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@Slivsgaard (Claus!) It is just the beginning . . .

@swooshdave did some cool things with this a few years back. Even gave a Greenie sport at one point!

I'm not sure if this motor is actually black, but shows if your donk is big enough it's gonna draw the eye . . . (Another absolutely great image of a (very special) "V11": LuckyPhil's V10 Sport)

Glenn Kerr wrote a design column for Motorcycle Consumer News, as well. It was always the first I would turn to. Automotive photographers, and marketers, have long used silver to accentuate body lines and perform an otherwise "neutral" (some would say bland ) influence on the eye. As many of us have found, Legnano Green and black (especially satin) can be exceedingly hard to capture. I cannot wait to see the images @KINDOY2 sends our way. Congratulations and welldone on that extensive effort and awesome outcome with your Scura, Sir!

Yeah, that is curiously odd damage with the timing chest bosses broken and the odd exhaust crush. One of our members has investigated in person and we may soon know more about this curious listing . . .

In your image, it appears to me that the assembly is simply resting on the shifter shaft that goes through the plate seal on the right of your image pressing that side of the pawl mechanism inward. Otherwise, the pawl arm could be bowed that much (bent) from its stamping. The pawl arm pulls and pushes pins on the upper cam wheel (on the left in your image) to change gears. That surface can be quite scored from tooling marks and benefit from a good polishing. Also, they tend to be warped from stamping and benefit from straightening (flattening).

Those are SpeedHut instruments. Details of my design and installation start on Page 8 of this thread:

Worth getting that pawl arm on the bench for a straighten and polish as Lucky Phil details on Post#1. I don't think you can go wrong with any of those RedLine ShockProof products. Personally, I've always uesd the blue Lightweight in my gearbox, now also in my reardrive (having stopped using the red Heavy altogether).

I totally missed this is about the illumination, not the warning indicator lights. Sorry for that drift, @Grim!

@Scud has the Chuck-engineered SuperSpring. @Chuck has done a couple runs of the LuckyPhil Shift Extender, but those are currently NLA, if I recall correctly . . .

Yeah, not sure what these two hoses are (crankcase ventilation?), but not "gaskets" . . . Good finds, y'all-boys!

Thanks for posting and sharing this. I had to "grab" a representative image from the slideshow link . . .

So, currently, this forum will only reliably display images and links with no prefix before "https" and no suffix after the address ("[url]" or [img]" etc . . .) Known as 'Direct" / not "BBCode" . . . [As if your dedicated moderator actually knows anything about this sort of thing. (I know the difference between a 10mm wrench and a shock from a spark plug wire!) I can say this: Displaying images and posting links is a moving target. Expect it to change. Continually.]

I realize we are drifting the "Formotion clock fit " thread, but the OP is @Lucky Phil , so if he wants to talk fasteners and washers . . . . On my V11, I especially remember the Schnorr washer on the front caliper mounting bolts. I saw they are serrated, but never realized they are "conical/spring." I bet they have rather lost their *spring* after twenty-five front tire changes. I certainly do not want those fasteners coming loose. Past their "use-by date?"

Thanks so much for sharing and posting everyone's extensive experience. As a hairy-arsed, knuckle-dragger "Lawnmower Grade Technician", me-own-self, I struggle with the terminology and application. I see reference to "split lock washer" . . . (aka "Grower" washer?) Grower Twin-Lock/ WedgeLock" washer" . . . "Spring washer" . . . The ubiquitous "Schnorr washer" found throughout the V11 ("conical spring washer?") Seems that "Spring washer" encompasses many styles . . .

[Those indicator lights are driven off Relay#2 through the Ignition Switch. Both of those deserve diligence. Observe your tach for faulty reading s when the lights don't work.] While all of this might be beneficial, it doesn't address the OP's original question: "It would be interesting to be able to find a "click in" style solid plastic holder that released when squeezed, the rubber ones are horrible to deal with. Should all 286 holders be the correct size for the bulb? Does anyone really know!?"

[docc-ever-the-dedicated-moderator fixed up the links.]

I've never had a leather lined helmet. That seems at once classy, luxurious, and unforgivingly hot. I used to use Arai, but cannot forgive their fragile faceshield retention plates. My last two helmets have been Shoei modulars. The Neotech was great, but the Neotech II has sucked from day one - so noisy! I've modified it extensively (sad and ugly for a $700US new helmet). What surprised me is how much I prefer the flip down tinted visor. (No more fumbling to change between glasses.) And how much I like the quick disconnect strap instead of D-rings. Before, I had thought of both of those features as gimmicks. I keep thinking this may be my next modular (any experience with this AGV model?) . . . https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/agv-sportmodular-carbon-solid-helmet

I only say that because I changed my flat lens sheet that sits in front of the indicator bulbs from the early flat style to the 2002 "jeweled" style that @footgoose showed me. Much easier to see when lit. So, the 2002 indicator layout is the same as the early V11 with a battery/charging light and a single turn indicator. Early flat style lens sheet: Later "jeweled" style, style based on the single turn indicator and still with Battery light:

I'm pretty sure that wiring changed in 2003.

Good point on the single turn indicator as on the earlier Sports. The later V11 (starting when?) eliminates the battery warning and features separate left/right indicators. LED indicators would work in this case?

Perhaps @p6x could go back to the GoG thread and post more photographic evidence of the matter . . .

Yah, those are not the factory green gaskets. These are the Valpolini?

I love the finalé: "That's it! That's all there is."