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If the exhaust can takes a whang, it could possibly crack the crossover- maybe not from one drop ... but worth 3 minutes to check anyway. Cracks there make tuning Not Fun.

Isn’t there a groove there that means there’ll always be a bit of fore-aft wiggle?

It’s done for aesthetics. Makes a counterpoint to all the machined metal and stuff.

I’m about 10 miles away from her 40,000th mile burpday. Just ordered some woodcraft clips to celebrate 🙂

Well they’re gettin along some in age now, but (due to this website!) maybe there’s more otr than some equivalent years/manufacturers/models of motorised by-cycle?

There was a young fellow in sheffield a few years back who rode about on one of those big, long, lazy kwaka drifters with the funky valanced mudguards- his grin couldn’t have been any wider!

I keep looking at Yamaha Trx850’s... Thin, light, powerful enough, cool 90’s design. And a twin too 🙂. Low mileage good ones are slightly on the expensive side in the uk, considering the age, but negotiation could come into play perchance.

I doubt that would result in any pleasure. No, but I did find a nasty crack in my mistral cross-over, right before the lambda. Must have stressed it due to dropping the bike on it’s silencers all those times! I guess the bike must’ve been over-fuelling? Compensating for false air readings? Anyhoo, i dug out the oe crossover and now i literally am getting 20% ish more mileage! Hooray! Also the bike sounds more ‘growly’ for some reason so it’s a win win situation. No wonder i was having such difficulty tuning the bike to run well...

Well i did it! I now have 20% more fuel economy! Imagine my surprise and pleasure! Ha!

Ooo well that was lovely. Only got sprinkled on for about 5 minutes too. Damn but the sound of those cans on the overrun.... Bike running like a watch🙂

50% chance of rain here today.. which means: Rain. So sod it, I’m gonna fit the ol’ earbashers (mivv cans) and spank her across Snakes Pass and back. Snakes is a 20 mile twisty, beautiful, dangerous road across the peaks that the V11 is truly made for! Just got to watch out for large german cars performing alarming overtakes on blind corners...

I’m a ‘sump dropper’. Always have a snoot at the wee mesh but it’s always clean as a whistle. 🙃

Upon returning from my lovely tour up to, and around, the Hebrides, my bike has developed a fierce squeaking from the rear end. Initial bouncings seeeem to rule out the shock.. is it coming from the driveshaft..? Inside the bevel box..? Hmmm. Brake seems fine.....

A bloody nice one!

I’ve had a few fixings of various types rattle loose there. What have you guys had success with? is there a torque value or anyone using a threadlocker?

Ear plugs: can be a necessity depending on what cans you’ve got installed! My old mivvs were beautifully horrendous

“oops” or “oh dear”. Or possibly “shucks” for our american brethren? Or is it “My bad bro” if you’re under 35..? some punctuation might’ve helped... Anyway, the point remains! Although if i hadn’t noticed the ‘min thickness’ etching, and hadn’t checked it out of interest, i could’ve been heading for “Maximum wups”! 0.0

Looks lovely man, really nice lines. But how will you fit a top-box?

A final tweek has my v11 running very well again! New rubber and new front discs (old ones were 0.2mm under the minimum wups) will see me fully fettled for my upcoming jaunt to the lovely Scottish Isle of Skye. Can’t wait!

Hey that looks rather swish- can we get a full pic?

Sooo, Tim, does Sir sport a monobrow? Or does Sir wax, or strategically shave...? inquiring minds...

Agreed, that rubber is toast man. Usually there’s a problem that’s not visible, but that one... This is a good time to take it all apart and clean the tb’s- the bleed screws and plates benefit from a clean, and you’ll likely recover that creamy smooth V11 surge, yeah baby!

Gosh we’re spoiled rotten these days; so much great kit to be had. Me boots: Alpinestars smx-5. Not claimed w/proof, but not even rainy scotchland could broach them! Fit my plates so well. Summer gloves: Used to be pair after pair of alpinestars sp3’s, can’t get em anymore, boo hoo, but icon axys pretty good. Winter gloves: HeinGericke Pathan ‘lobster’ gloves. Toasty yet cumbersome, also not available anymore, but after crashing my last ones i found a second-hand pair on ebay for twenty quid thank you baby jesus. Me jacket: Icon basehawk. Amazing- so thin so light so murdered, yet so warm and w/proof. Great vents+pocketses. Can’t say i’ve used the hood yet and there’s no reflective bits, but i love it. -edit: Used the hood t’other day- it’s marvelous. Me hat: Roof boxer. I’ve had 4 of these- they’re ace. Full face for rain, midgies and 90mph+, open face for everything else. They’re big, and i’m slim, so i look like a lollypop. But worth it for sheer versatility. Keks: Kevlar jeans usually or Oxford w/proofers for the bad-weather times. Recent years i had got into the habit of wearing normal jeans but then a lowside illustrated how sliding 30 yards will make one reassess... Damn blind taxi driver... mutter mutter... grumble.. bitch moan....

You haven’t nipped up the long allen bolt on the lever have you? It wants a wee bit o slop in it or it binds. Which is a bind.

Quick query- are the front mudguards compatible between the ohlins and marzy forks?