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I hear ya. funny how much time i’ve spent over the years thinking i’ll just get a nice little kit for each bike, then each year I get on a bike and realize it has only a partial kit or no kit, because I probably went on a big ride in previous year and robbed an item from it. should be so easy, but the tire kit gremlins are sneaky little bastards… Small is the usual and obvious goal, so for me the dynaplug little setups are what i usually get (which seem overpriced, but I usually end up with those as they’re small and they work), then either a few co2’s and the adaptor, just to get me to someplace for a proper air fill, or if its a bigger bike with carrying capacity i’m now popping in one of the Fantik (costco, amazon) cordless inflators, since i use those for more subtle pressure adjustments as well. But it’s the off-road bikes with tubes that give me the headaches… hate having to carry irons, a tube, and all that, because its so much stuff, its a drag to have to use on the trail, and on those kind of bikes there’s less room and more stuff needed. For ADV bikes i just get or convert to tubeless, but dirt bikes i’m always fiddling with “smaller” vs “easier to use”, based on what mood i’m in that day.

Love Pecco and glad he won the race, but Marc was legitimately the fastest Factory rider on the track.

That dog looks very happy with itself in that nice boot.

If you have a true expert then you don't need a machine. The guy at the automotive paint shop supplies I use mixed this 2K for my bike. I took him the old alternator bracket off the frame and he matched it by eye. No machine not even using a spray gun just his skills. It's as close to perfect as you can get. In the image is side plate and front frame I painted myself with the original lower frame member for a colour comparison. The colour match is perfect but my spraying and the deep richness and gloss 2K gives straight off the gun is the only difference. These people are rare these days unfortunately. While I was waiting my turn there was a car restorer before me that was having some metallic silver paint matched to the original wheel colour for an old Alfa. Once again he nailed it and the restorer told me this is the only place he sources his paint and matching because the guy is the best there is. Also the front frame compared to the original paint on the main frame back bone.

I love the dry clutch sound. There's nothing better than pulling up next to a rider on an HD at a stop light, and they immediately start looking down at their bike in a panic. It's always epic.

Too funny! Went out to my shop last evening and shortly after, noticed the "missing" clamp lying in a corner below my work bench I use for clean work. Bingo!

Thanks for your reply, fuel flow, tank to pump to filter to throttle bodies. Apparently 2 logical for me to make sense of! Have everything reconnected, ready 2 go except for a short 2prong female electrical connector on the right side above throttle body. Don’t see a male counter part and only thing on tank is is on left side. When ive another moment, I'll see what o.m. and p.m. can teach me.

Say Grant, isn't that the coolest thing about motorcycles, that they all have their own personalities no matter what it might be.

Hey Phil I also have a Ducati Super Sport, so it's tough to decide which one to ride. Both the Super Sport and Le Mans beckon me like alluring sirens.

I believe Marc misunderstood the rules and thought he would have to start from the back of the grid. But he was banking on another mis-understanding of the rules, hoping ten other racers would follow him off the grid. He was confusing the situation with another situation, if more then ten racers pull down pit lane at the end of the warmup lap the rules say the race start will be postponed. That rule was added after most of the grid pulled into pitlane after the warmup lap at, I think, Argentina a couple years ago (but I could be wrong about the specific location). However, that rule was strictly about riders pulling down pitlane at the end of the warmup lap, to prevent a debacle like that from happening again. The rules Marc did not know as well as he thought actually meant he would go out on the warmup lap and start the race from his original grid spot, but then have to do a drive down pitlane to add to his race time the equivalent of lost time as if he had swapped bikes to his other bike to get off the rains and onto slicks. This article covers the various possible scenarios pretty well; https://www.crash.net/motogp/feature/1066604/1/marc-marquezs-cota-motogp-grid-gamble-wrong-reasons-right-decision I don't see what happened as a sign of Pecco getting on equal footing with Marc. What happened was Marc made a few mistakes, the new Marc we have seen went away for that race and the old Marc surfaced. He outsmarted himself trying to outsmart everyone else, and was lucky he didn't face the consequences he was supposed to. And he wanted to crush the field to show his dominance, but he failed. He had the win, the race was his to lose, and he lost it. I hope at the next round Pecco pulls himself up on equal terms with Marc and beats him straight up. Then it will really be on.

It happened because this situation (riders leaving the start grid) is accounted for in the MotoGP regulations. But we can expect the rule to be changed as the three riders who had gambled on slick tires did not get any benefit from being smarter than the rest.

While he most likely expected a different outcome, e.g. starting from pit lane instead of from the grid, because several riders followed his lead to change bikes, he got the best possible deal: a start delay with no penalty and the right for everyone to restart on the grid with their dry bikes. The MotoGP rules are clear; if 11 riders leave the grid, then this is a delayed restart; this rule was implemented to avoid having too many riders starting from pit lane, as it happened once, making it a safety hazard. Obviously, they are going to revisit the rule given that a few riders that had chosen a dry bike had their advantage taken away. However, Marquez was punished since he encroached on that slippery border and terminated his race while in a comfortable lead. This is good for the show. Giving confidence to Bagnaia that Marquez is simply human, and nulled his advantage where he had an edge on everybody else. Hopefully, we are going to see the real confrontation in Qatar, with the advantage evened out.

Back in the day I had a '71 Duke 450 Desmo single (297 lbs. dry weight - glitter silver). My buddy had a '72 Duke Sport. On the 750 the suspension was overly hard for the bumps to the point that a fiberglass fender split in half after hitting a pot hole. The Conti exhausts could have a rake handle shoved down them and hit nothing. The 900ss's(Desmo) that were glitter silver around that era were pieces of art to look at (from a distance). The sound was deep BOOMPH, BOOMPH,BOOMPH. Where I worked in the '80's there was a 900 I listened to most mornings. I have to say it was impressive. The main guy to get Duke parts from was in Grimsby, Ontario but he also had MV Augusta which was his personal favorite. Keith Hart used to talk about doing the ton by the end of the short street he lived on with his MV. I don't ignore Dukes. I don't want to own and support one though. Grant.

Unless you ignore Ducati V twins. Phil

For those who don't happen to speak German.... Those documents were produced by a company that doesn't seem to exist anymore. A quick search turned up a newest reference from 2010 in some forum or other. Nothing newer. What's on the page? Farhzeuggeometrie = Vehicle geometry. Lenkkopfwinkel = steering head angle. Nachlauf = trail. Radstand = wheelbase. So the first section is all about the basic dimensions of the bike. In the next section: Winkelabweichung = Angle deviation. Verdrehung = "twist". "zur" = "to the". "zum" = also "to the". Has to do with conjugation with various different genders for the definite article. "zu" = also "to the". Just take it for granted... Lenkkopf = steering head. Schwingenachse = swingarm pivot. Vorderrad = front wheel, Hinterrad = rear wheel, Lenkachse = the axis of rotation through the steering head. In the last section: Versatz = offset (i.e. error in that case) Räder = wheels Radaufstand Punkt = the point where the wheel touches the ground (I think...). Spur = the line along which the wheels travel. EDIT: "nach" = "to", Links is left, Rechts is right, so "nach Links" is "to the left". The bottom line: both bikes were tested by a company in Bavaria that believed it knew what it was doing, and was recommended in at least one forum. The results show that both bikes were within less than 3mm of being absolutely straight.

Fahrwerk Tuning must be a clue. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

Exactly why do they put springs on those exhaust headers. I mean, how likely is it that both exhaust nuts or bolts are going to come undone, and the spring is the only thing holding it on. Surely there must be a good explanation, other than aesthetics. Any ideas?

Looks a little similar, but 1100Sport seems original, just the bananas material cutting. I'm very pleased with the way she handles. Coud be a machinist made clamp. Lot's of paper to go thru for evidence. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

Do those clamps look similar/same to those on your 1100 Sport? [edit: Actually, with them parked side-by-side, that Meanie-Greenie's clamp looks even more aggressive than the Sport-i !

I've had some results with Teflon tape on the threads, but still experienced that vacuum/ air bubble circumstance even though the system had actually been purged.

And the old trick, pressure on the lever overnight. Cheers Tom.

Fair enough, good point. Though I’d attribute that to the tiny bit of bubble-action we might see when doing a regular brake bleed. Common over the years for me when I KNOW I’ve bled the new fluid through, there shouldn’t be any more visible air, but still that occasional little bubble is seen, so I end up pumping more, but it never really goes away. The vac bleed was giving the same kind of huge air bubbles/gaps I’d been getting when even hand bleeding, and with two different slaves & bleed valves. Still unsolved mystery in my head, though maybe that is the issue, and just using a tiny bit of vacuum and letting it “pull” really slow would be the test for that, along with grease on the threads.

No marking or numbers underneat. Think you mentioned that's an very early Greenie. If a V11 had those clamps in the showrom, NOT 1 woud have been sold. Never ever ridden a bike with a frontend feeling like that Today a nice day [emoji16], may be IPA. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk