I had some experience on the PR4s so I could compare for you. The rear tire sidewall is quite strong - warm it up if you're going to put it on yourself.

Thanks. Here is my favorite still photo from the trip. This is also of me and my youngest - hiking in The Narrows. One of my other daughters took it with the GoPro. I've got some video of the riding in the area too - will try my hand at editing it a bit. I still can't believe I caught those Rams on video. Their head-butt was like a gunshot in the canyon - and I was so close to it I actually got a little nervous. Those things are tough. Ram-tough if you'll pardon the Dodge truck-commercial...

Spent four days in Zion National Park, in Southern Utah. This was a family trip, with a few opportunities for short out-and-back rides. We camped at the Watchman Campground, inside the park boundary and a short walk to the visitor center and the shuttle, which goes into the main canyon (no private vehicles allowed during peak season). Sunrise from my campsite, which backed up to the Virgin River. One morning, I went to the Northern part of the park via Kolob Canyon Road. It’s a steep climb to the upper plateaus. The road was good fun until I got into the park boundaries. They are doing maintenance and the entire road is covered with pea-sized gravel. Sliding around on steep grades is not fun – especially downhill – finally found a reason to love my rear brake though. Some of the best riding was not on the Scura… And the only way to enjoy most of the park is by foot. We hiked to this overlook, where you can see some of the famous switchbacks that lead to a mile long tunnel into the cliff and up to the higher elevation portion of the park on the Eastern side. I didn’t ride much distance at all, but I did get to take my daughters on some rides to the Eastern entrance and back. On the last evening I went again solo, as rain was threatening. On the way back, I saw these Bighorn Sheep. The Bighorns are a successful species re-introduction story – I think they were hunted to extinction in this region. I parked to watch and met a tourist from Italy who was so happy to see a Moto Guzzi that he had his wife take a picture of us with the Scura. While I was watching the sheep, I decided to take a little video with my iPhone and I captured something special... And when I turned around, the evening light was just amazing… But I paid for it on the way back through the storm. We had a great final night listening to the storm from inside the trailer - and congratulating ourselves for hiking "The Narrows" (a slot canyon prone to flash flooding) on the first day - not during the storm. And here is yet another gratuitous Scura photo.

If you meant me - it's Tim not a Paul. Coincidentally I also have a friend in Bailey. He has a few vintage CB750s. We rented a pair of R1200GS BMWs when I was there last. I'm in Zion National Park with the family. Took my youngest daughter a little ride up Route 9 before sunset and stopped watch a herd of bighorn sheep. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you come up the paved side - through Georgetown? That's a great road, but you gotta watch out for Elk and Bighorn Sheep - not to the mention the deer. So much good riding in the Rockies.

Nice work gentlemen. Feel free to make an entry in the encyclopedia of compatible parts: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19514&hl=encyclopedia BTW, I believe these sense the position of the cam, not the crank.

Not even a little bit boring. That looks like a great group that you ride with. Gonna watch it in full later, when I can really enjoy it.

Great ride - and what fun to cross a river on a ferry. Uncle looks a little unsure about the Greenie... is he a Ducati fan? I encountered a Corvette Club yesterday. Must have been over 30 of them in a line - mostly about the same vintage as the one in your garage.

Thanks. I'm pretty pleased with the Go Pro Session so far. I especially like the small size. All the bluetooth and wifi connections and iPhone app seem like they will be useful if I bother to learn more than 5% of their functions. Sound quality is far better than an older GoPro I used - it has two microphones that help it suppress wind noise. Complaints: The micro menu screen is impossible for me to read without my readers. It doesn't seem to respond every time I press a button. I'll post up a bit of "Scura in a special place" next week.

Thanks for doing this. Watching with great interest.

I'm on some backroads in San Diego County... Learning to use my GoPro Session...

Breakfast at Lake Henshaw today with the Scura in the shade... and a nice MV Brutale in the sun. And here's a little section of road nearby...

Hold my beer, sit in the Italian-flag-themed lawn-chair section... and watch this. But is that an electric heat gun? You may need some serious heat, like a plumber's gas torch.

I now have one plate left - includes three gaskets (two upper and one lower) that I got with a recent order from MG Cycle. $130 including USPS shipping within US.

For many high-volume products, the packaging is a significant part of the cost. Five quart bottles cost more to make than one 5-quart jug. I get my truck oil changed at a local shop, who buys oil by the barrel and passes their cost on without markup. My truck takes 14 quarts (3.5 gallons) of diesel oil - and it would cost me more to buy the oil in jugs than to pay them parts and labor to change it. Now, I'm not gonna put diesel-oil in my V11. But I am curious if a car oil might actually be better for the V11 - since there is no wet-clutch to worry about.

Swoosh - I've thinking about that too. I run cheap organic car oil in my K75s, which has a dry clutch. A big-block V11 engine is basically like a slice off a 1960s Ford or Chevy V-8 engine. A V11 engine has no need for all the wet-clutch friction modifiers that are in most motorcycle-specific oils.

I'm not sure what you are trying to prevent there... I just put mine on a rubber mat. If you tie off one end - like to a trailer hitch - then you can slide hammer away without moving the part on the floor.

Permatex makes a blue gasket sealer and they even print on the package something like "compare to Hylomar blue." I used that on both surfaces of a timing cover gasket - no leaks so far.

Pissing in the cup for the Docc.

A gallon? That's pissing like a saw-horse... and surprisingly biomorphic.

Here's a link for you: https://knoxville.craigslist.org/mcy/d/moto-guzzi-breva/6241150190.html That looks a great value for your asking price. Good luck with the sale.