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I second that. There is not quite enough fairing on that for a Le Mans.

There are "sports" sunglasses available that stay on (for the most part...) during that sort of funny buggers.

speaking of good carpenters, this turned up a couple of years ago on the geman forum. I don't know if it has been here yet. If not, it should have.

And now for something completely different... Someone showed me this earlier this evening. I thought it might be useful information towards solving the problem of how to play Rachmaninov if your hands are too small. It seems it is easy: all you need is a good carpenter and a capable assistant.

Thanks for the info. I've got the plate here, might get around to installing it one day, but I wouldn't have thought of those details.

Thanks for that @Joe . I wasn't aware of that concert, but it seems there is a fair bit of it in the Tube. And the sound quality is fairly good for the time.

Don't know why I thought of this just now...

Where do they occur?

Yes. Without getting into "sag" and "over 60 years old", I reckon I can get my garage "flat-mate" to help me have a look at how much the suspension on the bike sags when I sit on it.

A quick check with an armful of gear on the bathroom scales confirms that this is about right. So about 165 pounds with all the gear.

So about 86 kg in proper units. I'm around 65 kg without the gear, so maybe 75 kg all kitted up. Do you reckon I'd be right with the standard springs, assuming they are still ok? I'm inclined to think I would be. The front end felt alright the last time I rode it. I had put the pre-load back to the "default" settings from the user's manual.

Pinning it will keep you going for a while, but I reckon, looking at the photos, that the levers are just knackered and need replacing. Patch it up, and start looking for a replacement.

That's a good trick. Probably won't save you if the battery is really knackered, or if the charging system is faulty, but will protect you from you own stupidity if you're prone to forgetting to turn off the lights when you park the bike.

Me too, actually. Not the motor, I knew I'd love that. A flatmate had a Le Mans III in the late '80's, and I really liked it, and I was convinced that a more modern version of the motor must be good. It is, perhaps even more than I expected. But the styling... I still can't really come at a V11 without the Le Mans fairing. And even the Le Mans took a couple of months to grow on me. Riding it helped convince me, of course.

No. This place https://öhlins-gera.de/de which is here https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/208123602#map=18/50.880637/12.166849 Not really close to New Jersey... It's become a bit difficult here. There were two places with a good reputation. I had my rear shock done at one of them, but they have closed down. At the other place, the owner apparently has health issues and can't say when (or if...) he will be back to normal operations. I turned up Motoradtke myself, but so far haven't had any comments back in the various forums about the quality of the work. I assume, though, if he can stay as official Öhlins partner, then he probably is at least competent.