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I was eyeballing a guy's HD at a vendor in Florida and noticed a toggle switch around the passenger pillion...asked what it was for. Wellllll.....it wasn't for a heated seat (in the conventional sense).

OEM, never installed, includes rack, brackets, fasteners and instructions. $170 shipped CONUS.

Between the wiring and the kick stand, guess we all have a stake in these ground beef's.

Damn these essay questions.....

I was able to squeeze one in right here....

Ditto. Using the OEM stand and a scissor's jack under the sump, the bike is very stable. I've had the bike up/down/up/downon the lift, tank off/on/off/on, etc. with this configuration without a worry. Only pucker factor I encounter is the use of the OEM stand (with sockets to the appropriate bike nuts) raising and lowering the bike. I have a cheater pipe safety wired to the OEM stand...for reasons you can infer. (You would think an ex-flatbed owner/operator would have known better...)

...and on my 916, it stays amber at idle....until the cooling fans kick in and turns red (at idle). At times, I find it useful to have that confirmation correlated with the coolant temperature gauge. On the V11, I just mounted a cheapo voltmeter to get confirmation of RPM dependent battery charging overvoltage.

Inspected the plugs, intakes...cleaned out the sump and strainer...and got around to cleaning the air box which had been laying on the bench. I was surprised by the amount of fluid which had pooled inside (~ 1ml or so) and got curious. Looks like the air box has a false bottom ending near the aft end. In any event set this up to help mop up whatever cares to dribble down. Will rotate it 180 degrees and see if anything comes out from below the false bottom. I know, OCD...but might as well satisfy my curiosity while it's off the bike...

Dry outside....oil trail starts inside the airbox (at the front) where the tube enters. Oil trail exits the air box about the external grommet surrounding the LH boot. Just to see, I'll check the LH/RH boot inner surface and engine interface for residue comparison.

Yeah..it's on the LH side...mine didn't have a clamp on it.

"The only path I can make out is inside the airbox starting at the front where a tube enters with the trail leading into the cavernous depths on the LH side of said box." Ummmmm....

Appreciate the above places to look. Removed the tank and air box to get a better look at the situation. The breather pipe (goes from the bottom front of the spine to the top of the motor just aft of the Vee, right?) looks clean along its length and interfaces as does the return line from the side of the spine to the sump adjacent to the drain plug (right?). The only path I can make out is inside the airbox starting at the front where a tube enters with the trail leading into the cavernous depths on the LH side of said box. The airbox itself was reasonably clean and the filter wasn't oil fouled. I'm assuming that if either the crankcase vent or return line was the culprit, I'd be able to see evidence of their malfeasance somewhere along their runs. Reading thru various forum threads my understanding of what's going on here is that the crankcase breather vents thru that big tube going to the bottom front of the spine where two subsequent paths: one to the airbox; the other thru the spine to the sump return line. Please correct my thinking if wrong. At this point I'm going to check/compare the plugs....drop the sump...scope out the situation while doing a oil/filter change...and button her back up and keep an eye on things.

Noticed that the bike was doing something for the first time (17,700 miles)....marking its spot. Bike was on the sidestand..and the path (from the floor) goes up to the shift lever to the LH side boot to the airbox. It's oil....checked everything I had fiddled with recently (clutch bleeder, starter) and inspected about the lid to the airbox (fuel tank not off quite yet) with nothing else of note. Engine oil level (OEM stand) is low but in band. Checked my records and its been 7000 miles since I put a new one on (ooops). At this point my plan is to remove the fuel tank....replace the air filter and see if anything else jumps out at me. Anything else I should be checking while I'm in there?

We have a similar high regard for black snakes...we run across copperheads fairly regular here in SW Missouri. One adult black snake liked to cool itself in the well house drip bucket. No problem...whenever I showed up for my weekly physical plant inspection/maintenance I'd jostle the bucket and he/she would slither off uneventfully. Funny (not really) about the copperhead in your shop...a few days ago I found a juvenile black snake in mine. Dismissed it at first as wayward HD fringe on the floor.....

V11 representation covered at Cedar Vale, KS....

Handsome dog....looks pretty mellow. Brought my boxer with me when I was driving...did >500,000 miles with her. Always had to lift her into the cab...except once in winter in Wyoming...man it was cold! She knew the drill...up into the driver's floorboard..do a quick 180 for paw wipe. As a pup..she had a thing for the driver's seat air line. One time in particular...I-10 in New Orleans (the elevated part with no shoulder) during morning rush hour...I heard a concurrent yip of surprise and PSSSSSSSSSSSSSST of escaping air. By then I knew to have a few air line splice kits available.

Where my problem was when that happened to me......

The 8mm bleeder from motion pro worked like a champ for me on the clutch: https://www.motionpro.com/product/08-0482 The 10mm ones were a disaster for the brakes...and I did the clutch first so can't point at a learning curve issue. Wound up using an earlier version of this which got the job done. https://www.motionpro.com/product/08-0143

...and the tire is mounted consistent with the direction of travel! Got a similar model (mine has the bead breaking gizmo at waist level) for myself last Xmas. Got to learn about concrete anchor bolts and hammer drills as a side benefit. One of the better investments I've made, IMO. Creates a back saving elevated work surface. Ease of use is partly a function of the wheel design; shallow drop centers are a pain (think F6B/Gold Wing). Just put a new front tire on the H2 yesterday and it took more time taking the body work off for an oil change than demounting/mounting the tire. I don't like the fact that the wrinkle coating flakes off the center post in use with the debris falling about the wheel bearing if so equipped. I try to remember to put a rag over the bearing. Then there's the lube. I've been using up the NoMar stuff...and started out being pretty stingy with it. I apply it generously now (to the tire/wheel) Follow the instructions for the demount bar (the thing you insert "flat" then rotate 90 degrees to capture the bead) carefully. If your pivot point in getting the bead to clear the wheel is too high up on the bar you'll bend/break it's tip. Also, sometimes its difficult to get the flat part of it's tip below the bead of the tire (in preparation for rotating it 90 degrees). If you got one of their bead locking gizmos, it helps stiffen the sidewall enough locally to get the tip underneath the bead. Ok...I've got a BMW rear staged for replacement..and keep forgetting what the mark on the new tire means...heavy or light. Gotta do some internet research....! Enjoy!

Guess you went thru...and not around...this Tennessee hamlet...

Correct...an install by a previous owner....

Thank you Gentlemen. Some chunks were also retained within the spring and remnants were also still in the "installed" location. In the meantime, I hope the wife isn't planning on an elaborate dinner anytime soon....

I expanded an existing shop space using white peg board compared with the old space which used dry wall and brown pegboard. I was pleasantly surprised by how bright the new space turned out!. Old New

Thank you Gentlemen. I'll go out to the shop in the AM to see where on the shock this thing goes....it's not jumping out at me looking at the online PL drawing

I was getting ready to flush the clutch fluid and as I finished putting the bike up on the OEM stand I found this..thing...under the bike on the ground. I don't recognize it....don't "think" it was on the ground before I moved the bike into position...and can't find anything amiss on the bike..so is this just FOD or part of the machine's life blood? (Crap...I better check the Ducati since I was working on it where the V11 is now....)