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joe camarda

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  1. I used a set of Cycle Cat 53mm risers on my 01 V11 Sport and had them enlarged to 54 mm. Only a reduction of .5 mm in thickness which I didnt worry about.

     

    Not to say that the Ducati risers would necessarily work (they may). The Cycle Cats worked because the other dimensions were okay.

  2. Dunno exactly how this happens, Joe. But the "wide load" as a fashion statement seems to be one o' those things that's entirely in the eye of the beholder. There are guys who get all weak-kneed and drooly over it. Some women know this, so if they got it, they FLAUNT IT!

     

    Uuuuuuhhhmmm. Thanks, I was interested in the 180 version in the first pic.

     

    The above 200 version doesnt even have thighs or legs. :unsure: Her tiny ankles and feet are attached directly to...well, lets just forget the whole introduction thing :(

  3. Ratchethack....can you pllleeeeeease introduce me to your friend. My intentions are purely platonic and honorable, I assure you. :whistle:

     

    OMG. Where do they make women like that?

  4. I have a 5.5 inch rim from my 02 Lemans, perfect condition, with a new Michelin Pilot Power on it, will trade it for your wheel for $100 plus you cover shipping or sell it to you outright if you want the wider wheel

    Check your PMs...

  5. Anyone know if a BMW R90S type fairing will work with the forward mounted headlight on the 04 Ballabio (Coppa)?

     

    Several years ago, JRT (whatever happened to him?) mounted one on his early V11 Sport and very detailed instructions are available on this site. See here:

     

    http://www.v11lemans.com/content/howto/fairingmount.htm

     

    But...again, this was the early V11 Sport.

     

    I'm open to any other suggestions re fairings, particularly any "Airtech" products... below is a link to their "Vintage" fairings.

     

    Take a look!... http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/vintag...ingsquarter.htm

  6. I would describe my sound as being a somewhat muted rumble. Very deep sound.

     

    Re quality. Being titanium, they are very fragile, subject to easily being dented, but otherwise I think they are well made. Except that they appear to be a little lopsided in their mounting as it is nearly impossible to get both parallel to each other and spaced equally from the rear wheel.

     

    I do like 'em though :D

  7. In an effort to ease accessability to the alternator cover I am going to eliminate the front crossover.

     

    A friend of mine who builds race pipes for Ducatis has offered to build a set of header pipes for my 04 Coppa. He has suggested using two inch pipes with a flange.

     

    By increasing the front header pipes to 2 inches will I need to do a Power Commander set up?

     

    FWIW my 04 Coppa has a FbF crossover installed, which at some point will be replaced by a Mistral. I currently have the MG Ti ECU installed, and the MG Ti exhaust pieces behind the FBF crossover are two inches in diameter.

     

    Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

  8. I can see what's coming next.

    Ratchet: Another Surprise Claim Revealed –

    "Jaap is my secret Dutch lovechild"

     

    The Guzzi fetish, the black lycra passion – it's in the genes.

    :mg::ninja:

    :oldgit:

     

    :o oh my god....

    Jaap is Ratchethack's love-child.

     

    This is what I 'spected all along :o

  9. What does Paypal have to do w/ buying a Guzzi? Unless you got it off Fleabay, o' course!

    :lol:

     

    Skeeve...I meant that I paid for my rally ticket using PayPal.

     

    Considering the beautiful scenery and wonderfulness of the general area, the $65 for two nights seems like a bargain. Plus getting to meet all you guys and seeing all the bikes and all the drunken hooliganism...cant hardly wait.

     

    But I'm gonna miss the all-but-promised fisticuff between PR and KH. Dang it all to heck! :lol:

  10. I was thinking about trying Modesto Ducati as I liked the way they treated me when purchasing a bike from them. Long ride but going anywhere in the Bay area seems like a journey now a days :helmet:

     

    Mike

     

    Mike,

     

    Donnie and Deanna at Modesto Ducati are "tops". All this time though, I thought they treated me "special" because....well, because I was special. Now I find out that they treat you special too! :(

     

    Hope you'll PM me before you come to Modesto. We can have lunch and spread unsavory half-truths about Carl.

  11. Cant add links from here, but on p.43 of the "Post a Picture of Your V11" thread There are two photos of the Famsa saddlebags.

     

     

    FWIW, I'd much prefer hard bags for longer rides/touring. I'm hoping one of you brave souls will step up and mount a set of the new Givi 35s to a V11. ;) Somebody ought to

  12. For the money Cortech makes a very nice set of bags, two sets actually. The smaller set is called the "Sport" series,and Ive forgotten what the larger (squarer) set of saddle bags are called. Cortech also makes two matching tailbags that integrates very nicely with their lsaddlebags. I have the larger of the two tailbags, which also works well with my Famsa saddlebags.

     

    Famsa saddlebags are very nice, but a little pricier than the Cortech bags. I tried to get the larger of their "Sport" series but that is no longer available. I settled for the smaller set, which is expandable and still larger than the smaller Cortech saddlebags, but seem to be more robust. The disadvantage of the Famsa bags is that the mounting seems to be a little more cumbersome than the Cortechs. Once mounted though, they look and perform very nicely.

  13. Thanks all for replies and advice.

     

    I checked to see if I had mixed L and R mid pipes. Unless I am overlooking something obvious (and that has happeded before) it seems to be impossible to confuse the two sides as the crossover slips inside the front end of the midpipe and the cannister slips outside the rear of the mid-pipe. If switched the pipes would stick out at nearly right angles to the bike.

     

    Anyway, I dissassembled the rear end, from the crossover back, and then reassembled it using a longer length spacer (between the footpeg hanger and the cannister clamp) on the left side.

     

    I also removed the MG luggage rack. I think the MG rack was to a great extent the cause of the pipes imbalance. If you look at my avatar photo you can see the rack. It is not obvious in the avatar, but the rack is not perpendicular to the centerline of the bike.

     

    I recalled that in order to install the rack I had to forcibly twist it in order to align the mounting holes to the upper end of the rear footpeg hangers. When I did get the rack mounted, the left footpeg hanger did not stick out as much as the right hanger. And of course the pipes mount to the lower end of the footpeg hangers. After I removed the rack I examined it and it is obvious that the left and right side are of slightly different lengths, see photo below.

     

    Anyway here are 'after' some photos. Unfortunately I didnt take any 'before' photos.

    MG_Rack_crooked.jpg

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