Gritman

Well, the motor will fit with no real problems...... but keep the original RS lump - you will be able to fix it eventually as parts are out there and it is arguably the best motor MG have built (no disrespect to the very fine V11 motor)...... then you can put the original back in and resurrect a rare bike. You could also try the Centauro Owners forum for parts. However, if you are wanting to break it, I'll have the heads and cams

thanks chaps; most of the hard work done and scheduled to pick it up and bring it home at the end of the month Looking forward to sorting out the 15M with Paul M's thread to flash the stock module. That was the final jigsaw piece I was ignoring until the mechanicals were sorted. See, procrastination has its benefits

Glad you are sorted Happy travels!

This is fabulous! Great work Paul, it resolves an issue I had parked until the mechanical build was done...... now I can look forward to a fully functional and solution retaining the 15M for my V10 powered V11 project! Doubtless I'll be back here with some dumb questions when I get to it

I have a spare from a Centauro, if you still need one....

OK its been a while. Moved house and been without interweb connection for about 6 weeks - thanks BT - but we are back up now, and bottomed out the house project. With good behaviour, I've been able to spend some cash on fuel and get back to the shed to try and remember where all the bits are. It could have been enjoyable, but I chose a week when temperatures were at 0 to -1 (feels like -5 -6 with wind chill) and drifting snow in the pennines made getting about interesting Negotiated another coupla months lease on the shed, cos it is never gonna make the easter deadline BTW; Many thanks to mznyc and Pete Roper for their help with the clutch centre. For everyones info, if you want to fit a RAM clutch and there are no centres (because they are supplied by MG who don't need a lot of them and won't devote production facilities to support their client businesses) you can use any centre, Scura ones are better, but you can machime down a twin plater to suit. So just place your order minus centre and use your old one Unfroze the spanners from my numb digits for evidence of progress..... Now all I have to do is attach those round things with rubber bands that are usually at the bottom of the bike so it can be pushed into my van relatively easily. Then it can be transported to the building site to share space with cement mixers and other less attractive applications of the internal combustion engine. Still confident to be riding by summer..... .

Hey Phil, it looks good, no? Best colour I've found to date that doesn't cost megabucks. However, if you wait a few months, I can tell you if it stays on meanwhile, if you wanna try it out.... here it is on ebay ciao!

Well, heres the thing. The shed is full of 2 disassembled guzzis and I'm moving 250 miles away on Friday. Bitter experience tells me that a bike moved in boxes rarely gets back together ; a fate I am keen to avoid. Meanwhile, for the past month - well, two since the order was placed, but I'm being charitable - I've been waiting on a RAM clutch. However, despite the assistance of mznyc & Pete Roper with the missing centre, my nerve has cracked. A 2-plater from the spare Centauro motor went in with a new pushrod cup for the 6-speeder and a new set of friction plates. This way, at least I can get the thing looking like a bike before I lose the shed at the end of march. Then with all the significant work done, it shouldn't be too hard to finish it off, despite the house build...... We shall see. A RAM would have been sooooooo much easier to fit. How I hate aligning that stack of plates. Next week I'll mount the frame, fit the forks and swingarm and start to unravel the harness....... drop in the basket, Add the plates, then on with the 'box! don't it look pretty? Hope that coating stays on......... Well thats a days work for me. The nicely powder-coated frame in the background goes on next week, along with forks and swingarm - providing nothing like packing up the house gets in the way

Does anyone know if the Scura single plate clutch centre fits the RAM clutch? Can source both, but can't get a definitive answer that they match............ Thanks folks!

A quick update - now at a standstill. RAM clutch ordered end november still no news at all...... have a look in the wanted section for the whole story, but in short if anyone has a single plate clutch centre they can sell me................... As I sold the original twin plater, I'm stuffed

Anyone out there got a clutch centre for a late model single plate V11 they are willing to let go? I have had a RAM clutch on order for 8 weeks and still no word of when it may arrive. Apparently its only the centre they are waiting on. These are produced by MG who will not give any indication of when they may schedule a production run. They just wait until there are 'suficient' orders. Short of placing spurious orders for clutches all over the dealer network , I don't know what to do. The project is in clean shiny bits all over the workshop and no progress can be made until this part arrives. and I'm moving house next week! Please HELP!!!! Thanks

Niiiiice posting. Such nostalgia, sunny at Brands Hatch

An excellent rant and right on the money (if that ain't too pointed) On this forum we know what we've got and what its worth. Your price is good and no reason to think your V11 ain't good value. Lordy, I bought a van from Arbroath cos it was the spec I was after. Lets be frank; its the 80:20 rule - sadly we are the 20 in that equation, the other 80 can f*** off , we wouldn't want to know them anyway. Keep the faith, hold your price and be patient. Sales is a difficult thing. Good luck and hope you get a genuine bite soon!

Happy new year folks! The delay on the RAM clutch has held me up a bit, but lots to do before it goes in. Decoated the motor and resprayed along with the g'box and bevel drive. Curing with a heat gun and avoiding temperature sensitive seals etc was laborious, but hopefully worth it.... you judge. I'll curse if it all falls off oops crap mobile phone pic..... A well-timed xmas delivery from Mr Roper spared the family from too much exposure to scrooge and in went the sloppage plate. Nearly got lost inside that cavernous crankcase. So many places for the oil to hide, but not any more. you can just about make out the motor builder and date scratched onto the filter...... Clutch SHOULD arrive very soon and real progress can start.

Good work have a grand Christmas!

The WM15m that was used on the last Nevadas & Cali cruisers had a lambda but that was only for keeping the engine super lean at idle [since vehicles sitting at stop lights produce a lot of exhaust for no fwd motion]; basically, at anything over 2.5k rpm or thereabouts, the ecu goes into normal open-circuit alpha-N mode. So yes, you'd need a much more modern ecu system if you want to operate in closed-loop efi. Full time closed-loop efi isn't really necessary; if you go w/ something like the MY15, you can run it w/ a wide-band sensor & one of his utilities [sorry, I don't have one & can't remember the entire process as described] to get all the fueling points dialed in, & then it runs off the custom map generated BY your bike, FOR your bike. Seems like the best of both worlds, as long as there isn't a sudden shift in fuel quality or the ratios of atmospheric gases... thanks skeeve, I'll resume an ongoing conversation with Mr Jeffries. What a patient man he is . I kinda like the whole self-tuning concept, and it can always be regressed/overridden if necessary. I Think the Myecu range have it as a switchable option? Anywaysup. Back to the spanners for me I've got a bit of time before the engine and frame are reunited, so I can use that to ponder.

Hello Techies. I have a 2000 V11 not currently fitted with a lambda probe, but I'm quite attracted to the closed efi system. Does anyone have any info on how to retro-wire it in? Or do I need a more up-to-date 15m (or a my15M)..... thanks!

Now that is a much more achievable project!