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Is this the same? http://www.eaglescreens.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/M17Pricess.jpg

Do Eagle Screens do one? I think it’s the same screen used on the Balabio and Titanium amount others. Eagle may have a mould or whatever. Can you post up a pic? I can enquire after the weekend if you wish?

New or used

Here are the photos so you can judge; the BMW one fits both sides, while the Quota has a distinct part number for the left or right side. I was amazed to find out these are directly listed from BMW Motorrad, and the catalog have the spare parts available for ALL their motorcycles, including the vintage ones... Obviously, BMW has the financial strength to do that. You can still order pistons for your R-90S from the 70's....

Shipping my Quota's Tachometer/Speedometer to Germany from the US: 200 USD cheapest I found with FedEx, including a big mess since they did not enter it as temporary importation, but permanent. Even if I had clearly filled in the custom document. Shipping from Germany, 50 EUR up to 3kg... A lot of the riding gear is also half price in Europe compared to here. And this was before the import taxes were changed.

Let's just say that "wind noise" would have been a welcome improvement. That said, I would love to get some riding video/audio using your expert tips. Thanks for sharing those with us!

and what did you have to do today?

Good technical advice. I would trade what I had to do today for wind noise . . .

Nice film, but the wind noise is annoying. If you want to reduce that, find the apeture for the microphone, and stick a nice thick bit of low-density foam rubber over it. To find the apeture, have a look at the camera, and when you think you have it, make a recording and scratch lightly on the hole you think is the mic. If you've got it, it will be obvious on the recording.

Where I live, there is no such thing as "overkill" . . ---> It's kil't. Or it ain't. I've put sixty-six tires on mySport (and had the wheels and suspension parts off numerous other times). It only fell off the jacks once . Belt + suspenders for ever . . .

We like overkill . Cheers Tom.

Just saying transport is ridiculous both ways. Ordered 3 fuse boxes from US, may be 60gr, freight 206 $. What. Shipped to sister in-law in NY 9$. Cheers Tom.

Do these rubber inserts drop in place ?

That's the one I purchased. It is slightly longer, but it is a drop in place. It's 20.66 EUR from BMW, with VAT, so 17 EUR tax free. https://www.pieces-bmw-moto.fr/bmw-moto/affectation_pieces_detachees/46711242109

I wish I could take credit for the tuning. We do get congestion at the usual peak hours. In the summer I like to get out about 5am and have the whole Island to myself. Nice sounding pipes are next on the list. I'd love to hear it reverberating around the mountains.

Looks like you have her in a lovely state of tune, there, @Molly! Not sure how you can stand all that traffic congestion . . .

Eh, these come up here from time to time edit; close but no cigar, same top not same bottom, BMW 46 71 1 242 109

The feeling of fresh tires is always nice. The worse the previous tires were the better the new tires feel. I have a few stands, mostly rear wheel stands that lift by the back of the swing arm. Once secured on that stand, getting the front up of the ground on a V11 can typically be done with a jack under the sump. But I make sure the bike is literally tied to the rear stand before doing that. I also have a couple stands that lift the front by the bottom of the forks. I also have a dolly I built with 4 casters and some wood that fits under the sump of a Guzzi. That holds it off the ground and allows me to wheel it around while both wheels are removed. And in extreme cases I have a hoist in the ceiling of my garage that can lift the entire bike off the ground if desired. But that I don't normally do. That is overkill.

Thanks guys. I did see that they do a dedicated V11 stand. Pretty sure I can use a couple of 18mm sockets / longer bolts to make the 9T one work. A guy was clearing-out his garage and sold it to me for £20. I figured you can never have enough means of getting a bike off the ground ;-) Weather's been pretty good this Easter break. Done about a hundred miles on those Road 6s now. Such an improvement. My old tyres weren't a matched set and were more than ten years old. Truthfully, when buying the bike from a dealer over in Wales I forgot to ask for the date codes on the tyres (does anybody do that?). So I've been bimbling around on Bakelite for eighteen months. It seems to track so much better through the corners now. Turns much more easily. I keep a GoPro on the bike. Recorded this on one of my favourite Isle of Man roads yesterday. Bit sheepy but lots of twisty undulation in the second half.

Very nice, and now I'm convinced about Billy Strings. If he can keep up with Tommy Emmanuel like that, he's ok.

Yeah, I've followed Tommy for years. Here's apparently an unrehearsed duet. They play off each other effortlessly.. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zO8IwPbALK4?si=A59t9lHVbBZgvrQl" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> Well, that didn't work..

Got one! Ebay.