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Well, I had already attempted to wire in an ATC fuse holder, and then a MAXI fuse holder, outside the fuseblock. The location of the circuit breaker's connections back under the tail cowl required an extension of the nefarious little green/red charging wire from the regulator and I built a larger gauge new wire connection from the circuit breaker to the battery. Not that adding a bigger wire downstream from smaller one helps in any way . . .

So, last question first: No change to the charging wire other than removing the termination from the fuse block and extending it to to the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker has been in service over eight years, almost 30,000 miles/ 18.500km with no issues. It has never tripped and I have used it repeatedly as a service switch to isolate the regulator from external battery charging (a procedure of debatable necessity, but I do it still). The case of the circuit breaker looks weather resistant, but IDK if it is sealed and TYCO makes no claim to waterproofness, although there are stated humidity and salt spray ratings. Where I have it mounted, tucked into the tail cowl behind the fuse block, it has never gotten wet. Even in that Kentucky Frog Strangler we once rode all day in . . . As chuck said, all Ducati Energia benefit from a robust ground strap from its case to to the timing chest/engine. While all V11 wiring harness have a ground to the regulator, it is far too small and travels the entire loom back to the battery, defeating its effectiveness. All V11 benefit from enhancing the grounds, both this one and, very especially, the main ground to the back of the gearbox behind the seat latch:

These require a special tool to crimp? Are they re-usable? https://www.oetiker.com/en-us/

The fuel pressure is 3 bar (40-45 psi), IIRC. How about using high pressure "fuel injection" style clamps? Otherwise, perhaps your hoses have hardened to the point they will not seal well . . .

I seem to recall it was someone at Ford Motor Company that said, "An enthusiast is worth ten sales."

Sorted, I hope . . . That technical post belongs in its own topic to be archived as best we may . . . To wit:

Hey! I resemble that remark!

"Remember. What the doormouse said. "

Okay, just my ignorance about the last generation of Big Blocks. They are not "cam-in-block" like the V11. More accurate to say "cam-in-head?"

No problem to convert your image links, Pete. I forget what hosting you are using, but you can copy them "Direct" (URL begins "https" and not "[IMG]"). As far as inspecting for roller tappets, I guess I thought these would be resting upon the camshaft in the block under the push rods. You are saying they are visible under the rocker cover?

The upper gearbox bracket was feature on the pre-V11 Sport. It can be fitted, with some fiddling, to the early V11 Red Frame Sports, but not the Rosso Mandello ShortFrame. Risk of a gearbox case crack at the mounting point is theoretically mitigated by the addition of this bracket to a Red Frame. Later (2002 and on) LongFrame are braced across the gearbox at the bottom from the lower rear subframe and no frame bracket for this piece.

Sounds like a good time to remove the swingarm. It is not a bad job with the bike well supported. This gives full access to the front U-joint, inspect the swingarm bearings, bleed the clutch, service the main electrical ground to the back of the gearbox . . .

Yep, the shaft Zerk fitting is for the splines. Too much lube and the pressure will impair free sliding motion. Rear uni? Or the nefarious front uni? The front one is most likely to suffer from neglect.

Baldini was showing the marks can be incorrect in the image, far left.

You can verify that the marks are correct by seeing that the trunions of the front and rear shaft yokes are aligned. [image courtesy of @Baldini]: And, yes, the rear should slide off. It makes me wonder of grease having hardened in there. How about some judicious heat from a heat gun or hair dryer (just remember to put it back before the wife reaches for it in the morning!) . . .

This is so for the LongFrame V11, 2002 and on, with the 5.5" rim. Early, 1999-2001 ShortFrame V11, Sport and Rosso Mandello, have 4.5" rear rims and were delivered with 170 tires. Similarly, many have found that mounting "too pinched", which alters the rounded profile and have settled on a 160.

Okay, then, the original single plate clutch and aluminum flywheel of the Rosso Mandello . . .

I seem to recall that a spare gearbox input hub will serve as a clutch alignment tool? What clutch/flywheel combination did you go back with?

Yes, the clutch parts must be aligned when the clutch is assembled . . . Then the gearbox input hub can be jiggled to fit into the clutch assembly.

Ah, okay, the reardrive. I amended the topic title.

Yeah, I keep trying to call out a couple inaugural V11Lemans.com members (from 2002) out of North Carolina. I'm not naming any names but their initials are: @al_roethlisberger and @Orson

Which are? (I like playing around with guitars, although "my instrument" is actually trumpet and flugel horn, or would be, if I ever practiced....) Well, there is this . . . (In short, Fender basses and a hundred-fifty-year-old Steiner fiddle.)

Makes me want to argue. But not with Italian New York lawyers. Breeding a new herd? First, kill all of the old bulls . . .