You find now with older machinery that is now supported by the aftermarket because the OEM is no longer available that you can't judge the quality by the retail price. A $200 dollar part you buy in your home country or the western market is still the same $20 item that is made in China for example. The often massive price difference is simply down to retail margins and sales volumes. The ignition pickup is an example. When I went looking for them for the Daytona engine 5 or 6 years ago the commonly available aftermarket ones varied in retail price enormously but were all the same Chinese manufacture. The difference between the direct cost from China and what the retailers were selling them for was massive. So from memory the aftermarket wanted 80 or 90 dollars for them and I bought direct from the Chinese manufacturer for $10 each. I bought 2 and the Chinese one fitted not only looked identical to the OEM original but has worked fine ever since. Things change. Why pay a hefty mark up for the same item from the same manufacturer.
Found out the problem, rectifier was fried, its a ducati one, energia 343637, as these are expensive has anyone used a cheaper one that works well
cheers Dell
Cheers Pete, the original one is over £200, obviously I don't want to pay that amount, on the other hand I don't want to buy a cheap one and have problems with it.
Dell
IDK if any other vendors sell one or not . Euro Motoelectrics in Denver sells electrical parts but IDK what brand they sell. I haven't had to buy one and IDK what is the best source.
I thought the same thing, narrow engagement point on my '07 Norge, but bleeding the clutch yearly has kept it nice and crisp even as the next ride takes me over 50,000 Miles!
Well after 23 years I sold my V11. It was sad but it went to a good home.
This forum has helped me through a lot of v11 issues.
Thanks for everything, its been fun
It’s exactly the same clutch that is in the V11 and all other big blocks since the end of the Cretaceous. If he is finding that the clutch is only starting to lift at the very end of its travel the most likely cause is that the plunger on the lever, (NOT the span wheel.) is maladjusted. Also all the CARC bikes, (And V11’s.) are murder on their clutch fluid. If it hasn’t been changed regularly the bore of the master cylinder may be damaged limiting the efficacy of the piston’s stroke.
@Goofman speaks about this stickering business as if there is plausible deniability . . .
Happily, the matter met the approval of the cheerful Sp'Honda-Raider . . .