http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php Thu, 17 May 2012 17:40:42 +0000 15 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17415
I took my V11 into the City of London today through rush hour heavy traffic in order to get to a meeting.

After stop/go at countless lights, waiting in traffic queues because I couldn't get through, and then searching around in vain for bike park, the engine was getting really hot (and it is no way near summer here, the air's quite chilly still!).

That's when it started playing up. First the charge light started coming on at tickover (at least it ticked over!). If I blipped, the charge light went out but came back just above tickover. I switched off the headlamp but that didn't seem to help.

Then the Neutral light started glowing even when not in neutral: then it was on all the time in any gear indistinguishable from Neutral. The engine was getting quite grumpy, popping a bit and running lumpy and it was with some relief that I finally got it into a bike park and wondered if it would start again when time to go.

Two hours later after the meeting, cold engine, it started up and behaved impeccably in the rather lighter traffic and there seem to be no lasting ill effects.

What's going on here?
Is the hot engine breaking the Neutral light insulation down perhaps?
What about the poor charging at tickover?

Sound familiar to anyone?

Andy H]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 17:40:42 +0000 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17415 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17411
Then again, I have no idea how long they were in there. The bike does seem to run nicer with the newer proerly gapped plugs.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 13:58:21 +0000 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17411 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17405 I was planning on changing the fluid in my gearbox today. After I got back from the warmup ride I changed the final drive fluid then started for the gearbox. The only thing I can find that looks like a drain plug is directly above the catalytic converter. Please tell me I am wrong! (2004 US Ballabio) Mon, 14 May 2012 21:01:37 +0000 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17405 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17404
The bike's got 16K miles on the clock, but I don't know how long it was run without a odo/speedo and I'm sure it had somewhat more than that. Looking at the fork stanchions I suspect the problem is a worn hard chrome surface: no pitting but it's just a bit too shiny on the front, perhaps from being run for too long with too little oil and no overhaul. On the other hand, it may be just a problem with this generation of fork (2000).

If the former is the case, outright front fork stanchion replacement will be expensive. Some specialists offer a fork rechroming service for normal forks, but for upside-down? Is this a cheaper option or even possible?

Anyone with any experience of this? If you know of a good such supplier in the UK, let me know.

AndyH]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 20:37:02 +0000 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17404 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17402 Please forgive the long story but the question is, have I got an after market immobiliser, if so I will have to find it and remove it or, is this factory fitted, if so is there a cure?]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 09:25:55 +0000 http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17402