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One thing to include is a first aid kit and a tourniquet. Gauze, big bandages and tape are more important than band aids. Bandaids are always in my wallet. This stuff hardly takes up any space and weighs almost nothing. When I pack up the Stelvio it is the last thing to go in. Stays right on top. Since I ride alone mostly IDK how well I could administer to myself, but I have one nonetheless. You just never know.

Vinyl records and pick-up players. I offered a Thorens player (including an extra diamant needle) on a local e-bay site for 50 Euro (how stupid can you be?) some 20 years ago in an attempt to clear all the old audio stuff. Towers we called them, on top the pick-up, then an amplifier, the radio and below the double deck cassette player. All seperate units in a 19" rack. We had 3 of them, but this with the Thorens was the best. It was sold in 15 minutes, the guy arrived 1,5 hours later, had driven 200km (and 100km/h really is the max speed overhere. I knew by then that it could have gone for 10 times the price :-). Anyway, In all those 20 years after, I never played the records. So, I think, I should make somebody else happy with them. After all, they are getting popular again and before you know it they end up in a box behind all the windsurfing stuff. Anybody interested in a couple of boards and sails?

You’ll get no argument from me……

On the valve clearance,: Yes, it is a little thing to do in the morning with the cold engine and I only do this after I get annoyed by irregular ticking of the pushrods, it is definitely not a daily routine. And the other part: I used to organize trips for the Guzzi Club overhere and it is not that I had all of this in my bags, but we usually had this as a group. The ignition coil helped people back on the road again, just like a spare fuel pump that some one saved from an old Subaru (it worked fine on a EV or Cali 1100ie) and inner tubes and tyre spoons. . It is actually a kind of anekdote. One of us started to run on one cylinder. We removed the side panel of this Tonti Guzzi and one ignition coil was much warmer than the other. Well, you can imagine the guy thought this would be the end of the trip for him, but down in my bag I had this spare ignition coil. Ten minutes later we were going again.

What a great topic! Link to a previous discussion:

You would adjust your valves gap during a ride? Those I would probably not consider; I had a little taste of the AMA emergency number when my V11 refused to start, and the assistance came with all the above mentionned. I know you were kidding, but my entire day was saved by the 10 and 13mm tools.

Pozidriv has been around for a LONG time . Phillips , Reed & Prince , Pozidriv , Tri-wing and JIS (Japanese Phillips) and maybe more are all modifications of the original Phillips head pattern. The Resistorx , I think is a tamperproof Torx. You see them around bathroom stalls . There is a pin in the center of the Torx "hole" . Oh , things change all the time . A few years ago Torx Plus came out . It looks like a stripped Torx bit. By now IDK if there is something newer or not ? Trust me , they will change something EVERY 5-10 years.

Bugger indeed mate.. Get well soon eh.

Silly question here. We're all "converted". The V11 Models have various issues, mostly minor. You can find very extensive information on all of them here. It is possible to iron them all out. Go for a ride on it. You'll either love it immediately, or not. If you don't love it, don't buy it. If you do, buy it. It is really as simple as that. My V11 Le Mans has a number of problems, all solvable. My problem is finding the time to get onto them. Even so, every time I ride it, I come home with a smile on my face.

I can be philosophical telling someone else to throw stuff away .

It was a good day for it.

On March 1st, @PJPR01 and I set out to get our Texas Tour flags from Bandera. We had a rendez-vous at a café in Fayetteville. After pies and coffee, a start attempt on the Quota killed the lights, and thereafter no more power! the Quota has both side panels locked by quick 1/4 of turn screws. No tool needed to access both sides. Checked the fuses, checked all relay properly inserted. On the other side, moving the battery restablished power. But start attempt cut it off again. The seat had to come off, and we needed a 13mm spanner to remove it. After checking the battery connections, the two screws holding the connections showed no gaps, but were not fully tightened. Those have a combined philips/10 mm heads. Fortunately, a guy who witnessed the scene had a whole workshop in his truck. With one tool set imperial, the other metric!!! with the battery connections tight, everything went back to normal. The second mishap happened shortly after one of the stops made in Hondo. Item 10 of the drawing came off item 12. The gear box was stuck in 4th. Nylstop nut 19 requires a 10mm wrench. After loosening it with a proper 10mm combination flat wrench, the item 12 was reinserted and 19 locked again. To insert the splined axe into the gear lever 10, we used an adjustable spanner to hammer the gear shifter while holding the gear lever with another flat wrench from behind. Note: the adjustable spanner could not untight the 10mm nut. The morse would slip the edge. So I have established that I need a 10, 13, mm combination flat wrenches, and an aerospace metric 1/4" such as the one shown in the picture. Maybe a small hammer too... I discovered new screw head standards that I was not aware of; did you know about: Pozidriv® screws? Resistorx® screws? it seems that those Philips, Flat, Torx, are getting old... Now what do you have in your emergency tool kit with you at all time?

In an accidental way, I noticed a Wordpress site I subscribed or connected to in the past but have forgotten: it's Orson't amazing Travel Blog. Scrolling there, I saw the time he visited Northern Ireland on a Scotland-Ireland venture more in 2011. We went to the North West 200: unfortunately a bad year when heavy rain, a bomb scare and a huge oil spill prevented racing most of the day. Orson was on his Triumph Thruxton rather than V11 for that trip. I think he a few bikes stored in various parts of the world for his travels. Last time he was on the forum here seems to be 2019 and I don't see any author info/bio on Orson's Travel Blog or dates on posts. Is there any news of Orson?

^wow, that was 10 years ago...

10 and 13 wrench and allen keys 5 and 6 are definitely necessary in the toolbox. I also like to have a filler gauge for setting the valve clearence right (although this is remarkable stable at the V11 Sport). And then you need a 11mm wrench and a something to hold the adjustment screw. And for my friends I bring an additional emergency starter battery, a spare ignition coil, tyre repair kit an extra 18" inner tube, inner cables and mounting sockets, some extra poles for their tents, inflatable mattress repair kit and a canister to swap petrol from one tank to the other. Yeah, we always make it home. :-)

Have you changed your opinion after the Buriram race? I hope I am wrong, but I can easily see the 2025 being a one man show. I am going to accept that Francesco Bagnaia had an issue with the small tank that has to be installed for the sprint race. Simply because Jorge Lorenzo had that issue too, and started to be winning as soon as it was resolved. But during the main race, there wasn't any technical problem to overcome. The six Ducati were exactly the same for the opening GP. There are all GP24, and we can expect them to trust the front at each GP. The major surprise came from AI Ogura on the Aprilia, and I am extremely optimistic about Jorge Martin being able to throw a spanner in the Ducati works, once he gets back in shape. As for the rest of the field, unfortunately, not much has changed, especially that I now know that KTM is running the same 2024 machines, so we can expect the same unresolved difficulties. Honda seems to be on the right track. I heard through the grapevine that Pirelli may have gotten the MotoGP tire supply from 2027. I only read it on one of the Italian media Motosprint.it, but did not see any official announcement anywhere else. Here's the article: https://www.motosprint.it/news/eventi/gp-tailandia/2025/03/01-7969376/pirelli_in_motogp_dal_2027_le_ragioni_di_una_scelta Motosprint is a magazine, albeit only digital form today, that I used to read when I discovered it in the 80's in Italy. I liked the magazine only reported about motorcycling sports, and nothing else. In the article that you can google translate nowadays, they state its a done deal.

Sounds like most of us could benefit from a little Swedish Death Cleaning...that includes me. Yes, it is a thing.

A brief update….new set of relays, DeOxit on the battery terminal connectors and minor tidy up the pack of poo tickets. Haven’t removed the tank but all the other bodywork has had a clean prior to eventual refitting and also a dose of ACF50. Battery remains upright with a new tray and strap. To place side down as others suggested, with so many wires to each terminal did appear to strain some of the more rigid wiring? The seat goes on…just… Waiting on the repaired tachometer (coming from Germany) to finish the task of recommissioning for the local roads… Thanks to all and regards from tennitragic

Ps Bloody good job she doesn't see my posts or that time of reckoning might be sooner rather than later......

Having been through a couple of moves (divorce) and downsizing my garbage I can tell you it’s a revelation. I still have too much stuff but I am getting there. 1 rule to follow, if it’s useful or gives you pleasure then it stays. All else gets ejected. so I have 1 car 1 small house, 2 guzzis a Yamaha tmax and a Ducati 996.. oh and an Aprilia Tuono.. .

Firstly, I couldn't watch that video. The running text parallel to the audio drives me mad. Can't do that. Nevertheless, the theme is very current in my household. We moved my girlfriend's father from the house that she grew up in, at least from her early teens, to a "senior residence" in the city that we now live in. He went from over 200 m² to about 65m². Lots of stuff had to go, but the girlfriend had to "save" some stuff. Now we have got more cartons in the flat. Ok, it's not like we can't move in here, but it is too much stuff. There are cartons here that have "survived" two moves without being opened. That means about 16 years. And now some more... I have to admit, I have a bit of stuff that needs reducing too. I haven't played my trumpet or my flugel horn for years, so one could think about them. I have a fairly extensive collection of Pentax Spotmatic (Honeywell) camera equipment that I haven't used for years. One could definitely think about that. But it's hard... EDIT: I could note that I have already done a radical reduction. In 1996 I moved from Australia to Germany with a backpack, a briefcase, and two cartons that I sent on ahead. I was about 33 years old at the time, so a fair bit of stuff got sorted out then. And I am fully aware of the advantages that it brought. Still, I like my stuff.

1999-2001 V11 Sport - Short (Red) Frame models/ original Short Tank: Rosso Mandello - Limited edition, total 600 made, first 300 numbered. (short tank with short frame, but black) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 (braced, black Long Frame/ Short Tank with chin pad and external pump and filter. Rear rim width changed from 4.5" to 5.5") Le Mans Scura (Öhlins forks, 43mm) Tenni - Limited edition, 170 numbered. Sport Naked (Some of these 2002 Sport Naked were sold as 2003 "carry-over"/ transition models clearly identified by the "chin pad" tank and white face Veglia instruments, and no front crossover exhaust pipe, in three tank colors) "2003" V11 Playboy EE (Exclusive Edition) Pictured with Playmate Tanya Dexters at the early 2003 Brussels Salon. A "carry-over" 2002 with early fuel tank configuration and Veglia instruments. Was there ever more than one bike made? Does anyone know where she is now? [Ahem, the V11 EE, not the playmate! ] https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/23343-most-rare-v11-models-v11-playboy-exclusive-edition/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003-2004/2005 (Long Frame with long tank, internal pump/filter and no chin pad. Black face ITI / hUR instruments without the earlier angle drives for the speedometer drive cable). Front cross-over pipe, change from 40mm Marzocchi forks to 43mm: Le Mans Ballabio Café Sport Coppa Italia Nero Corsa Rosso Corsa ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Scura R