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For people in Europe, SD has them as well. https://www.stein-dinse.biz/product_info.php?products_id=119#prettyPhoto

Looks to me like there is a chunk missing out of the "toothed crown". The disc with teeth around the outside that the starter engages to. In the photo above, there seems to be a rather large triangular shaped piece missing (at the bottom in the photo...)

If you're you're using it as primary and only source, yes, that is questionable. If, however, it is serving as a source of "prefabricated" text to quote which conveniantly says exactly what one wishes to say, it is no longer questionable but rather just very handy. I am fully aware of the shortcomings and advantages (yes, it does have some) of Wikipedia. I use it to check up on a lot of stuff, often as a starting point, but never as the ultimate authority on anything. Cross-checking sources is the trick, and using your own brain to decide if what you are reading is plausible or not. The quoted article about James Watt and horsepower is plausible, and is borne up by other sources. I could put in a long list of corroborating links at this point, but I really can't be bothered.

Docc "honey" is the one who lives here. The one who left is someone I have known for about 37 years (I met the one who lives here about 23 years ago...), and who I haven't seen for about 7 years. When someone like that comes to visit, you spend the time. Otherwise, my priorities are quite similar to yours....

Good timing, Chuck. I've had a visitor from Melbourne here for the last week. She left yesterday, and I was already planning to contact you today. PM will be on the way in about 5 minutes....

Well, I had to watch the video twice to figure out if the guy was talking BS or not, and do a bit of looking, but the answer isn't that hard when you know where the "magic number" 5252 came from. So where did the number come from? That is a constant that James Watt calculated when he was defining horsepower in conjunction with his developement of the steam engine. This might all seem a bit pedantic, but I'm putting it in on the off chance that it might help someone understand the video better. I had trouble with that because the guy neglected to define his premises at a couple of spots, and to explain why it is 5252, and that this number only applies if you are talking about horsepower against pound/feet (I learnt that as foot/pounds, but anyway...). So, from here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower#History and in the next section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower#Calculating_power and there we also see (I've made it red) the definition of the premise that the guy neglected at that point: we're talking about pound-foot and horsepower. The number doesn't apply to Nm and kW. Edit: I should rather say, as far as I can tell with my limited math, the number most likely won't apply when talking about metric units, as it is part of the definition of hp, and doesn't play a role in the definition of one Watt. The next point at which he neglected to define his premise is where he started talking about 42 at 2,500 revs, and so on. After that he did mention he is assuming a motor with constant torque at any revs. He also doesn't make it clear that the number 42 is "invented" for the sake of the calculation. He say's "at 2,500 rpm you have 42 (units of power)". That 42 sounds like a fixed value, but is not. It is just the number he chose to use for his example. (I suspect he enjoys reading Douglas Adams...) That should have all been explained before he started in on his example calculation. So, enough nitpicking. I hope that helps somebody...

Sorry, can't really say much about that, because I haven't heard mention of it, or can't remember having heard. However, SD is a well respected supplier. I dare say it is ok.

It wasn't that clear to me. I could have sworn that the sticker on the rack on the GTR doesn't have that much silver on it. But I've had a closer look and done some clicking around in the interweb, and I think you are right. It looks like I should probably get on to that... I'm convinced it is still available from HB. See my link further up. It's on the web site, and SD have it listed as well. SD claims between 2 and 8 weeks delivery time, HB says "exact delivery time on request", so I reckon they only build it when the order comes in. Yes, it is less than a quarter of the new price. Hmmm.... Funny thing: HB lists €430,- and SD €369,- https://www.stein-dinse.biz/product_info.php?products_id=68139 dunno how they do it, but SD seems to always be cheaper for HB products than HB themselves.

Are you aware of this? (You need a bit of spare pocket money....) https://hmb-guzzi.de/Oil-Pump-CNC-1100-cc-models The bloke and his business enjoy a very good reputation in German speaking Guzzi circles.

Art, thanks for the link. That does indeed look very similar to what I am intending to buy. That is this: https://www.hepco-becker.de/kompletttraegerset-seitenkoffertraeger-und-rohrgepaeckbruecke-topcasetraeger-schwarz-fuer-moto-guzzi-le-mans-v-11-sport-naked-1999.html And it is considerably cheaper than that. However, since I live in Germany, I am a little hesitant to buy something from the U.S. that would no doubt attract some sort of import duty, and "probably" would fit. Hepco Becker is a German company, and I already have a rack from them for the V35 Imola and one for the GTR 1000 Kawasaki, and a top box and a pair of panniers from Hepco and Becker to put on the racks. Unless someone can assure me with 100% certainty that Tusk is something like "re-badged" Hepco and Becker, and that the rack in the ad will definitely fit, I'd prefer to stick with the brand I already have.

Docc, going by that photo, I think you really need to take more care about keeping things clean and orderly when you're working on a bike.

Indeed. I would have loved to have one at the time, but as a "financially disadvanted" student it was completely out of the question.

Ok, thanks for the info. I haven't got the carrier yet (coming soon...) but I do already have a set of similar panniers. When I get the carrier and get them mounted, I'll post a photo of mine. Could take a few weeks.... Mick

It occurs to me that I need to clarify that. On the "small block" models, as with the old Tonti frame "big blocks", you need to remove the upper frame to get the gearbox out. That means that the clutch cable is no longer connected. To activate the clutch to pop the gearbox off, you need to push in the lever on the back of the gearbox that the clutch cable is connected to. I haven't had a look at the way the clutch works on the V11, but going by the parts lists, it looks like there is a rod through the gearbox that activates the clutch. In your situation, I'd be inclined to try and leave the clutch system connected until the gearbox is separated, so as to be able to use the clutch lever to push it off. You'll have to have a look at the business yourself to see if that is possible.

On a more serious note: I don't know for sure that this works with the "big block" Guzzis, but it is in the workshop manual for my "small block" V35 Imola. The constuction is similar enough that I reckon it should work. Undo all the bolts to the gearbox, and then pull the clutch in. On mine, the gearbox then pops off a bit, and you can pull it off without too much bother. Hope that helps. If it is still reluctant, hold a block of wood against the housing and persuade it a bit with a hammer against the wood block. Work your way around, and it should come off.

Don't drop it on your foot. I hope you find the problem quickly, and that it is not too dramatic.

Hi. What brand are those panniers? The look like they might be Hepco & Becker, but they seem to be sitting too high and too far forward for it to be the H&B carrier.

Well, I'd say you've pretty much achieved your goal. As I wrote, I've seen more or less the same recommendations over and over again. The context in which I have seen that stuff, and the gist of what they are often trying to communicate is "get the basic stuff sorted before you start dicking around with the map, or any of the other complicated things".

Thanks for that link. I'll have a better look at that sometime when it's not 2;00 a.m. However: After a quick glance at the first post there, I can say I have read most of that stuff elsewhere already. I'm one of the administrators in this german forum: https://www.guzzi-forum.de/Forum/ I'll get back to that.... The bloke I bought the Le Mans off had only had it for about half a year, and had been planning to keep it. I know him personally through that forum, and trust what he says. When he bought the bike it was (his words) "in a dismal condition". He put quite a lot of effort into getting the bike back in shape, and I am confident that he went through more or less the same procedure as docc describes there. He only put about 1,000 km. on the bike, so I assume (for now) that it's all good enough to be going on with. Getting back to the aforementioned german forum: Guzzidiag was developed principally by the forum member Beard (his real name is Bernd), with input from a couple of others from that forum. I've met Beard a couple of times, he's a really nice bloke. Even if I don't get around to having a look at the bike with Guzzidiag myself before then, I expect to be at the Forum Rally at the start of next June. There, Beard and Karsten (under whose name the forum is registered) spend the entire Saturday afternoon looking at people's bikes with Guzzidiag and adjusting what needs to be adjusted. So I think I've got that pretty much covered. I'm not an ace mechanic, but I'm dead keen to get into Guzzidiag, and things like keeping an eye on the valve clearances and so on is a matter of course. I"ll be onto it, don't worry.

That's an interesting idea. I might be in form something like that myself. My girlfriend is not very tall, and might be able to deal with the standard pillion pegs. Another friend of ours who quite regularly sits on the back is around 176 cm. tall, very similar to myself. I'll be very interested to hear what she has to say about the back seat. Might need something in that direction for her...

Yeah, I was a bit surprised at how the motor responds at around 5,000 and found I had to try it out several more times to make sure I wasn't imagining things...

I rode the V11 Le Mans for the first time today. It was about 12° C. today, looking like it was going to stay dry, and there was even a bit of sunshine. I'm waiting on a number plate holder that I have odered, so I needed an easy temporary solution for that. I bolted the old plates back on (they were mounted using the screw hole for the plate holder...) and taped the new plates on with gaffer tape. I'm a sound engineer, so that is like the "natural solution" for any problem for me. And then I went for a 40 km. ride before I had to go to work. Lovely. The bike was really the right choice.

Yeah. I was just curious. When the box is correctly in neutral, the input and output shafts should be disengaged from each other. So if the obstruction is before the box, it shouldn't be locking up the output shaft when the box is in neutral, I would have thought.

Hi Pete. I'm not in any way questioning your knowledge and experience. From what I've read here, both seem to be plentiful. But I can't follow the logic. Cash wrote If the flywheel is buggering up the works, but the box was really in neutral, shouldn't he have been able to turn the output shaft?