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I don't think you can go wrong with any of the major players. The Dunlops are fine tires. So are Michelin, Bridgestone, and Pirelli. I like the multi-compound tires they have nowadays. For road bikes they are a step up. I also prefer a narrower tire for the rear, the V11 doesn't need more than a 160. It just doesn't have that much power. But you should pick the tire size based on the wheel size. A 4.5" wheel fits a 160, a 5.5" wheel fits a 180.

While that is sound advice, that is usually more important for car brake rotors where they are turned down to resurface. There is a limit to how much you can turn them down before the reach their minimum thickness. Motorcycle brake rotors rarely wear enough for thickness to be an issue. I would say, if you have no braking issues you don't need to replace the rotors. If you have any pulsing or vibration in the brakes and it isn't the pads I would look into the rotors being the cause. To be fair, I haven't turned down car brake rotors in a long time. They have gotten cheap enough that I just replace them. Some car manufacturers don't even allow for turning down the rotors, they just replace them with the pads. Odd side note, as a brake rotor wears it looses mass. That reduced mass can lead to the brakes running hotter, the same amount of heat fed into a rotor with less mass results in the rotors temp being higher.

Also, personally I would only buy Brembo parts from trustable sources. There is a market in counterfeit Brembo parts made in China.

It was the first Moto Guzzi I ever rode....

Sure, but a 1200cc Buell will easily loft the front wheel with all that torque. You just have to ride it accordingly. The V11 is likely just as fast, but the low end power of the Harley engine in the Buell will pull out stumps. The V11 engine is something of a mid-range beast. It doesn't need to rev as high as some twins to make power, but it also doesn't have the low end power that a big twin can have. Perhaps it is the best compromise. But that Buell with the torque it had and the handling just this side of a TZ250, it was great. Sadly, it had issues keeping internal fluids internal.

Yeah, Binder had his best lap in qualifying interrupted by a yellow flag. That put him further back on the grid. But he still did a good job making his way forward.

The snorkel is number 8 in the diagram, the airbox lid itself is number 7. The airbox lid and snorkel are under the front of the seat. You can remove the snorkel from the top of the airbox, it is rubber.

The intake noise is pretty much the same between the two. As Pete said, if you remove the airbox snorkel on the Griso that muffles the intake noise it is going to make more intake noise. My Griso has an aftermarket airbox lid that is an open filter, so it has even more intake noise. The wifes V11 also has an aftermarket airbox lid that is open, but many here just cut holes into the stock lid. One glitch with the V11 running an open airbox lid is there is heat reflective material on the underside of the fuel tank. With an open airbox lid that material can fall down onto the air filter and block airflow. If you want to open up the airbox, make sure that heat barrier is properly attached to the underside of the gas tank. The Griso with its two into one exhaust will sound different then the two into two of the V11. But I actually prefer the Griso's two into one exhaust (especially with an aftermarket set up that is more open). It has a little more of a snarl, sounding meaner than the V11. But both sound great.

Not sure it is more than a rumor at this point. It is a serious rumor and it may pan out to be true, but so far it is still a rumor. All Ducati said is they hear what we all hear, but they have no say it Gresini's rider choice. But they did say Gresini should get the best rider they can. Many are taking that to be an endorsement of Marc going to Gresini. But I suspect whether or not Marc leaves Honda has more to do with whether or not he ends up at Gresini. If he leaves Honda Gresini is about the only place he CAN go. But if he can't or won't leave Honda he obviously won't be at Gresini. I too hope Marc stays at Honda. They did show him a massive amount of loyalty, but to be fair what else were they going to do. They did not have anyone else that had the talent he has. Although even he doesn't seem to have the talent he used to have. The Honda is off from the sharp end of the field, but it is not that far off. People seem to think Honda needs to re-invent the wheel, but this past weekend showed that Honda is a small amount off, and a different track, tire choice, or set up, can put them back in competition. Not just with Marc, but with Joan Mir. Jake is killing it, but Cam hurting himself helped. I think next year, with Cam being healthy and better adapted to the BMW will be interesting. I don't think it will be as easy for Jake next year.

I would much rather have a Lucid. Or a Taycan. Or even a Kia EV6 GT.

They do appear to be some sort of footpeg relocation brackets, as mentioned. They look like they bolt to the porkchops and give you a more forward place to attach the foot pegs.

It has been quiet around here about this. But the rumors have been flying about it. Marc was looking real good in Friday practice at the new track in India. Both factory Hondas get to go straight to Q2, When was the last time that happened? Meanwhile rumors are that Marc has decided to leave Honda for Gresini Ducati. I don't know if that is true, I am skeptical. But it will be interesting to see what the truth is. I tend to think he will stay at Honda for the last year of his contract, then leave if Honda is still the worst bike on the grid (or one of the two worst, along with Yamaha). Side note, Aprilia is looking good at the Buddh circuit in India.

Almost. I had a Buell X1, one of the best bikes I ever owned when it was running right. That thing was wicked. I loved it.

Or this classic

Burnouts = Good Burnups = Bad

Both those look awesome. Must have been great fun. Riding in the snow can be great fun, but it can be hard. It does make it hard to judge terrain, easy to hit something that you never saw. As to the adventure bike ride, that looks like fun but I would do that same trip on a normal bike. I don't need a two wheeled SUV to do that. The wife has rode her V11 down "roads" worse then that. But that does look like fun. Most of our travels down roads like that are now in a Jeep.

It comes down to garage space and time available to actually ride it. We have more bikes right now then we have time for. Sad, but true. I can't justify buying another bike without getting rid of one or two to make room for it, both space wise and time wise. @ScudOur two Huskies are bikes, 401's. One is a 401 cafe bike and the other is a 401 in some sort of Mad Max style with street knobbies and dirtbike handle bars. I get that some people like SUV motorcycles. It just isn't my thing. An actual Dual Sport bike, I could and have done that. But I don't need or want a motorcycle SUV. If someone else does? Fine. No problem. I just don't need something that tall and heavy. I prefer smaller, lighter, better handling, motorcycles. @p6xThe Ducati Monster is the odd bike out but it is the wife's bike. It leaves when she says so. I have a long history of Love/Hate with Ducati's, and if it were up to me we would not have one. But the wife likes the Monster. Always did.

Not a fan of two wheeled SUVs, but I really like the new drivetrain. If they make a sporty V11 sport style V100 we might have to consider it. But we already have four Guzzi's plus a Ducati and two baby Husky's, not sure at our age we need another.

What Pete said. It is true that you can't properly set valve clearance if you are at the wrong TDC. But if you spin the engine in either direction you will see both TDC's, the one that has both valves open followed by the one that has both valves closed, followed again by the one that has both valves open. It just goes on. As to spinning the engine backwards, in my opinion it is not critical with the V11 engine but just as a matter of practice I always spin the engine the direction it was built to spin. Spinning it backwards will not damage it. It will not affect setting valve clearances. It isn't going to make your wife leave you. But I would still suggest as a matter of proper practice spinning the engine in the direction it was made to spin. If we were setting cam timing or ignition timing it might actually make a difference. We are not, so it doesn't. But it is still the right thing to do.

Not really helpful, but the V11 was not really made to be a good passenger bike. If you mount the rear cowl on it that takes the whole passenger thing off the table (I would love to take you for a ride, but there is no place for you to sit). That is what my wife does with hers, she has the rear cowl on her seat so there is no where for a passenger to sit. She is fine with that.

On a different note, Kayla Yaakov is going to ride the Tytlers Supersport bike of Stefano Mesa in the last two rounds of the season. Mesa is filling in for Cameron Beaubier, leaving his 600 supersport seat open. As Kayla had issues in the early part of the season and isn't in the championship chase she is free to move up from the twins class to the supersport class. Kayla has been having a good season overall, with several wins in Spain in the Yamaha R7 Cup series. https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/yamaha-r7-cup-kayla-yaakov-wins-race-two-at-circuit-de-navarra/

When you are on a racetrack you expect everyone to be doing roughly the same thing. At that point everyone should have been accelerating. One guy, for whatever reason, didn't. Cam was on the gas, as you would be coming out of that chicane. When Yates didn't go there was no time to do anything but hit him. Why Yates didn't go I don't know. But that was not Cams fault in my opinion. It may have been a bike issue with Yates bike. I heard his electronic throttle connection pulled out and he basically had no throttle. The bike was in limp mode or idling.

Our craziest ride was on the Cherohala skyway, down that way. The fog, clouds, whatever you want to call them, were so thick we could not see both sides of our lane at the same time. My wife could see my tail light, and I her headlight. But I was either towards the left of the lane and could see the centerline, or if you were to the right of the lane you would see the line marking the edge of the road. I just followed the centerline, and could tell that if it was solid it was likely curves were coming while if it was dashed it was likely fairly straight for the time being. In hindsight maybe we should have pulled over, but honestly I don't know where we would have pulled over. You could not see anywhere to pull over. And being stopped on the road in those conditions seemed riskier. But to keep moving, less chance of being hit by someone else.

No doubt people on here have been through this. Alas, I am not one of them. I will point out that the hub that is too long is likely treated / hardened and just machining 6mm off it seems like it just isn't that simple. But I could be wrong. That is just my gut reaction.

Yeah, I am not a fan of combining that tail section with the rest of it. It is not how I would have done it. But then, it isn't mine. No doubt some would decry my using a V11 Sport tail section on a Daytona. But I like it and the V11 seat is a massive improvement in comfort for my sorry a$$.