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The consensus, I think, is that all 6 speeds need it. Nevertheless I put one in my 1100 Sport 5 speed, just because all the cool kids do it. No meaningful updates on production, except that it's still happening.

Peter S. I am the original owner of bike 18. I bought it from M&S M/Cycle. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I was the guy who tried to log all the members and was in contact with Keith Davies of 3 Cross M/c who's idea the Dr John was. He supplied me with the engine Nos etc. If I can be of any assistance please get in touch. I sold the bike to a chap from Ilkley West Yorkshire.

glad to see #5 win one

It was a great race. That track tends to deliver great races. Jorge Martin took a gamble and it almost paid off. But I am not sure why he gambled. It hurt his title hopes in the end. Not a Zarco fan, but glad to see him finally get a win. Bagnia was on his game, waiting for the race to come to him and pushing the issue when the time was right. Super happy for DiGi. He seems to deserve it. He is better then his results say. Seems like his mechanic finally figured out what he needs. Shame he is loosing that seat to Marc while Alex Marquez is keeping his seat. But perhaps Alex Marquez was more about luring Marc to the team then his results. If so, mission accomplished.

A sad and recurring issue with web postings: a ten year old topic by a poster who has not visited in two years. The images become "de-hosted" and de-linked. Only the OP, @Bjorn, could restore these, AFAIK . . .

I agree about lack of sympathy for people doing stupid shit... as well as my own luck in surviving doing stupid shit and 50-mile lane-splitting commutes through Los Angeles. For the record I do not count lane-splitting as stupid shit. I think it should be legal nation-wide. But it's cool how this topic has turned to parenting. My dad once said (in a threatening/controlling way) that I could have a motorcycle the day I moved out of his house. So I left. I had some small Hondas for my daughters. XR70 and 100 when they were younger. I've taken them all on street rides on various bikes, and now we have a TW200 that they ride with me on dirt roads. It's always been safety first and full gear even for short trips or hot days when gear is inconvenient. They no longer ask "Do I really have to wear the boots." My two youngest daughters still enjoy riding in the dirt with me and I have encouraged both of them to get their permits and licenses. Mostly so we can legally ride on dirt roads or into town for gas and lunch. But so far they have not done that and I don't push it. However, when we are in a car together, I enjoy their banter about other motorcyclists' attire or behavior. They always start with "My dad would never..." and then go on with things like: ...let me wear sandals. ...go that fast between lanes. ...ride in shorts and t-shirt. ...let that ho-bag on his motorcycle. They get brutal. They're so funny.

Finally Zarco.... I thought it came at the right time, and not as a lucky gift because of the weather. He actually had to work to make it happen. Of course, Jorge Martin took a gamble, which almost worked. Zarco explained that he felt that if he was only going to try to stay second, those behind him may have taken the chance, so he had to seize on the moment. Anyway, we had Zarco's signature back flip on a MotoGP race finally, in Philip Island nonetheless; nice! Tomorrow's races have been pushed up one hour on weather forecast.

Well, as expected, Jorge Martin did the pole and fastest lap record. BB behind but at 0.4", followed by Francesco Bagnaia who did manage Q2 with MM93. One has to admire how Marc Marquez is shamelessly using tows to maximize his chances. In Q1, he initially started with Pecco, but when Augusto Fernandez managed 1st and Pecco 2nd, he switched to Fernandez managed Q2. Same technique used in Q1, less successful though. Only 7th. Still, Joan Mir is only 16th. Will Marquez continue catching tows on a Ducati?

This morning, going to Brenham on the 290 (car), I was on the right hand lane of a dual carriageway, or a two lanes highway in the US. The posted speed at this point is 65 mph, with everyone going minimum 70 or more. Including 18 wheelers. There was a truck in front of me that was going about 50, and then I discovered the reason why it was going so slow..... This was a young lady from Hungary on some kind of Honda model which I don't have seen before... but most likely with a small mono-cylinder engine 125cc. Although she was keeping to the right as much as she could, no lane splitting is about the most respected motorists rule here. She was slowing down everybody on a very busy truck way, possibly unaware of it too. Sometimes going too slow is as dangerous as too fast....

Do I want that? L NO!! et me think about that for a minute...

The perfect annular view was only possible from San Antonio TX.... The photo below shows the sun rays shadowed by the moon as they reflect on the ground. Really amazing!

got speedbleeders on mine, they’re great

Why a Guzzi? Why a V11? Why not???

I’ve been wondering why the front end felt awkward in the corners for a month or so- adjusting the suspension didn’t seem to help a great deal. Turns out the front wheel bearings have a bit of play in them so changing them is today’s job. That along with tyre pressures I think is crucial.

I knew a Dentist friend who called his bike "House Calls." His receptionist was trained to say, "No, the Doctor cannot see you today. He is out on House Calls."

Motorcycles don't attract women, they screen out the unworthy ones.

I had a bad experience with chain drive. I had a bad experience with radiators. I found inline fours expensive to service. The BT1100 bulldog didn't have the ground clearance. The BMW boxers had moved away from oil based paint and mine was desolving beneath me. I saw a year old low mileage V11 at a good price and decided to give it a try. That was May 2004. I am still testing it.

My late brother-in-law had a theory: everyone who wants a driving licence for a car should have to ride a motorcycle for at least a year before being allowed to drive a car. That would ensure that the really stupid ones would cease to be a problem. The "Darwin" principle, so to speak... I can't say that I would be for that, but he had a point. I often think about whether we were more stupid than the the idiots these days. I'm not sure if anything has really changed in the mindset. The bigger problem is that the bikes these days are so much faster. Riding flat knacker in the early '80s (my time...) was just not as silly as riding flat knacker on a modern sports bike. I've been here a couple of times https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/51.3959/11.0761 Kelbra, at the north end, is a fairly pleasant ride, just over an hour, from Leipzig, and the squiggly bit from Kelbra to Bad Frankenhausen is really good fun. There is a cafe at the Kelbra end http://www.cafe36-online.de/ All very nice, but one really doesn't want to be there on a weekend. Overrun from maniacs, and one can't help thinking "did they all leave their brain at home?" However, in "my" time I was in Melbourne. The meeting point was the Yarra Boulevard (has been mentioned here already...) https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/-37.7957/145.0187 We used that bit of road, in "the middle of town", as a race track. I heard that one bloke lost it in the curve south of the freeway, and his bike went over the railing of the bridge and landed on the freeway. One bloke I met there a few times had a Suzuki GSX 1100 S Katana. One time he was complaining that he had skinned his knee because he got the knee down in the corner and he was only wearing jeans. Another story was someone that got t-boned as he went to do a u-turn from the curb and didn't see the bloke that was coming past. Madness, with the only difference that the bikes weren't as fast as the ones these days. The irony of fate: For years, decades even, I have always told young riders and prospective pillions "whatever you do, always wear an appropriate jacket, boots, and GLOVES!!! Imagine how awkward it would be if you couldn't wipe your own arse for a couple of weeks. When I had *my* accident about 5 years ago, after about 35 years of motorcycling, guess what happened. Right forefinger left wrist left hand and a damaged vertebra that was fortunately stabile. It was only a week or so before I could look after myself, but still...