The first time encountered this "elongated tank" phenomenon was the night before a Big Ride when I exercised the heady wisdom of removing my tank to service the air and fuel filters. Everyone afflicted with *heady wiz-dumb* does this sort of thing . . .
I managed to grasp the Tekno pannier racks and shove the tank forward with my boot and, somehow, get it back on.
The ratchet strap method is probably more sound if you can strike the right angle to compress the tank forward without the strap slipping . . .
This reminds me of when my Sport broke the spring inside its master cylinder.
Rebuild was straightforward.
Does it seem to have excessive lever travel?
You mean this, Pete?: "Seemed to work very well, yet there is no resounding confirmation that those last two actions do anything."
How so? It just seems to turn the dialog box off. There are no values displayed (that I saw) . . . no bells ring, the sun did not break through the clouds, no gratifying hiss of steam . . .
Leaking seal could have prompted the clutch change. Mine was changed at about 4,000 miles under warranty.
My tach and speedo needles have always looked different after two tachs and three speedos.
Meinolf, thanks for that! (I believe the factory CO Fuel Trim settings, often in the negative double digits, are one major source of poor running for the V11).
Do you have a link for that tool?
Hopefully, Walterg is home now . . .
On the South'n Spine Raid, the 1200 Sport start dripping from the left valve cover. In my (dubious) wisdom, I cinched it down but actually just pushed the gasket inside the valve cover. The only motor I've seen leak oil like that had a hole in the oil pan. We were really impressed just how much oil a big block Guzzi pumps up onto the rockers!
Several of us ought to swing by Walterg's and give him a hand!
Those of you wishing to go further with reading and sharing maps (.bin files) and writing new "maps" (.bin files) to your ECU should stay in touch with this ECU BIN maps thread in Fileshare:
http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19609&p=213260
There are numerous useful links in MartyNZ's post there:
http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19609&p=213299
Then there is this: I have had my Sport on the Axone, VDSTS/pro and now guzzidiag.
After these several years, I feel really confident contributing to Bernd Hauser for this excellent tool.
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