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Threads like this are awesome reads. The following is a true story ..... My wife didn't want me to get a motorcycle after the kids came along. Then, many years later, kids in college, I found out my brother in law got a Triumph Scrambler. So I said, if Ned can have a bike, why can't I? And she said, Ok how you going to pay for it? And I countered with, I'll sell a few mausers. And she said ok fewer guns, sounds good. She thought I was bluffing. I listed some of them, which quickly sold, my motorcycle fund grew, and started looking at craigslist but didn't really see anything I liked. My neighbor told me my other neighbor was selling a bike, a moto guzzi ... Took if for a ride. And that was it.

I bought this one from MG Cycle, very nice stand. Need 2 18mm sockets to use it. Works great. Becker Technik stand, V11 Sport, 1100Sport Daytona Centauro. for $177.60. US

hear hear

My son recently got his motorcycle license and he has not been allowed to ride the v11 yet. He wanted to before he took the course, having completed the course gave him a newfound respect for motorcycles and his dad's advice & opinion on when he is ready to give it a go.

fun trip. like that relive content

Yep. I was able to loosen the clamps and get it back on. Bike is running better than ever, I'm sure the valve job helped too. Good tip on the radio sockets, will look for those. I will have to learn how to check throttle body balance. Interesting you had exactly the same issue.

Ok, it is odd because I already purchased replacements for those hose bits connecting the throttle bodies to the valves. The screws for those clamps face directly up. Do you think I need/should pull the tank to fix it? How do I fix that without screwing up something else?

Went over to the bike to see if i could locate the right side idle set screw and noticed this. seems like the left side is not firmly connected to the engine and air is getting sucking in through there. like it got pushed back or something.

.006 intake and .008 exhaust

I did the valves last weekend as recommended, home renovation project delayed my bike project. Idle is better but still not great.

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found this too, not the same bike but process looks similar.

found this thread while researching this more. we were getting closer than I thought to TDC last night using a modified "straw" method.

I definitely need remedial education on motorcycle mechanics. If you have any recommendations please let me know. It would be nice to have someone nearby to show me the ropes of decent tune up so I don't screw up anything. Ok, when piston is at its lowest point, Air intake and fuel in combustion chamber.

Not where I got the wrong name for that "fast idle" lever, the PO called it a "choke" maybe, or just my own novice error. Shifting the bike while it was on the stand didn't seem too easy and it was hard to tell which gear we were in. I was thinking I could manually move the flywheel with a screw driver or something. Will try the valve adjustment again in daylight when I have plenty of time. After reexamining some photos of parts in there, I wonder if we weren't looking too far left and not at the flywheel per se. Might need a bendy light probe to see further in the hole. TDC compression is when piston is at maximum height, correct?

Yes, its a bit warm here. Not Florida or Las Vegas warm but its pretty warm. Tonight after dinner, I removed both plugs, took off the left valve cover and the flywheel spy hole cover. My friend and I struggled to see TDC marks on flywheel by turning the rear wheel, probably in too low a gear. Sadly, we totally failed to see either the S or D mark. Could not spin the flywheel slow enough consistently for a complete revolution. Maybe spinning the alternator is an easier way to find them? We tried guesstimating TDC by looking at the piston come up in the left spark plug hole and honestly, I do think the gaps are tight, because I was never able to get the .004 gauge in any kind of gap on either intake or exhaust. There may be a gap, I just wasn't able to detect it. It was getting late so we gave up and I put everything back together. As I did, I described the symptoms I had noticed to him, loosing the neutral light and the choke not really working so well now and he said it sounds electrical, so I pulled the seat, replaced the two relays I had not swapped out and started pulling fuses. The 30 amp fuse was blown. I got to Autozone just in the nick of time to buy some replacements. Sure enough, after replacing the fuse, when I tried starting it, the neutral light worked again and choke was responsive, and the bike idled as usual. Will need to revisit the valve adjustments some time soon. Thank you all for the constructive comments.

thanks for that link, turns out the workshop manual I purchased is missing those pages somehow.

what is the torque spec for the valve covers? didn't find anything in the manual on it.

Maybe this is a novice question, but what changed during my ride? If the valves are too tight why did the bike run ok since October and then change on Sunday mid-ride? I re-read the valve adjustment thread and feel *comfortable enough* with step 6 to check and adjust the valves. Remove flywheel inspector, get to TDC, check the gaps.

it hasn't been a ton of miles since October. Maybe 1000 ...

I had the dealer service the bike and give it a decent tune up last Fall.

I went for a ride today, perfect weather. Made a couple stops, bike was running fine for about 100 miles. Stopped at an intersection to have a quick word on the route. No issues idling. Drove up the road a ways didn't notice anything on the way but at the next stop light my V11 stalled when I idled. Started right up fine, but from then on the idle is weak and it wants to stall. Was able to ride it 20 miles back home. Gave it a bit of an Italian tune up once or twice on the way but the problem persists. Choke seems to help a little but maybe not as much as before on a cold start. Changed the first 3 relays to be safe, no change. Neutral light no longer seems to light up, not sure when in this sequence of events that might have started. Pulled the plugs and they seem fine, just changed them last Fall. Looked damp and smelled a bit like gas. Any ideas on what to check next?

these were pointed out to me by andrew @mgcycle as replacement intake sleeve which is in stock https://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=42

Yes, thanks. I've back ordered a couple of those.