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Regarding the "Best Relay" . . . https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/picker-components/PC782-1C-12S-R-X/12352866

Bellissimo~!

Is Mike Rich doing anything Moto Guzzi, now? Still sells his valves for the V11?

. . . and I quote, "As it is they can go and roger themselves with a rusty star-picket. " Origins of @Pressureangle's RUSTY STAR PICKET PROJECT . . .

I see my Traxxion Dynamics fork springs are 1.0 kg/mm with 120mm spacers. Traxxion Dynamics included the aluminum spacers. I see some forum references that the early V11 Sport 40 mm Marzocchi were fitted with 0.65 kg/mm springs. I am not sure what the spring rate might have been on the 2003 LeMans.

"I'll see your weedy Cherry Bomb and raise you a Staintune full system" . . .

That is a fine collection of "Rusty Star-Pickets " . . .

What does it have for exhaust crossover and canisters?

A man with his priorities in order.

South'n SpineRaid Special!

More progress!!

Progress! Is that motor held up by anything but the tension on the two front subframe bolts? I'd feel better with a platform jack under the sump . . .

Color preference? Do you also need the mounting bands and nuts/washers/rubber isolators?

This took some doing, but I found this pic of @guzzler's GreenQueen . . .

Delivered today, seven days from the order placed last Friday after business hours.

V11 6 speed gearbox . . . From Pete Roper's post, above, with the dimensioned images of the special sockets: The largest one is for the clutch boss nut, the intermediate one is I think the driven shaft nut and the two smaller, three gear shafts use the smallest one.

Replies/posts combined with those from another thread to create this topic:

These are the types of retaining nuts that require the special tools:

Right, so, about 13 or 14 stone. In proper units. Back in the day, rumor had that the wiry, Italian test riders weighed just that. Yet, I also know an industry insider that told me the manufacturers set bikes up soft for "showroom feel." Except Ducati. The only way to assess your spring rate applicability is to check your "sags." Sags too far? Spring's too soft. Generally speaking (very generally), 35% of the suspension travel is soft (some riders like it that comfy), while 25% sag is considered "sporty." 30% is a common compromise.

Firmer. Also firmer on the shock spring. I have all of those details, but not where I am this weekend. Traxxion Dynamics spec'd the springs and preload spacer length for my weight and "riding style." It came out perfectly. FWIW, I'm about 185-195 pounds in full gear, ride on the sporty side and wanted a 30mm rider sag, about 30%. (My target sag for the rear was 25%).

I also discovered that AMA requires you to declare a destination before they will dispatch the recovery operator.

I had owned my V11 Sport sixteen (16!) years before the styling was revealed to me in an interview with the designer, Luciano Marabese, referencing the Gambalunghino as the design reference. This brought the whole design together for me after being frustrated looking for (absent) V7 Sport cues which period journalists, erroneously, reported the V11 Sport was an homage to.

Agreed, that #10 "clamping part" got over-tightened, and deformed. It is the point of failure. Perhaps, the approximation points of the jaw could be relieved (filed) to restore the clamping function? And, again, introducing a replacement bolt that extends its threads, by two threads, beyond the "new" lock nut . . .