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That's interesting. I thougt I read several years ago that they had ceased making custom tanks. Apparently not. Here's the site, I believe. Al's Facebook link wouldn't let me in without signing up. (Not a chance of that happening...) https://www.alu-tanks.de/39994.html all in German, and no English option, but there is contact info there under "Kontakt": https://www.alu-tanks.de/41368.html

I've pulled this up because I read something directly related in the German forum a couple of weeks ago. Someone started a topic about how he was having trouble setting his TPS. Paul wrote: Karsten wrote: Bernd, the bloke who programmed GuzziDiag, wrote: So, the problem is not that GuzziDiag is in any way inaccurate or anything like that. It only sees what the ECU delivers, and the ECU is apparently not capable of measuring the Voltage of the TPS when the butterflies are fully closed. Those who don't own a multmeter should be trotting off to buy one about now...

You need a dog.

Or for sidecars, as Mike points out on his HMB page.

I've repeated this post to make sure no-one misses the edit. Turns out that the HMB baffle plate is not compatible with our motors after all. The inital listing including the V11 was an error on Mike's part.

What insurance is compulsory in the various countries? The reason for the question is, I believe that insurance that is compulsory tends to be more expensive that voluntary insurance that has to compete on the market. In Germany, third party property is required. I don't have any more than that on the bikes. The V35 Imola is around €55- a year, I believe. The V11 around €190.-. The car has comprehensive insurance. Has to, because the financing isn't paid up yet, and it's a condition of the financing contract. That's just under €500.- for six months. It's a 2018 Opel Astra with a 125 hp diesel motor.

Yes. I believe they make at least acceptable systems.

Very difficult to impossible to build. The only possibility I can see is a shake sensor (electronic...) that regulates the damper. Otherwise I can't see how it would be possible to combine the necessary damping with quick enough release of the pads.

Wo er Recht, hat er Recht...

I really don't know, but I'd say it can't hurt. Better safe than sorry.

Maybe an alternative, Edit: no, it is not. The HMB plate is not suitable for the V11 or V10 motors. That they were initially listed as compatible was an error, which has now been corrected. I'll leave the link in, in case someone is looking for a plate for one of the listed models. https://hmb-moto.de/Oil-sump-baffle-plate Mike posted about that in the German forum today (26th Apr., 2023), so I guess he has just added it to his program.

That looks interesting. For those living in Europe: the "classic lens upgrade" (shown in Al's link) and the "German Hella lens upgrade" both appear to have an "E number". The standard economy lens doesn't seem to have one.

That's every two years in Germany. I think it is not a bad thing, a regular inspection. There wasn't one in Australia when I was still there (and still isn't, I believe). The police can require an inspection to be made if they are in doubt about the roadworthiness of a vehicle, but of course they don't get everyone. Some of the cars that one sees driving around look very questionable...

Not "mostly", always. Unless the road is too narrow for two lanes.

In Germany too, as far as I know.

No, the term is also in use in the German forum.

Bottoms up.

What a gloriously silly game.

Have you read through the "decent tune up" topic that docc linked further up? It's in there. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/19610-decent-tune-up/ I would strongly reccomend going through and doing all the stuff in the that thread before you start in on the engine management. Playing around with that doesn't make much sense until you know that all the basics are where they are supposed to be.

If the plugs are that dark, I wouldn't conclude that it is running lean.

Fair enough. In that case, buy the CX.

Yes. What I know about dual-compound construction is that the tread area has different compounds. I've even had tyres on which one could clearly see the delineation between "sticky for cornering" and "hard for durability". I can't imagine why there would need to be a compound mixture in the sidewall, particulary one that is not evenly distributed all the way around.

Thanks for the info about the map, docc. The "decent tune-up" is on the list, and will be carried out as soon as possible. Without wanting to cast any doubt on your ability to observe your bike's behaviour, maybe the problem was there with the old exhaust, but so minimal that you didn't notice it. Perhaps the new exhaust has just brought a latent problem to light? Also, maybe there is no connection to the new exhaust. For instance, one of my thoughts was that the TPS pots on mine, or at least one of them, have a glitch at the corresponding throttle opening. What I'm getting at is, the causality between "I changed something" and "I have a problem that I didn't have before" is highly likely. Nevertheless, one should not forget the possibility of a pure coincidence. As I wrote, mine exhibits apparently the same behaviour, and mine has, as far as I know, a standard exhaust. There may be no correlation at all between my problem and yours, but my experience might also be a clue that your new exhaust is not the cause of the problem.

Who is too old, you or the bike? If you mean the bike, I don't agree. I know a bloke who has a V7 850, one of the old ones, who goes off on rides for days at a time and hundreds of kilometers. Why not, if the thing is in good nick?

No, it doesn't say "missing", but rather "needs". Maybe the rear brake lens is just scratched or otherwise damaged in a way that is not visible on the photo. Of course, the photos could be old. An e-mail to the seller could resolve that question.