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I was never much for Steve Martin's comedy, but his banjo playing is another matter . . .

engine in frame. I did pull the front wheel to get the front triangle sub-frame out. I don't mind the extra work if it gives me a nice panoramic view of what I'm doing. It also allows me to get in there and clean. I am wondering what to do about the empty holes where the OE chain tensioner bolted on. Facing the motor, the bolt on the left I am thinking about leaving out. the bolt on the right actually goes through the front main bearing. I think I will put a short bolt so I can torque it back same as the other main bearing bolts. engine rotates freely over and over.

They can, easier that way. Ciao

Said it before but after installing a regulator, ( 3 now ) directly connected to your battery, no more problem with charging. 14V plus idling. 30amp fuse is on holiday. IMO Roadstercycle has good products. Cheers Tom.

I went down to check it was not mine.... He has a cowl around the sump, looks nice! @FuelCoolerhere's your chance to own a mythical "Le Mans", red as it should too.... And, cherry on top, located next to you...

Our member @Luke has a very nice '04 red LeMans for sale. He is in Maryland.

Hi, Can we discuss charging system issues again/still, I have a problem, my '03 V11 Lemans no longer charges at idle (was 14.1vdc @1100 rpm last spring). It appears the system voltage comes up at around 2400 rpm now versus 1100 before. The Odyssey PC545 is 2 years old and tests good, my headlight, tach & charge TT function normally. I spliced out the burned stator connector pins when I replaced the battery. I also attached a ground lead from the VR to the timing chest. The bike has a Kuryakyn led voltmeter that was connected to the headlight circuit by the previous owner, it always indicated an undercharge condition until I put the headlight on relays, after that the system voltage indicated by the Kury LED was reliable. My plan is to now check the stator open circuit AC voltage & attempt to determine if the rectifier lost bias/open ( I'm a little unclear about checking VR though). I was pricing VR's at Euro Motoelectrics and they have a disclamer..USE OF ODYSSEY BATTERY ( DRY CELL DESIGN) AND LITHIUM IRON BATTERY NOT RECOMMENDED OR SUPPORTED FOR WARRANTY. My bike has run a PC545 from '06 until 2020 when I replaced it with a new PC545. I sent them a request for more info about they're disclaimer because I want to continue using the Odyssey battery. Pricing on their VR's are more attractive than OEM. I also wonder if I caused an issue by installing headlight relays. I'm unclear about the VR reference voltage than is picked up from the headlight circuit. By adding the HDL relays it removed the voltage drop in that circuit. Could it have effected VR sensing system voltage accurately? Anyway, thanks for reading my thoughts here and please feel free to toss out opinions & advice, it'll be much appreciated. Art

The wife and I enjoy Steve playing banjo. He is actually quite good. His singing is OK, but he is a talented banjo player.

Here's a link: https://www.vividracing.com/blog/1x1-vs-2x2-everything-you-need-to-know-about-carbon-fiber-weaves/ 1x1 looks like a checkerboard, 2x2 looks like diagonal stripes.

I am rather uncertain about the weave size or how to measure it. My Mistral seem a rather large weave, but my AGV helmet is about the same: strands are 3-4mm in length x ~2mm wide.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I'm not wanting one in CF, I was just chattering about it. I use a black one from a Nero Corsa and love the look.

Good idea, @p6x. Here's a link to a Google Sheet:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRxzY1vqEMO45avvdnr-WqJcQYiXi14UHwDzr2MFGGgFc7XFzgc8oiuVYhcOXydhyPUZxUBOxQMTQbi/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true And here's a screenshot of what that sheet looks like as I have populated it:

I left the second tensioner bolt out. I figure it gives a bit of oil mist to the gears, and one less thing I could worry about having left unsecured.

Go Kermit!!

Andy - did you pull the motor just for this? Or you already had it out for another reason? I assumed the gears could be installed with engine in-situ.

no sludge in my motor not having a new set of sprockets to compare, I could see some wear....nothing worthy of you-tube. I'm very pleased with the look of everything after 130,000 miles

Put me in for 1. Maybe 2.

This is my beauty, '04 Cafe Sport, with 38.000 Klm. ZGUKTB0103M111751

I feel your pain, I just had to put a new battery in my Corvette yesterday. It's an easy lift but cost me a full $170 ! <Guzzi content> The scary part was only finding one after going to four different autoparts stores and Walmart. The strange part is the battery died before my very eyes. After opening the electric hatch latch, the electric door latch failed to open. Battery was checked at 5volts. DEAD. Car is daily driver.