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stewgnu

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  1. i love laurel and hardy, a lot of it is still funny today
  2. Took mine off, not missed it so far…
  3. Hi Phil, sorry man unfortunately I can’t be much help there, the previous owner had them fitted quite a few years ago- I’m not even sure about how the adjustments work on them! I was going to contact Maxton to see whether they have info that’d be useful for me. Mine could be a bit tired by now, i don’t know, but i’m much lighter that the po so perhaps not an issue? Have to say, with all the various bits of suspension i’ve tried over the years on the v11, the best return for me has been making sure the tyre pressures were bob on!
  4. if you do buy them, make sure you specify spring weight for your needs. And also that you’ll receive the correct thread pitch for the caps- the first set i got had a fine pitch and it took me a while to realise what was preventing them fitting on!
  5. i had a set in my old v11, they were very good. The current bike has maxton internals so i sold the andreanis cheap to denis.
  6. look ace in green… bellypans can get in the bin though…
  7. might need a handydandy ‘triangle protection system’ to keep crud off it
  8. could it be fitted t’other way round..?
  9. yep. It rides similar to a v11, without the mad grunt obviously, but still shifts Very Nicely. Very light, very low slung, just lovely really
  10. oh gawd yeah- one further point is that my ace h/c fabbo relay is sited 1 inch from the + terminal… i reckon i’ll live with it a while yet, but them terminal blocks are the way forward for sure. My monza has 1 wire to the neg, and 2 wires to the pos hahaa!
  11. Just installed a KiwiRoy auxiliary-high-current-fabadoo relay! Works a dream, thanks Roy. Starting troubles be gone damn you! One particularly nice touch was that wee unused bracket sited next to the ecu proved to be a perfect place to attach the relay- it just, only just has enough clearance for the seat base. Without this, I couldn’t see an alternative handy place- there’s not a deal of room under there. One particularly irritating point is having 4000 wires hooked up to the battery.
  12. I learned on, and took, my ‘big’ licence on a school’s Fazer 600. I was riding a cheapo, learner 125 single at the time and even though the 600 had the power i realised i enjoyed riding the single home after lessons more. It was the sound. That beat of the engine thudding away gave me a proper grin. After i got my licence i bought a w650 cos i knew i wouldn’t love a multi and i loved the ace styling. It was a superb bike and, in retrospect, perfect for a new rider. At the time there was an excellent forum for the model too. Eventually i crashed her by opening the throttle too soon on a wet and sharp bend that had tram tracks- awful road condition combo but a good lesson. So what to buy next? Always loved the first gen speed triple 900’s, and Aprilia Falcos looked funky…. Came very close to buying a trx850 (still want one) then i was re-reading an old 1999 issue of Ride magazine which had a tiny article on weird Italian bike. I think it only had 1 photo of the bike- oddball green colour, loved the styling, and it was a twin. I’m possibly a tad vain when it comes to bikes- styling and noise come first for me, couldn’t give 2 hoots about performance really. V11’s look damn fine. And with the right pipings sound perfect- booming at low revs and snarling more and more as you open it up. Perfect.
  13. Sorry folks, seems i don’t know my assay from my elbow. Also apologies for the diagram not being ‘standard electrician’ grade- i see that anyone with colour-blindness would struggle with my crappy lash-up.
  14. Mainly for the addition of Roy’s relay- please let me know if I’ve got the wrong end of the stick with that and I’ll amend it. Having the relays set bolder helped me anyway.
  15. I remember sitting in a cafe once when a chap pulled up at the lights, and stalled, his old Gold Star…. Gave me a chance to drink in the beautiful bike but also gave me backache just watching him trying to kick the bugger to life again!
  16. 100 bucks?? holy moly…. there’s a guy here in sheffield will powdercoat them bar ends for a tenner. He did the brake hanger on my old v11 for that much anyway. Did my monza wheels for 100…
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