dlaing

I think you mean Direct Link. Tuning Link is Power Commander's product for mapping the PCIII while the bike is on the dyno. Apparently you can download the Direct Link and the VDSTS for "free", but you can't map the ECU without purchasing the key or dongle or cable, or however they protect it. You can download the software by going here http://www.technoresearch.com/ then click on downloads (flash player required)

I have nothing against inventions and protecting investment in R&D, up to a point. But patent law has become absurd, and it often hinders development of fine products. Here is piece on the cotton gin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin Apparently others had the idea, too. And enforcing patent protection was not an easy task. Imagine how much more profitable cotton would have been without paying the lawyers, court costs, etc. Did patents fuel the industrial revolution or did patents hinder healthy product development and reserve the profits of the revolution to the ones with the best lawyers? I don't know, but I imagine it is a bit of both. One of the happiest days of my life was when the RSA encryption patent US4405829 expired

Don't forget to put a hose clamp on your filter!!! and read the threads on hose clamps and gasket compression... I personally prefer Ryland's filter recommendation.

While no cover might make it easier, what gets in the way is the swingarm. There are a few solutions. I still can't figure out what would work best.

Which Voltage Regulator do you have. I suppose docc and others could upgrade. When I went to the Electrex regulator, the low RPM voltage was much better, but I lost some high RPM voltage, which makes it a little tougher to recharge the battery from the bike alone. My bike regularly sits for a week without riding, so a quick connect charger has been necessary to keep it above 80% charged. Maybe one of the regulators that Greg mentioned would be a good upgrade. Whatever Ryland has seems to work well.

Thanks for the warning, those things come down fast. I'd ask the president for permission for you to hack off just enough to get through. If it is a metal one, you should do something about the end so that nobody gets hurt because of your actions. The wood ones should not need capping off. Plastic ones you can get a PVC Pipe end cap. If they don't let you hacksaw it, maybe you can wrap a few feet of it in pipe insulation foam so that next time it will leave a smaller bruise Or maybe there is another safer route in, like up and down a staircase

Thanks! If anyone tried a bi-xeon H4 and it fit, I'd like to hear which brand you chose. Also, any good ideas on ballast mounting placement? Prices have really dropped on the HID

I think just about everything has been patented But when I become dictator of the Universe, I will outlaw patents so that good ideas are actualized Here is a diagram for a similar idea: http://www.discovercircuits.com/DJ-Circuit...tchargeind1.htm It could be modified to light up more LEDs as the current increased, or it could be modified to turn off the vest and gloves when the current flowing into the battery approached zero. Maybe an electric vest is a good idea because you don't have to pull over to strip off layers, you just turn the adjuster knob

Regarding heated vests, IMHO I think they are a bad idea. If you are riding and have engine trouble or crash and are stranded wearing only your Summer ATGATT and the electric vest, chances are you are going to be very cold waiting for the tow truck or ambulance. The bulk of a thick vest will not inhibit your riding and it is extra protection if you crash. Electic Gloves are a different story. Being able to feel the controls is IMPORTANT.

I believe it was a great thread due to the contributions of Ryland3210 and dlaing , although Gary Cheek's valuable contributions helped too. http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7545 The thread had more to do with charging than leaking....

What model number bulbs are used in the instrument panel? What is a Nacelle? The shell or the reflector?

That is sooo cool! The flame spread much faster that I suspected, but I guess it does not ping because the heat of the flame is just getting started at TDC. And during the intake you can see why one side of the spark plug has more carbon build up.

LOL Checkout the cemetary one, too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJlznnJR-lU...ted&search=

Both sound like great ideas!

I think that design would work great on our bike. I had thought of the same idea, but thought maybe it was overly complex, with little gains over a Stucchi type X-over, but it would probably spit the flow just as well (and probably better if you made more symetrical Y-pipes)while getting even less cross interference than an Xover. On our bike it could shorten the header to beginning of cross-over point. I am not sure how this would effect the curve. Probably more top end, but I would hope it would not kill the mid and low.

Paul is giving away some Ohlins forks for only 1000 euros. They can be converted to radial caliper mounts, and of course superbike innards can be installed

One could also argue that both the balance pipes and X-overs create an imbalance, so maybe the H-overs should be called imbalance pipes???? Many things are happening in the X and H pipes, flow and sound waves are split, not balanced, for better or worse between the two exhaust pipes. We could simply call the front imbalance pipe the front H-Pipe, the Stucchi and FBF could be called X-pipe or X-over, the Mistral could be called a double H-pipe, but do both pipes go through? But what would the stock thang be called? Splitter muffler???? I'd agree with that. I predict the Mistral H-over (hang over?) would work best with very free flowing mufflers. I also predict, Ryland's cross over-less idea will also need very free flowing mufflers, and it will probably have a power curve similar to the Mistral H-pipe, and probably with even less over all power. But once the ECU is optimized, the lack of cross interference will produce a very smooth running bike, with a beautiful clean exhaust note

Hi Everybody, Interrupting Motoguzznix and Greg's private discussion: You might find this link useful. Most of us have probably seen it. It is revealing dyno work done by Doug Lofgren a few years ago. http://www.visi.com/~moperfserv/more_mg.htm It compares the stock, Stucchi, and Mistral crossovers. Greg's Mistral curve may not have much power increase above 5500, but it does have some increase in power, and it has a much better increase than the one shown in Lofgren's dyno graph. (not all bikes and dynos are the same, but the curves are revealing) Admin Jaap used to have a dyno of his with Mistral crossover that had excellent HP. I'd like to see how it compares to his with Stucchi crossover.

Any Luck?

Ratchet can continue to hijack the thread. I am going to try to move on....apologies to all. Here is an interesting piece on airbox design. http://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/Airboxes.html I don't think the author has seen our airbox. Anyone here smart enough to measure and convert the numbers to our bike?

You are correct he buys them from a company that he is involved in. I hope he does not draw a salary from it. I am sure if he did, Ratchets buddies would be right on it. I was confusing the carbon offsets with the TVA greenpowerswitch program. You can learn about carbon offsets here http://www.nativeenergy.com/Splash/Climate...l?ClimateCrisis This type of plan works for people that need to consume energy. For example if you have a family of 9 you would need a big SUV or Van to haul them around, so no Toyota Prius. Or if you don't live in southern california, holland, or crawford texas solar energy, wind energy and geothermal energy might not be on the table. This is when carbon offsets let you walk the walk. Do the offsets work perfectly? I don't think so. There are marketing costs, profits to be made, and you are still setting a bad example living the big life. But every bit helps. Allegedly after the offsets, Al Gore uses zero carbon!!!! Think Green!

Gore purchases green energy which costs more. Normal people consider it to be an act of walking the walk. http://www.tva.gov/greenpowerswitch/ From the TVA (wanna talk about the TVA?) "Residential Sign-Up How to Plug In Making the Green Power Switch® is as easy as flipping a light switch. You can buy green power in 150-kilowatt-hour blocks (about 12 percent of a typical household’s monthly use). Each block you buy will add $4 to your monthly power bill, and you can buy just one block or as many as you like. The green power you pay for will be added to TVA’s electric system as part of the Valley’s total power mix. Why does green power cost more? Because although renewable resources like sunlight and wind are free, the technology for capturing their energy is still more expensive than traditional power generation methods. By choosing to pay a little more for Green Power Switch, you help advance the technology and increase the amount of electricity generated from cleaner sources. The dollars from every block of green power you buy go directly back into Green Power Switch. When you fill out the Green Power Switch enrollment form, you’ll also receive the free energy right home evaluation form. The energy right program is a cooperative effort between your local public power distributor and TVA that helps consumers make their homes more energy-efficient. It will provide you with a customized analysis of your home electricity use and detailed suggestions for potential savings."

PURELY partisan bickering and the amazing coincidence to which side of the political fence you keep falling on. you post a falsely inflated 30000 dollar Gore bill and you get confounded when I post a 186000 dollar Cheney bill for comparison? The right wing propagandists prefer to use the Bush Ranch which has geothermal for comparison. Score one for Bush. In Cheney's defense, I can't imagine why the energy use would be higher for him than for any other VP that lived there.

You don't remember your stance on net neutrality? you are so amazing. The truth bites and you say it was the boogieman. I could be wrong about that. I'll investigate at fox news dot com and get back to you

Listen here you Energy Pig, sure I have hypocritic tendencies to the degree that I am not living my IDEAL life. I am having trouble budgeting for the many thousands of dollars I would like to spend on solar electric and an electric motorcycle. Even an electric bicycle is difficult to budget for. When I bought my V11 it met environmental standards for the year 2000, which I thought might put Guzzi out of business, but somehow they met those standards. Compared to the 17MPG car I had at the time, getting a 35MPG bike, that I wrongly assumed would get better than 40MPG sure made a lot of sense, in a green way. I am not the greenest person on the planet, but that does not mean I should not talk the talk and advocate being more green. I have tried to optimize the map to get better fuel efficiency, but I hesitate to go leaner than stock without lamda measurement. Go ahead and call me a hypocrite if it makes you feeeeel better. I know I am not doing all that I can for humans and the planet, but I am doing OK. If you want to call Al Gore a hypocrite, maybe you should compare him to other wealthy senators, etc. and while you are at it don't be so selective with your facts. Or compare his house to the White House for energy usage. Gore uses his house for business, which increases his demand over other households, especially for air conditioner needs for computers. Can you imagine how many computers this father of the internet needs? He ain't no dumb repub senator who thinks the internet is made of tubes like your internet neutrality buddy boy Ted Stevens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes Sure Gore should spend thousands of dollars upgrading the air conditioning so that it only cools where necessary. Gore buys his energy through a carbon offset program where he must pay more, to help reduce CO2 emissions...one of the reasons for his high energy bill. Once the neo Nazis in his neighborhood relaxed the zoning laws, Gore put in solar panels. A fiscally un-sound investment, but perhaps a good political move as Ratchet and his buddies spout unbalanced propaganda across the internet that Gore helped get rolling. DickCheney's 2001 electric bill was 186,000, living in the same house that Gore used to live in. I wonder what Gore's bill was? Maybe spending so much burning carbon makes them both experts!! If you want find out what Gore really spent and not what Ratchet and his buddies will have you believe, go read: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/28/...in2522844.shtml