Lucky Phil

Looks like the ring spanner for getting to the back mount nuts on a CFM-56 Fuel Control unit docc. Ciao

Hmmmm, at least when you buy a crank you can see what you are getting. Hope its not a frying pan to fire deal for you. Ciao

Eeeeeek, a key fob. Hey docc could you have gotten an optional window in the bottom of the speed hut Tacho with an lcd clock? Do Speed Hut offer that option? Ciao

So 1 12mm x 35 x 1.75 button head cap screw grade 8, blue loctite and a washer. Cant really imagine why it would be 12mm screw, a 10 would have been more than adequate in my mind but that's Guzzi. Weight, what is this thing weight I wouldnt worry about the snoring washer if you cant source one, a plain one with the loctite will be fine. Ciao

Dont know how any V11 owner in their right mind wouldn't pull the trigger on this little gem Ciao

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gift-for-Moto-Guzzi-le-Mans-V11-Motorcycle-Driver-Fans-Kiesenberg-Watch-20426/143576117588?hash=item216dcdb154:g:bdkAAOSwiiVbq1pl Ciao [docc copied image location]

Good solution. Now you just need new rod bolts and bearings. Ciao

Good plan Chuck. Its a lock down here for us as well. My son was tested last week as he had all the symptoms except for the fever. I was pretty confident he was ok as the fever is a 90% indicator. Turns out he was fine as was my youngest daughter. Its the highly contagious nature with the virus capable of surviving on surfaces for hours combined with the unpredictability of its effect thats a big problem. Seems there's no rhyme or reason why some seemingly healthy people succumb to it and others shake it off with minimal discomfort. Ciao

Sure, might be a little while though. Ciao

Well you can buy a new cooler for around $100 on ebay so its not a huge expense but I dont think cooler contamination is a realistic worry. The debris would need to pass the pickup screen, the oil pump,the oil filter to get to the cooler and the cooler thermostat would need to be open for oil to be getting into it anyway. I'd flush it of course but I dont think its an issue. I'd spend more time on the oil filter housing support with the passages for the oil cooler thermostat and the pressure regulating valve. There's a lot of passages and a valve assembly in that lot. Ciao

Yes Cali rims would be the wrong hence the need to re lace Cali hubs with modern 17 inch rims. Ciao

Visual flight rules Ciao

Well I tried the hangers and adaptor plates and they dont work with my mufflers. The plates move the hangers outboard about 6 mm and the the hanger mount area interferes with the seat cowl. I could relieve the inside of the cowl 3mm or so but when I loosely hung them in place the high rise didnt look good with my slender mufflers. I have never really liked the high pipe look of the Ti cans to be honest but it seemed to look good with the big bulky std cans. Maybe its the angle of the image or something dont know but the high hangers with my mufflers is not the look for me. I had the feeling of deja vu during the the whole process actually:) Ciao

Damn this is embarrassing. I dug out my hangers that I've had for years and there is adaptor plates there. I've been collecting parts for this for so long I've forgotten what I actually have. Sorry for wasting your time.

Flashback. I'd do this rim wise if I was going to but its not a look I think serves a std looking V11. Knumbnutz's modified bike maybe but not the std bike for mine. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7014-spoke-wheels-for-v11/ Ciao

Good pick up Chuck.Although it is a Honda specific kit so maybe they dont need one. Ciao

Ok cool thanks. I have some high mount brackets in the workshop I bought years ago but from memory the location mounts are wrong. I must dig them out and check what they are and why they dont work. Ciao

Obviously the "Honda" specific toolbox docc Ciao

From what I can see the jackal has the 5 speed gearbox and the older style bevel box so I dont think the rear wheel will fit. I believe what you need is California wheel hubs laced to wider rims. Pete Roper will know. In general I really like wide rimmed wire wheels but I've seen a few images of v11's with wide wire wheels and it doesnt seem to suit the bike for some reason for mine. Cant see an issue with the brake rotors thoug docc, maybe I'm missing something obvious. Ciao

I would welcome any other solution than the tap in reality. A std readily available QD is 5/16 (8mm) and the V11 outlet is 1/2" (12mm). The other issue is space under there specifically length. There isn't much if any spare distance between the tap outlet and the pump inlet for a 1/2 inch tube with its lack of flexibility to bend in an S shape. Most QD's take up 50mm of more which doesnt leave any room for the hose to bend. half inch rubber hose is way less flexible than 5/16. I spent a lot of time trying to source extra flexible 1/2' hose without luck. Ciao

So I got my FKM seals in the not preferred 10x2.5 dimension and they dont work. Just too big. Sizing up orings on a piston into a bore is quite a complicated thing even after I used a sizing programme. My preferred size per the programme is 10.3 x 2.4 but they wanted me to order 25 but when I called today they said that they can get as many as I like overnight no min order....Geeze. So I'm going the Lucky Phil non tech route and getting about 4 different sizes and seeing what works. At 30 cents each for the NBR and $2 each as it turns out for the FKM's I'll just use the scatter gun approach and hopefully be able to learn something and pass it on. My machinist mate recons that with a cheap little XY vice attachment on the pedestal drill and a 2 fluted mill drill you can cut the slot accurately in the plunger. The object here is to develop a process that people can do at home with basic tools to rebuild and upgrade this tap assy. Ciao

I just open the image in Paint docc then in the top left click resize which presents horizontal and vertical boxes showing 100%. I just change the first box to 90% and it automatically changes the other box to the same. Then when you hit the X it asks if you want to save the image in the new format which you say yest to. Most of my images go from 2.3mb to 900 odd kb. Then I upload to my album and then just copy image from there into my post like you taught me docc. Ciao

At the risk of being repetitive, here is the final product. The seat fitment and sidecovers finalised,the rack supports removed and everything bolted down and fitted up in the final position. The only tasks remaining are the frame to airbox breather tube for which I have some alloy AN fittings coming for, the tank cap drain line for which I have sourced an accessible joiner to make tank removal easier and hook up the oil pressure gauge for the initial start. I was hoping to maybe get a bin. file from Paul Minnaert before I did the first start. He asked me to let him know when I was ready to fire it up but he's currently in serious condition with the Corona virus so he has bigger things to concern himself with naturally. Hoping he's doing better,anyone have updates on how he's doing?. It would be nice to have a Centauro specific bin. file for the initial start so when he's over this period of illness he may be able to assist with that or something closer than the std V11 map. Here's what started this journey for me. Sorry but I've never been able to find a better image of this bike but I have had it on an A4 print in my garage for years and dreaming. I dont know what muffler hangers he's used but I wouldn't mind knowing as I quite like the higher mounting. Ciao