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  1. It was the legendary shooter Elmer Keith who wrote a book but the title, "Hell, I was THERE!" applies equally to Kevin Cameron.
  2. Chambers? Cycle World did a podcast a few months ago, picking the jam-packed brain of Kevin Cameron.
  3. The Sport Naked turned out to be a few late Friday examples where they forgot the fairing on the way out.
  4. po18guy

    hairy tyres

    A carpenter's "draw knife" is just what you need. It would slice those nubby bits off right quick.
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    hairy tyres

    Even though those are copies of Metzeler, are they known as sticky enough? Is the tire literally covered with these "teats" as some Yanks call them?
  6. Looks just like the valve covers of an air-cooled VW used for short drives. Allow time to make the full Isle circuit and you should be fine.
  7. Strange. Several versions are on their 2025 website.
  8. The FTR is "close" but the proportions seem just a bit off to me. But, like Harley, they have 100 variations of three basic bikes.
  9. Demographics. Their customer base is graying out. They'll soon need an Electra Glide hearse.
  10. Will the last Indian standing please make motorcycles?
  11. DeTomaso was an Angentine. The Guzzi link is becoming rather tenuous. OK, all 351s are two-valve, pushrod 90 Vs - so there is that.
  12. All I have is Staintunes, and they are rather sonorous, mellifluous even, becoming slightly Aussie belligerent at WFO. So there ya' go.
  13. I think the naked and clipon models used a lower cast alloy headlight mount, as there is a difference in vertical height above the lower triple, for example. The Ballabio, Cafe Sport, Coppa Italia and a few others(?) used a headlight mount that was forward and up, to match the 'dirt bike' handlebars they came with.
  14. But then they made a V11 Sport naked with no fairing, IIRC. "Heya Luigi, thosa fairings come in? OK, werea puttin them onna da bikes today!"
  15. Which model is that? The clipons go well with the small fairing. FYI: "subbed" in my case means subservient.
  16. Have been checking into LiFePO4 batteries. Was concerned about the Lithium ion "Tesla"effect in which everything within a 50 meter radius is suddenly incinerated. However, I found a Colorado company called Earth-X that assembles their batteries in the US. They have achieved FAA certification for use in aircraft, so that must amount to something. 2 year full replacement warranty. Even though $$$, I decided to bite the battery and order one. Very small, and light, as expected. 13.65v as delivered. Took some cranking to blow the cobwebs out, but once it fired off, all was good. Definitely starts faster than the Yuasa AGM that was dying. And apparently, as the battery type has more cranking amps as it warms up(?) All new stuff to me, but anything that starts the V11 and lightens it up is OK with me.
  17. "Everybody wants to laugh... Nobody wants to cry.... Everybody wants to hear the truth... But they always tell a lie..." - Mark "Porkchop Holder, Death and the blues
  18. If you have a service manual, it lists generic torque specs based on the diameter of the fastener.
  19. I bought it back in the 80s, when it was only "expensive." I chose it as it was very flexible, able to be curled up for underseat storage. Made in USA, so you know it's vintage.
  20. To have a soul is to be imperfect. Imperfection, either in revulsion towards it or in attraction to it, inspires passion. Perfect bikes never change - but we do - and thus they may not always inspire. Give me something with flaws to accomodate; with flaws to work around and that will keep me engaged.
  21. I "thought" that diodes carried that protective capacity. I used a car battery with 6 ga. fine strand oxygen-free (blah blah blah) speaker wire to jump the old V11 and did not worry about the battery, as it is shot anyway. I specifically made the jumpers out of speaker wire and it turns out that they flow a LOT of juice.
  22. It's all one big happy Italian family!
  23. So spinning the engine key off will charge the batt?
  24. Isn't the R/R isolated when the ignition is off? We are dealing with Mandello electrics, so at some level, all bets are off.
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