Joe Caruso V11 steel timing gears

[lucky phil]

Just to let people Know Joe is producing his V11 Steel timing gears again. Contact........ joe.caruso@ntlworld.com
I have a set and can vouch for their quality, although I havent gotten around to fitting them. They are so nice seems a shame to hide them inside the engine:)
Heres an historical link.
BTW I have no commercial interest here, just supporting quality engineering.

http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?s=aeffc913faaff2a5845e6e6f02bf4770&showtopic=18899&page=2

Ciao

[Skeeve]

The link you provided is all about the insanity of spending money on replacing the timing chain with aluminum gears to grenade your engine, & doesn't mention Joe Caruso or his steel timing gears in it anywhere, other than a passing mention by yours truly. While it is exciting to hear that someone might be doing a timing gear set correctly, unless you're setting up to race a Guzzi in vintage classes, it just doesn't make much sense to replace the reliable & cheap timing chain setup with something that is going to start off expensive & only stands to get moreso. BTW, any projected price on those?

[lucky phil]

The link you provided is all about the insanity of spending money on replacing the timing chain with aluminum gears to grenade your engine, & doesn't mention Joe Caruso or his steel timing gears in it anywhere, other than a passing mention by yours truly. While it is exciting to hear that someone might be doing a timing gear set correctly, unless you're setting up to race a Guzzi in vintage classes, it just doesn't make much sense to replace the reliable & cheap timing chain setup with something that is going to start off expensive & only stands to get moreso. BTW, any projected price on those?

You're correct but its a good read. If you need a ecconomically rational reason to spend what I seem to recall cost me $600au on a set of beautifully made steel gears that will outlast the engine probably several times over and provide consistently accurate valve timing and hopefully a nice "whine" sound when cold then I dont have one.  
If on the other hand you appreciate engineering purity,elegance and the knowlege you dont need to concern youself with chain tensioners wearing/failing timing moving and some horribly crude device like a chain flapping about inside you engine then you may want to anti up for the gears.
As for making sense, well if I were sensible I wouldnt be riding a motorcycle at 56 to start with.......so I've been told on more than one occasion.
I have  2 sets, 1 for the V11 and another for the Daytona engine I'm building up.

Ciao

[Skeeve]

You're correct but its a good read. If you need a ecconomically rational reason to spend what I seem to recall cost me $600au on a set of beautifully made steel gears that will outlast the engine probably several times over and provide consistently accurate valve timing and hopefully a nice "whine" sound when cold then I dont have one.  
If on the other hand you appreciate engineering purity,elegance and the knowlege you dont need to concern youself with chain tensioners wearing/failing timing moving and some horribly crude device like a chain flapping about inside you engine then you may want to anti up for the gears.
As for making sense, well if I were sensible I wouldnt be riding a motorcycle at 56 to start with.......so I've been told on more than one occasion.
I have  2 sets, 1 for the V11 and another for the Daytona engine I'm building up.

Ciao

If they were only AU$600 I wouldn't weep for the injustice of it all; the only steel gears I remember seeing for the V11 were something like US$1200/set once you converted the price from UK sterling. Ouch!