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Good times for all!!
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looks like the one in my picture
by the way ....what are ya'll drinkin down there?
If ya'll keep this up, I'll be needin some
I was waiting to see when Andy would start shaking his head!!! Andy, If you need a good Imperial Stout or a Belgian Tripple (rally 6X)... I have them on tap!
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Loved @Swooshdave's comment... get a second bike for parts!!! Never heard that advice before!
Do research on DOT5 fluid. I have successfully converted all my old british iron to DOT5 without issue! The incompatible with Rubber is BS. The trick is to thoroughly flush the entire system with denatured alcohol before doing the change. There are NO ill effects for DOT5. Costs a bit more, doesn't eat paint, good temp ranges. Can you tell I'm a big fan? (If British hydraulics can work with it , clutch and brakes, it'll work anywhere.)
Lastly, you're confidence in your square seal... as advised several times... put it back together with the old seal... see what happens. My suspicion, since there was no leaking visible, is that it'll probably be ok.
I'll be out of town this week interviewing Probate attorneys in Little Rock. Back this weekend if you need someone to put another set of eyes on it or just in case you need a bit of homebrewed Belgian Tripple. (Don't count the X's on the outside of the keg)
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Glad the Stelvio is back in fine fettle! Guzzidiag, and my mercury sticks, served us well. Goofman is on his way back to the city. Seems the several stops we made the 1200SPORT was idling nicely.
It was brilliant, really, to simply set the Throttle Angle back to 4.6º, it only bumped to 4.8º when it started, so we attempted no Nasty Kludge.
Waiting to hear back (this evening) how it behaves after an hour on the road.
Hey, Pete . . . thanks, again, so very much for the assistance and the education. It is revealing to understand that is not an "idle stop screw" but actually the throttle plate screw which is preset. Also, good to know that the air screws are not used the same as a V11.
Thanks,
Pete! 
Excellent!!!
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I follow this thread now with happy reassembled bike. Body work went back on with 0 extra screws! That's a first....
If you need to use my VDSTS, let me know.
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I break wind energetically in his general direction!
Excellent, as Docc can attest I am Brewmeister and Chief Flatulator at my PICO brewery Rancho Loco...
Sorry Pete, all ABV's are significantly above Queen's Lands Limits!! If you see Chippy any time soon, tell him I flatulate for him in Middle TN!
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At 35, OE even 25,000 miles your tappets will be well worn. They may not of got to the 'Death Rattle' stage yet but they will certainly be on the way out.
Results of Left Side pull...
Piaggio has agreed to "warranty" the parts!!!
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NEVER! EVER! EVER! TOUCH OR ADJUST THE THROTTLE STOP SCREW ON A W5AM CONTROLLED BIKE!
The idle speed is hard coded into the ECU and is governed by a stepper motor. The system doesn't use a MAF sensor and if you move that screw you completely @#!#$# the fueling as the throttle angle is set on a flow bench at the factory and if you mess with it it is virtually impossible to get it right again!
Also if your mate's bike is a 2009 it will be a flat tappet model and unless he has had it rollerised there is no point in doing anything to it until it has been. How many Km on it now and does it have a service history?
Pete
PS? If you messed with the throttle stop screw on the Sport that might well explain the high idle. I'll give a full run down on tuning a W5AM bike a bit later, they are ridiculously simple but still after ten or more years in production there are still people, including many shops, getting it wrong!
Bike has just over 35K Miles (US measure)... Throttle stop has NOT been touched (although I think I am or at least cursed)!!!
Still flat tappet but did have the recall done early on and it does not exhibit any of the symptoms that some have had...
Short list of issues and "fixes"
When bike warms to normal operating temp it seems to almost drop 1 cylinder at idle. When I give it a bit of gas things pick up and the bike runs fine until the next stop sign/stop event (Dr... It only runs bad when I stop... Dr's Reply: Don't Stop)
Checked TPS, all good
Checked Valves all good
Swapped injectors from cylinder to cylinder - minor change but not enough to pinpoint the issue
Swapped Coils from side to side and wrapped the plug wires with protective wrap - Improvement The idle, now when warm "hunts and seeks" for 1100-1200 RPM
I have a new set of coils and wires that just arrived that is my next attempt at a fix... I will let you know.
This issue "appeared" last summer on a "normally" hot August day while I was riding the bike home from the office (several stop signs in the 35 mile ride)... Prior to that, no issues!!!
(Yes, I'm looking into the roller rocker mod but I hate to throw good money after bad...)
That's where things stand today.
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Do any of you fine folks that have done the footrest lowering on your V11 have a spare RH Riders Footrest they would be interested in parting with?
Little oopsy has created a NEED! :-)
Rick
(615)504-2164
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Very sharp eye to spot the TR6! What is not clearly visible are the tap handles on the refrigerator doors. I'm always quick to volunteer to help bleed the TR bakes!
Completed and shot of "handles"
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The instability of the spindle is directly proportional to the amount of ale consumed!
Maybe I'll just chock my little wheel on my stand!
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This year I will be acting as part of a liaison team to keep cool feelings between the Germans and the Italians thanks for the folks in Mattighofen.
Perhaps a useful tech session will be how to carry a single on the back of a Guzzi!
Then again.. maybe I'll ride my Stelvio... undecided at this time...
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PPPS... Testing Barleywine after 3 months of bottle fermentation ...(should be ready in October).... May have to sneak a couple of 22 ouncers to the raid...
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Roger that. Will relay.
You know those law dogs... ifn't it cain't be documented and archived.... you know the rest.
PS... Are we all bringing Stars and Bars to protest the northern agression against the Southern States?....
PPS... (Insert inappropriate Rainbow Flag Comments here)....
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You guys were much younger then! (Of course, so were all of us!)
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Don't you love the 1 untranslated line?
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After a recent testing of gravitation, I decided to build my Copa back with the correct Titanium exhaust. It also came with (another) performance chip in the kit and a set of EngTalian instructions. Most of those instructions were gobbeldy gook but I thought the tuning piece might be something I should share.
So... here you go!
There you have it, ENJOY!!!
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future request will include pictures! :-)
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Thanks guys,
Yes, it's an ITI Tach... Lens size (originally adhered to the bezel) is 80mm... Plastic is 2.3mm thick and there is a 7mm rim around the edge that fits into the bezel.
If you have a spare glass, i'd love to have one.
I'll PM you guys! You are the best!! Thanks!!!
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After a recent "event" with my Coppa, among other things, the lens and bezel of the tach decided to not stick around for the full "ride" and when picked up and returned (THANK YOU DOCC!!!) the plastic lens was beyond repair. I was able to extract it from the bezel so I now have a Bezel, the inner ring and no lens.
I ordered an older Veglia bezel repair kit and at least it had a glass lens to toy with.
My thoughts are to attach the lens to the bezel with silicon adhesive and then attach the bezel to the tach in the same manner.
but... I'm open to other suggestions....
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But, where is the single barrel Rum thread?
Oh yeah... Lagavulin 16 for me...
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And Raid 2014 is ??? Trying to set my schedule and I only have only 5 weeks off this year!!!
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Damn chilly here tonight in The Deep South (USA). Which translates into freezing, windy, and no riding. Rode 100 miles (160 kM) yesterday (New Year's Day) at 50˚F/10˚C. Happy motor! Like a Labrador Retriever on a trip to the lake.
Which makes for a rather odd choice today: an IPA which I would ordinarily enjoy more in the sweaty summer. Good news is it has 6.5%, which is at the high end of legal to buy along with fuel or groceries here:
Lagunitas IPA, Petaluma, California
It has a fine amber color which would make us proud to add to a crankcase - like a proper SG synthetic. Yet, the mouthfeel is gently satisfying; more like a 5wt BelRay fork oil - ok for compression, but I would want a bone fide stout on the rebound side.
The head is substantial (for an IPA), but it did not like warming up (to 51˚F/11˚C) and became too exuberant. Like a LeMans I followed into a corner too hot in the Georgia mountains - "Is that tire I smell burning?" . . . (I'm not naming any names, but his initials are: *motowfo*)
I sit back sipping my Scorpion Pepper Imperial Stout, (is that a Scotch in that other glass Arran Machrie Moor?)... What is this "corner too hot" that you speak of?
Lagunitas, should be maintained and inbibed COLD...
Ta
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From the images, it looks like the triangular body panel (that houses the turn signal on euro versions) would need to come off. As Pete says, the sensor is then in back of the frame rail and behind the header. That makes it sound awful, but you ought to be able to see it clearly even looking up under the body panel. Sorry I don't have a Stelvio sitting here to get real look.
I'll ask motowfo . . .
He says, "It appears to be a straight shot with a long allen, Top left as Pete said and it doesn't appear that anything needs to be removed to get to it. "
Someday I may decide to clean my bike! NOT!!
Fourteenth South'n Spine Raid 2018
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Thanks to all for putting up with a cager this year. Great to see familiar and new faces! Hoping next year to be back on 2 wheels!
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