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Hey LaGrasta...nice to be back... Ya..I drop the triple trees a lot ... my present Versys 650 ( great little bike...but...) I dropped about 1.5in. after dropping the ass end with a trick little bracket that's available. My years of experience converting MXers to ice racing and playing with suspension dropping the trees 4- 5in. was common. Getting the front to bite into the corner but keeping the back tire hooking up was a constant tweak. A great part of ice racing was all the experimenting. Sprokets, lowering, jetting ...how much and viscosity of beer in the forks. Guiness was too stiff, Bud too light...a good IPA was about right. At the time the only one available was Bass Ale. Don't know what they're using today......

Thanks all for chiming in so much .. My next quandary is : my Lemans I was nearly flat footed and it felt plenty Lite.........the Norge I half got rid of because I was on my Gimly the Dwarf tippy toes and it was a heavy fat pig despite same seat -weight specs. Seat width ?? And the Balabio?

Thanks again audiomic... The wheelbearring thing was a problem with the casting of the mags. The ID of the mags varied slightly but the spacers were all the same resulting in pre mature bearing failure. Bit me at about 30k mi. Relays I'll just carry some spares. Shift spring bit me too. I bought 2 and kept 1 in the tank bag for years along with my sawed off 17mm wrench. Still have the wrench...maybe my spare spring is around...somewhere.... Shocked and DISMAYED to hear one might NOT be sourseable... That would scuttle any plans of V 11 purchase. Up shits creek without one. I'll read the thread. I'll have one in hand before I'd buy the bike. Thx again.

Did Guzzi EVER sort out the rear wheel bearing fiasco on the V 11 mags..the shift spring issue..the relays ?

Oh yea...gotta have the faing. And when ever I had to remove that LM fairing I was wishing I had the small one. From what I've read the one on the Balabio dosemt do much more than create buffering. I'm vertically challenged and with lower bars maybe I'd get under the airflow. The beautiful fairing on the LM was awesome.....ugh..I let it go in '12 for 4k$ !!! Ugh! The only one I've seen they wanted 8k$!... Thanks for chiming in...

Oh oh.... first day back and I'm making enemys..... Oh well gotta start somewhere ...with Ratchet gone. .. speaking of mobs with pitchforks. .. And how difficult is the cure for Turtle Head Syndrome. ? ... im sure there's PAGES.... Just looking for a 1 to 10 PIA rating. Nice to be back.. !

Hey DOCC ! Yer still hanging 'round this house of ill repute ? HA ! Thanks... not sure how to navigate around here. I'm figuring there's gotta be lots of clippons laying around. I remember seeing people looking for taller bars for their LeMans !! "Oh the HUMANITY !!!!" So...long story stupid.... I strayed from the cult 1.5 years ago when I got rid of my too FAT ...pig Norge. Loved it when it was rolling but stopped or paddle footing around a campground as I'm oft want to do it was too much for my 29inch inseam siatica old self. So... I decided to return to my cute lil' old sweetheart 94 900SS Duc... but I needed a good luggage sys...Givi? and shopping for same a set came up mounted to an 08 Kawasaki Versys. After reading about it and looking at specs I bit the hook. .. Really an amazing fun fast nimble little syfy machine but after 1.5 yrs it's gotta go. Miss the thump. ..so...shopping for a LeMans all up n own the east coast a couple sports have come up and an 04 Balabio for VERY CHEAP ....15kmi 3k$ ...! BUT !!! No I don't like the bars ...and yea.. the Turtle Head fairing is sticking WEIRDLY too far out of its shell...... ha! It also has a 1inch longer wheel base. I loved the way the LM power through 80mph sweapers like a brick then did 35mph switch backs like a ballarina....a 600lb ballerina but ...always so sure footed. Will 1 inch in the WB feel different ? Dunno..3k$ though. Good to be back. Good to see you. Is nasty old Ratchet still around???? Ha !!!

Im Baaaack ...after 20? Years... Looking to change Balabio bars to clipons ala my 02 LeMans... looking for info, ideas and sales. I imagine a lot of sport- LeMans riders went the other way and lots of clipons around out there

Well I discovered my voltage leak was through my brand new electrosport reg/rec. 12 volts running through it with the key off.. ??? Works fine other than that! DOH! Looks like winter is going to finally arrive so I'll have some time to sort it out. NO!! I didn't know the National Rally is in the Blue Ridge this year. Hmmm yea... that works. I'll have to look into it. Who's going? I'm real out of touch with limited/sketchy internet access. I'm about 100 yrds from the boat house router. Gotta get out and see if the 55mph winds did any damage last night. What a racket!!!

Well I put a new ElectroSport on my bike a couple of weeks ago. Yellows to Yellows- red to battery + green to battery - and it charges great.... then sucks my battery dry when I park it. I get 12+v jumping neg. post to green wire with the key off. What incredibly obvious thing am I missing?