Thank you SO much! It worked! I never thought to look inside the fender. Sure appreciate your response!
Your post was perfectly timed.
Not because I wanted to swap the OEM saddle, as I am one of the few EV -- and, it seems, especially '98 EV -- owners who actually likes the OEM seat and seriously dislikes the looks, at least, of all the after-market ones I've seen. Obviously, it's your gluteus maximus that decides.
I edited this post because I forgot to say why the timing was great. Doh.
My EV’s tail light assembly has finally called it quits. This after any number of jury-rigged popsicle sticks, electrical tape, cable ties, etc., that just didn’t get the job done after all these years.
Anyway, I’m glad you asked and Steve chimed in because I was having difficulty figuring out how to route the wiring cable from the tail light back in through behind the computer and to wire it up. The rear seat had me puzzled until I read what Steve wrote.
It seems that the sidecovers with V11 were for export models, in Italy they just read "California", or "California EV" mainly for touring models, since 1997.
You are likely right that those side covers that Steve mentioned were for export. That said, I think that Steve referred to those more as an illustration than as dispositive proof that the California EV of 1998 and beyond were "V 11's."
That said, it is my understanding that the official Moto Guzzi nomenclature for the 1998 + EV model was V11 EV.
Here, BTW, is my own EV without (thankfully) the large red "meatball" of the earlier ones.
Best,
Bill
