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General Discussion / Re: is this a lemans 1 head? im a bit stumped

« Last post by amamet on November 13, 2025, 05:10:34 PM »

its bare, no valves.  what else can I measure like it is?

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General Discussion / Re: is this a lemans 1 head? im a bit stumped

« Last post by Frenchfrog on November 13, 2025, 05:07:09 PM »

To confirm you just need to check the valve sizes....certainly looks LM though

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General Discussion / Re: 2026 Piaggio and Guzzi models

« Last post by Huzo on November 13, 2025, 05:02:48 PM »

I see what you see Huzo.  Your set up does look great, in every sense.  Although, the stock bike appears to be better set up for a bit of "all terrain", where you went mostly Strada.

Yes, yes and yes…

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General Discussion / Re: Marketplace Oddity

« Last post by vintagehoarder on November 13, 2025, 04:38:52 PM »

Iron Pony In Columbus OH is a dealer, saw them there.  These things are HUGE!!

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General Discussion / Re: is this a lemans 1 head? im a bit stumped

« Last post by PeteS on November 13, 2025, 04:37:43 PM »

It appears to be a LM1 head. How deep is the squish band. It appears to be pretty shallow. Many think .040” is minimum height.

Pete

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General Discussion / Re: 2026 Piaggio and Guzzi models

« Last post by Bulldog9 on November 13, 2025, 04:33:51 PM »

So, just for the sake of discussion, would it fair to say that anyone showing up on a new 2026 colorway should assume half the folks there think they are idiots for getting that color?

Not trying to be difficult-just discussion.

Not at all. It's all in the eye of the beholder. If your happy, I'm happy, but I may bust your chops.

Besides who am I to talk I have a garish sunburst Yello Stornello 

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General Discussion / Re: Fitting a 35mm muffler to a 32mm pipe

« Last post by moto on November 13, 2025, 04:05:01 PM »

C'mon moto, we need an update on how you got on with the silencer fitting. 

Here is my final update, after putting things aside for a while. I sanded the pipe, inside and out, cut off a 25mm spacer, cut a slot in it, and put (high-temperature) RTV rubber in the resulting gap.









The 1/8" flat brackets needed washers:





The mufflers came out pretty even:





They look good:





The mounting is as solid as OEM, and the sound is surprisingly strong. If I ever run into a nice set of original V50 mufflers I can install them easily since I didn't modify the bike at all.

Thanks to all with suggestions, even of using aluminum foil. I've done that too.

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General Discussion / is this a lemans 1 head? im a bit stumped

« Last post by amamet on November 13, 2025, 03:51:44 PM »

The numbers dont correspond to lemans heads numbers but the manifold takes 6mm bolts. whatcha think?  found this in stash of old parts I have
thx
allen

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General Discussion / Re: Marketplace Oddity

« Last post by wirespokes on November 13, 2025, 03:31:42 PM »

The Munsters Mobile.

I think that thing's going to be for sale for a while.

All that trouble and they should have built it with two wheels up front and one rear. The one-wheel-up-front configuration isn't all that stable.

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General Discussion / Re: Marketplace Oddity

« Last post by Turin on November 13, 2025, 02:22:29 PM »

Tacky. If you're going that route... do it with style!
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/857735670261068/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A95a816f9-6be7-458f-b6c1-c5bbfaf222b3
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1765552037706564/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A95a816f9-6be7-458f-b6c1-c5bbfaf222b3