2000 Redframe on deck

[Pressureangle]

33 minutes ago, docc said:

 

A real and true Pressureangle RedFrame V11 Sport to behold?

SSR XXI / 2025, baby !!

    

Now I just have to find a Roper Rusty Star Picket plate.

[docc]

12 minutes ago, Pressureangle said:

Now I just have to find a Roper Rusty Star Picket plate.

Ya gotta know a guy . . .

[po18guy]

[audiomick]

On 1/18/2025 at 3:54 AM, Pressureangle said:

Now I just have to find a Roper Rusty Star Picket plate.

I've got one, but you can't have it.

 

Seriously, though, I'm well impressed with how this issue has been solved. Everyone looking for a solution without worrying too much about who was or is in the wrong. Very pleasant. When I think about how such discussions sometimes develope in other forums I'm on, I'm very glad to be here.

[Pressureangle]

Spoke with Dave Blue today. Just to put it to rest, he's a great guy and under no suspicion of inadequacy, all a misunderstanding on the part of the previous owner- who is also a decent guy and under no aspersions. 

He still has the transmission, in the same condition it came to him in. I found the rear cover in question in a box of parts that came with the bike, so they'll eventually be reunited. Dave wasn't even certain why it was sent to him as the recall had been done previously. 
I suppose I'll need a shift return spring- was that @Chuck who has them? 

Gotta learn a whole new box now lol

[docc]

While the SuperSpring is @Chuck's design, @Scud is The Keeper of the Springs.

[Chuck]

Yeah, Dave Blue is one of the good guys..

[bmc5733946]

I am so glad it's working out!

Brian

[footgoose]

does original owner have a recollection of why it needed 'sending out'? If it's not the notorious red frame 'crack' or some other seriousness .. you'll be smiling in no time. I have a spring if Scud is out.

[Pressureangle]

14 hours ago, footgoose said:

does original owner have a recollection of why it needed 'sending out'? If it's not the notorious red frame 'crack' or some other seriousness .. you'll be smiling in no time. I have a spring if Scud is out.

He said it had a leaky rear main seal. That's all I got...

Trans went to Dave without the rear cover
Rear cover turns up in a box here with no output shaft seal
Dave had me inspect the cover for cracks or damage, I found none
It's all a mystery.

Of course I'll give it a thorough inspection, reseal, clutch slave and seal as well as a more thorough inspection for cover damage. Dave suggested something around the output seal area? What is the 'Notorious Red Frame Crack'? 
Were these the ones without the upper trans-to-frame support?

[gstallons]

I think this is a crack in the area around the transmission housing . There was no radius at an edge of the housing and a crack developed. A "fix" is a brace that goes from the trans. housing to the bike frame. This will only fit the red frame bikes . Someone on this forum was making and selling them . A "must" for a red frame bike. 

P.S. this radius BS is hypercritical and I mean HYPERCRITICAL . 

Edited 19 hours ago by gstallons

[docc]

3 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

He said it had a leaky rear main seal. That's all I got...

Trans went to Dave without the rear cover
Rear cover turns up in a box here with no output shaft seal
Dave had me inspect the cover for cracks or damage, I found none
It's all a mystery.

Of course I'll give it a thorough inspection, reseal, clutch slave and seal as well as a more thorough inspection for cover damage. Dave suggested something around the output seal area? What is the 'Notorious Red Frame Crack'? 
Were these the ones without the upper trans-to-frame support?

Very, very few of the RedFrame V11 Sports had the trans-frame plate support. Perhaps, only the very earliest Sports in Italy and Germany (1999?).  The vulnerable crack point is typically the left, upper mounting boss for the frame cross bolt. @Lucky Phil posted a thorough investigation/ remediation of this.

Many of us have retrofitted the frame support plate on the early RedFrame. Perhaps @LowRyter's man still has some in stock in Oklahoma (?)

Be aware of the numerous leak points in the V11 motor-to-gearbox ("bellhousing") while they are easy to get to . . .

 

[Pressureangle]

I don't see any cracks, nor any brace in the boxes...I have more than a couple months to find everything and ... read everything.

[gstallons]

There is no law these gearboxes crack , they might crack .  

[Lucky Phil]

2 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

I don't see any cracks, nor any brace in the boxes...I have more than a couple months to find everything and ... read everything.

Buy a dye check kit to be sure. Cheap to buy and worth it.

Phil