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OK. I dragged out my official V11 Workshop Manual. It is far less specific , um, organized than, say, Japanese manuals, which seem to specify the torque of everything in one section. It enumerates most torque values on one page - but then males you search section by section for the rest. The triple clamp values are followed by the standard toque figures for (apparently) non-critical bolts and nuts. Triple Clamp Torque Values: Lower Triple clamp bolts 25 Nm Upper Triple clamp bolts 25 Nm Standard Torque Values: Screws and nuts ø 4 3-3.5 Nm Screws and nuts ø 5x0,8 6-7 Nm Screws and nuts ø 6x1 8-12 Nm Screws and nuts ø 8x1,25 25-30 Nm Screws and nuts ø 10x1,5 45-50 Nm

Here you go docc. Trying to figure a way to get the engine off the bench. My bench is 1200mm high and this engine is 70kg and awkward plus after 25 years of lifting heavy jet wheels and brakes and 90 kva generators and CSD's off jet engines my back is a little delicate. Oh and 2 broken vertebrae from PI turn 12. I need to use brains not brawn to achieve outcomes these days so its a slow process figuring it out. Old engines new home for the time being. Ciao

After thanksgiving SUNDAY morning ride thru the farms and toolies to the thriving metropolis that is Gila bend. Yes there are some twisties. Yes.. wide open sections. Zero traffic for 70 miles. Might sees tractor. Anyone interested? Pm me for start. Will leave from ranch.. Breakfast or early lunch. Getting the LeMans out to breath. Pictures to follow. Bruce

Guzzi needs a flagship sportbike. But Piaggio is angling Guzzi to be a retro and cruiser line. But what they can do is make a Guzzi retro sportbike. They can call it "Lemans". It would be amazing.

As an aside. in the early/mid 2000s I bought a MG 850 LeMans that was shipped in a crate from out of state. I was told the shipping company would not help getting it off the truck. So I built a platform out of leftover railroad ties from the front retaining wall and used a come along to yank the crate out of the truck. I then proceeded to deconstruct the platform by hand, tie by tie. Well, on one lift I gave myself a hernia. Oops. As it turned out, the LeMans had two dented wheels (they were pretty soft in those days), and by the time I acquired two new ones (no small feat even back then), I lost interest and sold the bike on, alas. It was only a year or so ago that I filled the void (2004 Sport Naked). Just another MG trivia tale.

As I mentioned previously the rated torque is for the purpose of stretching the fastener to prevent it losing its tension. You dont design a piece of engineering with an 8mm bolt and then require it to be torqued to half spec. What you do is design the item to use 2 smaller fasteners so you can achieve the similar clamping force at a lower torque. The rated torque is about the fastener and the required clamping force is about the design. Ciao

1200 oclock docc. Number doesnt match the engine. I'll get an image later. Ciao

And she controls the hours of operation of the "amusement park" ...

I posted this elsewhere, but across the street from MG at Mistral is the bike they could have made. A custom Centauro, but they killed that basic model off, too. Look, we're not going Duc hunting - we just want lighter therefore quicker, handling and some looks. It's OK if it's a parts bin bike. Hello, Piaggio??? Anyone home?

You know how to fix that problem ?

When in doubt use the std torque for the bolt dia and grade. The torque is there to provide the appropriate stretch to the bolt to prevent loosening, the bolt specified in the design is whats required to carry the load. So most triple clamp bolts from my experience are 8mm dia so the std torque will be 24.5 to 30nm. Ciao