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For those of you unfamiliar with what the Monte Carlo means, watch this!!! no boring narrative, just the facts, and a back flip at the end....

True! kudos to her....

I protest about the nick name "Porkchops". How about Texas T-bone?

@Kiwi_Roy Once I get the problem's root cause identified beyond doubt, and I want to thank all those who contributed opinions, I will update the original post with all the information. Thus, if anyone else faces a similar problem, they will be able to get all the information by reading a single post.

@docc By winning the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally, Sebastien Loeb set a new record; oldest driver ever to win a WRC rally. He won 9 times the WRC world championship. Incidentally, Sebastien Ogier won 8 times so far, still in the race to get to nine this year, arrived 2nd at the 2022 Monte Carlo after leading, but had a puncture to give Loeb the win. It seems like when you are born, if they name you Sebastien, you are bound to become a talented rally driver? When you think about it, (Finland, Sweden, Norway) always were the countries producing the best rally drivers.

And Sebastien Loeb won the 2022 WRC Monte Carlo Rally... at 47 years old and semi-retired.

@Scud I received the book; I think I should be apt to share my opinion having experienced a lot of the topics first hand. I have been in both positions of leading and following; My upbringing was in a boarding school, boys only, and we would only leave the school during public holidays. I am talking about Elementary and High School. Not University. Then I joined a Military University as a civil, and did Military service. I joined Schlumberger after giving back my time, and worked in a lot of different places in the world. As a Supervisor/Lead Engineer, you would have local people under your command. There are some places in the world where a title does not make you a leader. I have been posted in countries where religion would determine your leaderhsip in a group. I also learned that age and seniority would grant you, or not the respect that you would hope to get. Visual appearance is also a factor of trust or mistrust or hatred. As I have not yet read the book, I don't know if you have touched on hurdles that come from nationality or gender. When I started my career in the oilfield, a lot of clients judged me based on my nationality. I also witnessed the difficulty of women making their way into leadership. in certain countries, you have to accept that only G.d leads and determines the outcome of whatever endeavor you embark upon. I do not know if you have studied these case scenarios during your research on leadership. Anyway, I will read the book and come back to you.

@motortouring Never heard about her before. Great!!!

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@LowRyter This guy is one of the best there is with that kind of technology.

Just because we have been debating females on motorbikes; the attempts of female to win on motorbike races have been unsuccessful so far. But if you have never heard about an exceptional lady driver who won against male counterparts, here's Michèle Mouton:

@LowRyter I used eARC on my 1080p Samsung TV. I have an AV receiver from Yamaha combined with 5.1 SVS speakers. I also have a Chromecast device connected and a Google Nest Hub. With the Google Nest Hub, I can turn on my TV and my audio system by just asking. Samsung uses its own operating system Tizen. I also have a 4K HDR Sony TV operating on Android TV. I use Alexa with this one, and nothing works as it should. eARC is connected to my PlayStation, and turning the playstation should turn the TV on too. But it does not work seamlessly. The TV displays, connections, operating systems, protocols are completely confusing and are no longer able define what what standards the TV model you want complies with. Such as HDMI 2.0 to HDMI 2.1. HDMI regulator has retired HDMI 2.0. New TV are now going to call all the ports HDMI 2.1 even if they don't support the complete protocol. Same as USB-C; HDMI cables are important too. I wish TV manufacturers did away with these connections, and standardize only on USB-C.

But she is not here with us... When I was in my Moto Club, in my teen days, we never had a single lady interested in our ventures. Unlike Buckle Bunnies, there were no Iron Horses Bunnies. I guess our questionable mechanic smell, combined with our greasy sludgy hands with black finger nails were not really appealing. Later on, there were a few ladies that would accept a short pillion trip, but it was always something they would do to please us; not by choice. I reviewed the list of participants of the Motorcycle tour of Texas, and as far as I can tell, males with their ladies piggy back. We always were a dying breed. Right from the beginning. I think we are going to end like the Tasmanian Tiger; extinction.

Exactly! Moto Guzzi presented the Mandello at EICMA 2021; the future is grimy. I am even thinking they may never commercialize it. It arrives too late. There is a large procurement problem across the world. Piaggio is certainly not focused on Moto Guzzi. It is very possible that we never see the V100 in the flesh. I know they are renovating the factory in Mandello; I can't find much information on the progress and the inauguration time. If they get it going by 2025, it will already be too late.

I was going to say #metoo; But listening to a streamcast during EICMA, there were rumors of a possible Le Mans edition following the Mandello. That stopped me in my tracks. I would be willing to wait for a Le Mans. At the same time, I am beginning to doubt Piaggio's engagement to invest more when Europe is pretty much announcing the end of the internal combustion engines for tomorrow. Once the Mandello is out and about, which in all honesty I have no clue when it will be, I will make a decision. Now that the writing is on the wall, I think manufacturers are going to modify the long term objectives. Its happening already with the car makers.

You only hear the relay underneath the seat. Absolutely no sound from the starter. This is why I suspected the Solenoid. The battery terminals are shiny. No sulfate, nothing that could create a resistance. I will get to the bottom of this issue next week.

Replacing the relay in position 1 was my first shot at solving the problem. No go.

This is exactly what happened with my 70's and older cars. I did state it as a possibility here too. I have a conventional battery installed in my bike. New from April 2021. I have worked with Lithium batteries a lot during my professional endeavors. in the 80's, a long time ago. My company worked with a major battery company: https://www.leclanche.com/ to custom design batteries for our application. I would never put Lithium in my bike for multiple reasons, no matter the perks.

I have written down all the suggestions. I am going to get to the bottom of it. How would you explain that repeat attempts eventually yield? joule effect?

It takes longer.... I checked multiple scenarios, including swapping relays, switching on and off (in case it would be an ignition switch issue), balancing the engine (putting the bike in third gear and moving). Repeat start button pushes always yield. Note, the colder the temperature, the higher the number of pushes. I have other videos with temperatures around the 50F where it takes only two attempts to get the crank. Why would this issue only occur when it is cold, and never when it is warm? I never had a start problem when the ambient temperature was its usual Texas style self. As said before, I experienced the same crank issue on my 504 Peugeot. A few taps on the solenoid would solve it.

This is my 2021 new year's eve at the Albert Ice House Texas. I recorded Rio and elected it my favorite song. Rio is a horse's name. It perfectly incarnates my V11 Le Mans. Kyle gave me his pick, and I also learned what a "buckle bunny" meant that night.....

Here's the video; 5 days of cold stacking; ambient temperature 39 degF / 4 degC; recorded today 21st-Jan-2022. Solenoid engages on 10th attempt for the cold start. Jump to 4 minutes for the warm start test.