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Hello all, just become the owner of a '99 greenie xxxxxxxxx111270 Not had an easy life, & a little tatty in places, but nothing that can't be sorted!

Past couple of days riding to and from work, I noticed i seemed to be missing shifts. More specifically, downshift to 5th and nothing on the upshift to 6th. Hmm This morning I headed out for a ride and a biscuit ....hardly on the highway and it won't go to 3rd. Not wanting to end up like Docc, I went home and got another bike. Got home and pulled the side plate off the trans.... as we say...clean as a whistle in there. On to the side plate. Once again Hmmm... don't know what would have caused that but surely it did not happen over night. Luckily I had another trans to rob peter to pay paul. All back together and ready for another 100K. andy

Sounds like a good excuse to me whether the timing issue is true or not. Ciao

Schauer Charge Master CM6A Charger https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BXL2BS4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_QwW6CbP2NPGBD I believe this is th3 least expensive Odyssey approved charger on their list. When I bought it last week it was $62. It’s jumped to $71.

Well, nuts! I stayed up all night pulling my gearbox (not) . . . .

there is a small ball just inside the lever housing which aids activation of the brake light switch.

Sorry docc I may have got you worrying for nothing. I went down and had a good look at my spare gearbox and the ring nut looks to be bi-directional IE it had a taper on both faces. If you look carefully at the back side of the nut you will see its equally tapered. There is no part number difference between any of the V11 6 speed gearbox ring nuts either. Ducati bevel drive countershaft ring nuts were also similar to this but one face was totally flat and the and the other tapered. It seemed natural to fit the flat face inwards but I later read that this was incorrect and when you thought about it although counter intuitive it made sense from an engineering point of view. With the one sided flat faced nut it fouled slightly the tabs on the lock washer with the flat face against it and also presented a larger surface area to the washer which created more friction during tighteneing and a different torque so they regularly came loose. So looks like I'm wrong about this and sorry again. The image of the Guzzi ring nut had me automatically visualizing a Ducati one. It looks like the Guzzi one can be fitted either way. Rest easy, I feel really bad. Ciao

Yes! Thank you. Going from 8mm down to 6mm shouldn't be too tough, could probably just pound it down on an anvil with my claw hammer

I posted this earlier in this thread ... "I have an actuating rod from a dual plate '03 and it measures 203mm in length by 8mm I have the OEM 6spd clutch actuating rod receiving cup, or "button" with a hole measuring 8.68mm. I don't have the rod to measure length as it's in the bike. I had, and threw out, a 5spd clutch. I measured the "button" hole and posted it somewhere on the forum in one of our conversion threads. I believe it's smaller in dia. maybe 6 or 7mm??" Sorry