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I also have a small jar of mercury tucked way to use when balancing carbs/throttle bodies, I reckon old age will take me before the mercury does. The good thing about mercury columns is their accuracy, assuming gravity is fairly constant where you live. Oil rig, house boat, San Andreas? If using gauges always connect them with a 'Y' piece and check they both read the same when you suck on the joiner, It's not the end of the world if they don't but would be worth making up a correction chart if you can't adjust them.

Our local brewery, good dependable English beer. A wander round their website gives the idea. My choice is the simple Best Bitter although Old Thumper can get an evening going pretty quickly. http://www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk/

Jaap, I don't know the history of this ecu so cannot contact the dealer. Luhbo, Sorry I don't understand, how do mean 'identify the maps themselves'? Thanks for the replies.

Does anyone recognise the labels stuck onto this IAW15M ecu? Came from ebay, I am going to use it as a spare so I can tinker around with the Guzzidiag, IAW_Reader, IAW_Writer software without risking my original ecu. The map is different to Rossa Corsa map yet my bike does start and idle on it, not tried on the road yet. I wondered if the labels may indicate what map it is. It may have already been altered from stock as the ecu model number etc on the map have been set to all zeros. Manythanks.

Now got all three working, Guzzidiag, IAW15M Reader and Writer. I used Tunerpro to create 3D graphs of the the two fuel maps from my original and spare ecu's, amazed at how different they are yet the bike still runs on both! I have written my original map onto the spare and will work from there. Once I have figured out how to add pictures I will post them.

Had another play with my test rig. Added an LED and a resistor between pin 19 (ground side of the Inj Relay coil and pin 17 which is permanent 12v. It now seems to function although I am not certain if that was the fix. When I connect pin 26 to 12v I now get the Led to light for a few seconds indicating it has turned the pump on for it's usual prime cycle.Guzzidiag and IAW15x Reader now working. Paul,I have emailed you the map. I am not sure which bike it comes from, it is an IAW15M C1 marked 'V11..'

I have an MSi Wind U90 Netbook running Windows XP Service Pack 2 with a USB OBDII and adapter cable to fit to my diagnostic socket. These work well and I can connect to my Ecu with Guzzidiag v0.31 and IAW15xWriter v0.21 via the diagnostic socket. I have downloaded the map and sent it to the kind Guzzidiag folk who have sent me the unlocked map. I am now trying to make a test bench for the Magnetti Marelli IAW15M Ecu’s. I want to play around with the various diagnostic and re-mapping tools off the bike. I have a spare working Ecu (my bike runs in the garage with it although I have not tried it on the road yet) and an old wiring loom with the Ecu and diagnostic plugs fitted. I have traced and labelled all the wires to the Ecu. Looking at the the wiring diagram it seems pin 17 is permanently live via F1 and pin 26 becomes live with ignition on via the Ecu relay. Ground is via pins 23 and 26. I connected it all with a 12volt battery and an OBDII cable but could not get the Guzzidiag software to recognise the Ecu although it does if the same Ecu is fitted to the bike and I use the same netbook and cables. Am I missing something here? Should some of the other pins be connected to their components? As future work I am hoping to simulate the air and oil temp with resistors and use LEDs to indicate when the coils and injectors are firing. That just means I have to find a way of triggering the timing sensor, perhaps a simple small motor spinning a disc or I did read somewhere about using an MP3 player with the relevant frequencies recorded as an audio track. So…..with pins 23 and 26 connected to ground and pins 17 and 26 to 12v, why can’t I see the Ecu? Many thanks for any suggestions. EDIT. see below, now working

Same on my 2004 Le Mans, I 'realigned' the bracket so it was straighter.

what's a 52 plate? It's just the UK governments way of making money from us, as most Brits are snobs we like to show we have a new bike or car so we buy one with the latest number on it - and they issue new ones every six months. When you get even richer or snobbier you can buy old number plates with figures that you consider fun - a girl in my local town had a car with HOT1E as the reg. The first two letters indicate which town it was registered in so there is limit to what words you can make up. Now our government even sells 'special' numbers at a definite premium. Motoring magazines have full page adverts for available old numbers, some are obviously of importance to rather odd people - what is so special about KIG147, up for sale for £147. http://www.plates4less.co.uk

I would make sure I could get a replacement tank before buying.

I don't fully understand how to register and what details you require. I must confess to being a bit nervous about publishing too many details of my bikes on an open forum - hate to come home one day and find I suddenly have plenty of space in my garage.

Being a bit fed up with most of the men she has dated, Thelma reluctantly accepts an invitation to dinner from a new guy in the area. It all goes splendidly and his conversation interests her, they have several pleasant dates when he invites her back to his flat. As it has all gone so well she accepts, he is attentive and polite, "Can this be the one ?" she wonders. The evening progresses and soon they are snuggled up in bed, the sex is great and she lays there feeling secure. She notices three long shelves on the wall with rows of teddy bears, big ones on the top, middle sized on the middle and small ones below. " He must have a sensitive nature to collect so many teddy bears and to arrange them so neatly" she thinks, again they have sex and it is better than before. "Was it OK for you ?" she asks. "Yeah great" he replies, "Take anything you want from the middle shelf".

Looks like a front wheel spacer to me. Didn't notice it was tapered. Don't think I have seen that on my 1979 T3.

This thread is great, like buying a new bike without spending any money.

I love the open area behind the airfilter.

I remember chatting to the Rotary Norton team at the Isle of Man TT races who mentioned not using silicon fluid on their race bike. Their theory was the silicon is too slippery and caused the pads to drag on the disc - a bad thing on a race bike. Disc brakes automatically adjust as the piston slides through the square section seal until the pad makes contact with the disc. The seal distorts as it attempts to grip the piston, when the brake is released it is this distortion that pulls the piston back slightly to allow the pads to clear the disc. It was the adoption of the square seal that finally cured the dragging problem early disc brake designers faced. No doubt this 'slipperiness' problem can be overcome by the careful choice of seal dimensions, perhaps having it grip the piston tighter, but may cause problems with brakes not designed for silicon fluid.

Thanks MArkS, I really must buy a copy of Guzziology. Recent cold weather and refurbishing the bathroom have put the project on hold for a while, just long enough for me to loose the bits I collected no doubt.

Years ago I remember riding from Germany to England and on arriving at the Dutch Netherlands border was greeted by the customs agents who enquired if I had any sugar or non-european rabbits! It turned out that when there were political squables between them and Germany, the customs were told to make things difficult for anyone entering from Germany. I assume the question was their way of playing along and reflected their sense of humour. However I have often wondered since if non-european rabbits eat sugar?

Being a spectacle wearer I like Flip-up helmets, I have not noticed any real difference in weight. Look at the locking mechanisms, some have plastic latches - probably wont last too long. I have a cheap RS-V121, ACU approved, £100 including Bluetooth intercom. I feel there is probably very little difference in the injuries you will receive in an accident if the helmet costs £100 or £500. Most of it is the price of fashion and exclusivity. Best way to protect your head is to not crash.

I think the earlier 5 speed bikes had a narrower rear wheel, The later 6 speed bikes have a wider 180 section tyre so the alignment of the gearbox output shaft to the drive shaft has moved out to the right to clear the new wider section tyre. This may be why there is a difference in access to the forward Universal joint. Its more to do with the wider rear wheel than the short/long frame.

So are all Le Mans versions long frame?

The Netherlanders can be described as one of the true expansionist nations. At the rate they are reclaiming the North Sea I am convinced I shall awaken one morning to find Britain merely an island in some giant Dutch lake. Still have to take a ferry to get anywhere though.

Thanks for listing the connector, as you say I need the RC ecu to run closed loop. I picked up a used LC-1 lamda controller and an AFR gauge recently and have been riding around looking at the results, tend to wander around a bit at present but quite interesting.

That is very kind, I think I have all I need at present just waiting for the double banjo pressure switch now. Thank you for thinking of me though.

For interest sake my 2004 (2003 built?) Rosso Corsa has an IAW15M,C7 and is labelled MG V11 LE MANS MY 02, not sure if that is the most up to date ecu for that bike. I obtained an IAW15M.A8 labelled DUCATI MONSTER 900 which I stripped to build the My15M including robbing the main connector. I am now considering getting another connector and resurrecting the little beast. This may give me a spare to play with. Although a 'non lamda bike' my wiring loom has the connector for the O2 sensor so it was easy to connect the sensor up to the My15M. You can now see why I was asking if I can make the old Ductati unit operate closed loop. Good luck with project which I suppose not suprisingly reminds me of the DucatiDiag software I have also been playing with. The truth is however my bike runs fine with the original ECU, I am just tinkering about - I have now got the My15M to run as well as the original except for slower starting.