[Left sylinder running lean]

The light one looks right, I would want it even lighter, going for white. The other one is sooty, surely not ok. Directly behind the outlet valve I wouldn't want any carbon residues at all. Being an outlet valve should be no fun.

It also looks as if the gasket on the right cylinder was blowing

[Left sylinder running lean]

After 150.000 km I noticed the same picture on my bike: one header black, the other one white. I pulled the injectors, activated the pump, then applied 12V to the injectors for 10 seconds and measured what they delivered. The difference was significant.

I don't think it was a matter of clogging, in fact it's more likely that one was badly worn (nozzle hole to big) or that they weren't matched right from the beginning. Anyway, I swapped them against a different and much better matched pair, had both ports the same colour - and felt exactly no difference on the road. Even the fuel consumption was the same.

[Weeping oil from gear selector cover]

This axle is loose, so you'd better fix it, do not just close this hole.

It's basically the same procedure as for the spring. Cover off, lower wheel off, axle out, clean shaft and hole. Then apply strong Loctite and put the axle back into its seat, wait half an hour, reassemble the rest and put the cover back on the housing. Don't forget to change the neutral switch.

[Suddenly will not revv]

Hey, we have 2020, soon, and are moving forward, still.

Anyhow, a clogged filter would be a nice and easy solution for his problem. Still it would take a lot of particles to get this filter closed. And not overnight. I'm curious what the cause will be.

[Suddenly will not revv]

Anyone ever had a stuffed gas filter? Still filling from rusty army canisters?

[Oil Light On After Oil Change]

Should you still have the old one, check whether it has the sealing ring still on it. If not, you've probably two under the new one. One pops out and the light comes on. That happens more often then UFI delivers unusable filters.

[Guzzisti friendship]

My problems were heavy emc interference from crappy plug caps. Between 3 and 4K it was really bad, had to stay below or above. The gap was 1.2 mm. I reduced it to rather zero what made a big improvement.

The history behind it: I had changed the plug caps (to the crappy ones), as a result the MyEcu quit working. Swapping this against a Marelli ecu seemed to work, but only until the engine had warmed up. From here on I was on the wrong track.

Anyway, a weak, or as in my case, a too noisy phase signal may totally spoil your bike experience Good thing is: the sensor itself is rather robust. Properly mounted it's not a part to be afraid of.

 

[Guzzisti friendship]

The hardware/software developer here where I work (those who told me the phase sensor would be Hall based ... ) say the gap and the thus resulting signal form and strength could interfere with cpu frequency, polling frequencies and so on.
While they were wrong with what type the sensor is, they might be correct in this case. Most here think this engine/ecu combo has a sensitive point between 3 and 4K for instance, regardless what mapping is used. This would be an interesting subject for someone who has the tools to dig in further at this point. Maybe this has to do with how big this gap is.

So, if an ideal gap, probably, exists, why not Chuck's .030"

[V11 Daytona project]

Nice work. The casting cooling as root cause sounds reasonable.

Besides that, I know a guy over here who's claiming he heard his box crack while spanning the mount bolt

[Replacing all fasteners, is there a list?]

Titaniumed bikes tend to float ...

[Timing Gear Set - Replacing timing chain]

That's why and what I asked you. What for do you want it in your V11 engine? What would be the exact benefit of a higher oil pressure, in this engine? Personally I can see none.

On the other hand, why not buy one and support the small suppliers.

[Timing Gear Set - Replacing timing chain]

Why would you want a higher oil pressure? What's wrong with the standard pressure?

[V11 Daytona project]

On my actual bike I have done nothing of the above discussed modifications and the gearbox is still good after at least 80.000 km.

My first one was already sipping when I bought it with 30.000km in 2004. With 200.000 11 years later it did still the same, a few drops per day. Never had to refill any oil.

Based on that the most important thing is to not overtighten this mounting bolt I'd say. Besides that the mentioned tube mod is done quite frequently over here. 

[V11 Daytona project]

28 minutes ago, LowRyter said:

So it's variation of 'the least resistance'?  The forces find the weakest area, so remove that area?  (and my thinking the more material the greater strength)

Thanks for the lesson.  

Not so much removing the weakest aerea, more weakening the stiffer areas next to it.

found in Wikipedia

[V11 Daytona project]

3 hours ago, LowRyter said:

For a noob like me, why is taking metal off a casting going to make it stronger?

the housing doesn't get stronger, it's just more unlikely to break at this line. As it typically does. It's because the tension distribution in the material is more evenly, smoother. That helps especially under dynamic loads.

[V11 Daytona project]

3 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

You mean take that corner off?

 

Ciao

Yes. Along this line  you should see the steepest change in stiffness.

To be on the safe side enlarge the through hole and press in a matching piece of tube. The tube shall bear the clamping forces, so that left for the flange is keeping the gearbox in position(enough a task)

[V11 Daytona project]

Consider to rework this area, too.

[Joe caruso timing gear install]

28 minutes ago, Pressureangle said:

Liquid cooled engines are far quieter overall. The fact that Honda used backlash gears proves my point.

I'd say backlash gears firstly reduce backlash.

BTW: The V7 up to the Sport engines had  skewed timing gears. Whether that had technical reasons or maybe was a matter of availability (FIAT e.g.) - can't say. At least you could fine-tune the timing.

[Joe caruso timing gear install]

You're missing the british gear towers :)
Nonetheless, I think the times of gears were over once the chains were reliable enough.

[Little mesh screen in sump?]

These were two of those 90 degree ends. Only chance for them to get to the sump I can think of was at the assembly line. Pistons and cylinders still were in pristine condition.

[V11 Sport Tach Help]

Measure them. M3 should be nearly 3mm.

The reading was ok? Calis look the same but give halve the output IIRC

[missfire at 3k. (new guzzi owner)]

So, coming home from a week entry level hiking in Switzerland I found the recently ordered phase sensor at my door. While I was so sure it would finally cure the heavy stumbling and missfiring which the bike had developed over the last 4 weeks - it did not.
Also I have to correct what I wrote about the Hall sensor. While it's true that Hall sensors are prone to ageing and that they're sensitive to heat, it is not true that the sensor here is of this type. Instead it's just a plain cheap inductive device. Hall sensors always have three contacts, inductive ones sometimes too.

On the picture you can see the coil holder with coil and core, the cable ends and the magnet. The sensor shown above most probably was still good, allthough the magnetism of the replacement is remarkably stronger (will it collect any debris even quicker now?).

For the positive side: the inductive type should be rather robust, no ageing electronics inside. The negative one: at this point I still had no solution for the problems. In fact, as soon as the engine had warmed up, from 3000 upwards the tach needle again started waving, with the engine again producing the same enervating bucking as before. The ECU at 3000 clearly got kicked out of sync.

Long story short: the problem were the cheap silicone connectors on the inner spark plugs which I had installed also 4 weeks ago. As the outer ones (this engine has dual plugs) have the standard 5kOhm connectors, electrically/theoretically (or v/v) this should have worked. That it obviously did not might be due to the fact that these shitty aftermarket caps are so cheaply designed that they don't securely contact the plug. The resulting firing then induces enough noise into the signal cabel to screw the ECU. Theoretically. Anyway, solid connectors now and all is fine.

[Little mesh screen in sump?]

Here's a pic of what I found in the sump of my engine in 2009. Not in the mesh, though.

Looked it up: the ends of what is called "gudgeon pin retainer".

[Little mesh screen in sump?]

I'd have to look it up now, had to be at home for that. There's a lot of plumbing and drilled channels in all directions down there, galleries you call them. Look for their plugs. They're drilled horizontally as well as vertically. Next time you remove the sump look for them.

[Little mesh screen in sump?]

In my sump I found parts of a piston bolt securing spring (hope you know what I mean). Can't say how it got there, probably at the factory. Anyhow, a steel part 2.5 by 1mm getting to the pump is a certain show stopper. That's what this screen is for.