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Fill it up w/straight gas. You don't want to leave it empty and then take the cap off year later to find RUST.

G'day Mick. Yep,I had my sensor sorted years ago and think from memory you're right the gap should be about 0.7mm. I'll dig the paperwork out and check for sure if need be? Cheers Ps yes it will cause running issues if the gap widens!

I definitely spotted the ethanol free pumps. I have yet to try the brisket but I hear it's great. One the guys got the brisket sandwich and they said it was as advertised.

I’ll drain the old fuel out of the machine, as it’s apparently been in there a long time, which can make life more difficult with carbs (or FI). But whats the best option for long term storage… fill it with clear/non ethanol to keep the inside of tank less susceptible to moisture, or leave it dry? i’m in a moist wet environment, so have always defaulted to keeping stored bikes with clean fuel in the tank, but have never planned to store for more than a winter.

It's good to see your back in the saddle again Bill! To tell the truth averaging over 50 miles per hour on back roads is impressive. When planning a trip using all backroads with all my stops I normally figure about 40 mph average. Gives me an idea of saddle time. I got to try some of that mutton one of these days

One additional benefit we have here at the local Bucee's is 91 Octane Ethanol free gas...coupled that with a fresh brisket taco and a coffee and you're good to go!

If you haven't been it's a bucket list item. The pictures do it no justice. From Tennessee you have no excuse not to go.

When we went in 2021 we stopped at Bucee's and had no idea what it was like inside so we just sat in the car. Since then I have been fully exposed to Bucee's and made the guys go in. Minds blown. $4000 and it had about 45k miles. I thought that was... bold.

Today I took the timing sensor out. Lots of buggerising around: I replaced the breather hose that runs under the spine from the headstock to the back of the motor a while back. It seems I made a "tactical error" in the process. The cable from the timing sensor went up between that hose and the frame, and the connector was hidden under the airbox. The result was that getting the sensor out involved "unclothing" the Le Mans all the way down to unfastening the airbox. When it goes back together, that plug will be nicely accessible on the frame just above the sensor, don't you worry. The sensor didn't look too bad, but it will be swapped out. Holding the new one against the old one, and assuming they were both the same length in new condition, it seems the old one has swelled and shortened such that it is about a half a millimetre shorter than new. That would be enough to take the gap from (assuing it was correct) about 0.7mm to about 1.2mm. Going by what I have read here, amongst others from @guzzler's report on the subject, that would be enough to make it run badly. Whatever, the new sensor will go in. Cleaning up around the sensor was a pain. There were liberal amounts of some sort of silicon sealant involved, and getting that all cleaned up took a while. Since the airbox is now unfastened, the list of "things to be done now" has grown again. I wanted to just put the new sensor in, and see how that affects the way the bike runs. Since I'm so far in now, it seems sensible to go at the "tank off mainenance" thing again from scratch. I've been through that once already, but it was all a bit perfunctory. Since I've got it all apart again, it seems sensible to go at it again and take a bit more care about it. Cleaning the throttle bodies really properly, for instance, And I've got some new rubbers for between the throttle bodies and the motor. And I've got a new timing chain here, and whilst I'm in there I could repair the two broken screws of the four that hold on the alternator cover. And the tailpiece is off, to make it easier to get to the screws for the sidecover. Since that's off, I could have another look at the wiring under the seat, particularly on the underside of the relay sockets. And while I'm in there, I could consider adding the additional relay to supply direct power from the battery to the starter solenoid. The fun never ends...

Hey Eric...how are you doing on the tour? I'm at 47 stops, P6x at 49 stops. We should be wrapping up in the next couple of weeks to complete all 50 here. Another friend on a Stelvio is going thru Big Bend National Park as we speak picking up stops also.

I see you made it to Bucee's! The Champagne one looks in nice shape...at what price was it being offered?

Wow!

^^ What little I've seen of her vids, she's a good one to play Neil. I think she's got a little more funk but can do all the doo dahs. Not a huge Rush fan, but saw them on one of their last tours.

Pretty excited to listen to/ watch some new video of Anika Nilles playing with RUSH . . .

I'll post a link to the videos when they get published. They will be pretty epic if I do say so myself.

Sorry about that... not really.

Oslo-Bergen-HAMAR !! SpineRaid

Only 900km , have beer. Cheers Tom.

Hey Ali Fra! Thanks for checking in! Once you get re-settled, there is another V11Le Mans waiting for you . . .

GLWTS ?

I was curious to see what this offering was, but couldn’t open the folder directly without permission. I ask for permission from Google Drive and @Ali Fra sent me a email message right away, sharing the picture folder with me. Nice piece of kit!! GLWTS

Hello friends! I currently sold my V11 Le Mans 2003 Nero, cause we are moving to another country I had a plan to make a secondary custom paint job on a full fairing kit that I have bought from Poland 18 months ago. Never had time and maybe for the best, considering I sold the bike. Anyway, my full fairing kit is for sale. I have tried to show all the damages on the kit as I can, but I can send more detailed photos if needed. Its a great opportunity for somebody who wants to make a custom paint job since the kit is damaged. Its not structural damages but I see many scratches on them. Some parts are better than the other. Some parts only require cleaning polish process. Here I share the photos that I took by myself today, trying to show every part of them. The price I ask for all is 600 euros if sold as a kit. If not, I will think about individual prices late. But as you assume it would be much more expensive than the kit price. The price does not include any shipping cost or custom duty fee. I can ship to EU or US. Edit: I have some problem with uploading the photos. Seems like I have to resize all of them cause all of them are above the singular mb limit. The photos will be put soon. Cheers.. No way to upload photos here so I added a drive link accessible to everyone: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Sj2_nWLnFworsFLGh2V95g4rDPrEJutJ?usp=drive_link