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A photo during installation. I will post more later under the "What did you do for your V11 today" thread

I found that eating a lot more pizza and drinking copious quantities of beer enlarged my stomach to the point it helped with a more forward weight bias on my Greenie! Just a suggestion..

Adding a couple more photos... Happy to send high resolution photos to anyone if needed. Will be packed and wrapped properly to ensure no damage in shipment.

Niet verwacht Niet verwacht dat ook het verwijderen van een oliefilter ingewikkeld was. MG-dealer had een ander type onmogelijk dus tool werkte niet :(. Beetje huisvlijt heeft dit opgelost

RIP John Mayal

I had the same problem. I took apart the master cylinder for the rear brake and found that it was corroded on the inside. I found a matching master cylinder on a Ducati website and purchased it. You do have to bleed the rear brakes and it should be a two person job. The rear calipers must be turned upside down. However, I found a way to screw the rear calipers to a wooden stool upside down and the bleeding went fine. Problem solved!!!!!

Sew, Incoming weather cut it short. Made it to Prince Rupert (typical cruise port city, nothing to see here) but grand views in Jasper NP and Banff area. Tons of pics and vids which have to wait until I get near a PC. Now in Michigan, trip will continue with a Route 66 to Albuquerque.

Sorry, somebody had to post it. Have fun.

Thats funny, the view out of your visor looks almost exactly like the view over the bonnet of a Porsche.

So I managed to let one of the Mistral exhaust hangers accidentally touch a rag with gasoline on it while installing the mufflers. I noticed a small blemish in the paint. When I wiped it with a new clean rag, all the paint came off. The initial contact area with the rag was perhaps 20 to 25mm, (an inch or so), but the vapors and proximity affected a larger area. My fault entirely but the paint is obviously rubbish.... I had to soak both hangers in solvent, wipe them clean, sand them lightly and apply a proper aluminum primer and satin black top coat. Not impressed. Why do the Italians take such shortcuts on some things?? You'd think they would be powder coated or at least have a properly applied primer and top coat. So annoying!

Word is Simon Crafar will be taking over from Freddie Spencer as the head steward next year. That seems like a good thing. It is a hard, thankless, job. But I feel that Simon will be better at it then Freddie. https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2024/07/24/simon-crafar-to-become-chairman-of-fim-motogp-stewards-panel-from-2025/504347

Paul , I repaired a front caliper on a Yamaha 4-wheeler a few weeks ago . It was seized from corrosion too. I pressed the piston out w/the front brake and started work on it. It took about 20 mins. and assorted pics to dig out everything from the bore of the dust seal and piston seal bore before I was satisfied . I always use Raybestos brand brake assy. lube going back together.

As in the i3 helmet topic, I want to do a quick report on the ride I did yesterday, from Grande Saline to Houston; This was from point E to point F, 4 hours + ride under a continuous tropical storm. I posted a photo of what it looked like, because we still have the same kind of weather today in H'town. I was wearing the Armored shirt, a pair of reinforced riding jeans, motorcycle non-impermeable boots. I rode all the way with each and every piece of garment fully water saturated, as going into a swimming pool fully clothed. I did one refueling stop on the way, in Trinity, just before Huntsville. When I was in the Gas Station minimarket, my clothes were dripping water. The only reason why I was actually able to continue my trip is because in Texas, the temperatures allow you to not freeze, even when you are water logged. Of course, without the sun, the temperatures are actually below 80 deg F. Once you are wet, then you get used to it. I am not going to say it is not unpleasant, but it does not really change much of what you are doing. The main reason why we usually use rain protection gear, or at least in Europe, is when you are wet, the wind ices you completely. My KNOX shirt has dried in one night. I left it dripping in the garage yesterday when I arrived.

cruise ship in front of st marks? i’ve not sent that in my biannual visits, they're always over at the cruise ship parking area on the south side. that said, venice is certainly a place that used to be sort of busy when i was younger and would visit, but has become a total zoo. but even there, there are ways to enjoy. spend the hard-earned $$ to stay on one of the islands at a fancy hotel, and just shuttle in on the private hotel shuttles to mingle with the masses and see those sights, then back to the quiet of isola delle rose, or one of the other islands. i’ll save money at other places, but if i’m bringing someone to venice, i tell them to pony up, to transform that stop into something worth doing. i’d think neuschwanstein would be one of the good spots to hit in the “roper season”, the off season he spoke of. used to be the shoulder seasons were good, but those are jammed now as well, so gotta go full-scale opposite of prime season! Roper also mentioned the non-anglo areas, a great option. mainland japan has been crowded in its huge cities forever, but the smaller islands of japan that i’ve visited are full of beautiful sites for touring on a motorcycle, thin crowds, and such pleasant, non-self-centered people. i look forward to getting back.

PM me your mailing address and for $50 US plus actual postage that can happen. I also have an unbreakable pawl spring if you want one.. another $10 if you want one thrown in the package. Supply is (ahem) *very* limited..

Or a 27mm nut welded to a bolt. Good grip and close to the pan. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

Hey my V11 fellows! Finally I got my beauty from Amsterdam! I rode it through Hamburg - Kodling - Thisted! Still on the way back to Stavanger! I just love it! Its just fine. Even though I have some bad luck with it. Anyway, I will post another topic for asking help on the issues I have I register it here before I register it in Norway! Here are some photos! I have some videos too! To be continued

Bristol spent the whole war getting this engine half way reliable and producing power and at the end of the day the advantage it offered was completely negated from about 1941 onwards due to the development of high octane fuels. Pre war when fuel was pretty rubbish it offered a full point of additional compression according the Harry Ricardo's experiments. A classic case of flogging a dead horse or continuing with a design that you should simply have shelved years earlier. Bristol bet the future of the company on the sleeve valve engine and failed. Rolls Royce and others but esp RR took a proven design and just kept refining it until it was powerful and reliable. A lesson there in that. Dogged development of a fundamentally sound design produces success. Very much like the evolution of the motorcycle front fork. Phil

A lot of people remove the oil pan to swap out the filter . they install a hose clamp on the filter to prevent the filter from backing off . I've done it both ways . Now I stick with one brand of filter and one filter socket and stick with it . A person wants to install the filter and make sure it is SNUG upon installation. To keep from crossthreading the cover , push it up against the oil pan and start rotating it like you are unscrewing it . You will hear or feel a click . This is when the leading edge of the threads on the cover and oil pan pass . Stop turning the cover and start rotating it clockwise . You will (hopefully) never mess up the threads again .

The information I have I had from talking to old mechanics . The stud pulls straight up on the threads whereas the screw twists on the threads .

From an engineering perspective it makes zero difference whether it's stud or a bolt and nut. If it's something thats coming on and off all the time a stud would be preferable but otherwise it doesn't matter. It's easier to buy a decent grade of bolt than a stud as well. An interesting aside, all the load on a threaded hole or nut is taken by the first 6 threads and just over 60% of that is taken by the first 2 full threads in the hole or nut. From memory it's like 36% for the first full thread and 25% for the second thread and it tapers off for the last 4. Phil