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Have been watching the progress of a bloke in Oregon refurbing a Vincent Rapide. Cueing up the "first start" video, I note in the opening shot that the man (or his friends) has excellent taste. In fact, it might leave you greenie with envy... Is it one of us???

Guilty. Yeah, those are my drone shots. If you watch enough of Mike’s channel you’ll see me more often than not. There’s a whole series (playlist) on my Norton engine rebuild. He has a video coming out in a couple weeks that we shot today. Very fascinating no matter what bike you ride!

It can't be that hard or expensive to get air filters surely? The V11 uses the same air filter as the Cali 1100 so beloved by the Corn Cob Pipe brigade. They'd fly into an apoplectic frenzy if air filters weren't available! GU30113600 Bash that into AF1's site and they're thirteen dollars but because they don't do a lot for older stuff they'd have to order them in. Lets try MG Cycles? OK, $11.48 from the Cheesers. Harpers? $13.10 but their website makes it harder to find. Order from Europe? Well just as an example from TLM they're €9.05 Air filters aren't exactly *Emergency Breakdown* items, sure it is good to keep an extra one hanging around but as a service item they can usually be bought by planning ahead a bit. Like oil filters, gaskets, sealing washers and all the other service dross we need just buy three and keep them on the shelf. Unless you're one of these folks who changes motorbikes like most people change underpants they'll all get used. It's not like they are going to go off like a bag of old prawn heads! Pete

yep I don't know if I can get ANOTHER 130,000 miles with me and my pods.

There are 2 threads to this docc. Firstly a well designed airbox is designed to harness the natural intake resonance of the engine and feed a cool laminar flow of air to the throttle body. Forget about ram effect for the majority of riding even on the track as it has a minor effect. These days even street bikes use this resonate effect together with ecu controlled variable length inlets to smooth out the torque curve. The V11 also uses intake and airbox resonance to advantage. Secondly is filtering. I read a long time ago a comparison of elements of different styles and from memory the conclusion was pretty much the same as for oil filters. less restriction means less effective filtering. So at the end of the day you get the choice of free flowing and reduced filtering capability or less free flowing and more effective filtering. You get to choose. I used to ride bevel drive Ducati's around for a few years with just wire screened intake trumpets. The Nikasil cylinders and pistons used to be ok but the valves and valve seats used to take a bit of a hammering. Back in those days a std Ducati filter was a tin box and concertina hose for each carb and just didnt look cool at all, before the days of inlet resonance tuning. As soon as manufacturers started taking the induction side seriously I gave up on such silliness. Personally I'd stick with the paper element and leave the horrible messy oily gauze thing for lawn mowers and such. Of course the only reason they came into being at all was for dirt bikes back in the late 60's where you couldn't be changing a paper filter after every ride. You needed something economical and easy for the owner to service and being most were competition bikes the manufacturers didnt need to worry about warranty claims for high wear rate. It all grew from there. Ciao

Our mon, swooshdave by his Sport piloting the videogyro . . . welldone, mon!!

For sale by original owner - 2000 V11 Sport (purchased new in 2001) with Magni fairing, Hyper-Pro damper, Mistral cans, mapped PC3, Roper plate, Edge-Guard, Pro-Tek caps, tank-bag and almost new tires (Angel GT) - as pictured below. Optional extra parts (Tekno bags / mounting brackets, factory Lafranconi cans, stock mirrors / bars, Anaconda rear wheel pit-stand, Twin-Max electronic synchroniser). Also listed locally on kijiji - see link for additional pics / full details : https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1491265642 Bike includes factory manual, set-up notes, full service history and miscellaneous spare parts. Around 98,500 km (61,500 mi). Asking $4,250 CDN (approx US$3,000) All original paperwork.

What Vincent??? Can't seem to get past the GREEN.

Yes ... a genius, the Profressor and it seems that he was a kind soul and a totally down-to-earth guy. and today Geddy & Alex posted: Our most heartfelt thanks go out to family, friends, musicians, writers and fans from around the globe for the incredible outpouring of love and respect for Neil since his passing. These touching tributes help to lessen the pain of this terrible loss and remind us all to celebrate his remarkable life and our connections to it. - Geddy & Alex

I got my blablibio for 3,250 good English pounds a few years back. Bargain.

Same huge pile of boiling, supturating, leaky arse! As much use as an ejector seat in a helicopter!

Look, people are welcome to do exactly as they please but the two things I did when I first bought the Scura RC now owned by Chuck was to replace the single plate clutch with a twin plater and dump the shitty pod filters and reinstall the airbox. If people want to run a K & N filter that's fine but if it comes into my workshop expect a torrent of spluttering, incandescent fury and for it to be returned to you in a bag when the service is complete!

I have never heard that term "labyrinth" filter ( now, there are LOTS of Pet'es terms of never heard, but the rest are generally, er . . . "discriptives" ). I have heard the K&N types called "oiled gauze" and was taught here a long time ago they are not "foam." I have listened to and read so much of the debate about them and somehow concluded their downfall is neglect. So, I service (clean/oil) mine about every 12,000 miles/20.000 km, but am now having second (fifth?) thoughts about returning to paper (if I can find a ready source). Otherwise, I have always been fond of the stock airbox in any one of its natural settings . . .

hell yeah, I can tell in the first few seconds of the excellent video ... SwooshDave!

The Ballabio is the red-haired step-child of the family, but mine had two prior "mature" owners, only 4.5K, was stored inside and came with all the records and about 2K of accessories. Thus, I was not afraid to pay the price of a new Nina 300 for it.

If you want the look, buy one pod filter, cut it in half lengthwise, and hot-glue half to each of the intake boots just upstream of the throttle bodies. Only you will be the wiser. Seriously, airboxes are big talk even at the EX500/GPz500S forum. That bike uses CV carburetors which need a certain restriction to function properly. All the cool dudes toss the box and put $10 pods on, only to lose tons of mid-range (if 498cc can be said to have that), as well as some top end, as the slides may not rise completely. The EX airbox has a 7 litre capacity and is a very odd shape, fitted into each and every available nook and cranny in the frame. 5 separate pieces and two snorkels. It was most certainly not done for looks - it was done by reading dyno charts at the factory.

That's standard on a Scura.😊

Drank beer with my latin girls