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Aw! Pretty sure I’ll have to earn it back. SSR is 700-800 miles round trip, so that will tell the tale. I’d like to get about a thousand miles on this rear drive and new bearings before then. Also due for Tank Off Maintenance. Not sure if I’ll tackle the throttle body/ injector swap as well. . .

Yeah, well, I've been burning old gear oil, and ringing polished tools together . . . If I make this one, I would like my Wrench emoji back . . .

I don't have experience running the later tanks sputtered-out like I have my 2000 Sport tank. Yet the pick up (petcock) location and saddle shape should lend it to a similar fuel trap on the right and similar "tip-slosh" roadside assistance method, I would think. When does the light come on in an internal pump/filter V11 tank? And how much accessible fuel remains? Good questions . . .

Yep. Just likely NLA. Who knows, might as well ask, right? I'm just hoping we can help sort Airtight Garage's issue without him having to replace the wheel/ hub . . .

@sp838, I misread your question. That thread speaks to how much fuel may be trapped in (early) tanks as they sputter out. Ignoring the trapped fuel, it is common for low fuel lights to come on with about 0.8 +/- 0.1 US gallons available while riding level ground at steady throttle and not leaning. Riding downhill, leaning right, braking, or going light on the throttle (pitching forward) all may contribute to starving the left side/rear mounted petcock. Hence why, in the event you sputter out, a "deep tip-slosh to the left may give you enough fuel to get down the road a piece. Don't be timid with the throttle trying to conserve fuel. That just returns it to the right side trap.

Hey, so, pretty sure anyone can hover on the poster's username and see the last time they visited. In this case: August 2015. So, with only 7 posts, santiagoc may be well out of the loop. (I mean, it doesn't hurt to ask!) Good luck on the bearing issue, A-G/Chuck. I just went through an ordeal sorting mine (well, I hope it is sorted! )

These bearings can fail for other reasons common to the V11 . . . (worth checking before replacing the wheel) . . .

Seems it’s mounting has been altered and is no longer mechanically adjustable.

Oh, boy! I think I have a winner! 😜

I have never had any success with my Triplett meter finding a bad TPS using millivolts. On the other hand, they reveal themselves readily reading resistance while slowly opening/closing looking for jumps in the reading (bad). BTW, idle TPS mV is somewhere in the 400-500+ range, while the 150(157) is the fully closed baseline with the right throttle plate closed against the bore without the linkage, right stop screw, or high idle cam interfering.

This is so cool! An authentic Norton with family provenance. 😎 I propose a fly&ride&ship&fly (South’n Spine Raid, baby!!)

You can use your 27mm axle nut for that duty, bud . . .

75 mile shakedown ride today looking forward to SSR XV, nine weeks out. Very nearly 400 miles since moving the prop shaft to the replacement reardrive and installing all the new spacers and bearings . . . . (Trying to earn the "Waving Wrench" emoji back )

I have never seen an issue with (not) pre-filling the V11 filter. There have been well documented issues with the UFI gasket failures and under-tightening. Seriously, tightening 1 1/8 turn past contact is not something I made up. Look at Ryland3210's research and test methods to assess this known issue. My WIX filter goes on WAY tighter than I would have thought. Torqued on. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?/topic/9670-oil-filter-loosening-info/

Oil pressure sensor is on the left, top, front of the engine block just above the cam/timing/phase sensor. Visually inspect, but . . . . The OEM UFI had serious gasket failure issues. As in: they won't stay tight. Consider accessing the filter and feel if the oil filter spins off by hand. Using alternative, quality filters is well advised along with tightening them 1 1/8 (one and one-eighth) turns after the oiled gasket makes contact. (Much tighter than I was taught to install filters "finger-tight" on American cars back in the day.)

Notice how our seasoned V11-ist, czakky, knew not to bite on the "Fuel Trapped in the Tank Test" lest I re-post the test image (avert yer eyes!). So, it seems the Spooge Trap (collection point for fuel vent and overflow) continues to gather what is largely raw fuel. Perhaps it is simply siphoning off my fill-up and could be pushed by the old Nylon tank changing shape from temperature changes from high outdoor/operating temperatures to the "controlled environs" the Sport is privileged to be parked in. I did find the clever rubber stopper was not rated for fuel exposure and was deteriorating. I've installed an inverted "vacuum cap," but time will tell if it is Viton or Buna-N or something that will stand up to the raw fuel . . .

Perhaps it got installed without the calibrated spacing shim?

Thanks for showing your impressive miles, Paul! Everyone knows how excited I am about the "miles" on my Sport. My goal is to make 200.000 km. It used to be to get ahead of Andy York, but that ain't never happenin', no way. Pretty sure Andy has the highest mileage V11 in the world. Pretty cool he's less than an hour from me. I'm just tryin' to help him get a quarter million miles between us . . . Between two V11, luhbo also has some admirable kilometers . . . (Hey, post your miles/km with your V11, y'all! An image would be nice, too . . .)

The 1200Sport continues to impress. Along with Goofman, this is a class act!

fotoguzzi is having his images hosted on smugmug. Others use flickr or similar services. I use imgzeit because its inexpensive, simple, fast and does no tracking or ads. Helps that I trust the developer (my son, v7cafe ) . . .

Make sure the motor is u to operating temperature and retry to set the CO with guzzidiag. If that does not solve it, we can move to "what's next most."

Da'gum. Here, I just replaced my axle nuts and totally missed the opportunity to say, "I have titanium nuts."

Haha! Well, Spine Raiders keep coming from further away and more States. We have yet to host a Raider from any really far-flung place like Varsseveld, Bungendore, Eindhoven, Coburg, or New Zealand. Or even British Columbia! We'll make room at the inn, y'all!

I always wanted a vintage bike. Now my first bike, bought new, is thirty years old and sports an antique plate. And the V11 Sport turns nineteen in about a month . . . Not that "nineteen" and "V11 Sport", together, are a bad thing . . .

Pretty sure this will be the first South'n Spine Raid to host a Michigander!