al_roethlisberger

I wouldn't say they "wreaked havok"... more like "caught up"

Heh, well here's the standard answer that I've distilled down to its bare minimum after being asked this about 5 times a day during the season last year.... "He probably is, but I don't know him" The long answer is that our families are both from Berne it seems, so we likely are indeed related. At the turn of the 20th century, two brothers or cousins(not sure) came over from Switzerland and landed in NY. One went to the Ohio valley(Ben's family) and one settled in Pittsburgh, which is my family. The Roethlisbergers actually from Pittsburgh more or less died out or moved away(my father, the last to carry the name from Pittsburgh, now lives in Louisiana). We really don't have any contact with the "Ohio Roethlisbergers" at this time, although since they seem to be more prolific... perhaps we should It's funny that a Roethlisberger ended up QB'ing the Steelers as being a long-time resident of Pittsburgh in the 70s, I can remember their "Golden Years" and my Dad always getting wound-up during the games. It's also ironic that "our" Roethlisbergers are basically gone(I have one great aunt still there) but a relative from the other "batch" came over and is now the QB of my Dad's home-town team. The name used to be rather obscure here in the US(not in Switzerland though I hear), but now everyone knows it. It's sorta sad, as I had gotten very used to having to pronounce and spell it. But give it another 10, or less, years and I bet it'll go back to normal. One other interesting aside, to illustrate how "football crazy" Americans are, we had another relative of Ben's, John Roethlisberger, in the US Olympic Gymnastics team a couple times, and I think he even won a medal. But no one ever asked me about him BTW, on the helmet/no-helmet thing... its his choice to some degree, but my personal opinion is that he owes something to his contractual obligation with his employer since his "services" are basically his physical condition. Further, I think it is just silly to push one's luck when so fortunate. I like Terry Bradshaw's(ex Steeler Superbowl QB) advice to Ben last year. It was something like, "... ride all you want after you retire" I hope he's OK, but I also hope he rethinks this whole no helmet idea. Al

Awesome I'm glad to hear you were able to get the bike back on the road in time for the WCRM. If we were still out there, I would have loved to come. I wasn't able to make the first two for various reasons such as new baby, job, etc... which was always a bummer to me. Al

Heh, I wonder what happened to Capt Nemo(Rolling Crow, et al)... He also was flirting with a new R1 type bike about a year ago, and ditching his V11. He had a few runs on the race-repli bike, offered a review or two, then wasn't heard from again. He used to talk to Greg quite a bit I think, so Greg may know what happened to him. Al

That's what I've got... had it for a couple years with no problems. The only issue I've had with the temp-stick is that it is sometimes pretty hard to get out if the engine is hot... it sticks, and the darned knurled surface is darned hot Also, I had to paint mine to really be able to read it well. Al

These are also interesting: http://www.touratech-usa.com/shop/show.las...C83879B96584C25 If the Ulysses pegs are a direct fit, so should these. Are the Monster pegs any lower than the stock V11 pegs? Al

Well, that's interesting. I guess the Ulysses pegs are different in more ways than one than the XB pegs. Not having to mill the sides is the big deal. Making a bushing is easy I may have to go by a Buell dealer and see how they differ I've got the XB pegs, but they put my feet "out" a bit too much for my liking, so they aren't perfect. I'd be curiuos if the Ulysses pegs are any different. And I see they look wider too, which is nice. Al

... a few days late, but congrats!!

Were the Ulysses pegs a direct fit, or did you have to shave them on the sides and add a bushing like the ones from the XBs that several of us have fitted? Al

I second... or third... or whatever.... the MG bag I've had magnetic bags, and they are fine. But I really prefer strapped-on bags for their secure mounting. It really is a good bag, and the only complaint I have is that it won't "quite" fit a standard laptop. I've never had any issues with it scratching the tank, but then again it got used infrequently. I suspect that a good coat of wax before a long ride would be good protection from scratches too. Al

From what I recall of my old 2002 tank and the various ideas of fuel-line/fitting routing, the fittings are interchangeable, so in theory the deletion of the fuel sender and instead mounting the fuel return/regulator in its location ought to work. These fittings are simply held on with two hex button bolts, sealed with appropriate fuel resistant o-ring and "goo". The solution on the Jackal is interesting, and I wish I had known about that regulator before my various plumbing adventures with the 2002 tank. One thing I did notice though that using the fuel supply as the fuel return(referencing Mike's "tee" suggestion) induced worse and more frequent vapor lock in my experiments. I don't recall the exact plumbing, but I had a similar setup with two fuel supplies, and a remote regulator, that sent the return fuel back into a tee setup to refill the tank via the two petcock supplies. Unfortunately what ended up happening was that some % of the recirc fuel was going back into the circuit and getting warmer and warmer versus getting into the tank to cool. I had almost instand vapor lock within 10 minutes with this setup. Now, your solution may be a bit different and end up more successful if you put the regulator in the sender hole and isolate the return fuel ...but that was my experience with trying the two petcock solution that allowed recirc fuel back into the circuit directly. So a search for my relocated fuel pump thread, and I think I documented that there. Al

...really sorry to hear about your accident and injury Rick. I am glad to hear that you are healing up! Good luck. al

Don't you still have my LeMans forks too? ...or did those end up elsewhere? al

Don't do that... LEDs fail too. ...well unless you don't mind totally rebuilding the sockets or directly wiring them in later. BTW, the fuel idiot light will NOT work with an LED unless you build a custom circuit. I have a thread somewhere about my first finding LEDs that will fit, then which ones worked out. Al

Yeah, I thought about ya'll up there... and am very glad to hear that all is well with your family/property. ...but sheesh, all those poor other folks. I can't imagine. We had a fellow on the "old house forum" I frequent that was literally in the process of selling his first "old house" in order to close on the "new" old house.... and the tornado blew his current home away just days before he was to sell it. He had an awful before and after pic of his garage all pristine, then crushed, along with his car. The house and landscaping was almost unrecognizeable

On average, most seem to report about 130 miles when the fuel warning light comes on. Now what does that mean with regard to available "reserve" range? Well, that really depends on your current fuel efficiency, and which year bike you have. But the excerpts from the following threads may help. They aren't specific answers, but if you read them both in their entirety, I think you can put together the answer to your question. http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...53&hl=fuel-pump http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...20%20tank&st=30

Very nice. I like Buells Humorously, the best looking Buell I ever saw was in Brussels.... ...not here in the USofA I think it was an old Lightning, blue, with a cool off-center white stripe running up the fender, over the flyscreen, and down the length of the bike. Al

I had an odd very "growl-like" buzz at around 4k for a while, and it turned out to be the "air intake" looking things on side of the Lemans fairing vibrating against the main fairing. ... a little loosening of the bolts, twisting, and retightening fixed it, but not before the edges of the "intakes" had rubbed through the finish I'm sure I looked stupid riding the bike around, revving the engine up and down, up and down, and running my hands all over the bodywork trying to find that darned buzz al

I can't say for certain if a remote relocation of the fuel pump will totally solve the problem, as I didn't leave mine relocated for very long before fitting the new 2003 tank(when the original tank's defective paint started to bubble off). Once I had the new 2003 tank, I scrapped the fuel pump relocation project obviously. But I think the relocation would work well if one did so. However, I also agree that I would try the simple solution first, especially since you've only encountered this problem a couple times in as many years. Just shielding the pump may be enough to stave off the problem in everything but the most extreme conditions. And hey, as it was often pointed out to me whilst I was looking into this: "Is it really so bad to be forced to sit around for 30-45 minutes, take in the scenery, and stretch your legs after riding 100+ miles?" And again, if this only happens once every couple years But if the shielding doesn't work, the next step I would take is to consider putting the pump out front and above the oil cooler in the stock Centauro location, that some of our V11s also have used from the factory. I've never heard of one of these bikes with this location have the vapor lock issue. BTW, not including the new in-tank pump, the V11 has had 3 different potential locations: 1: Above the spine where most have their fuel filter(the orig drawings spec the pump in this location) ... I have never seen one delivered this way from the factory though. 2: Down to the left and under the spine where one would have their filter if the pump was in location 1 3: "out front" over the oil cooler ala Centauro/Sport1100i Then in the 2003 models, MG went to the in-tank fuel pump/filter module that apparently solved all of this, which makes #4 for the total count of potential stock pump locations. For locations 1-3, it seems there was no rhyme or reason for why a certain run had any particular location used. Al

...totally wild ass guess, but mine did a similar thing and the dealer couldn't find the problem for many months: - dead cam angle sensor which runs the ignition timing It's a cheap part, and as soon as they replaced it... started right up. Al

Yeah, to me almost all the aftermarket(including MG Ti) pipes are a bit on the loud side.... especially if one is following. I've got the Ti Leo Vince's, and I tell ya, when I was getting it dyno'd a while back I couldn't believe how loud the thing was at full throttle It was somewhat embarrassing to realize this is how loud I must sound running through town But at a more sedate puttering around town, they sure do sound nice though I guess it's a tradeoff one has to decide upon. The only big issue for the rider(other than potential legal ones) is how one can stand up to the loudness of these types of pipes on a really long ride. I know of a couple owners that switched back to OEM pipes after realizing that the loudness was an issue for them over a multi-hour trip. Al

...sounds about right, although as noted in some of the previous posts, it can vary. Do a quick search on the topic and you'll find this complaint quite a bit, although when I posted a question on a couple other forums(noteably www.sport-touring.net) I found that when one computed total range(even at the ~30ish MPG) the V11 was about on par with other average ST capable bikes. Now, certainly other bikes like ST1100, VFR, etc could get much longer range, the V11 was certainly right there on average. I guess it depends on what your priority is. If it is pure MPG(economy), then the V11 isn't exactly the most miserly bike out there for whatever various reasons, and some of the bikes do seem to vary. But if actual range is one's concern(which isn't purely economy per se), then the V11 is certainly fine. BTW, I found that switching from the 2002(external fuel pump) tank to the 2003 tank made no appreciable difference in range. The 2003+ tank is a little bigger, although not by much, but apparently enough to more-or-less offset the internal pump assembly. If you check the vapor lock FAQ, there should be links to my various fuel tank capacity experiments, at least in some of the threads. Al

Yep, this was my experience as well... plus they seemed genuinely interested in the fact that this was not a HD product I was installing them upon, and became even more interested when they found it was a MG al

...oh sure, I move from San Jose, and you go THERE a few months later. I see how it is

I bet we could get this thread down to 15 pages if we removed all the WORDS! (Including mine )