Chuck

Uhh some kind of glitch when posting..?

Let me preface this. I like and respect both Todd and Pete. Both have treated me like family. Rox's LeMans is the best running stock LeMans I've ever ridden. That's all I'll say about that. Todd has always been more than fair with me, and that interaction is all I have to go on. For instance, I took two tires and wheels to his shop to be installed, and he tried to charge me $40. That's not going to happen.. the local dealers in Indiana want $40 a wheel.. so I bought him a beer. Or two. I've never had any financial dealings with Pete except he gave me the Mighty Scura. (!) I *did* write a check in the suggested amount to one of his internet friends who's son was dying of cancer, though..

A Monza is like that.. and you look cool doing it.

^^^^The Mighty Scura is *quite a bit* higher than that, so I wouldn't worry about bumping it up.

I have a hard time thinking of anything good about reusing an oil filter.

The drain hole is an elongated slot where the oil is running out. I'll have to admit that I had a laugh when I saw the pictures. Sorry. You are *not* the first, though. It'll be ok. Do what Pressureangle says. Maybe a little over a quart of mineral spirits..

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you've just lubricated your clutch. The transmission oil fill is just aft of the speedo drive.

I *think* that oil filter is the stainless screen that you clean and reuse. If it is, I'd give it the flotation test.

The 429 was an up sized Cleveland. After all, an engine is just an air pump, and those Cleveland heads were really good at it.

You'll probably be shocked at idle oil pressure when hot..

For making horsepower per cubic inch. Back in the day, the Cleveland ruled..

^^^^^I built a 351 Cleveland, turbo charged it, and had a 600 Holley double pumper. It wasn't enough carb. (!) Ended up with a 750. Bad mofo, that was.. Used a primitive water/alcohol injection into the secondaries metered with an aquarium needle valve. Used a windshield washer pump triggered with a pressure gizmo (technical term) in the intake manifold when the manifold came up to 2 psi positive.

No, they're Shinkos. They are..uh.. ok for what I use this bike for in the plains of Indiana.

Thanks for that. She's a good old girl that just passed 100. Still has excellent compression, still running points. About the only mod is tubeless wheels via the marine adhesive trick.

Apparently, this problem is from a loose or corroded 30 amp fuse connector. There is a long thread where Docc installed a 30 amp circuit breaker instead of the fuse holder. I think that has worked well. It does away with the tension of the fuse holder, and *should* be a good repair.

I thought heated grips were kind of foo foo.. until I had them. sort of like heated seats on a car.

The most likely failure is a flat. I have enough stuff to do that. Hopefully. I'm *not* going to do an overhaul on the side of the road.

Agreed.

Uhh, I didn't say anything.. just posted the picture.

We had Moby Jane, the great brown whale.. our only 4 wheel vehicle that had a name.

I've had both, and seat height is similar. The V11S doesn't feel as top heavy, though. If it were me, I'd get the V11 and make the seat narrower in front.

Strangely enough, motorcycles don't tell me their name.. except for Rosie, a Rosso Corsa that I rescued from an abusive owner. I tattooed it on her valve cover protectors the next day. She *was* a sweetheart, but had to move on. Airplanes tend to tell me their names.. there's "Footloose" and "Mouser" for instance.

An old Chinese curse is "May you live in interesting times." I've done that in the 60s, now doing it again.

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