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Hi @scud, I just saw this. I ordered a plate from GP about a month ago. If it doesn't come in soon, I'll cancel and swing by. In either event, let's go for a ride soon. I have never ridden with another V11 owner. My Lemans is loving this cooler weather, has even stopped using oil! So I have rings/gaskets in reserve.

Next time I'll have a more appropriate steed...perhaps a Norge. Don't forget to upload your 'Ride Texas' mag picture as a separate stop- I hadn't seen that it's stop #0.

Finished up yesterday with a 600 mile round trip for the last 3 stops! Hope your suggestions make it into the tour next year!

Hey there, I have no subframe, since I had V11 Le Mans, not Sport model. I did not need it. But if you are interested in, this is a complete, good condition fairing kit. Only one part has a damage but not crack. Just deep scratches. Let me know how can I help if you are interested in Have a nice Sunday!

Same here. As I am interested in converting one of the V11 Sports to a LeMans, this is an interesting kit. Aloli Fra, is the subframe for the fairing also part of the set?

Good Luck With (the) Sale

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No Swedish torque wrenches. 2 Snap-on, BRITOOL(UK),Usaq(Italia),Teng and Biltema. A good addiction. % no clue. Cheers Tom.

Very complete set of torque wrenches! All the way from Umeå to Luleå and everywhere in between. A Greenie, a Coppa and a Nero...someone has an addiction to V11's I would say, what is that, approximately 30% of all of the V11's in Norway?

Whew! No number...

Ooooh, yes - the Ford 351 Cleveland 4V . . .

Good plan.

That brings to mind the Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III. For the uninitiated, that was an homologation special based on a four door family car in the early '70s to race in a particular touring car class in Australia. Even though I'm more on the Holden side of the Ford-Holden debate, I have to admit it was a very, very interesting car. There was some special stuff on them, but nothing that couldn't be sourced after-market after a few years. The point is, sometime in the late '80s or early '90s I heard that there were substantially more of them currently registered than were ever produced. This is one, althought the yellow colour was not that commion, I think. I always think of them as white (with the stripes), or maybe red. By Sicnag - 1972 Ford Falcon XY GTHO Sedan, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40645949

Ok, so You didn't see the name on it. Coppa Italia will get it. May another plate when this one dissapears, hmmm. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

Well, I'm not jealous. Not at all. Really. Weellll, maybe a tiny bit... One thing though: why is the Roper Plate hanging on the wall instead of doing it's thing in a bike? Ok, mine is not installed yet either, but I don't have a workshop like that for myself alone, and I still go to work for a living.

Thanks, many ways to Rome they say, yours was on my list to, be proud [emoji482]. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

Well said [emoji482] Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

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Docc, MG does something with the brain thing, enjoyable for me [emoji16][emoji482]. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

That is not a mere "garage." More of a working museo.

Nero in for a full service, A to Å. Yes even further than xyz, Å, 29 letters. 21 + years paint in black metallic came out amazing with 3layers of ceramic coating. Bloody hell, they bring so much joy. 47k km now, like new. Ok will do the bushings on the gear lever. Wrong bolt for the job, to many treds in the wrong place. IPA time yes. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

I'm making the point that getting to interested in a numbered plaque on a motorcycle is a pointless and often divisive exercise. The only pride I take in my bike is I actually created it myself to an extent to satisfy my interest in engineering and learning different skills. To the "numbered plaque" people of motorcycling it's an abhorrent bastardisation and worthless in monetary terms. Probably correct on both counts. Creating "specialness" linked to numbered plaques often ends in a boring and sometimes even nasty pathetic bullshit. Having created 3 "replica" bikes over the years for no other reason than the fact I liked the bike and they were no longer available or were never sold here so I assembled them using genuine parts then having to endure complete assholes at bike events standing around making accusations about you and your bike is where I obtain my dislike for it. Imagine being publicly accused of "faking" a factory Ducati race bike at a bike show by the owner of a genuine one on the premise that "people like me" are devaluing the "originals". Or not being allowed to enter your bike in a show category for a particular model because it's been modified from stock with better brakes and suspension. These things have happened to me on several occasions and is why I don't get involved in bike events over the last 25 years or so. And what is the root of all this rubbish? the concept of "my bike is special and therefore so am I by my ownership of it" Bikes are interesting things and some are more interesting than others but making them "special" and the impact that has on some peoples attitudes can be pathetic and divisive. It's a piece of machinery nothing more or less and all a "special plaque" attached to it is likely to create is the possibility of silliness and or unpleasantness. I like all bikes, Guzzis and Ducatis more than the others nothing more, nothing less. My interest is primarily technical and Guzzis and Ducatis were historically more technically challenging than the rest I guess. I don't feel "special" by association with these things unlike some. Nothing here is aimed at the OP specifically by the way just my general view and reasoning about " limited edition" rubbish.

Even more to the point then, it seems you're quite proud of it, despite being a mongrel. Or perhaps *because* it's a mongrel. Why is it different, how you feel about yours, and why, and for others about their own?

I think you have me confused with someone else. I don't own a Daytona I own a mishmash bike that started as a Greenie and now has zero value to anyone even vaguely interested in originality or "numbers" A particular motorcycle brand has no particular emotional connection to me other than a technical interest and the obscure idea that I happen to like that piece of machinery. They are machines and thats it basically. I like some more than others. They have no real "meaning" in my life, just a way to express my engineering interest. Nothing more. Phil