swooshdave

The Lemans is a VERY nice bike.

That Greenie Attitude comin' out. And with the proper green bikini to match . . . http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17183 This is all it would take for you to join the Green side...

I'm guessing with all the dead Veglias, someone might have a useless knob laying around.

Any idea where you got the platform jack from? I've been looking for something like that.

Hydraulic oil + hole. Insert A into B. The cylinders are typically low from the factory. Regardless, use the safety bar when lifted.

Knob missing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

you could do as Chuck mentioned and back the bike in. Nice Norton btw. I owned a 75 for several years. Sweet sound. Garage art. Yeah but I need to still jack the bike slightly. I have a worthless scissor jack that I don't trust. Hmm, maybe the stand for the Bultaco might work. The Norton is definitely a piece of garage art now after it threw a rod through the bottom of the crankcase. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not a lot of Greenies listed here yet. Maybe they are more rare than we thought!

Did you update the Greenie Registry with your new bike yet? http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18887&page=2

I still need to figure out how to change the front tire. I can borrow one of the side lifts which should get it off the ground just enough.

Yes. Turns.

I still need to try it on the Mac. Maybe tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hate that when that happens.

Electronic Fuel Injection

On an EFI bike the idle shouldn't change much aside from the cold vs. warm.

I've aways set the idle on a warm engine. Not sure if that's different on a V11 but I suspect not.

Fine, just to make you happy.

So here's my first "fly and drive". My first Vette was an 86 coupe, red, auto. Nice car. Bought it in NC when I lived there for a couple years and drove it out here to Oregon with a U-Haul trailer behind it... Sold the 86 and then after not long I started looking for a late C4, yellow, 6-speed convertible. They didn't make a lot of those so it took a while. Finally found one in Muskegon, Michigan. Luckily a guy I knew on the Corvette forum lived close by and he looked it over for me. I flew out to Grand Rapids and he picked me up in his 86 convertible, When I got there the car was still in the shop getting the clutch replaced. So I had to wait around for the car to show up. It wasn't long. Did the paperwork and jumped in the car and took off. Now this was 14 years ago so pre-Google Maps, so I was navigating with paper maps, at one point I must have taken a wrong turn and must have been headed into Chicago. I'm headed into a less desirable area of Chicago in a bright yellow convertible Corvette, desperately looking for somewhere to turn around. Finally found an exit and made the appropriate directional change post haste. I made it to Nebraska to visit the relatives there. That night the tornados came though the area, we stuffed as many cars into the garage as possible, luckily mine made the cut. Then hunkered down in the basement. No direct hits but any vehicle outside was pummeled with hail... Luckily the rest of the drive was less eventful! Now the car mostly sits in the garage, the old engine (130k miles) leaks a lot of oil. This winter I replaced the intake manifold gasket, and that helped some but there are more leaks. But I spend any free time I have on the bikes so it will have to wait. My wife and I drove to LA and then Vegas in the car to get married so there's some emotional attachment. But that's another story.

No one here cares about old cars...

Yeah, I'll probably leave it alone. Unless I have to get black gauges. So far the only thing that doesn't work is the trip odo reset. Not even sure how it's suppose to work.

Too be fair you are rockin' the beer holder.

It helps to have a cute redhead with a truck help deliver the lift. The wife, on the other hand, was not amused. Based on the wisdom over on ADV the first thing I did was toss the wheel clamp and bolted on the HF wheel chock. It's adjustable so it securely fits a wide variety of bikes. With the chock you can roll the bike on by yourself and it will stand securely. You can then attached the tiedowns for added security at your leisure. I too was one of those people who couldn't understand how I went so long without a proper lift. Previously I had a homemade stand, which worked pretty good but I was limited by how big of a bike I could roll up the ramp to it. 200lb Bultaco? Not a problem, 400lb Norton, not as fun. http://www.harborfreight.com/1800-lb-capacity-motorcycle-standwheel-chock-61670.html At around $60 give or take (be sure to use coupons!) it's a huge relief to have the bike held very securely.

Yeah, I just read that. I'm concerned with the linkage, need to post a video of it. Youngest has the stomach flu, just up in the middle of the night waiting of the next episode.

It was KiwiRoy!

Not by me, yet.