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Don't forget: if is not broken, don't fix it.

If you don't give it too much of a caning, it probably wont. Seriously, though, what theoretically happens to the viscosity when one mixes weights like that? Do you now, theoretically, have 0W40 in the motor, or 10W20, or chicken soup? Just asking for the sake of knowing. Whilst we are on the topic, more or less, I find it difficult to get straight answers to those sort of questions. People are willing to say "use only good oil", or "stick to the manufacturers recommendation", but don`t seem all that willing to make statements about what the "window" is, and why. I'm happy to stick to what is in the manual, and buy quality products, but I would like to know why over and above "because the manufacturer specified that".

I know I am.

Yes, although some might use a hyphen in there: re-torquing

A thought has been bothering me all evening. I really don't know if it is relevant, but it wont leave me alone. The 30A fuse is between the regulator/rectifier and the battery. Some types of load suck power, as much as the source can supply. Lower voltage for a given power figure means higher currents. We've already established that higher current across a resistance causes more warmth generation. So what if the regulator (or the alternator) is not providing enough volts (some previous posts indicate that this might be the case) and the battery is pulling more current to try and get charged? As far as I know, batteries are one of the types of load that do that. Over and above the question about the quality of the regulator/rectifier, are you sure that the battery is good?

You're game, mate. No way I'd put my bike out there. Might have done once upon a time when I was young and foolish, but dealing with heights has gotten and is getting worse with the years. Nice photo, though.

That's about where I am too, and yes, I find the Le Mans fairing very effective. Incidentally, also the one on the V35 Imola / V50 Monza. Doesn't look like much (apart from very pretty...) but works surprisingly well. I guess that is what you get from the factory having started playing with a wind tunnel in 1950.

I can understand that. I like mine quite a lot. Also very pretty is this, maybe an option http://www.magni.it/v11_fairing.htm

I think that is what this really means...

Isn't there a topic here somewhere about the clutch slave cylinder?

Nitpicking: you can adjust the linkage, but you have to pull one of the ends off to do it. Pain in the arse. A left-hand thread on one end would be much better. Why didn't Luigi build it that way in the first place?

Have you got Guzzidiag? Connect it up, and have a look at the CO trim. I've read about some rather extreme settings. I was able to watch a couple of experts set up a V11. They started with a CO trim of -10, and tried out steps of plus and minus 10 to get the best result. The test was how the motor responded to throttle from idle, i.e. exactly the range that you are talking about. Give it a try, it might help.

That is a fundament of the Australian character, docc. One lets the deed speak for itself. The bike is truly stunning. The only thing I would have different is this fairing, which I think is absolutely beautiful http://www.magni.it/images/v11_3-4.jpg http://www.magni.it/v11_fairing.htm the rest is ok as it is. EDIT: here's a better photo of the fairing. The bike is for sale in Germany. 70,000 km on the clock.

Yeah, it'll do.

Welcom to the forum, and to the world of proper motorbikes for real blokes. Or something like that. PS: check your profile. You've got a "V&III Racer" according to the "My Bikes" bit. Looks a lot like "let go of the upper case button too late" to me.

That'd be "collateral benefit" then, wouldn't it? That vise looks like a handy piece of kit. Well scored.

Jealous...

I'm guessing, but... I went looking for pictures because I remember the anvil that my father had on the farm in my childhood had similar holes in it. Turns out, the holes have names Gerald G, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anvil#Structure I think the square one in your anvil may, perhaps, be a "Hardy hole" intended indeed as a mounting hole for "Hardy tools". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_tool Perhaps the manufacturer of the vise offered accessory tools that could be mounted in the hole. Seems plausible to me. EDIT: I found what seems to be cofirmation of my bold theory. Someone asked the same question about the hole here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tools/comments/8mzd5a/question_about_a_columbian_c44_vise/?rdt=46355 and was directed to here https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-vises-of-garage-journal.44782/post-2383317 where there is a copy of a catalogue page showing the accessory.

Thanks for the photos, Tom. @fastaussie was looking for a Champagne Le Mans. Maybe you could get him interested. Yours looks very clean.

That looks amazing.

Hi Tom. It seems that one must be registered on Facebook (not going to happen) to see that. Have you got it listed somewhere else? Not that I'm about to buy it, but I'm sure I'm not the only person in the world who is allergic to Facebook.

Yeah, that happens. As long as you don't have to leave town...

Well done, carry on, that man.

I don't even want to think about that...

Indeed. For a completey unknown band, they had a couple of surprisingly quick successes.