Wild hare vs fairing

[Jaide]

On 5/2/2025 at 12:37 AM, audiomick said:

I don't know for sure that they are still available, but since they are still on the site, it is worth asking.

 

I just looked on kleinanzeigen.de. Perhaps this is what @Tomchri meant. Is it any good to you? It's in Königsbronn in southern Germany.

https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/moto-guzzi-v11-le-mans-baujahr-2001-verkleidung-rechts-/3013469775-306-9058

Königsbronn is here:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2792008#map=7/50.075/9.212

 

EDIT: I just looked at the advert on Kleinanzeigen again, and noticed that the part is "nur abholung", i.e. "pick-up only", so the seller probably wont send it to the Netherlands.

BUT....

as it happens, I am expecting to be going from Leipzig to Altusried and back 3 or 4 times over the next 5 or 6 weeks. That means I will be going past there on the Autobahn A7, and picking it up for you would mean about a 10 km detour. So if you need help, let me know. Posting it on to you is not a problem, and if he wants cash in the hand on pick-up, that can also be done.

EDIT again: thinking about it, it might confuse the seller, or make him supicious, if you contact him and tell a story about "someone will pick it up for me". If you want the part, get in touch with me and I will try and buy it. If I can get it, we can take it from there. If you change your mind, it is no big deal. That would mean I have a spare part that I don't really need right now, but one can never have too many spares, even if they are the wrong colour, so no problem.

It would be amazing if you could do that for me, it looks nearly pristine except for the one damaged bit on there. The color is right too!

Since this part of the fairing is too far gone to repair anyways, I did do a quick fix with some zip ties so I can at least ride the bike until I get all the parts to fix it.

[audiomick]

4 hours ago, Jaide said:

... a quick fix with some zip ties ...

Well done, very creative. It makes me wonder if it would be possible to build a sewing machine that sews with zip-ties.

 

Anyway, I'll send you a PM with my mobile telephone number. It would be good if you send me yours. My first trip down to Altusried is later this week.

[audiomick]

Update for curious bystanders: I've sent a message to the seller on kleinanzeigen.de, but he hasn't reacted yet.

I expect he doesn't look in that often, as the ad was first placed in February this year. I take the fact that it is still there as an indication that the part is still available. As far as I know, kleinanzeigen ads get taken down after a month or six weeks or something if one does not actively renew them.

Edited May 6 by audiomick

[gstallons]

did you get anywhere on the fairing ?

[audiomick]

So, on the way "home from work" today, I stopped off in Königsbronn and bought this.

[audiomick]

2 hours ago, audiomick said:

...I stopped off in Königsbronn and bought this.

By the way, does anyone need the Griso 1100 muffler shown in the picture above? The bloke who had the fairing part for sale also had that, and was so dead set on  getting rid of it that he gave it to me. The number on it is ZGU1001

So if anyone needs it, and thinks the delivery costs from Germany to wherever are worth it, it's up for grabs. Just for the cost of delivery, or come an pick it up in Leipzig.

[gstallons]

Is that fairing part as good as it looks ?

[audiomick]

On 5/11/2025 at 10:57 PM, audiomick said:

By the way, does anyone need the Griso 1100 muffler shown in the picture above?

Just for the sake of completeness, the muffler has found a new owner.

[audiomick]

I heard from @Jaide today that the fairing part has arrived safely, and is indeed the correct colour.

[audiomick]

On 5/12/2025 at 1:36 PM, gstallons said:

Is that fairing part as good as it looks ?

For the sake of completeness, again, yes, it is in quite good condition. The one screw hole, the last one towards the rider that holds the screen on, is broken out. That could probably be repaired by plastic welding that bit from the broken fairing in, or just be ignored. A plastic weld would likely mean re-painting, or at least a touch-up. Ignoring the defect would avoid a re-paint.

Also, there appeared to be three very fine scratches on the front end. Maybe one could polish them out.

All in all, considering that fairing parts for the Le Mans models are a bit rarer than hen's teeth, I think it was a reasonable buy.

Edited May 23 by audiomick

[Jaide]

So, I've finally patched the bike up, and it's once again looking great! I still need to replace the windscreen, but it didn't want to fit properly anyways so I had to drill new holes just to get it on there.

The frame of the fairing is a little bit asymmetrical and that's probably the cause of these fitment issues.