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Was sad to see Eric's message in Buell homepage. I've never been a huge fan, but it is sad that the parent company won't do other than oldfashioned ironmongery. And the XR is certainly not even near as a sportsbike to a Buell!

Nope, but have you guys seen this?: http://www.ghezzi-brian.com/video/Ghezzi_presentazione1.mov And it's available as a kit!

Well correct me if I'm wrong, but if all trouble seems to be happening under 3000, could it be something wrong with ignition timing? At least with old big blocks you get full advance right about there and the engine wasn't so fussy about few degrees here and there when at 3000 or over, but below that it's a different thing alltogether.

Hi! Bought one of the second series from Germany last year and registered it here in Finland. There should be five or six of them altogether in the country and strangely enough three of them reside in or near the small town where I live! Henri

I would like to know what alternatives do I have if I don't want a piggyback system? I remember vaguely seeing somekind of list here somewhere but couldn't find it anymore. A few of the systems control also ignition. As I'm basically still a steam engine man, i.e. braker points and Dell'Ortos, I'd also like to know what advantages are there in being able to change the advance from linear as in centrifugal systems? I'll have to correct the ECU mapping because of mods i'm going to do both to intake and exhaust and I'd like to keep things tidy under the saddle without too many components scattered around there, but if mastering both the injection and ignition turns out to be very complicated to perform without clear benefits, perhaps it's easiest done with a piggypack, PC III or some such?

Try wrapping some duct tape around the handlebar inside the starter switch, so it won't get false ground even when moist.

Really big increase in mileage! From about 7,8-8.1 liters/ 100 km to 5,5! The drawback being a flat- no, empty- spot between 1800 and 2000. Makes intersections a bit hard to negotiate, when the bike starts to cough whilw you're trying to accelerate. I fiddled a bit with different bleed screw settings but no avail. So, without a PC III there was only resetting the TPS a bit higher. I'll take a slightly lesser mileage gladly if it transforms to tractability.

I also had a feeling that I'd be loads quicker through turns with my beloved LM I, before I looked at the speedo on my Rosso Mandello while cornering. The feel when cornering a V11 is more vague, unprecise which I attribute to wider tyres. When I rode the V 11 for the first times it steered wide especially when cornering at low speeds but once I got more km's with the bike, I've adjusted my cornering accordingly and don't shoot wide anymore. BTW I just changed a soft compound front tyre to replace the Pirelli Dragon and it resulted in a much more precise handling in cornering. No doubt it will wear quicker, but the better handling more than compensates it!

Did the setting and calibration while the front tyre was changed ( talk about efficiency!). Opened up the valve clearances to .15 and .20 mm. The plugs were pitch black, so the TPS setting had been far too high. I left it a tad over the spec, it's now 175 mV. The bleed air srews were open 1,5 turns! and I started with 0,5. However, the bike started running irregularly on low rews, so I opened the bleed screws to 0,75 and the TPS reads 480 mV on idle. The bike runs perfect but I still have to wait and see if I get any noticeable increase in mileage. I'll have to do a dyno run some time soon before making further changes to intake/exhaust and/or buying a PC.

Ok, last and my first time I adjusted the idle from the right side and getting things balanced wasn't easy. Problem solved, phew. The gear whine bothers only between 3 and four thou, i.e. 100-120 kph. At 130 plus you don't hear it, but I suspect it's because the bikini fairing directs the airflow directly to and around the helmet so deafening any sounds from the gearbox. I too haven't any PC III or such like, the only alteration so far being the Mistrals, even the crossover is standard. The only weak spot so far is around 2200 rpm, but as I said I'm getting a poor mileage so I guess I'm running rich.

Hi! I'll have to adjust the TPS and balance, 'cause my mpg's been on the low side recently. Reading through the how to, I'd like to get some things positively straight. After I've screwed out the right hand idle screw and adjusted the TPS, I DON'T TOUCH THE RIGHT HAND SCREW NO MORE DURING THE REST OF THE SET UP? So the screw just sits there redundant? The rest is plain sailing and compares to carbs balancing which I'm more familiar with. BTW, has anyone in this forum had problems with a wailing gear. No 6, to be precise. Sings louder than the open Mistrals and there's less than 30 000 km's on it. Henri