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The interwebs can be amazing. I am amazed that this song was ever performed live. And more amazed it was captured on video. Sure, it is a cacophony of sound and video, but, hey: " Blood Makes Noise !"

Yes, indeed. The JIS "cross head screw" is not a "Phillip's Head." I have re-cut all of my "cross-head" screw drivers to limit/eliminate "cam-out."

Yep I often see on car forums guys that remove stuff from cars because "they aren't needed". The fact is every car and bike is designed down to the last cent and unless there is a big customer appeal issue then it either doesn't get incorporated OR it's just enough to do the task. My FIL worked at the GM test ground here for over 40 years testing and developing new cars and prototypes and I meet owners all the time that modify production stuff that they spent many many hours developing and think some backyard business that's R$D consists of a few hundred miles driving on public roads has it all covered. The Supra has a 5 pound weight bolted to the chassis cross member near the diff. It's called a chassis damper. Whats it do? not sure but I could have an educated guess. Clowns remove them because it's useless and saves weight! My advice is that unless you know precisely what it does and have the knowledge of a chassis engineer then better to leave it installed because the bean counters at BMW won't have it there unless it's necessary. A five dollar saving on a chassis damper not fitted translates to probably a million dollars on the bottom line to BMW/Toyota. They wouldn't fit it unless it was necessary. Phil

Yes docc but don't confuse it with the superior JIS ( Japanese industry standard) cross head screw which the Japanese developed and use which don't cam out. Phil

I met a Man at a UAW local meeting once, about 1985. He was an engineer for Cadillac; salary somewhere in the mid-80,000's as I recall. His job? Find the shortest route for the fuel, cooling, and vacuum hoses. Co-ordinate that with the assembly line engineers to balance material costs with production costs.

I went out of town on Wednesday to attend the Cedar Vale rally having left last week on Wednesday rather than my initial plan of Thursday, but my rental house (less than a mile from you live P6X) and all neighbors suffered massive falling trees. Luckily when I was living there I had built a very stout pergola on the back side of the house with a heavy duty beam anchored to the roof of the house with massive bolts and 2x6's bolstered by solid 6x6 posts and this took the brunt of the heavy 70 foot pecan tree that fell on the house. 1 of 3 Electrical lines were severed (I believe the neutral line because the house actually has power), and limbs flying off trees in the front damaged the neighbors car. I drove thru the neighborhood this afternoon and went to inspect my house and visit with my tenants who were in the house at the time of the storm, there are piles and piles of cut trees awaiting pick up in front of every home...power still out in the neighborhood up and down the major streets. Hopefully you're back up and running in a few more days...lots of out of town Energy companies are helping out...it will take me a few more days to get the debris chopped up, but I'll wait a month before doing the rebuild on the pergola...hopefully electricity comes on safely in a few more days, but we need the energy company to come and repair down the electrical lines that were taken down by the fallen tree. Strange to have tornado like activity, derecho coming thru Houston...apparently it's been more than 40 years since the last one...meanwhile I was route planning heading north to avoid tornados and ironically Houston gets hit while I'm out of town.

And all this time since hearing from @Orson . . .

As I understand it, the first wind tunnel used by a motorcycle manufacturer. Correct me if I am wrong, anyone who knows better. Indeed. You never know when it might be too late.

Google can be avoided. There are Wiki articles that mention them. For instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw They are uncommon here and in Australia, in fact I don't recall ever having seen one, but the idea sounds good. What was that thing with having to leave town?

@-Martin.Glaeser- speaks the truth. Again. Thank you, Martin, for staying with us.

My understanding is this is exactly what the Phillip's head was designed for: for the driver to "cam out" on assembly without over-torquing. They were never designed to take apart. Agreed on Torx and Robinson drives being positive engagement, both in and out.

OOOOH , you need to Google Robertson screws . You will never use another style of woodscrew again .

I like Torx. 10 or 15 years ago they were a bit of a pain in the arse, because one didn't necessarily have the appropriate bit on hand. In the meantime, they have become so common here that the bit is available more or less as a matter of course. The adavantage over a Phillips screw is that the driver is less likely to jump out of the screw head if you don't put enough pressure on it to stay in. When using a battery drill to screw in the screws, this is a major advantage. On the stages in theatres here, where set pieces are commonly screwed to the stage floor, and generally where things made of wood are screwed together, you nearly always see Torx here. As I said, I like them.

Yeah, we agree on this. My introduction to this concept was discovering the true purpose of the "Phillip's Head Screw." Then came Torx . . .

Legs all the way up to her arse.

You need to pull down a modern car engine docc to properly understand how much of the design is about production line speed and ease of assembly and minimising machining. Terrible. Phil

Think it might be the Quat D style set up you're on about mate? Yeah, I agree that's not my cup o Darjeeling either. I like my Mistral Carbon cans and the reverse cone style you have on yours actually. Cheers

I'm not a fan of these short mufflers and brand that's a box under the gearbox ( brand I forget, probably because the exhaust is so ugly to me) for aesthetic reasons. The rear wheel/swingarm area of a V11 Sport isn't the prettiest part of the bike esp with the enormous std rear hugger and the flange around the bevel box. Quite ugly and heavy looking in my eyes. A nice muffler style contributes in a large part to breaking up this visual and minimising the appearance and impact of this rear end appearance. Short or non existent muffler styles that expose this area do the opposite and draw your eye and therefore attention to the the heavy look of the rear end. I much prefer the std bike without the factory rear hugger for this reason as well even with std mufflers. One of the highlights of going to custom wheels was being able to machine off the bevel box shroud for a cleaner lighter rear end appearance. Phil

I have long been fond of saying that consumer products, perhaps all the way from toasters to airliners, are designed with two purposes: build and sell.

Not sure about this. I've done a lot of work on McDonald Douglas A4G Skyhawks. Not much consideration for maintenance on that thing. Phil

Just saying, go back to april 22, all will be forgotten Cheers Tom.

That's funny !

Hmmmm , IDK . My 87 SE is so full of quirks it is hardly rideable. BUT I cannot explain the acceleration , the twisting of the bike when you are accelerating and how the bike picks up in the rear while all of this is taking place . IIRC I could hit 60mph in 1st gear. Keep in mind it IS more than ready to go to 2nd when this is happening . From 5500 on (or til you are ready to get to the next gear) this bike takes OFF ! Anyone that has or had ridden an un-emasculated HP Guzzi knows the feeling !

What is the capacity of the fuel tank? is this your fuel gauge? the paint job looks a bit rough though....

Nobody mentioned AI? I was reading about those illustrators losing their jobs, since AI can do it just as well. Of course, AI trained on all that was done by those same people, to make them redundant. What will come next? ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot to design your next Moto Guzzi?