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LOL! that nails it!

I think you are about a million times more likely to drip ketchup on your own leathers than to get attacked by one of these legendary Pamela Anderson worshiping Terrorists. Speaking of which, checkout this video of Pamela Anderson doing airport security. No way the undie-bomber would have gotten past her, LOL! : http://www.peta.org/crueltydoesntfly/default.asp?c=pcdfec09 WARNING some nudity and lousy music.

Maybe the story is wrong and these VW bus drivers were protesting ass-less chaps? I think some of the taste nazis on the forum could present an argument against ass less chaps. But seriously, I'll play the devil's advocate and post a link their statement: http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=58 Anyone for a nicely padded two piece hemp suit? Until someone makes a decent hemp suit, I'll stick to synthetic textiles and animal skin. Anybody crash test or do lab abrasion tests on a Joe Rocket Hemp jacket? By the way, just picked up a nice Dainese Gator jacket (not alligator skin) off of Craigslist. I love it, but it could use some zippered vents, and not sure tough the "Texas Fabric" is. By the way, I just saw the movie, AVATAR...wow. Possibly the best movie ever!!! Anybody want to discuss how it is eco-terrorist propaganda?

. . . [sigh] . . . Ratchet Why do you have to be such an ill mannered right winger? (probably a rhetorical question). I know, the answer, because you are WRONG and frustrated about it. Most all your right wing buddies admit that human activity causes atl east SOME global warming, but you stick to your absolutist guns with nary an iota of evidence. Give it up.

Nice! Kurt Vogt's BlackJack could probably join the parade...just need someone with talent to do the musical part. More on V11 BlackJack threewheeler here: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...&pid=162064 But link to Guzzitech article is offline at moment... Anyhow, this is what it will look like: http://bp1.blogger.com/_Mvhjidbvdzc/SBiRu3...1600-h/zero.jpg

Ratchet, Are you still denying that humans have even a miniscule impact on global temperature? "Drill baby, drill!"

Yes, this helps! Thanks for the reply...even the amusing tangential rant. And thanks for the term sag delta. Did you make that up? I like it....seriously! You did NOT go up a measly 2N/mm (11#/in), because your measurement of the Sachs OEM spring is WRONG, as I previously suggested, but now with the evidence that you provided. While your sag delta numbers cannot precisely determine what the Sachs spring is, we can get pretty close, assuming your sag measurements are consistent and accurate. We simply take known spring rate of the Wilbers shock, 95N/mm multiply by delta, 18, then divide by delta, 26 which gives us the measurement of the Sachs OEM spring, ~66N/mm (377#/in) (31% difference from the Wilbers) So you went up 29N/mm (166#/in), not 2N/mm(11#/in). And no, the 2:1 leverage ratio does NOT change the math. So, the answer to Gavo's question is that it is theoretically approximately a 65 N/mm spring, but since reality differs a little from theory and measurement, it could be as high as a 75 N/mm spring (~425#/in) or maybe lower than 65N/mm, but I doubt it.

Here is a quote from Lex estimating or guesstimating what sort of rider the Sachs OEM spring is right for: FWIW, I agree with Lex. And here is a quote from Lex trying to help a 230# rider, Ian: Both quotes from over 6 years ago: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/lofiversio....php/t1682.html I suspect if we further search the forum we will find more people who have happily gone with rear springs in the 500-600 pound range. FWIW I am about 215# plus about 20#+ of leather, etc. Also, FWIW some of the stiffness that Mike was feeling may have been caused by the stiff damping of the Penske. He later had it re-valved. Ratchet, what were your sag numbers with the Sachs OEM spring? How much did you weigh then? What are your sag numbers now with the Wilbers? What is that shock's spring rate? What is your weight when you measured the sag on the Wilbers?

Sorry, I did not give the details there. My Sachs spring was replaced with a 475 pound spring. This decision was based on posts on this forum, especially Mike Stewart's who is heavier than I, and does a lot of two up riding, and rides more aggressively than I. He tried a 550#, found it too firm and went to 500. I mistakenly thought 475# would be right for me. 475 is also allegedly what ships on the Ohlins Guzzis. If I shift forward into an aggressive riding position leaning forward, it worked OK. I think Mike was following Lex's advice. I should have followed Lex's advice, too. In any case, it was only a little better than Sachs OEM spring. On the Penske, I went with a 550 # spring, and I am considering either a HyperPro or a 600# spring, since I still bottom out pretty frequently.

Something is wrong with those measurements or calculations. FWIW 532 # per inch is about 90 N/mm or I guess a 0.9Nm, but I thought Nm is for torque, so not sure if it converts. When I went from the OEM spring to a 475 # spring, my laden sag decreased, not as much as I had hoped, but it did decrease, so I am surprised that you measured 532# Perhaps you did not remove the thickness of the paint on the spring from the measurement???

That is the most beautiful tree I have ever seen. you brought tears (of beer) to my eyes. Merry Christmas and other Holidays!

And using that technique it is easy to check to see if you are overfilled, just let the bike sit a few hours, open the level plug, let excess drain off. After that if it still weeps, then don't worry.

What will really make people dizzy is to make the analogy that the change in probability of AGW being a major threat follows this same law of logic. If a real threat of AGW is the grand prize behind one of the doors and the fraud of alleged global hoax is behind the other two doors, over the past twenty years we have seen the apparent likelihood of AGW increase about as much Monty Hall revealing the which door contains the fraud. Subjectively, as the wool is pulled from the sheople's eyes, the APPARENT odds of AGW's likelihood have gone from from about one in three to about one in two, but the reality follows Monty Hall logic, and the doubling of evidence of AGW actually increases the odds of it being true from one in three to two in three, not one in two!!! Scary Sh^†!!!

More anthropogenic hot air, LOL! But Monty Hall is generous and offers him a chance to help stop global warming by providing enough solar panels to power all of Australia. All he has to do is pick the right door out of three doors. But the losing doors contain small coal mines. Behind one door are the solar panels; behind the others, coal mines. The solar panels and the coal mines were placed randomly behind the doors before the show. The rules of the game show are as follows: After you have chosen a door, the door remains closed for the time being. The game show host, Monty Hall, who knows what is behind the doors, now has to open one of the two remaining doors, and the door he opens must have a coal mine behind it. If both remaining doors have coal mines behind them, Monty chooses one randomly. After Monty Hall opens a door with a coal mine, he will ask you to decide whether you want to stay with your first choice or to switch to the last remaining door. If Gavo chooses Door 1 and the host opens Door 3, which has a coal mine, should Gavo switch to Door Number 2? For answer, see the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem

FWIW I have guestimated the front Marz springs to be between .6 and .7. 0.6 could certainly be right, but I'd guess .65 The Sachs is very likely between 350 and 450#/inch. I'd guess about 425.

Do what Dan suggested. Also take a close look at the 30A charging fuse for signs of cooking.

Bullsh^t!!! His mate must lengthen the ramp 1cm and indecrease the rake 0.5 degrees, but keep the angle at 25 degrees as it is spec'd in the manual, but most importantly, he must strip the red paint and paint the ramp black. Mastery of dah baitin' performed on nearly a daily basis. Feets of scintillating callouses and apparent aroma washed, one week to ten days, occasionally quite a bit longer. Have you exorcised the Extremely Twitchy Demon of your short red ramp lately? HAIKU Tyranny is here Before Gore takes your Guzzi Rebel gas burners!!! - Zen Master Ratchoncrack

Cliff Jeffries may have some improved ones for sale, POSSIBLY without trade in: http://www.jefferies-au.org/MyECU/ EDIT I guess that is a duplicate of Raz's post.

Oh Crud! I spoke too soon. The left seal gave out this weekend. Ohlins suck! but they are still the best Oh well, I guess it is time for firmer springs and fresh fluid.

I just noticed Klause's store has 15% off all suspension items till December 31st http://www.epmperf.com/hyperpro-springs.htm But I would go through Todd Eagan and GuzziTech first, because I know him first hand. Todd should be able to match the price. http://www.guzzitech.com/ Todd was very helpful to me when I pursued buying a Wilbers shock. He gave me all the dimensions which helped me determine that the Wilbers body was longer than the Penske and Ohlins, resulting in higher ride height and less stroke, than what I wanted.

But you have the nerve to insult people...nice.

Huh?, it will be a leaner mixture if the sensor is closer to the TBs. It will be richer if placed at the nose like his Ducati.

Measuring from the airbox will give a reading that will result in a more consistent Air:Fuel ratio Measuring from the nose will make the bike run slightly richer, especially at low velocity. I see that as a greater advantage than consistent air:fuel ratio. Moving the sensor to the nose, would keep bike temperature down in Sao Paulo traffic. But I suspect you can get greater change modifying the engine temperature sensor.

I am at about 24,000 miles on my Ohlins Forks. I clean the fork sliding surface with silicone oil pretty regularly and I set my oil level kind of low to help reduce pressure at the fork seal. Also I use genuine Ohlins fluid. Not sure it has helped, maybe I am just lucky. Since you apparently went 20,000, you apparently are doing more than three times better than the alleged average Ohlins fork owner. I have no doubt they are more failure prone than the Marzocchi, but I highly doubt they average 6,000 miles between failures. Perhaps we need a poll So far the three posters who own Ohlins forks have gone: 18,500 with no failure, but previous owner replaced, so presumably there was a failure 18,500 ago, or sometime within that 18,500 20,000 failure 24,000 no failure Front cross-over is known to crack on your bike. Proper tightening should reduce the chance of that happening.

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