r/MotoGuzziV100Mandello

...waiting for parts to arrive is the hardest part.

Sophia, Mochizuki, and Delphine.

This was the first time that I washed my V100 after 6.5 months of ownership. It’s fairly easy to clean. Lots of brake dust on the wheels, bugs on the wind screen, and road grime on the lower front of the engine. But what I noticed for the first time was that the center of the V does trap things like water and leaves. I noticed one leaf down in the engine but ended up pulling out many more than I expected. Plus it took several seconds of a direct blast from the leaf blower to remove most, but not all, of the water.

I was wondering over the past few months why the bike smelled like toasty leaves when I parked it. Now I know!