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Waytek's site wouldn't take my $3.00 order so I'll give them a call. Gotta have one of those circuit breakers. ! I'm running a 10 amp fuse for my headlaight circuit and lowered the 15a to a 10a in the fuse block for the ignition switch.

The Diablos finally arrived. They are neither Corsa nor Strada. 'Normale' I would say. I guess 'Supersport' doesn't really mean anything. Still this was a good deal for Pirellis. I remember there is a code in th mold for date of manufacture. Does anyone remember how to read that?

I have some misgivings about the structure and dimensions. I've already redesigned the brcketry to hold the rack off the mounting plate to utilize plate instead of bar stock. Fitting from a diagram is going to be dicey. The rack sits about 10 mm outboard of the passenger peg bracket which itself angles forward and inward. I would like to mount the main mounting pplate inside the subframe bracket for the passenger peg hanger. To complicate matters that subframe bracket appears to angle outward 15 degrees or so and fore to aft 10 degrees +/-. How would you fit something like this?

Having added fused feeds to the headlights, horns and an accessory plug I felt good about moving the terminals off the battery onto junction blocks. On the 2000 this meant moving the turn signal flasher over to the relay side. Recently, I added a separate regulator fuse since my 30 amp was melting from the small weak connectors in the fuse block. In order to limit the number of junctions and connections in that circuit, I put that terminal back directly on the battery.

Just an observation, no attempt at justification. I really think the whole thing sucks. I am frankly quite weary of standing alert. But my family and my community are depending on those who will. Those who will stand alert. I do not expect to stand down. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

This method works much better on the dogs themselves as their Pavlovian responses seem much more intact than those of the owners . The dog's chuff may require a bit better aim to nail equivocally.

Indeed. Let us offer our respect. And know that Veteran's Day is not Memorial Day. . Last night I took out some of my father's memoribilia. The hats, the brass . . . the casket flag. I do remember the fallen on this day and also, and more so, the fighting men who are our veterans of today.

There's a thread HERE on hard wiring the headlamps.

You'd think after all these k'thousands of years we'd have figured out the perfect way to solve all the world's problems. I suppose it's not to be. We are, after all, each left to our own individual and accountable choices. And, perhaps, for some, the hope that we may one day see through the glass more clearly. Otherwise we are but left with the fatalistic words of the character "Priss" in the movie Blade Runner: "Then we're stupid and we'll die."

Yeah, and Germany was stable and peaceful under Hitler. Just giving bad people their way so they don't blow things up doesn't seem like a great solution either.

The fast idle cam can be adjusted too close to the throttle and affect the idle. It is also notable that there are two adjustments for the mechanism. First, the cable is drawn through and anchored, then the cam is rotated toward the throttle stop and tightened. I like to leave a little tolerance between in order to avoid fouling the idle. This limits the fast idle to about 1800 rpm. I often ride off and let the motor warm up gently. I treat it like a break in period on every start up keeping the revs below 5000 for 5-10 miles.

Yes,yes, the Isle of Mann, 24 Heure de LeMans, Gran Prix de Monaco and the Paris -Dakar. Oh, and the Baja 1000. Guess I better pick one and get started . . .

Matt's quoting himself . . . I thin k I ne e d A SINGLE MALT. I gotta get a ride in before it snows in Shigago.

Kind of makes you see the wisdom in the old 'pull your sump' camp. Is it the Manhole Boys that toast their bearings?

Mattress needs some buddies to stop in for a ride. Or maybe some single malt. Or maybe less single malt . . .

"Hooters" - "Hangings" . . . my wife hits my browser history: same thing.

If you store your V11 inside then roll it out to start it, give the sensors a couple minutes to adapt to ambient temperatures. The fast idle is a bit finicky to adjust but will boost the idle , say, 600-800 rpm. I find that gradually rolling the throttle while engaging the starter will fire the beast after 4-5 revolutions.

It does help to spin a jam nut against the white adjuster knob to keep it from 'walking.' I use mercury sticks so the cylinders can be read simultaneously. Last time I synched at an even higher rpm (4000) . The side stand scored about a foot long stripe in the floor and the vibration tossed the volt meter on the floor. $50 tuneup The mercury always has a lttle water on top. I've even tried storing them next to a dehumidifier but still have the water. How would you guys read the water? I've chosen to ignore it as negligible since a water manometr requires such a large column and this is never more than 1/4".

Maybe they would take my V11 Sport in trade. I'd probably still have to pay the shipping . . .

I recall some needle bearings on the outboard side of the bevel box which would benefit from adding some grease while you have the access. Also, many have found their wheel bearings a bit dry. Some have carefully lifted the seals and added abit of grease to these as well.

That white/red/green V11 is the Coppa Italia. I'd love to see one of those in person. The bad news is there's no Guzzi dealer near . But the good news is the morning is to be 48 degrees F warming up to the 60s and into the 70s by Tuesday. Anything less than 60 degrees and the Guzzi sounds like a P51 Mustang. Something about the dense air makes the ECU think it's OK to dump fuel like we stole it from Rommel.

Mayhaps a good degeasing of the starter bendix is worth a try? Others have posted on the internal magnets of the starter coming unglued. Worth a look I suppose as the starter is easy to pull.

No tubes?

"foller me guys . . . this muss be th' way . . ." "Yeah, yeah. Ignore that guy who sez the arrows point the other direction . . ." ( Hey, it was scenic. Cardiac, but scenic.) The Peronni was great. And the Tecate and Negra Modelo weren't half bad either. I'm still trying to explain to my wife the young son's new-found talent at cracking the tops off beer bottles.

I've revised this post and the sketch. My aim is to mount the Teknos lower and further forward to help handling in the Sport-Tour mode. The backing plate is designed to mount behind the frame brackets for the passengerpeg/muffler hanger and the lower mount to pin instead of the passenger peg which would be removed. As this is no CAD enabled approach, I am looking for a willing fabricator who can adapt the design to a Sport by fitting and finalizing. Jason, ya out there?