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Best mods for V11s 2001?

To give you guys some background.
recently i bought my first guzzi :)
Its a beautiful v11s from 2001. With only 8800km on the counter, yes 8800km :)
So i was wondering witch are the best mods for this bike.
I already bought some MIVV cans and a PCIII (unfortunately not from Todd all ready bought it before i knew this site was out there).
 
Is this a V11 sport? A spine frame bike?
It depends on what you want it to do.
 
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Yes it is a sport, and i guess its a spine frame(had to google it:wasntme:).
I want to do everything and probably end up doing the payable selection of the useful mods, like progressive springs, different brake pads etc. Also engine wise i read that these engines still have a decent power improvement in them.
 
My wife's V11 has a few mods. It was converted from clip ons to handle bars. It runs Billy-Bob handle bars.
The mufflers were swapped to the Factory "Off Road Only" Mistrals.
It has a PC3.
It has a hi flow air filter.
The snorkels to the airbox, there at the front of the gas tank, have been "adjusted". Some people have used heat and a beer bottle to adjust the opening of the snorkels. Others have put holes in the airbox lid itself or even converted to an open airbox top.
We had the cylinders and heads machined to improve the squish between the piston and the head.
We also had the heads ported.
I modified the stock forks and it has a Penske rear shock. The early forks had zero compression dampening, and the adjuster did nothing except affect the last inch or so of travel. It was really an adjustable hydraulic bump stop.
I am not a fan of progressive fork springs. I would rather have straight rate springs of the correct rate. The main advantage of progressive springs is it allows a company selling them to only have to stock one spring. For straight rate springs you would need to stock a range of springs. But for the end user, while progressive springs may work better than straight rate springs of the wrong rate, the right straight rate spring is the best option. But setting sag, including measuring free sag, is the only way to know if your springs are the correct rate or not. Don't assume they aren't.

The wife has a nice Guzzi tank bag that uses a harness to zip to.
And she has the optional nose fairing / fly screen.
Things we don't have that are nice would be....
Nice bar end mirrors (the wife don't like em, though)
Aluminum brake and clutch reservoirs. I have them on my Daytona, but haven't yet got them for her V11.

She no longer runs the stock steering damper. It steers better (lighter) without it. But that is probably at least partly because I have improved the suspension. It is also a matter of taste, some people prefer the heavier feeling the steering damper imparts. It is just that my wife is not one of those people. In fact, she used to BattleTrax race it (basically autocross for bikes) and the lighter steering was key to doing well.
There is also a lot of people who run overly high tire pressures for their V11. We don't, we run around 32 front and 34 - 36 rear (depending on load). Some run upwards of 36 in the front and 40 in the rear. That will make the motorcycle steer lighter, but you are loosing contact patch and reducing tire temp. Too much tire temp is bad, but so is not enough. But, to each their own.

Enjoy the new ride. The V11 sport is one of my all time favorite motorcycles.
 
Michael Thx for the effort to put it down here. I have some online shopping to do now:cool:
Other people can perhaps share the mods they did?:nerd:
 
Michael Thx for the effort to put it down here. I have some online shopping to do now:cool:
Other people can perhaps share the mods they did?:nerd:
I forgot to mention, we don't have an aftermarket crossover for hers, but there are a couple out there you can get. There are mixed reviews on them, at least one option was prone to cracking and another that some say delivers less power. But sometimes less peak power can be OK (for some) if there is more power elsewhere. I like the idea of a new collector, but I don't think any of the options I have seen are very good. I would like to see someone use modern merge technology to make a collector for the V11. That I would buy.
But I wanted to mention the collector as it is a popular mod. Just do some research prior to be sure you get what you want. Or build your own.
Another exhaust issue you should not have is some later versions have a crossover at the front of the motor and that crossover is prone to rattling or even breaking. Todd used to sell a set of head pipes that did away with that crossover. I think it is better off without it.
 
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The best mod is the one you can't live without. Only you know what that may be.... ;)

Paul
 
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