Walterg

Thanks Docc. A good tip and great links! I replaced the spring in the gearbox a couple of years ago and that's a good place to start the search.

In the mean time I started taking the bike apart and the next step is to inbolt tje rear part of the gearbox. Do you wise men have any tips or links on how to do this?

Yeah. I noticed the sound when I pushed the bike into the garage. I had left it in gear when I came home so I grabbed the clutch en thus noticed the sound. The drive shaft is fine. I can hear the sound coming from inside the gearbox.

Hi all, Yesterday I noticed that when I have the bike in gear without the engine running and hold in the clutch lever and push the bike back and forth a bit, a slight rattling noise can be heard coming from the gearbox. It's very hard to hear where exactly it the sound is actually coming from. Any ideas or suggestions? It's a V11 Le Mans from 2003.

So our nylon tanks attract water and as the material absorbs water it swells and causes the tank to expand. But how do the bubbles develop ? With vinyl wrap I meant wrapping the tank with a wrapping foil. Not Plastidip. Something like this

i thought I'd post an update. The tank has still not been painted yet. From what I learned it's almost impossible to paint a plastic gastank without getting bubbled paint after a few weeks or a few years. The gastank allows fuel to vent or breath (sorry. I'm looking for words here..) through the plastic material and causes the new paint or the wrapping to let go and bubble. Does anyone have any experience with this ?

Leaking oil from the gasket which is at least 4 years old and I never had any issues with it.

i blew the left head gasket while going for a ride after I replaced the fork oil....

I can now see that there's only the original clear coat on the tank. I think that if I sand down the edges a bit you wont be able to see it after the bike has been wrapped. I chose to wrap it because I just want to try it out myself and I'm not sure about how I want to have the bike painted eventually. If I don't like the result I'll just tear it off. Not sure about fuel spillage etc but I'll see and find out.

Thanks Phil.

I want to paint or wrap my gas tank and was wondering how to get the damaged transparent plastic coating of the tank. The coating has come off here and there and I think I need to take it all off if I want to paint or wrap my tank. Any tips or experience on this ? Walter

Niceeeee !!

You can check this by looking through the hole on the right side of the clutch housing while the engine is running. Remove the rubber bung first

NICE !

I finally managed to remove the bugger !

The chrome MASS mufflers I have were a direct replacement for the originals. No changes to the bike were necessary so i could keep the original footrests. The guy at MASS also offered different options for shape, colour or finishing for the same price. I payed € 825 for the pair including postage.

The CF mufflers I have lying around look fine. No scratches or anything but if I recall correctly one of them has a very small leak somewhere. If you want them I'll be willing to sell them for a small price.

I think I still have a pair of CF mufflers in my garage. I'll check them this evening to see if they aren't damaged. I live near Rotterdam.

I used my digital multimeter to find the faulty wire going from the ECU relay to the ECU that didn't allow the bike to start.