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@p6x's Le Mans at 9:32 . . . V1400 Eldorado at 13:11 . . . p6x, again, at 23:48 . . . I couldn't find @PJPR01 at Comanche . . . I swear I saw One (and only one) Royal Enfield. The "least represented?"

Having had the privilege of learning more about this "intake air path", I would venture that this piece is a fine looking, yet hidden, "velocity stack" . . . No wonder chicks dig these airboxes. They are always knowing things we don't know . . . . . . reminds me of something . . .

Looks like @Lucky Phil nailed this early on for @mikev's configuration:

No worries, mate. I am the poster child for bashing the per-jeepers out of a V11 Sport . . . I've broken shit that hasn't happened to any other V11. Not proud of it, more just doing my due diligence at the requisite Beta testing . . .

Well considered. When my second clutch master cylinder spring fractured into multiple pieces, I tried to conceive how many shift operations it may have sustained. I gave up on the exercise when the beer ran out . . . Perhaps it is valid to think that a particular rider in a given location would have ridden the 4-springs over the 46,000 kays in about the same fashion as the 1-spring lasting 27,000, so far. The report also makes me ponder why some mechanisms are so much harder on this spring (multiple failures). And whether a proper application of the Lucky_Phil Shift Improvement is part of the solution . . .

Welldone, @Speedfrog! Combining those two diagrams is tricky. On the airbox diagram, it does appear my 2000 Sport has the #19 "trumpet" from the airbox to the back of the throttle body with #4 sealing the trumpet to the airbox. No #21 clamp. Then, on the throttle body diagram, my Sport uses the #16 "collar" and clamp #15 to connect the airbox trumpet to the back of the throttle body. [The #14 rubber intake to the #8 intake manifold in front of the throttle body is another matter, entirely.]

Ah, yes, definitely! I had not realized there is a separate "collar" to connect to the back of the throttle body. Thanks, @GuzziMoto!

Isn't that the #4 GU37114806 "hose?"

Ah, yeah, rubber preservative/restorative:

I see two available, used, from TLM/The Netherlands eBay listings: https://www.ebay.com/itm/134663701995

That's interesting, someone with the same name as you answered that question in 2021. https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/23134-v11-breather-tubes/?do=findComment&comment=267496

"You're wanted by the po-lice, and my wife thinks you're dead !"

Haha, well, that is a "reintroduced" Shure SM55 microphone. She reminds me of mySport in "many ways." The "ROCK'N"RUN" banners/placards were supplied to the dealers with the introduction of the V11 Sport. Truth be known, the dealers probably had to pay for them in order to stock the new model. As far as the ambient temperature sensor, @Gmc28, I don't recall my advice from the past, but enclose it protected from the weather (a canister or encasement of sorts) and secure it along the spine frame where it will find the ambient temperature, incoming to the intakes . . .

Too chilly to ride, busy with work and "other things" but found time to re-hang my treasured "ROCK'N'RUN " promo banner that my dealer gifted me. A "household incident" had torn it down, much to my chagrin. Better, now! ROCK'N'RUN, y'all!

How many "kays" in those six years/four springs, @Eamonn? And how many since the SuperSpring solution?

I still wear my first motorcycle jacket, but only casually (not riding). A heavy leather Hein-Gericke Dakar in antique brown, it is an impressive piece of kit worn with my black Stetson on a blustery day. It's lack of armor failed to impress me in a crash with large farm dog on my GB500 back in 2002. The damage settlement led me to order a custom, quality race-grade leather jacket/pants set from Z-Leathers in California. Like @Lucky Phil, my modern textile riding suits have proven more versatile, so the Sport-matched Z-Leathers remain in embarrassingly good shape after twenty years. To their credit, they performed admirably when I crashed the Sport in 2003. (I would like to think I have the "crash" thing out of my system!) I do love the leathers!

That Lukas Nelson fingerboard work reminds of this (IMO:under-rated) guitarist. Grooving to "Bridge of Sighs" on the 8-track in the high school Florida cruise/beach scene was pretty eclectic. We all thought the vocals were Trower, but no. Vocals are the bassman, James Dewar. We had no idea, in the day, what a master guitarist Robin Trower was . . . Best audio version I could find:

That is, indeed, a handsome jacket! And this certainly looks like a place a proper motorcycle jacket could be had . . .

This is magnificent. So touching and deeply well performed. I keep listening to it over-and-over . . .

I really just want to apologize for this in advance . . .

Reminds me of the "racecars" in the 24 Hours of Lemons . Take a moment and enjoy a read through their "rules" . . .

Ya bunch'a gearheads, ya . . .

When I was involved with Motorcycle Safety Training, we were privileged to learn a Highway Patrol technique of moving past traffic at a "walking pace." Combined with maintaining a "space cushion" and constantly monitoring the rear view, this technique has served well. Admittedly, I still get snuck-up-on from behind from time to time . . .

A miserable state of affairs marketing the masses to believe they do not have to to think, act, or engage any (high) level of skill to operate a motor vehicle on today's roadways. Locally, only the deer are more of a brainless threat . . .