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    clutch lever replacement

    in Technical Topics

    Posted

    The hidden part is the small actuator for the safety switch. When you remove the lever, be prepared to catch the little puck that is in a hole in the housing between the lever and the switch. Sometimes that is a little ball bearing whose chief purpose is to spit itself into a parallel universe if you're not ready to nab it.:ph34r:

    Clean that hole well and grease the pivot pin. Once the stamped nut is on, consider a zip-tie through the pivot pin in case the nut works itself loose and the pin pops out. This allows the lever to fall out and ruins our day.

    It sounds like time to flush your rear brake fluid and clean/service the rear caliper. Inspect for excessive pad wear that would contribute to increased pedal travel.

    Another source of increased pedal travel is a bad wheel bearing. Absolutely worth checking your rear wheel bearings.

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    MGV Guzzi on Bike Exif

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    Let's face it, re-making a motorcycle successfully is not a matter for amateurs, the faint-hearted, or commercial venture. For the outcome to touch the heart and capture totality, some combination of skill, vision, experience, tools, and a certain amount of reverence must combine with resources, time, dedication and perseverance.

    I offer this case in point:

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    What [music] do you listen to? Share your favs

    in Special place for banter and conversation

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, audiomick said:

    Not just the performance. That is the gag with the whole composition. One melody that is repeated by various different instruments, then combinations thereof. And the whole time that snare drum, getting gradually louder the whole time.

     

    And the buffoon is one of my favourite instruments. Would love to learn it, but I hear it is really hard to play. :(

    I really thought I would push your Too Serious Button (like you did mine on the Redneck Jazz  thing :grin:) with the

    buffoon <--> bassoon  play-on-words, but it seems it fell flat. :rolleyes: :whistle:

    Playing the buffoon comes rather too easily to me . . . :huh: ;)

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    What [music] do you listen to? Share your favs

    in Special place for banter and conversation

    Posted

    1 hour ago, audiomick said:

    And as far as Genius goes, one of my all time favourites. Straight tempo, but only 5 musical elements, about 15 minutes long, and it doesn't get boring. The snare drum part has to be one of the hardest parts in the entire classical music literature.

     

     

    I so appreciate how this performance features a series of solos. The buffoon solo at 1:49 is especially refreshing . . .

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    Post a video of your V11

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Lucky Phil said:

    Surely there's a law against riding the course in the reverse direction, it's just not right. I'm not going to watch this video, it would do my head in after memorising the course in the racing direction:oldgit: 

    At least we would know why your head is done-in. Some people's heads are done-in and nobody knows why . . .  :blink: <_< :whistle:

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    Twenty-first (XXI) South'n Spine Raid 2025

    in Meetings, Clubs & Events

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Kevin_T said:

    Thanks for the offer Doc after retirement I only have to answer to the wifey. She is pretty understanding, she knows motorcycling and such trips are in my DNA. She knows the difference between crunching a bunch of miles and sight seeing trips.

    Recently, a fellow explained to me that motorcycles are essential to a man's survival, even if they are sitting in the garage just to be gazed upon.

    His compelling argument?

                                                 "Dinosaurs didn't have motorcycles. Look what happened to them !"

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    Wild hare vs fairing

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

    . . .  I mean a Le Mans is a bit of a girls bike unlike a mans bike V11 Sport :helmet:

     

     

    2 minutes ago, audiomick said:

    By the way, @Lucky Phil, you, and the horse you rode in on. :bbblll:

    I was wondering how the RedFrame Trash talk might settle out on a LeMans forum . . .  :rolleyes:  :whistle: B)

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    Wild hare vs fairing

    in 24/7 V11

    What did you do to your V11 today?

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, LaGrasta said:

    @Scud  I seem to have finally worked out all the bugs in my V11, sounds like you have too. I'm now retired, so even more time to ride. Let's plan something together. We could meet in San Clemente for Cars & Coffee as it's in the middle.

     

     

    4 minutes ago, LaGrasta said:

    Hmmm, now that I think about this, @Scud did I meet you by chance a few months ago at C&C and just hadn't realized it was you from the V11 forum? 

    The long awaited SURFIN' SPINE RAID !   B)  :race::race::sun:

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    Twenty-first (XXI) South'n Spine Raid 2025

    in Meetings, Clubs & Events

    Posted

    On 3/24/2025 at 9:43 PM, Kevin_T said:

    So Bill does this mean you wouldn't be doing your Mutton Run this year? 

    Thought I might try the Spine Raid this year so hope to see you there. Meet a few of the other inmates.

    @Kevin_T . . .

    I can "write you a note." :nerd:

                                                               Consider it done! :grin:  :sun:

    :luigi:   :race:    :bier:

    Y'all come, now! Ya hear? B)

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    Odyssey PC545 Battery conditioning

    in How to...

    Posted

    9 hours ago, Gmc28 said:

    hopefully i’m not straying too far from the OP’s thread title when i add a couple more non-Odyssey notes:

     

    We have long needed to have a separate Lithium battery thread. It would be quite a task to separate the appropriate posts here and not leave the existing thread discontinuous. 

    With deference to the Original Topic, conditioning an Odyssey PC545 by replacing it with a Lithium ion battery is like servicing your V11 SpineFrame by taking the license plate off and backing a different bike up to it . . . :rolleyes:

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