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Yes, it appears to be a typical 2002 red/grey LeMans with the fairing removed (someone had a dose of SportEnvy ). Your "2002" is an anomaly, @audiomick, and may have more to do with the way the model year is declared in your country of registration. I suspect you also have black face gauges and non-wrinkle, more satin, black driveline paint? What is your 10th VIN character?

Definitive short tank/long tank post from @Lucky Phil:

Along with a throttle body synch (and, perhaps, the full Decent Tune-up), inspect the rubber throttle body connections to the intakes for leaks or looseness/ "popped off" as well as inspecting the various sensor electrical connectors that one has not come unplugged. While you're inspecting, look at the various exhaust junctions for anything loose or leaking . . .

As a long time Susan Tedeschi fan, the whole TTB thing took the music to another level . . . Look at this little kid!?!? (thirty years ago, July 4th) . . .

That is some lovely kit!

Is it still a SpineRaid if two guys meet up in their four wheel drive rigs, talk up V11s, and swap special parts over dinner?

One year's notice should be adequate. As long as we keep this Virginia SpineRaid "idea" alive . . .

Here, it is the year on the Certificate of Origin which is reflected in the VIN. The actual build date could be in the prior year.

I was just being snarky. The Ballabio/LongFrame/long tank was not built in 1999. They were all 2003-2004, IIRC. It is always concerning, IMO, when an ad has such a glaring error.

Rare Ballabio from 1999 . . .

Look for this Hawker Odyssey nomenclature change: ODS-AGM15L https://www.odysseybattery.com/products/ods-agm15l-battery-pc545/ [edit: Last four posts moved here for clarity and continuity.]

The more pertinent question might be, "How much distance gets covered?" Say, from a US Interstate "typically tolerated" 80 mph to 130 and back down to 80: Just bench racing the V11, I figure that could take 30 seconds, maybe more. So, nearly a mile. (Check my work . . .) That'd be one flyin' mile!

Thanks for posting that link, @GuzziMoto. I pinned that thread in "How to . . ."

Man, I would so re-seat that left throttle body into the intake rubber and restart, if even briefly. The very low idle from the dislodged throttle body could be all there is to the oil light. My recent Horrible Noise Story: At the Kentucky SpineRaid, I had (somehow) mis-set my new TPS (like nine steps off on the map, 95 mV instead of 157). At idle the beating, banging mechanical noise was deftly disturbing. At start-up to head home, @kalev11's eyes got wide. He said some thing like, "I hope you actually get back home." Turns out, with the TPS indexed that far off, the battering of the motor trying to run was alarming. While this case is not the same, a throttle body off its runner could be the culprit . . .

I suppose I prefer posting technical inquiries in dedicated, specific topics. That often will focus comments and links and help clarify our knowledge base. It takes a bit longer for the poster to find a starting point, but I think the outcome is more valuable. Often, someone will bring back an old thread and it gets refreshed with newer discoveries and the comments of newer members. Those "on-topic" threads are great resources for trying to learn some particular aspect of these V11. Just my opinion. Y'all carry on . . .

I hate these perpetual drift threads. Hate 'em. Find nothing/go nowhere. "Whatever" . . .

Later tanks fit the 2002 LongFrame. Yet, plan on changing the fuel line routing as you will remove your external pump and filter and plumb the internal pump/filter/regulator of the long tank that has the smooth top (no "chin pad").

I've fallen for that, myself . . . If your battery is a Hawker Odyssey PC545 (OEM of the V11 OE Spark 500), they can often be conditioned rather than replaced: [edit/ June 26, 2023: Moving battery related posts to the correct thread.]

Occasionally, a casual admirer will ask how fast mySport will go. I've grown fond of replying, "I've never seen the speedomoter over 135 ." (mph, of course.) I never said I've seen it that fast, just never over . . .

Baffling? Is that an Italian word?

It would be someone's great find to locate a source for the mounting block complete with the receptacles . . .

The Stray Cats were so "out of the box." Brian Setzer, man!

And the bassman gets busted-on for having just four strings!

Gorgeous! That is @knumbnutz avatar. Maybe he knows of this bike? https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/profile/10277-knumbnutz/

Haha, "the fourth last " is a new phrase for me and I misread it. Measuring some relay spades and looking at the mounting block, it appears the two parallel slots (I know they have numbers) are 6.3mm and the three parallel slots are 4.8mm . . .