Any reason why rockers would be tight even backed right off?f

[Molly]

8 hours ago, gstallons said:

You watch (monitor) them while making casual conversation and see that they leave nothing loose or on wrong. Usually it's best to take the wheels there and let them swap the tires. You can reinstall at your leisure making sure you're happy w/the install.

Thanks. I've already been ruminating on this actually. Weather is forecast heavy rain tomorrow too so that seals the deal. Out into the garage I go to take the wheels off. 

:-)

[docc]

32 minutes ago, Molly said:

Thanks. I've already been ruminating on this actually. Weather is forecast heavy rain tomorrow too so that seals the deal. Out into the garage I go to take the wheels off. 

:-)

Both wheels off at the same time? Best practice is to tie it off ("chain fall ") from the joists, above, in addition to your jacking method. Belt AND suspenders? Definitely. It's worth for that ONE time that one fails without a backup.

Don't ask me how I know . . . 

[gstallons]

The only time I did both at the same time was when I had new tires mounted and balanced on the Alpina wheels and I swapped the tire/wheel combo out one at a time from the bike.  I do not recommend having both wheels up in the air/off the bike at the same time. 

 we were doing something one time and had one wheel off the bike and had the bike on a jack w/the bars connected to an o/head hoist for safety. Came back in the next morning and the jack had leaked down COMPLETELY . If we did not have that secondary holding the bike we would have been upset. 

IF you live close to the shop doing the work , do one wheel at a time and do your work slowly and deliberately. Check all wheel bearings and apply a small amount of grease to the seals , shafts , etc. when you reassemble.

[docc]

 

[Molly]

Thanks guys. I have that list printed out actually. Appreciated. 

I have a large selection of lifts, supports, stands, lumps of wood... Recently got hold of a lovely, German made impromptu centre stand / tool made for the BMW R-NineT. I think it can be adapted for the V11. 

By the way, the Michelin Road 6 tyres have really improved the handling. Anything would've I guess as the old ones were ancient. 

Edited Thursday at 04:56 PM by Molly

[Lucky Phil]

8 hours ago, Molly said:

Thanks guys. I have that list printed out actually. Appreciated. 

I have a large selection of lifts, supports, stands, lumps of wood... Recently got hold of a lovely, German made impromptu centre stand / tool made for the BMW R-NineT. I think it can be adapted for the V11. 

By the way, the Michelin Road 6 tyres have really improved the handling. Anything would've I guess as the old ones were ancient. 

 

 

You can buy the exact same stand specifically for the V11. I have one myself. I also have a race stand for suspending from the front or rear of the frame.

Phil

Edited Friday at 12:14 AM by Lucky Phil

[audiomick]

41 minutes ago, Lucky Phil said:

 

You can buy the exact same stand specifically for the V11.

 

That would be this. I've got one too. Brilliant.

https://shop.becker-technik.de/en/products/central-lifter-24

have a close look at the pictures there, and you'll probably see the way to adapt the one you have to the V11.

[Molly]

Thanks guys. I did see that they do a dedicated V11 stand. Pretty sure I can use a couple of 18mm sockets / longer bolts to make the 9T one work. A guy was clearing-out his garage and sold it to me for £20. I figured you can never have enough means of getting a bike off the ground ;-) 

Weather's been pretty good this Easter break. Done about a hundred miles on those Road 6s now. Such an improvement. My old tyres weren't a matched set and were more than ten years old. Truthfully, when buying the bike from a dealer over in Wales I forgot to ask for the date codes on the tyres (does anybody do that?). So I've been bimbling around on Bakelite for eighteen months. It seems to track so much better through the corners now. Turns much more easily.  I keep a GoPro on the bike. Recorded this on one of my favourite Isle of Man roads yesterday. Bit sheepy but lots of twisty undulation in the second half.  

 

Edited Friday at 03:27 PM by Molly

[GuzziMoto]

The feeling of fresh tires is always nice. The worse the previous tires were the better the new tires feel.

I have a few stands, mostly rear wheel stands that lift by the back of the swing arm. Once secured on that stand, getting the front up of the ground on a V11 can typically be done with a jack under the sump. But I make sure the bike is literally tied to the rear stand before doing that. I also have a couple stands that lift the front by the bottom of the forks. I also have a dolly I built with 4 casters and some wood that fits under the sump of a Guzzi. That holds it off the ground and allows me to wheel it around while both wheels are removed. And in extreme cases I have a hoist in the ceiling of my garage that can lift the entire bike off the ground if desired. But that I don't normally do. That is overkill.

[docc]

1 hour ago, Molly said:

Thanks guys. I did see that they do a dedicated V11 stand. Pretty sure I can use a couple of 18mm sockets / longer bolts to make the 9T one work. A guy was clearing-out his garage and sold it to me for £20. I figured you can never have enough means of getting a bike off the ground ;-) 

Weather's been pretty good this Easter break. Done about a hundred miles on those Road 6s now. Such an improvement. My old tyres weren't a matched set and were more than ten years old. Truthfully, when buying the bike from a dealer over in Wales I forgot to ask for the date codes on the tyres (does anybody do that?). So I've been bimbling around on Bakelite for eighteen months. It seems to track so much better through the corners now. Turns much more easily.  I keep a GoPro on the bike. Recorded this on one of my favourite Isle of Man roads yesterday. Bit sheepy but lots of twisty undulation in the second half.  

 

Looks like you have her in a lovely state of tune, there, @Molly! 
Not sure how you can stand all that traffic congestion . . .  

[Molly]

30 minutes ago, docc said:

Looks like you have her in a lovely state of tune, there, @Molly! 
Not sure how you can stand all that traffic congestion . . .  

I wish I could take credit for the tuning. 

We do get congestion at the usual peak hours. In the summer I like to get out about 5am and have the whole Island to myself. Nice sounding pipes are next on the list. I'd love to hear it reverberating around the mountains. 

[Tomchri]

5 hours ago, GuzziMoto said:

The feeling of fresh tires is always nice. The worse the previous tires were the better the new tires feel.

I have a few stands, mostly rear wheel stands that lift by the back of the swing arm. Once secured on that stand, getting the front up of the ground on a V11 can typically be done with a jack under the sump. But I make sure the bike is literally tied to the rear stand before doing that. I also have a couple stands that lift the front by the bottom of the forks. I also have a dolly I built with 4 casters and some wood that fits under the sump of a Guzzi. That holds it off the ground and allows me to wheel it around while both wheels are removed. And in extreme cases I have a hoist in the ceiling of my garage that can lift the entire bike off the ground if desired. But that I don't normally do. That is overkill.

We like overkill .

Cheers Tom.

[docc]

5 minutes ago, Tomchri said:

We like overkill .

Cheers Tom.

Where I live, there is no such thing as "overkill" . .

--->    It's kil't.   Or it ain't.   

I've put sixty-six tires on mySport (and had the wheels and suspension parts off numerous other times). It only fell off the jacks once .   

Belt + suspenders for ever . . .

[Tomchri]

3 minutes ago, docc said:

Where I live, there is no such thing as "overkill" . .

--->    It's kil't.   Or it ain't.   

I've put sixty-six tires on mySport (and had the wheels and suspension parts off numerous other times). It only fell off the jacks once .   

Belt + suspenders for ever . . .

[audiomick]

7 hours ago, Molly said:

  I keep a GoPro on the bike. Recorded this...

Nice film, but the wind noise is annoying. If you want to reduce that, find the apeture for the microphone, and stick a nice thick bit of low-density foam rubber over it.

To find the apeture, have a look at the camera, and when you think you have it, make a recording and scratch lightly on the hole you think is the mic. If you've got it, it will be obvious on the recording.