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And, there is a certain "lucky" guy here who invented a simple bolt-on device to make shift throws even shorter. Made and sold (when available) by other creative V11 forum members. As to false neutrals, those on my '04 went almost completely away when I thoroughly bled the clutch. I installed a bleeder bolt at the master, so there is nowhere for air to hide.

At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, the V11 is a man's bike. It is big and heavy and 1st gear seems too high and low-speed maneuvering takes some practice. It must be commanded what to do. She's a big gal, but she can dance...and oh can she sing! Aprilia must have worked on the trans between '02 and '04, as mine goes 1-2 and so on with zero drama. Caveat: The shift lever must be adjusted to fit your seating position and even the boots you wear, or it will 'reward' you with false neutrals. False neutrals going up are no big deal, but downshifting, you may get a rather horrendous crunch unless you match gear speeds precisely.

Sometimes, if you call, you can find out when they are going to do a run of black powdercoat items. They might let you sneak you bar ends in for a fair deal. I did that once with a Kawasaki stator cover and they did it for $20, tagging it onto a run of black items.

Powder coating is a different universe from ceramic coating. There may be a company which does both, but IME they tend to specialize. You could ride to a few D/FW shops and get their estimates. You probably know this, if so kindly disregard. Powder coating is pulverized colored plastic that is electrostatically applied and then melted (baked) in an oven at 400F. It is highly durable, but is not intended for high temperature post-cure use. That's where ceramic coatings come in. Personally, I think silver gloss ceramic like on that Griso would look fantastic on your bike, which is quite a looker as is.

For small stuff, you can buy a Harbor Freight or Eastwood powder coating kit and do it yourself with a toaster oven. As to ceramic coating, M/C pipes are easier, as they are not the tangle of pipes that car headers typically are.

There are various ceramic coating companies in Houston. You could check these companies. KBS Coatings in Valparaiso Indiana also makes high temp aerosol and spray gun coatings p primer, color and clear top coat. https://www.kbs-coatings.com/engine-exhaust-paints.html Or some Rolite and terry cloth and a beverage or three.

One can only imagine the days, weeks, months drafting and erasing, recalculating with a "stone-age" slide rule. Actually, it would be considered an amazingly short design period these days. In Parilla's case, the street bikes used but a single lobe of a single cam to operate both valves. IIRC, the valves were set at 110º, which was then considered to be the ideal lobe separation in a normal, two-lobe cam. As wide as they were, the valve angle worked with the deep, aircraft-type combustion chambers of the day. High cam with short pushrods and rockers. Sounds familiar...

Parilla kept it simple.

The mention of UK manufacture is to maintain confidence in the brand. So many companies are turning to 3rd world and emerging nations for manufacture. Brazil, Thailand and many other nations are now relied on for major brand tires. On a car, failure is a disappointment. On a bike, it can be fatal. Confidence in both brand and quality of manufacture carries much weight in my mind. As a company, Avon has over 100 years of experience in both car and motorcycle tires. Do they make a top level racing tire? Don't know and I believe it is irrelevant to the street rider. I have ridden on their bias ply tires for just over 20 years and wet or dry have not had an issue.

To each his own. Even my Honda lawnmower has a 2-speed manual with spur gears. Sounds cool running up and down through the gears. Next is an Akrapovic can in place of the spark arrestor. A CVT would make it a Moto Scooti. No thanks. In any event, I've bought my last bike.

If it has a CVT, I'm gonna puke.

Which states are involved? Were I in better shape, I would ride it for you.

After three cancers and a stem cell transplant, the entire past 13 years have been an anomaly. The immune system transplanted into me is hyper-vigilant, which has lead to 6 years of various immune suppression schemes. I suspect that, were my immune system not suppressed, I might already be on the adverse advents log. This is an emergency vaccine that was given the US go-ahead only under emergency conditions. Data is being collected and I am convinced that the truth is being carefully filtered if not completely disregarded in certain cases. Government does many things very poorly. What they have perfected is obfuscation, half-truths and flat out lies. I worked in government for 31 years. I did not trust it before I took the job. Nothing in those 31 years changed my opinion.

So, being a good subserviant renevue source for the government, I lined up and got my two Pfizer injections. I am now in my 3rd week of fevers up to 39C, muscle aches, chest tightness, cough, arthritic joint pain, and blood oxygen down from 99-100% to 88-95%, plus acid reflux and general malaise. Some try to tell me that it's just a coincidence. BS. Anyway full blood work and a hematology visit tomorrow. This stuff is not Tylenol/Paracetamol.

I would not rule Avon out. I live near rainy Seattle and tyres from a rainy nation fill the bill rather well.

Bridgestone's promo for the BT46 shows a 70s V7 Sport.

The BT45 was a bias-ply/cross-ply tire. Now upgraded to BT46, it is reputedly excellent for the earlier Guzzis. Am pondering something slightly more modern than the Road 3s I have now. A distinctly rounded profile that does not seem completely happy on a long-frame.

Single downdraft Weber IDF44 w/chokes. I sincerely hope the jetting is done. On the plus side, with 1/2 of the bike stripped away, it probably weighs only about 525lbs.

It is clear to me from my TPS adjusting that there is far too much play radially and axially for a sensitive electronic device. Gonna have another look.

Has no one made any attempt to remedy this? Is the TPS just trash?

I am going to stare at the TPS and contemplate how to make a vernier adjustment so that the reading does not zip from 100Mv to 99 trillion with one tiny slip.

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Right now, I'm listening to this. No! Not Jay Leno - the Alfa.

Ah, yes. Such easily overlooked things as an overzealous application of insulation to the battery cables. This one was actually OK, but just barely. I cleaned the extra bit away, gave it a bit of a brush and DeoxIt'ed the heck out of it.