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EVERY one of you that is gonna attend , ride my anus unmercifully for 3 mos. before this event and the burkesville rallye to assure my attendance .

Or bad voltage spikes from this all-too-common V11 Achilles' Heel fault as the stator wires degrade, undetected . . .

Everyone knows that red is 10% faster (that's why most Ferraris are red, for instance), ergo "X" must also be 10% faster.

That is probably exactly what the marketing department is aiming for. The company earns much more on accssories than it does on standard equipment. The "premium" car manufacturers having been following those tactics for decades.

It's all been said, but here are my two cents anyway: I'm definitely with Marty there. Poor connections have a higher resistance (loose, oxidised, whatever...), and that generates heat. When it gets bad enough, the connectors end up looking like the ones in @droydx's photo. In most cases, the problem is exactly that: the connector has just gone bad. Repair it (and maintain it in the future), and the problem is solved. No. Yes. If there are spikes, the regulator has a problem, at least as far as I know.

BMW has too many nutty professors on their staff , These guys are going berserk w/too much technology on their cars and bikes.

Many thanks. I’d hoped they were independent as I can live without the clutch switch but wanted the stand cut out operational. My switch was still there and connected but had been zip tied to the bracket so wasn’t in contact with the stand. I thought it would be too good to be true but tried fitting it correctly and it’s working!

Of course it is. Live in the belief! PS: mine is dark grey. I've got a slow one....

Something came to mind.... Adult movies were soft named "X" movies to avoid making it to obvious. This theater specialized in "X" films. But in Amsterdam the "X" zone was named the "red" district. Probably because of the way the windows were red lit. So the X almost covers everything. My "sobriquet", P6x also has an "X" since my last name is difficult to pronounce I guess...

Apparently, the regulator is preset at 13.8vDC, so that may be just fine and correct. Altering the headlight wiring (bypassing Relay #2 with a dedicated circuit), or running an LED headlamp affects the reference voltage and may set the higher (>14v) charging voltage.

Outstanding! While we're in that neighborhood, just a reminder to all of one the V11's eight Achilles' Heels : Be certain this fastener stays tight and, just as importantly, check that the the large upper fastener is properly torqued to the surprisingly high 70 Nm . . .

x = cross r = racing s = street Honda: cb = city bike xt = 4 stroke trail xr = 4 stroke competition Suzuki GSXR = Grand Sport eXperimental- Racing RR = race replica

Yea, R means it is faster, and two R's (RR) means it is faster still.....

BMW used a shortened version of 4x4 for their cars. They marketed X Drive around 20 years ago. They started with their SUV's, then put it on some cars. I bought a new GSX in the early '90's, which signified awd. They have been using that letter for quite a while. Now I guess it has a different meaning. If it rolls off the tongue, someone will use it to market something.

I think the X has often signified "cross" as in cross country, or motocross. So the early Yamaha XTs and Honda XRs sort of paved the way with their off-pavement capable bikes. BMW even briefly had a 650 XMoto, XChallenge and XCountry. But it was sad day for cars when the Datsun 240Z turned into the 280ZX. That X was just extra stuff that made the car uglier.

Yup! Lots of wannabe squids were willing to pay,sometimes twice as much for insurance coverage because of the R in the model name. Bookies in Vegas are taking bets already; if the X craze will prove as profitable

It all started with X-ray.

X, S, and R are all popular letters. Some letters get no love, like O or U.

I think they're going for eXtreme. 'Yer not just a bad dude, yer a really bad dude.' Secondarily, it can mean whatever the potential buyer want's it to mean. An optional identity. "s" has played out, no?

Our V11 Sport/LeMans relays, and the vulnerable "relay bases", have derived solutions: Those who carry on with sub-standard relays or keep playing "relay roulette" just didn't get the memos . . .

Turns out, the SpineFrame V11 Sport/LeMans is an arachnid. That is the only explanation how it could have eight "Achilles' Heels " . . .

So, if you put the driveshaft on backwards does the bike run in reverse? I'll let myself out the door...

Brake discs (or rotors) have a nominal thickness when new and a minimum thickness under which they are supposed to be replaced. That minimum thickness is usually printed on the disc.