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Not only the aluminium oil pump gears that fail on the high cam engines. Total rubbish.

The first time getting caught cheating you could blame on the team alone and not the rider. But showing up for the second race with the same illegal part, that is now on the rider as well as the team. In the end, it is the rider where the buck stops. Key in all this is his team mate was never caught with illegal parts. But you are free to have your own opinion on the matter.

Thanks again folk's.... Great info as usual and what a fantastic resource this place is! I reckon I'll add a wee bit more rear preload ( 4mm ) to cover my weight gain and see how that goes. Then a bit further down the track have the shock lengthened by 5mm. Cheers

I’ve stopped counting and trying to curb my problem, a few years ago that Coppa would already be in my garage

I have a whole ‘Chamber of Horrors’ file of pics of Alloy timing gears and alloy/steel composite sets. None of them are, or were, ever worth a pinch of shit! Criticising them has led to threats of violence being made against me by mentally unstable and drug-fu*ked individuals so I tend not to say anything about them nowadays beyond just advising strongly against their use. I’ve spoken with Joe about these gear sets though and we’r in complete agreement. You wouldn’t use them in a lawnmower! Much less a motorbike!

My Sport has new shoes. I went cheap and tried Kinkos. Self mounted for the first time. Took a lot of weight to balance. They'll do....

A "cut&paste" from 2022, with the dates changed to protect the innocent. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Let's get some housekeeping out of the way so we can have some fun . . . Weekend after US Labor Day (Sept. 6-8, 2024) Tellico Plains ,TN, USA > Get There. Bring Tools. < While many SpineRiders stay at The Lodge at Tellico, there are other places to stay or camp. It is far better to perform TechSessions in the garage at The Lodge rather than a pull-off on the Cherohala or some remote motorcycle shop down in Georgia. Prep well. "Bring Tools" . . . There is the whole "non-event", and "this ain't the rally you thought you were getting a T-shirt for" thing . . . "It's just an idea" To wit: This is not a rally, event, or function of V11LeMans.com. It is an idea about riding, or meeting interested people. It is an idea only. There is no plan, no registration, no stickers, T-shirts, merchandise, door prizes, meals, poker runs, routes, organization, or support. Just discussion and sharing. There is no affiliation or responsibility, expressed or implied, with or by V11Lemans.com, its owner(s), Administrators, moderators, members, pets, pocket mice, or any other entity. If being at The US Appalachian Divide in September feels like a good idea to you, look forward to sharing ideas. The idea of ideas has been around for a while. I do love George Bernard Shaw's take: "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."

@Josh told me about the rebate. I never knew about that before. Coincidentally, the rebate was exactly my winning bid on the pair of bench vises from the Dr. John Wittner estate auction. Money well exchanged!

I'm currently running T31 Standard on the V11 and just got a set of T32 GT to be mounted on the Griso. Good tires! Amongst the cheapest of all the premium brands, especially when taking advantage of their summer promo rebates . . . (Guzzi content)

Good question @Speedfrog! I prefer the GT for the bit of extra mileage I get and especially how much wear is left once the tire first looks like it will need changed. This attribute is one reason I particularly like the Bridgestone over all the Pirelli. Seems at he point the Pirelli first looked impending, I had better get straight home! The Pirelli all seemed to go away quickly at the end. This current set to be mounted are "standard" as the front was not available to me in GT at the time of purchase. I also learned the GT is not made in the 160/60x17 that I prefer on my short RedFrame. This will be my sixth set of Bridgestone Battlax T3x on my Sport

Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia . . . I got mine from this company here https://cars245.com/en/item/meat-doria-87074-sensor-crankshaft-pulse/ Cheap enough to keep a couple on the shelf. A good read for phase sensor specs and cross references:

Any engineer with half a brain would know alloy gears are a no no.

My original equipment sensor was close to an interference fit in the bore due to swelling. I recall measuring it and found the o.d along its length varied. Probably one of the reasons I replaced it eventually. And, of course, idk if the replacement sensor is marginally in spec, I got it from one of our popular MG parts suppliers, so who knows. In either case I recall both sensors having a slight texture to their surface, not good for something that seals by way of an oring imo. Yeah, I'd really be bummed if I had to pull the cam chain housing apart to drive out a broken sensor, I oughtta quit complaining while I'm ahead.

Seen a bit of his work in the past backing Mark Knopfler. Phil

Didn't someone come up w/a crank sensor that goes in a Peugot or something like that ? These crankshaft sensors swelling and rupturing take place in the (domestic) automobile industry a lot ! GM had one in a FWD car that would fail , get stuck in the bore of the block . This would be so bad you would have to remove the oil pan and drive the sensor out of the engine block one segment at a time until you could install a new one. YUCK

Don't know the image was sent to me from Joe Caruso because we discuss engineering things/designs etc. I have several sets in my workshop with bad drive face wear on the teeth which I don't really trust for the reason shown in the image. Every material has it's place and aluminium for cam gears isn't one of them for mine unless it's some sort of sprint engine and longevity isn't an issue. Phil

You can hardly call the rider a cheat for what's installed inside the engine! I'm no big Mladdin fan either and have actually spent time with him at the track in his Kawasaki Australia superbike days. Phil

Established history. When Mladdin rode for Yoshimura they were cheating and finally got caught. Even after getting caught with an illegal crank he and his team showed up the next race weekend with an illegal crank. They were that arrogant about it. Interestingly, Mladdins team mate, Ben Spies, was never caught with an illegal crank as I recall, and his bike was also torn down. But I could be wrong about that. What I know for sure is Mladdin was caught cheating, twice. https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/updated-ama-pro-racings-edmondson-the-fact-is-they-got-caught-cheating/

Yeah, I don't want to be "that guy" (again). New tires are on deck.

A sure sign of an impending SpineRaid: the Stucchi flyscreen gets mounted to the Sport to shield the Speedhut gauges. Call that done. Shakedown ride with my trusted Cohorters and Hobknobbers next Saturday ("BikeWash") before a fresh front tire. And to ponder whether to risk the rear . . . Flaunting Waddington.

I don't know the fine details of what you are alleging so I'm not in a position to comment in detail either but often the devil is actually in the detail. Why would his team mate not have an issue with a rule like that? Well because different riders require different characteristics from an engine. Some like a heavy crank and some a light crank, hence Ducatis MotoGP bike having and external flywheel so rider preference can be accommodated. Ben Spies might like a heavy crank so it's never going to be an issue for him. Without knowing the fine details of why the crank was deemed illegal I can't comment but it's pretty obvious you've lost some perspective in this due to personal feelings about an individual. Gigi Dall'igna is a classic for pushing the rule book to the limit and operating in grey areas but no one is calling him a "cheat" Add to that the parochial state of competition administration in the US at times and well, who knows where the truth lies. Phil