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  1. There are some things the Italians do very well. "Tease" appears to be one of them.
  2. Going from Nashville, pick up TN Route 30 at McMinnville, eastbound, past Fall Creek Falls. Make your way to Tellico Plains and ride The Cherohala Skyway to Robbinsville, NC, then follow US129 north "toward" The Tail of the Dragon. About a mile or so before that crossroad is the Cheoah Dam ("The Fugitive Dam", from that movie) and a delightful lunch stop on the left: The Tapoco Lodge. Parking at "The Crossroads" (US129/TN28) and watching the carnival can be entertaining, yet riding TN28 toward Fontana, even as far as Highlands is vastly better than "The Tail." November weather on the Appalachian Divide can be blustery. Or perfect!
  3. I've always used 850 ml as the fill volume (~30 ounces). You probably have this solved with flushing the gearbox well and correcting the fill volume.
  4. Trash on the magnet is okay, unless it continues or worsens. Looks a lot like a previous owner used RedLine ShockProof Heavyweight (pink milkshake). Not necessarily a bad thing, but makes subsequent oil changes hard to judge refill volume as so much clings inside when draining.
  5. Yes, the sight glass will look empty on the side stand; bike mist be vertical, level in the center. It would be preferable to drain oils hot as it puts all the spooky badness in suspension. That bubbly stuff must go! Consider checking/clearing your gearbox vent, @TomH. While there, service the main ground next to the vent on the back right of the gearbox . . . ^^^ View from the rear with the swingarm removed. Otherwise, access from the right side behind the seat release: Peer in just ahead of the right Frame Side Plate. Both the vent and the ground point are visible:
  6. The original SpineFrame sold for $22000 (plus buyer's premium). I am secretly hoping it appears at Barber Motorsports Museum, but if you want to bring it to the South'n SpineRaid, it would be most welcome (whoever you are) . . . https://briggsauction.bidwrangler.com/ui/auctions/122350/16254138 The original LeMans endurance racer (#93) sold for a paltry $11,500. Another bike I would love to see . . . https://briggsauction.bidwrangler.com/ui/auctions/122350/16254164
  7. Officially eight weeks to SSR XX. Even if you're on the metric system!
  8. I love this evolutionary solution! Brilliant! Nut with a NyLock, even . . .
  9. I labeled my relays like this: Yet, it is a must to know which fuse supplies each relay as "the rest of the story" is shown at the fuse block (inverted so as to read from the sidestand side of bike. Beside the road. While bewildered):
  10. Use to was! That's a rather long story, but has a happy ending . . .
  11. Great thing about @TomH coming here to solve this problem is: This is the best place in the world for the care&feeding of a V11 LeMans/Sport . . .
  12. Ew - I am not sure that is a "lighter note" . . .
  13. Gotta get-me one o' them . . .
  14. Will this do the dirty deed? https://www.harborfreight.com/cylinder-leak-down-tester-64918.html
  15. Weekend after Labor Day, September 6-8 . . .
  16. Yah, BR6ES. I wasn't really riding that hard that day, but the temps were stupid hot. Pretty sure it heat soaked something (everything?) at the brief (6-8 minute) stop. @andy york Get yo' shiney-hiney to the SSR XX and we'll park the two highest mile V11 together for a comparo: pushing a half million kays between them . . .
  17. Case in point: Item #947 in the Dr. John Wittner (R.I.P.) estate auction . . . A "design study" for our gorgeous "frame side plates?"
  18. Pretty sure I rip it up and down the rev-range like a jackrabbit on hot lava. Might be pulling "too much" lube down the valve guides and up the cylinder walls . . .
  19. The link to the "orange flasher" in @po18guy's post is NLA. Here is what I see on "Amazon" for that product. A quantity of four. Plenty for those extra V11 in the collection . . . https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Flasher-Adjustable-Motorcycle-Indicator/dp/B09Y56KMGK/ref=dp_prsubs_sccl_2/136-9886910-0230837?pd_rd_w=WEvHa&content-id=amzn1.sym.3ad0ccdf-fd9f-4ec9-a400-2b1165fdcd58&pf_rd_p=3ad0ccdf-fd9f-4ec9-a400-2b1165fdcd58&pf_rd_r=MM7384BSEDFHZXG5AWDW&pd_rd_wg=NPTyT&pd_rd_r=1afdf7e3-8c13-4f87-a3ca-ce2dcf7f3e19&pd_rd_i=B09Y56KMGK&th=1
  20. Pretty sure that is the exact design reference to create the V11 Sport "Frame Side Plates" . . . ---> STILETTOS <---
  21. docc

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    Love this image! Magnificent!
  22. I kinda want to continue down the Path of Denial about my valves and guides.
  23. Thanks, Chuck. I'll check around to see if I can find a tester locally. I only have a compression tester.
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