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Thanks Marty. Heading back to Methven come August (all being well). Will shout you a beer.

Fortunately our fuel doesn't contain ethanol. Some fortunate quirk of Island life.

Thanks chaps. Appreciate you taking the time to compose those replies. I should investigate my bike's plumbing a bit more. When I drained the oil I noticed only one oil line next to the drain plug, whereas the illustration showed two (one either side of the drain plug). On my bike, one is blanked-off. Might be unrelated to oil temperature but I was curious about it. Thanks again.

Confess, no. It had an oil and filter change when I bought it just 2000 KM ago. I was changing the oil because it's been about eighteen months since then. I don't tend to do short journeys but living in the Isle of Man perhaps my journeys are in fact short.

Hi guys. What's causing this? I'm just doing a service. The oil I dumped looked ok but the inside of the rocker covers has me concerned. Thanks in advance for your advice.

Thanks. Some have come up on ebay second-hand that look good. Appreciate the help.

Thanks. I noticed some fold inwards so I'd be looking at those. Also, some seem to fit over the bar end weights. Wary of cheap and nasty. Lots of Rizoma on eBay though so I'll look at those. Thanks again.

Good morning from the Isle of Man. Considering bar end mirrors but wonder how much vibration I'll get through the handlebars once the bar end weights are removed? Anybody bought bar end mirrors and found them to be unsuitable on a V11? Thank you in advance.

Ooo.... This looks promising. For my V11 at least. Not so much for the Cali (period of ownership). Thank you.

Thanks for that. I'll look again. I'm a returning NZ citizen and have had one of the bikes about eighteen months. My mates over there have commented recently that the government seem to hate motorcycles and do anything to make life difficult / expensive. As an example my annual bike tax here in the Isle of Man is a tenth of the cost in NZ.

Thank you all for the replies. I'm afraid I can't win this one. I've taken a few bikes to NZ in the past but that was before rule changes. The Special Interest thing is confined to just 100 bikes per year. What's frustrating is that I'll do exactly the same miles on a bike bought there as imported so what difference does it make? Kind of taken the wind out of my sails. Got my Cali through the stringent Manx test this week so it must be roadworthy. Christ, I should take them out as 'parts' and just ride the things.

I'm shifting to NZ later this year. Looks like I can't take my bikes as they don't have ABS (convoluted rules written by people who have never ridden so much as a scooter). I take it the prospect of fitting ABS is a non-starter?

I must've been lucky with my recent disassembly because the wheel came apart without issue. Pity I hadn't read this at the time or I'd likely have taken the opportunity to drill the rubbers. As for super sticky grease for spinny parts potentially exposed to water, I swear by Castrol Optimol Paste. It was recommended for the splines on a BMW final drive I serviced and I've been using it since on all sorts of things. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373738695763

I cleaned the heck out of them. Skinny wite brush in my drill and copious amounts of brake cleaner. Marked with a paint pen too. Cheers.

So, it's all back together. The drive shaft now 'telescopes' like it should (it was solid!), the needle bearings in the right side of the bevel box actually move (they too were utterly corroded to a single mass), and everything else has had a good clean and grease. The old drive shaft bolts were munted and I think that's because the shaft wasn't moving. Could be my imagination but gear changes seemed smoother. More snick-snick rather than clunk-clunk. Thanks for your help along the way with this. Much appreciated, gents.