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It got me thinking about a color change. Researching the vin breakdown, every number or letter is accounted for except the 9th. KR is the model (Sport?) and AKR is the variant (LM?) The 9th is described as undefined, or free. It has a range of 0 to 9. Anyone have any idea what that is for? None of the rest are reserved for color. The vin on both my bikes are the same but for the 9th (the LM is a 4 and the Tenni is a 6) and the last five (serial) I would assume one could paint a red one champaign, change it on the title, and no one would be the wiser. A Tenni would be harder to fake but not impossible.

We have two TSC rain barrels that look and work well enough, but only hold 55G each. One's at the house for flowers there; the other down near those ones you saw in the pix. The two big guys are German feed or something tanks that, once used, are all over the market, We paid about $100 each for ours. Hooked up to the gutter system to the Moto Grappa, they hold 1000L/300G each. Impressively -- and as an illustration about how much surface even a roof of a 50x30 building has -- one big thunderstorm will fill them in an afternoon! We have a number of new trees that require weekly watering in the summer (25 or so gallons each) and that worried us enough about depleting our well that we tried the rain route. So far, so fine. Cursor? Hadn't thought of that. Maybe. I'd like to think so, but my "little white" cursor is an arrow. Mebbe a Mac thing. Thanks. Bill Thanks. I'd like to find a big one or 2 of those German feed things. I need auxiliary water too. Doesn't everybody? So I changed my little white arrow to black, which makes it easier to see! I also found a feature to "find" my cursor by hitting ctrl. That's cool. My black arrow still turns into a little white hand when it touches to highlight. So I blame Win10.

I love that color.

"I'm going to try to make a different spring arrangement that will last longer. Maybe a pair of lighter springs, or an extra turn on a spring made of similar wire, or use better material." Marty

Thanks so much Chuck for your efforts. Much appreciated. Bikes will be pleased too. check's in the mail!

Just like at the BMV

I like your cistern set up Bill. I that a dedicated, or a re purposed? I think the 'little white hand' meant the cursor

that's the one that has gone out on me twice. once a Siemens and once a GEI. never noticed the heat

I use Three Bond 1194 for most of my seals. (grey) I used it on a vintage leaky carb and it worked great there too. I wish we could find a replacement spring that was larger and would not break! The new "upgrade" looks just like the old one to me. I got one each from MGCycles and Harpers. Both measure the same as what I took out.

Scud, what a fantastic loop. too right about what 'coulda happened'. I am greatful it was not worse. MartyNZ sent me the link to that repair for the Ti can. It looks fairly easy. I haven't done the clutch yet either. Winter comes, as Jon Snow says.

have you swapped the clutch yet?

I watched as a large fan in my shop's ceiling, fell on both my Guzzi's. It put a deep gouge on my seat cowl on one bike, and a nice dent in my new Ti muffler on the other. I was close enough to see it come loose and I managed an attempt at swatting it away. Like when you knock over your beer and you move like lightning to catch it.... and to everyone's amazement, you do, but the beer still goes everywhere. "Nothing's really helping I've been thinking 'bout drinking again" - Avett Brothers

Very nice.

here's a recent thread. not exactly the same, but similar problem. maybe it'll spark an idea. electric of some kind, my guess. I'd start with replacing the fuel pump relay. http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19501&hl=

damn. sorry to hear that. when ya get a moment, elaborate some on the spring, if you don't mind. How long did that one last? Did you replace the arm with the new size boss? I've replaced both on my two bikes. Am I riding around with a false sense of security? I do carry a spare new spring, but that's only so it won't happen.

Will that product Flitz put the shine back in the CF parts? mine are definitely faded. I was afraid to use it on my CF mufflers only because they used less resin in construction, creating a more textured surface. Sun fading caused them to have a dry and rough surface. I thought the white creamy polishing compound would be a mess. I used Flitz on my CF dash panel and a BMW CF front fender like yours. It made them look new. They had a smooth resin surface to start with under that sun fade, and they polished up just like the aluminum that the product was made for. Works well on paint fade too. Just be careful to not polish right through the paint. It takes all that dry chalky crap right off. I have only used a moist rag and fingers, be veeerrry careful to use an electric tool. It will put a shine on the 'factory flat' dulled finishes, and will restore the faded pork chops too. Probably any high quality metal polish will do the same thing. I just always have a tube of Flitz around. Did I say.. your bike is beautiful? ps. I used it to clean my head pipes when they were off last winter. It cleaned off everything, and put a nice polish on as well.

The bike looks gorgeous! My tail rack was a bit wider but sprung back easy when tightened. I'm glad it wasn't smaller! If those side covers and front fender are carbon fiber, I can recommend a product called Flitz. It's a fine aluminum polish and it worked well for me on my CF dash panel. I used it on the sun faded tail body paint too. A little elbow grease and it shined up great.

very.. very nice bike. good score, good job.

I haven't used that brand, but I did use a somewhat similar thing on my K1200 BMW. It was a detachable wing from an MRA shield (for another Bike). It had adjustable legs and I mounted it at the top of my windscreen. It worked well. What I discovered is, while it did not direct the wind up and past me, it created a turbulence at just the right spot in front of my head. This acted like a wall of sorts, which seriously reduced the direct winds that hit me in the face. I think the Laminar Lip works like that. I met some old timer cross country bikers years ago at a rest stop out west. They used the 'lips' and swore by them. They advised me to start (on the beemer) with just adding some split tubing to the edge of my windscreen for an experiment. (of course the V11 comes with this) I could actually tell a difference in the effect it had on helmet buffeting. Not much, but noticeable. Point is, anything you can do to disrupt the air flow will show a range of effects on your helmet. You just have to find the sweet spot. My red LM came with the higher MRA windscreen (4") and it's effect on me was not desirable. It did direct wind up, but it created more buffeting, which is what wears on my neck and shoulders. I find the stock screen to be just about right, but I wouldn't be afraid to play with a small wing if I found the right one.

I'm jealous! And happy for you! (There is a tune-up procedure posted in "Frequently Asked Questions"): http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12204 There are some improvements and perhaps "easier" methods that could give you excellent results. It would be a good topic post for the Technical Topics as we all probably need to revisit this "tune-up" idea! Plus 1 on all that!

take ya time. I'll pay extra attn to my shifts till it gets here. then I can rejoice in the difference. AND it'll be the strongest part on the bike.

Chuck, I sent an email to 59chuck at g mail dot com ---I FORGOT the dot after59!!!! I asked for 2. Do you have me down for 1 at least? I will shoot an email to the correct one now weird thing is, the wrong address went through??? so, I sent it without the dot and then without a capital C. you may have rec'd more than one. sorry It seemed easy:(

See the thread on shifter improvements. Got it. I'll take one Chuck

what's it extend? I've been outa town

I like what I'm reading about Penrite. I can't find it for sale in USA except one place in California with no website, and ebay... don't want to use ebay for this.