swooshdave

If that wasn't such a beautiful bike I'm sure you would have kicked her out of bed by now.

You could have some made for less than 1200EUR. There are plenty of places who can make carbon fiber parts for little money. It's not much harder than fiberglass to work with now. Heck, a motivated person could do it themselves. Just get some pre-impregnated carbon fiber, wrap around the muffler and let it set.

Aren't new bezels available?

https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=20390&p=232331 Those are pretty.

Too heavy. Most drone engines tend to be air cooled because of the abundance of... cold air. And weight.

I can understand the desire to get a spare engine and drop it in and keep riding.

The reason to use that bike is to show off the heads. :-)

As long as there are still springs available it's a definite yes!

Yes, vintage only but some trials allow modern bikes as a support class, no scoring. Honestly a modern bike would be bored with these sections. I’m not sure which ones they wanted to have the beginners avoid. The one I stalled on was pretty nasty, you had to come down a really steep section in full control and if you came off it wasn’t going to be pretty. In many ways the trails between sections were more challenging. So much so that you would be worn out before you even got to the scored traps. I only ride a couple trials a year now so I’m pretty sore, a lot of standing and muscling that Bultaco around. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Beautiful Lemans! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well shoot, you're right. What is the prefix on an EV or V11 (non-Sport)?

I’m not sure what you plan on doing with the bike but it will be worth a bunch less with a non-matching engine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Can't you fix the crank and rods for less than a different engine?

Like they said, cam and head. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sounds more like a Wades the problem, not the clutch.

Wow. Luckily I don't have a passport. Or any liquid cash.

I'm not far behind. I think the real problem is that we don't want to throw away the old stuff even after it's worn out because we know how much we paid for it (a lot!).

Thanks, Laurent.. I've been looking for a right one since I got the Mighty Scura several years ago. Pete binned it on the way from picking it up at MPH to SoCal, and beat it up pretty badly. From the pix, yours are better than my "good" one. Sometimes, patience *is * it's own reward. You're welcome.

I bet it would sell faster with decent photos. Unless they show too many blemishes.

Yes! I'm waiting patiently for the Mistrals. They are apparently tucked away in a Norwegian cabin no doubt surrounded by protective reindeer.

So it’s got extra stuffing? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Visiting some Italian relatives at lunch today... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That was on Craigslist for longer than I can remember. Customized (and maybe from a crash). I'll pass (again).