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  1. A "racing incident" doesn't mean nobody made an error it means the error wasn't stupid or reckless and other factors contributed to the outcome. I watch a ton of racing ( WSB, Au champs, Motoamerica, Motogp, all the irish racing, speedway and much more) and have been involved over many years and I've never had the thought that Nakagami is a dangerous or risky rider. Back in the 90's at the Phillip Island round of WSB I was talking to a well known top WSB rider at the time in the pits after race 1 and he was spitting chips about Nori Haga's riding with whom he had been having a big battle. I went and looked at it afterwards thinking I'd missed something but nope just hard racing no quarter given or taken. Rider phycology has always a been a big part of their success, it just hasn't been understood until quite recently by most. Often there's more gains to be had in the head than the machine. Phil
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  2. Since the seat is applying upward pressure at 90ยบ to the latch, I give a good push down on the seat at the strap (or the passenger section if the cover is off) and then turn the key. Once the load is removed, the mechanism can ("should") work as intended. As to springs, I switched the idle spring out, but I think I used one of the stainless springs from my collection. I never throw a spring away. All pump bottles, from medication to hand soap to shampoo, have stainless springs in them.
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  3. That torque spec is likely in the manual based on the fastener's shaft diameter and thread pitch. Remember, with pinch bolts to work in steps and know that the last fastener to fully torque will loosen the other. at the end of the session, work bath and forth between them until no further rotation occurs to achieve the specification.
    3 points
  4. Racing incident or first corner bunching as Speedway often consider it and no rider excluded. I thought Peccos response was interesting considering he took out Jorge Martin in a bone headed up the inside and lose it on the brakes 2 rider incident at Qatar earlier in the year. Riders have very short memories. I thought Nakagami just made a small mistake on the brakes into the first corner not a stupid move. The other thing of note was naka got a really really good launch and drive off the start and when he went down wasn't from the areal shot stull trying desperately to get it stopped. He had got 98% of his braking done fine and just lost the front trail braking the last %2, certainly not a reckless out of control lunge. There's a massive amount going on into the first turn on the opening lap, cold tires, no .aero, cold brakes, massive compressing of the field and riders trying to improve positions. You have to expect the odd mistake here sometimes. Bagnia said in the interview " you can't overtake 12 riders into the first corner" Have a look at the replay and check out Mir firing it up the inside into turn 1 after the start. Started in 19th position and came out of turn 1 in 5th, so made 14 places into the first corner. Riders, some aren't paid because they're thinkers thats for sure. Alex Rins was winging like a 3 year old about an incident with Naka in the previous race and I watched it a dozen times and Naka did zero wrong. He ran his bike out onto the paint and used all the track and held his trajectory and Rins tried to go up the inside on the exit and lost it. Riders under pressure looking for excuses why they crashed. Ciao
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  5. Hi Van, Please update T104. I recently bought this bike through @TLM from Mat van Stijn. Cheers, Bas (the Netherlands) Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk
    2 points
  6. Our V11 Designer: Luciano Marabese, on the V11 Sport, with Rodolfo Frascoli : [image linked to https://www.motociclismo.it/la-morte-di-luciano-marabese-morto-a-68-anni-il-designer-moto-guzzi-gilera-piaggio-66470 ]
    2 points
  7. Any + and - ,, anybody with a V4 Strada S ? Only 60miles today between shovers, will see. Looks like shit to my V11. Most likely a fun transport piece. Cheers T. Sent fra min SM-A525F via Tapatalk
    1 point
  8. I try to stay away from opining on experts so far above my level, but I couldn't help but review the video a number of times. Taka had things well under control on the brakes, looked like he was thinking of taking a bit wider line when another rider came in from his left, having slowed more than Taka could accomodate. Had this other rider not come into his line, I don't think the crash would have happened. I'm with the race refs, just a racing incident and no fault of Taka's.
    1 point
  9. Done! Welcome @4Bazz ! [I also cleaned up the format for easier reading ]:
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  10. Race direction's rationale was they looked at the telemetry, and Takagami started to brake at the same time the others did. They did not give him a penalty because he had not attempted to brake too late. Rins has a broken wrist. Rins has a point when he says that stewards are possibly out of touch with the reality of the sport today. Normally, you try to keep up by continuous learning, but I doubt any of the stewards has tried one of the recent MotoGP, to even get an idea of what it is.
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  11. If you have the factory manual, on page 12 it gives the generic torque for any bolts not specifically listed in the component sections. Paul B
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  12. No, actually we haven't all done it. In fact, very few of us have done it. That said, if it wasn't so tragic it would have been hysterical. What a bonehead move by Aleix. That is worse than crashing on the cool down or warm up lap.
    1 point
  13. This happened to me right after I bought my guzzi. The former owner and I started to take the back end apart and wasted a lot of time without success. I somehow found this forum post and based on all the responses, I solved the problem. Thanks Everyone! Like many others here, the root cause is the spring fell off the release latch. I have a fiber optic probe which I stuck under seat toward the very back on left side of the bike. The probe light illuminated the latch assembly. I slid ice pick in and triggered the latch to release. Once seat was off I wired the spring onto the latch to stop it from sliding off again.
    1 point
  14. I only bought it for the pillion cover, and a hopefully neglected crash piece. I don't need any more luggage than I already have.
    1 point
  15. Yank that sucker !! If you haven't already, I'd pull the dipstick and see if it smells of the gas from overfueling. Paul B
    1 point
  16. We have all done it once in our lives.... finishing our race one lap before the end... I really feel bad for Aleix Espargaro, trading a second place to finish 5th. Not a complete disaster as with Francesco Bagnaia. Fabio Quartararo has shown everyone he is the man of the moment. Pretty boring race too... off to Moto Ameirca then!
    1 point
  17. Like anything..it is worth what as much as a buyer is willing to pay and what a seller is willing to sell it for...I never pay much attention to what "typical prices" are..If I want it I want it...If I have the money I buy it.
    1 point
  18. I just went to the Dylan Center in Tulsa. I'd post photos but they're too large to post. I did meet a fellow a couple of weeks ago on a Rosso Corsa Lemans that rode with me. Found out he works for Bonham's auction as a motorcycle specialist and was involved with selling McQueen's Husky from OAS ($220k). Also met Rudy and Michael D.
    1 point
  19. G'day folk's Well negotiations have taken a startling turn for the better.... We have a long weekend coming up in a couple of weeks and the minister has given her approval for a 3 x day getaway! WooHoo And you wouldn't believe it we are currently having significant weather issues down here for the first week of winter just to rub my nose in it! So we have a week from Saturday for it to ease up so we can get away.The high country is definitely OUT but we have an alternative if Good ole Mother nature comes to the party.... Fingers and Toes are crossed.... Cheers Guzzler
    1 point
  20. Well, I must say our Southern Hemisphere Brothers have totally come through for the rest of us through our "Winter of Riding Dreams." I suppose riding season may be coming into some weather-related limitations down there? I hope that we No'th-ners return the encouragement and inspiration while all-y'all charge batteries and fight off the mice&ice . . . Many thanks!
    1 point
  21. This writing from Dave Richardson, originally posted on MGNOC at the V11 introduction, should be referenced here, IMO. The date of the writing is unspecified, as far as I can see, but must be very early ~2000 (?) Thank you, MGNOC, for archiving this excellent contribution to the V11 Sport history and origins! (And thanks to our member @ScuRoo for re-posting this excellent reference!) https://www.mgnoc.com/print/print_article_ask_the_wrench.html
    1 point
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  23. Did anyone else have trouble opening these attachments? Mike
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