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@lowriter; I don't know which age tranche you are, but back in the seventies, racing helmets looked a bit like those proposed by Ruby, and as I understand other brands who want to cater to the "retro" look. They had "snap buttons" for the visor which are no longer used today, but which are kept for the "look". I was drawn to the color, since it matches the red of my Le Mans, plus I liked the look. The visor system is not convenient. Air circulation may not be well suited for Texas weather. The inside padding is not removable, so you can't wash it. They have a lot of cool designs, which are a major deviation from today's norm.

From a photo posted in the GOG thread (Girls on Guzzis), a lady was wearing a Ruby retro looking helmet. I looked for information about the Ruby line, and found they were proposed by a company based in China. These helmets are expensive, but after more research, it turns out the Ruby company based in China may not be the legitimate rights' owner of the brand. This is the "About us" posted on what they claim as being the sole official Ruby Helmets market place: https://www.ateliers-ruby.com/pages/about-us Succinctly, they say they are not manufacturing any helmet as of now, and all those are available from the Internet are not legitimate "Ruby" products.

I am still looking around for my best solution, and I found this, from Anderson Stands in Australia. Another company that went bankrupt, but as with the exhaust (Stayintune), they got purchased. I found this in a forum. The input is from 2012. I sent an email to the new company, and asked them if they still manufacture the stand. Also, the OP mentioned that it interferes with the gear lever and brake pedal.

I concur with Scud's advice. Since you have already removed the sump lid, you may as well keep going and eliminate all the possible causes before re-assembling. Rationale being, if the pressure sensor is not the root cause, then you need to disassemble again. I would also go with the pressure gauge check as Scud offered. You may spend a little more for just the "one time", but at least you will get a full assessment of the pressure profile. I made a video of my flat six engine oil pressure from start to warmer, thought I would post it to give an example and decided against as we all know how the oil pressure behaves in an engine So you start at maximum pressure (cold oil), and the build up is about .5 of second from starting the engine cold. For my flat six, it is 5 bars (1 bar=14.503 psig). As the oil temperature increases, the oil pressure diminishes. idling at 800 rpm. At nominal oil temperature, the idle is about 1.2 bars, and above idle above 2 bars.

What Claudio Dominicali says about the special affinity of people around the Ducati brand, is valid for other brands too. However I believe the charisma behind Italian bikes is special. There is a lot of enthusiasm with BMW and Triumph, and I am not going to ignore Harley Davidson here in the US. I have been to one of the WDW, and it felt like thanksgiving in the USA. All the family reuniting around the patriarch. I also attended the LoneStar annual rally in Galveston and the reunion was not HD centered, unlike in the case of WDW. Not saying WDW is better. Simply stating the celebration and team building were different. To some extent, the V11 forum here does it everyday. It would be interesting if Piaggio was compelled to organize a similar event here, in the USA for the Moto Guzzi fans.

I pay 355 USD for 12 months. Compared to what I pay for my car, it is nothing. In Europe, motorcycle insurances are more expensive than car's. And if you just got your driver's license, some companies refuse to insure you. So here in Texas, it is less expensive to insure a motorbike than a car. I don't get it.

She gives out the impression to be a happy lady. Something too rare nowadays....

You can't really see it under the helmet.

Even if you are not following the MotoGP racing, Valentino Rossi has made official that he will hang his leathers at the end of this season. He started racing in the 125cc class in 1996, then 250cc, then 500cc and continued when the racing switched to four stroke engines and was renamed MotoGP. 9 World title won, he put motorcycle racing on the map for a lot of people who did not even know it was a sport.

My thoughts exactly about the oil pump. I mean gear pumps are indestructible. The only time when I had a failure of an oil pump, was on my Kawasaki S2, which caused the engine to seize. It was a trochoidal pump, but on a 2 stroke, the requirements are different.

Gear pumps are usually pretty solid... however, it is a bike with only 3000 miles on the meter? perhaps a manufacturing defect?

Is this a ruby helmet? Yes indeed! good catch... Ruby helmets; I did not even know that brand. Since you recognized the helmet, is the owner someone you share Guzzi rides with? I went on their website, and they advertise themselves as "haute-couture" helmets. French design, carbon fiber, top quality accessories. Rubyhelmets.com Since you have one, how different is it from the mainstream brands?

So you are riding your bike with that large dial attached to your rear-view mirror?

What I can't really figure is why the low oil pressure light would not stay lit if the issue was a ruptured seal, or a malfunctioning trochoid pump. If it was an o'ring failure, it could make sense. Some o'rings seal with pressure. But if they don't seal properly, the oil flow past them would wear them down, causing the permanent leak. The flat gasket on the oil filter would keep leaking if it was not sealing properly. But when cold, the oil viscosity is higher, so you would have a better sealing ability.

The Jackal lady has the best smile...

My Le Mans is mainly fastened by hex socket screws black, so I supposed they were initially protected by phosphatation, but they have now started to rust.

Would it make sense to test the oil pressure sensor which would only consist of applying pressure and using an ohmmeter, checking the resistance between zero pressure and work pressure applied? Making the test jig is a small investment though, for just that one time.

Just curious... How much do you actually pay for insurance for a V11 in Canada? are the rates different depending which state you live? Today, I pay less in insurance premium than I used to when I lived in Europe. I was just amazed at how cheap it is.

This got me thinking a bit more.... We are in the 70's, the Japanese bikes are suddenly flooding the European traditional market. I am a Japanese designer and all the fasteners on the engines are cruciforms JIS which as we now know look like any other cruciform but cam out when the proper screw driver is not used. What were the chances of finding a JIS compliant screw driver in Europe? the hex socket standard was the same in both worlds. It would have been a better choice.

Thanks to you, I found the description of all head drives and the JIS B 1012. I am pretty certain that I was certainly impossible for me to find the appropriate tool for a JIS B 1012 cruciform head. Hence, the reason why we exchanged them all with hex socket heads. Anyway, I was totally unaware the Japanese had their own standard, but why not.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives#JIS_B_1012