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And a sissy bar, at least 3 feet long.

As long as Mr. Darwin is allowed to have a say in it, that's ok.

Ah, hadn't noticed that. In the plastic bag next to that extraneous triple clamp...

Oh dear....

Unless maybe the heat was from something a little more aggressive than the heat gun that Pete suggested?

Incidently, I reckon a potential new owner might be scratching his head trying to figure out where this bit fits onto a V11 Sport.

And that despite the "or best offer". I would have at least given him two quid for it.

That, and I reckon there is some electrical stuff in between the side plates, more or less where the airbox should be. Maybe the battery? Whatever, he must have put a fair bit of effort into "customising" the poor thing. The question is, why so much effort to get to that result?

Thanks for sharing your experience, Pete (again...). I wasn't aware that this could happen.

I reckon he just sprayed everything he could get to with grey from a spray can.

As far as I can tell, it is, but that doesn't mean you need to go for test rides each time you change the shims. The process is, as far as I can tell, bolt it up with engineer's blue on one side, turn it a couple of times, and take it apart to see where the contact surface is. I'm fairly sure you know what engineer's blue is. For those that don't, this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer's_blue I learned what it is from the novel "The Sand Pebbles" from Richard McKenna, which was proscribed literature in my English classes at school at some point. Just shows to go you what school is good for.

Mate, yours is a gem. Here's some pictures for future generations who might read this after the ad has been taken down. The bike in question (one can actually see the green on the tank where the spray-can grey has worn off) and the seat sub-frame in red and a photo of parts showing the green front mud-guard.

I see the ad is "ended", and a further look at all the photos indicates that the poor thing was once a Greenie. One can only hope that she has been passed on to someone with enough decency to restore her to her former glory.

By the way, does anyone need the Griso 1100 muffler shown in the picture above? The bloke who had the fairing part for sale also had that, and was so dead set on getting rid of it that he gave it to me. The number on it is ZGU1001 So if anyone needs it, and thinks the delivery costs from Germany to wherever are worth it, it's up for grabs. Just for the cost of delivery, or come an pick it up in Leipzig.

Must be good, then, eh.

Yes. I took the final drive from my V35 Imola to the workshop when I rebuilt it for exactly that reason. I feel it is a job that should probably be done by someone who has a bit of experience, and has a "feel" for it. And a bucket of shims to swap them in and out until it is right. Having said that, I gather it is not actually all that difficult. The older workshop manuals explain it fairly well. For instance here, on page 93. https://guzzitek.org/atelier/gb/1000/1000SP_G5_Atelier(F)V3.pdf PS: I think there are also a couple of "special tools" involved.

So, on the way "home from work" today, I stopped off in Königsbronn and bought this.

You could do either one, or just fill it back up and see if it developes any nasty noises. I dare say that if there is any serious damage in there, it will become acoustically obvious pretty quickly. If it's broken, it's already broken, and if it's not, continuing to ride it with fresh oil will not do any damage.

What, the memories, or the compulsory event? Those were good times all round. And Darrell Eastlake was a bit of an idiot. Thank god Barry was the other commentator.

I'd be incllined to buy her, just to rescue her from the humiliation.

I wouldn't be worried about that, it just shows the testers ignorance. The bikes in the film were all Z900 or Z1000 Kawasakis, except for the one Z650, and Max Rockatansky didn't even ride a bike. The cop on the bike was Jim Goose. No, wait, the one that Jim Goose rode in on with his leg in plaster was a Kawasaki 2 stroke triple, a 400, I think. PS: very pretty bike you have. Please look after it well.

That has been mentioned a couple of times, and now one more time. I had a look at those on mine, and can only confirm the advice to check them regularly. The "bullet" type connector is one that is inclined to get loose with time, and those ones on the V11 are in a dumb place into the bargain. Whatever else you do, look at them first. I agree with that, in the sense of getting the existing systems in good order, or as good as possible, before you start doing mods that might not address the actual issue. The reservation is, it is possible that the bike might not start every time at the first button push even if everything is in good order. Mine doesn't. However, the "not starting" is not a complete failure to do anything when the button is pushed. That would be a symptom that points to, for instance, the aforementioned bullet connectors (along with the fact that the steering position makes a difference, as already mentioned in other posts). What mine does is the classic "startus interruptus": Sometimes it starts fine, sometimes it just clicks. A few more jabs on the button, and clicks, and then it starts. The position of the steering makes no difference. The problem is that not enough volts get through to the solenoid on the starter. I've measured that on mine, and it is the case. I've done a clean-up on the electrics on the bits that are easy to get to, and the problem got better, but it is still there. The solution is either go through electrics from start to finish and bring every single connector back to as new condition, or install the additional relay as described further up. The plan is to add the additional relay, but I have a couple of other issues that are more urgent. Putting the forks back in when I get them back from the workshop, for instance, and finding out why it runs so badly on a constant throttle.