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9 hours ago, 80CX100 said:
Back to the OP's original post & info re the left exhaust port looking white.
Just thinking out loud,coming at the evidence from a different direction;
I'd be taking a real hard look at the exhaust gaskets,,, old ones mistakenly left in by POs (including me,lol) can cause sealing issues,,,,happens frequently,,,,,
Did the gaskets or headers show any other signs of exhaust leaks?
Were they well seated & tightened?
yeah they are present, and look very ancient- if i remove them i may be cursed.
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13 minutes ago, gstallons said:
I clean throttle plates/bores on vehicles ALL the time . I get satisfactory results using carb cleaner , toothbrushes , small round wire brushes , small wire brushes , etc.
When I was a lot younger I thought I had to remove the throttle plates to get the job done. Not anymore.
Well on my old v11 I did similar- I’d go in from either side with a solvent wipe wrapped around a wd40 nozzle, which kept them fine as i did it every year. This bike was superficially clean but everything ‘underneath’ has required attention.
I’ve just checked the threads and they seem ok, maybe I got away with it somehow. I’ll pop a dab of locktite on them anyway- don’t want them buggers flyin off into the pot harr!
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2 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:
Now you'll have an issue with damaged threads in the throttle shafts.
Phil
Ah. Another mistake on my part!
At least i can add to my book: “Mistakes and Errors Made by Myself over the Years”. It’s a roaring tale set over 10 luxurious volumes.
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3 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:
Why are you messing with them? I've had a few out for throttle body re bushing and new seals and they are staked in. You need to grind the tail of the screw to remove them. Never any need to touch them otherwise.
70% Cleaning and 30% Curiosity.
I had loads of parts removed to identify an oil leak from the top of the engine, started cleaning everything, checking the loom etc etc.
It didn’t look like the po had ever cleaned the throttle bodies so they were pretty dirty. Taking the plates out allowed me to really clean them and the ports properly.
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Ah right, well i’m setting valves, cleaning the butterflys + ports and balancing etc - i hadn’t thought to look at the injectors but i will do. Ta
Those torx holding the butterfly plates in are very soft aren’t they -
Alright fellas, in the midst of fettling for my mot, took the headers off and i noticed that the left exhaust port was bone white whilst the right hand port was pretty dark and has thick deposits. Is this something to work out or an indication of an issue?
Ta
Stew
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1 hour ago, audiomick said:
At least you remembered, even if a little late.
Yep. The spacer is in the shed as it measured up at 112.3mm- so making a shim for it. Gonna have to smash out a new bearing 😠
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Fitted new rear wheel bearings yesterday. I woke up with a little scream last night as I remembered I didn’t put the spacer in first.
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On 11/30/2022 at 4:19 PM, LaGrasta said:
@stewgnu thank you. I might be interested, can you check shipping for us please, to zip code 92691.
Humm, dunno man, don’t do much posting overseas- but a cursory look suggests maybe twenty quid? Or what’s that: thirty dollars? i don’t know
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Royal mail state ‘up to 6 weeks’. Which is frankly craptacular.
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Any hints/tips/hacks/schneakarounds folks?
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i have a set of tarozzi clips going wanting if you’re interested
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wonder if that’s another brexshit casualty?
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V11 handles bloody awful on low pressure tyres. I cooked a rear disc once on the run up to and wa-hayy around the Scottish rally, which i think was just a badly maintained caliper- clean that bugger once a year!
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Colin Bowden, passed away last year, here his is at 85yo 😀
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“the confusion occurs..”. no snit mate- i’m still not entirely sure what v11 i’ve got!
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59 minutes ago, docc said:
Would that groove be visible with the shift plate off?
Reminds me of that song:
”How greeeeeennn are you geeeeaarsss my love”-
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On 11/12/2022 at 2:26 AM, Tomchri said:
Handling is EX, and 700nm stock. Yes the misses like it.
Cheers Tom.
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Nice- one of the better looking modern beeeeemers.
I have a 2000 740i E38 myself. 4.4 litre beast, sounds mighty, most of the electrics work, only marginal rust around the rear arches 🙂. A pleasure to drive.
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A black bodywork/ red frame?? Take my money!!
The foam topper on the tank is a tool rest mate. 👍
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The real answer is lucky phil is the winner.
His excellent thread on the spring replacement said to ensure precise adjustment of the eccentric prior to re-fitting- which i took note of and realised was my problem when it wouldn’t shift after (the second) installment.
There’s not much room for error.
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21 hours ago, docc said:
I just gotta love the location of the passenger pegs . . . er, maybe that's not what they are . . .
they’re for scratching massive pick-up trucks whilst lane-splitting/filtering 😀
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Well the bike itself i don’t have a problem with- his bike to do with as he pleases, and i like certain aspects of it. The write-up however…
Points that got me included:
91 hp- Has anyone actually achieved that figure on here?
“built before the invasion of complex electronic gadgetry“ - ok so it doesn’t have abs or holeshit technology, but still pretty complex… it’s no monza anyway 😀.
No plastic? Literally all the bodywork, including the mudguards and the damn tank, is plastic. Which leads me to:
“To further reduce the bikes weight (something V11’s are notorious for) Omar continued the use of aluminium for the remainder of the bodywork”. Changing these parts to allyminnyum is gonna save no weight at all. Plus the genuinely heavy components like the wheels, swingarm and bevel drive remain.
“sportsbike handling” … now i love my v11, and i’ll throw her about (a bit), but c’mon.
“more creative design than what the Moto Guzzi factory gave it” @#!#$# off- Marabese created a triumph of lines and shapes with this bike.
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Exhaust ports
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Hmmm it’s all going suspiciously smoothly now… manky old gaskets out, and then i found 4 spare gaskets kicking about the garage- 2 copper ones and 2 composite badgers… ace!