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If I recall correctly, the Monster headlight is a match for the early Sport steel Bosch unit . . .

It plays for me both embedded as well as on YooToob . . .

Solved: moved topic to "banter" to keep the party going . . .

Cool. You have a favorite song/link to share?

Oh? Pray tell . . .

Do not miss the RUSH StarMan sticker on the back of the pickup truck window at 2:41 . . .

I count that elapsed time as two months two weeks from @DucatiGuzziIndian's first post about the matter. Outstanding, in my book !

When Piaggio declared Moto Guzzi's focus to be "travel", I thought the brand protected from this sot of thing. But, alas . . .

For so long, our common wisdom was, "Yeah they flop, but won't fall out." That was proved decisively wrong at a South'n Spine Raid when a crossover pipe went bounding back through the staggered group of riders. Bad form, to say the least . . .

Traxxion Dynamics did a great job spec'ing my fork springs and nailed the preload spacers right from the start. In addition to weight (in gear), they used "riding style." I told them I ride like a jackrabbit on hot lava . . .

Yep: not V11. Sure, still could be interesting . . . topic moved.

Pretty sure this thread is (d)evolving into a "banter" topic that has little to nothing to do with V11 24/7 . . . Might remain "interesting", but might get moved. Might find itself "elsewhere."

Agreed. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm not sure why I remembered that V11 in grey primer with matte black accents . . .

Where my learning curve caught up with me, I had added significant preload to the stock forks because the springs were too soft for me. During a very sharp, low speed cornering correction (sudden increase in lean angle), the road went "off camber", essentially asking the suspension to "reach out" to maintain contact patch. The excessive preload caused the suspension to "top out", loose contact, and slide. Read: low-side. I realize there were several other factors, including rider error, but it would have been better if my forks had a little more "reach" (extension travel) that I had defeated with the excessive preload attempt to compensate for the soft springs. Just my one sad, but true, story to illustrate the importance of spring selection first, then preload, then damping.

First priority: get the right springs. More preload will not solve that. I had to learn this "the hard way" . . .

With the 5.5 mm longer shock on my ShortFrame Sport, the forks are raised 5mm. With my spring selections and "sags" (30% front/25% rear), I found this all a sweet spot. As @GuzziMoto said, more fork raise was not better (for my set-up)......

Extra points, @Admin Jaap, for bringing your neighbor . . .

Cross-link to @Admin Jaap's gallery of factory images . . . https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/gallery/album/25-factory-pics/

In recent years, these winter months turned out to be the right time to make advance reservations at The Lodge at Tellico. I know some of you dedicated Spine Raiders make your reservations when checking out the year before. FWIW, the innkeeper ordinarily doesn't grant reservations a year out. For us, he makes an exception. Which speaks volumes about the caliber and character of Spine Raiders.

Brings one word to mind . . . RED

Have you ridden either of these motorcycles? Seems they would be entirely different animals. Same, but different. I rode mySport about six miles before committing. Of course, I already had my heart set. Like seeing that girl across the room and still married to her all these years later . . .

Just introduced to Hawaiian slack key guitar and this artist, Makana. His guitar made me think of Willie Nelson's "Trigger" growing its own secondary sound hole . . .

Most of the American vernacular for this expression is blocked by the latest forum software. Well, I'll be . . .

What is German for "Bugger?" "Ach du liebe?"

myWife is away for the weekend. Maybe I should slip a bike into the house and see how it goes . . . Anyone have a spare room?