footgoose Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Just browsing and found this ebay listing for a Billybob. Read description and look at the last photos. Anyone seen this alternative fix? I emailed him to ask.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/222437612648?ul_noapp=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyNZ Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I noticed that JBastida in Spain used this alternative spring on his bike in 2012. It looks like a good idea. http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16930&page=2&do=findComment&comment=188386 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstallons Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 These mods look better than the replacement spring . I would go this route if mine ever fails . I got the sturdier spring and put it in my luggage so it will never fail . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 It would certainly be easy enough to do. I love it when I can see a good picture.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footgoose Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 So I asked where he found it. He answered "Japan, 2 years ago" at a place called "Cow Space - you can find it on the net" I tried - I could not. Something must have been lost in translation. Good photo though. Shouldn't be too hard to duplicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyNZ Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Ha, Cow Space. http://www.visualware.co.jp/cowspace/guzzi.htm My Japanese is weak, so I opened the website in Google Chrome and it translated it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoguzzi Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 cowSpace, wish I could read that text.. interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 cowSpace, wish I could read that text.. interesting. Right? First two photos: original orange-faced LeMans . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footgoose Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 The website was last updated in 2010. I emailed them... would not go thru. Must be defunct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luhbo Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Nice pictures there, nonetheless. The KR I acquired in Italy last year sports a solution quite similar to the one shown in the picture above. Italian style, though, but still functionable Anyway, I never heard of spring braking inside a KR gearbox, no tales, no stories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footgoose Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Here is another view of the "Japanese" design. Mine is very much the same. another Japanese design photo. You can see that besides a simple assembly, they drilled out the spring catch on the pawl arm and used the hole for the bolt. (right end of spring) Just above that you can see they milled away a bit (my guess 1/8") of the casting ridge, so the bolt end does not hit it. On the left end of the spring, they drilled a hole (shudder!) through the cover plate, to anchor that end. I hate the idea of this hole but alternatives are few and not as strong imo. I'll document my progress. Suggestions welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swooshdave Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Question: What does this fix and does a 2001 need it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Replaces the nefarious "pawl spring" in the shift mechanism. You'll only need it if yours breaks and you don't trust the direct replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Thanks for the pix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstallons Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 If you own a V11 you need to do this . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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