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Is it any wonder Stelvio are welcomed at the South'n Spine Raid?

I realize your question deserves a better answer, @Twin AH . . .Coming up to the Seventeenth (South'n) Spine Raid, I have your query rolling around inside my helmet as I shakedown the Sport in preparation . . . Hmmm, "preparation" is part of the recipe, I am sure. Be looking your rides over, SpineRaiders!

nope Something else in your accessibility settings....

Since a recent update, this forum is only displaying images "directly" (URL beginning with "http") rather than the old "BBCode" (URL beginning and ending with [img] )

I remember struggling to see @Pressureangle's images before and found a work around. Can't seem to figure it out this time. They are some kind of "google user content?" Apparently, some members can see them?

Not to speak for Bob, but: yes, early RedFrame without the lower bracing and lengthened spine section. Notice how tidy the front of the tank fits at the headstock . . .

Sorry to hear, Bob. Time for that fun convertible sportcar to keep plying those hilly Ohio roads? You have such a nice Sport there. From the Titanio cans to the Tenni tail cowl, lots of tasteful touches . . .

Thirty years ago, Japanese rubber and Italian rubber came from entirely different Universes . . .

Looks like I replaced the originals at 60,000. They had those suspicious surface cracks and I was chasing a "Nasty Hiccup." Today, I simply put one of the originals back on to replace the one that is truly split. Going to rebalance the throttle bodies and air screws tomorrow. No wonder that left air screw had to be turned in much further than the right . . .

277 mile/ 447 km shakedown ride for the South'n SpineRide nine weeks out. Trying to sort the high-end Garmin sat-nav that remains an aggravation. Slow rolling through a town at around 3,000 rpm, I kept feeling a blast of air against my left knee every time she stumbled. Sometimes we replace the intake boots just because they look cracked, but aren't really split. This split was obvious and didn't look anything like the common, worrisome cracks - 13 years/ 62,000 mile/100.000 km . . .

@hammershaug, very simple to loosen the connection nut for the oil return line at the sump and rotate the AN fitting/line to deflect the line away from the exhaust, then tighten the nut to hold the line in place. It might be helpful to "groom" the line along the gearbox behind the starter for the best routing . . .

Hmm, no image for me, again. What's up with that?

She still has some mighty big paws to grow into!

"Get There. Bring Tools."

That is a very pretty thing! (Seems you might consider loosening the connection of the oil return line to the sump and rotate it away from the contact with the exhaust and re-tighten to hold it closer to the gearbox.)

Yeah, there are some pretty pictures in that book. Yet, true, it is laced with disappointing inaccuracies.

Yeah, man, I've been saying all along that a SpineRaid happens when more than one SpineFrame get parked next to one another. Several times we have come close to seeing a Surfin' SpineRaid in SoCal. Maybe a Seattle SpineRaid? Get you PNW/SoWestCANADA SpineRaiders together?

The bassman is not allowed to do that . . . .

Oil oil oil Can't do with out it Oil oil oil It's misunderstood... Pretty sure that is actually the chorus . . .

Some live in cold areas, some live in hot. Some open the throttle, some do not. Is there a second verse?

You can expect the warmest welcome!

I remember how revealing it was at the very first South'n SpineRaid, 2004. Just four V11, but what comparisons and discoveries: 2000 V11 Sport, 2002 V11 LeMans, 2003 V11 red Ballabio, and 2004 black LeMans. What is most amazing? Three of those four V11 riders still come back to the SSR, two on the same V11 . . .

I keep writing >docc's notes< right and left, north and south, even across borders! Y'all come now, ya hear? It is going to be very interesting to compare various V11, their changes, owners' improvements, and outcomes. Not too late to roll in from Varsseveld @Admin Jaap . . .

Heh, yes - corrected my year reference to "2001" - thanks! This is, after all, what the South'n SpineRaid has been all about. With the best of good fortune, there will be a fine selection of V11 to admire and compare at this Seventeenth SSR. Even this fine fellow's Rosso Mandello? (Mr. PennAdam) . . .