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I didn't notice anything behind the bike. Barely even noticed the bike, if it comes to that...

Let me refresh this, now that warm weather is upon us.

Can we just be done w/it and announce every member hits like on this post ?

I won't comment on why you have so many spares hanging around...nope, not gonna do it.

We had a Spine Raid Jail Break Saturday meeting at Linda’s 5th St Diner in Bowling Green KY. After a good brunch, we rode around Southern KY, totally 350+ miles. The weather couldn’t be better, the Mivv’s were pouring out a glorious soundtrack. Thank you all for attending and what a great “idea” to get together, break bread and ride! images here: https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/gallery/album/323-spine-raid-jail-break/

I know EVERYONE on this site tinkers with your bike and everything else in your shed. This year someone turned me on to how easy McMaster-Carr is to buy from. This place has just about everything you need for any project you have to work on. I order from them at least weekly. It doesn't matter how small or large your order is they fill it and they have it in stock. $12 and next day it is delivered. I needed a 12mm X 1.25 l.h. thread tap. They had (I call them) start , finishing and bottoming taps in stock and no one around could get them in less than a week. Next day and I could not drive to town for $12 . Check them out !

I'm an archivist!

OK, wow! Over a year and I’m just getting to update on my PC545 battery. So, it was 12 years old. Just about as much as you can expect. I replaced with a NOCO Lithium of approximately the same physical size. I’ve had no issues at all with the NOCO. Starts right now! Even after sitting all winter. I would recommend this battery as a good option, not inexpensive though.

Bellissimo!

I've used them for..uh..since the 90s. Not always the cheapest, but better than average quality..and they have it.

Geez, you guys don't mess around. I couldn't do that without stopping for another meal.

Is that a steam hammer behind the bike?

along these lines , this mechanic's forum I belong to. This guy posted about leaving these power tool batteries on the charger. There were about 5 or 6 guys that knew about shops going up in flames and the battery/charger were found to be the inspiration for the fire. Now , when the green light comes on / the battery comes off !

At first glance, I thought the yellow thing was a Duc, but on closer inspection it appears to be a Harley. But on the Rosso Mandello... That looks like a clean one for a fair price. It appears that it would be pretty simple to return it to stock (especially if it comes with the original bits that were removed. And it has the Titanio racing pipes and high hangers - very desirable option.

My 1100 Sport came with a Litium Exide. Been storing it in a ammo box during winther. Told my battery guy, you can have it, give me an AGM. Still skeptical. A reminder 4months ago, a known guy with plenty of toys, including 76 Le Mans ++, everything up in flames. Don't need that on my mind. If only 1 dissaster in 5mill batterys, still not interested. Yeah yeah probably wrong, but my decision . Cheers Tom.

A well timed reminder. I needed a router bit that the usual suspects did not carry. I'll have it Wednesday.

Thanks for the reminder. I have used them a few times, but they really should be my go-to source.

Saw this and felt it was too good to keep to myself. It's in Lancaster, PA. Despite the comedy attempts in the description, it appears to be legitimate, but i don't know for sure. I do not know the seller, and am not associated with this listing in any way: https://www.facebook.com/share/15Qc7164g4/

hopefully i’m not straying too far from the OP’s thread title when i add a couple more non-Odyssey notes: Have been unable to get one of my Odyssey back to holding a charge, using the simple version of the discharge and charge cycle process noted here. Worked for another one, but i’ve got one approx 10yr old that isn’t responding well. I may need to read further to get beyond the caveman version of the process I had been using. but then, 2 Li-ion notables: one back from the dead (maybe old news to some, but was new for me), and another one performing after 8+ years… As noted elsewhere here, myself and Murphy combined to create the perfect snake-eyes roll, when I put a new Earth-X battery in my 1200 Duc, which after cringing at what i paid for it, then after riding it for about a week and leaving it down south at a friends place, had a relay failure causing a complete discharge of the expensive Li-ion Earth-x, down to 1.4 volts. To use the scientific term, killed it deader-n-hell. After replacing it with regular Batteries Plus sourced AGM (all i could find locally there) I looked at the Earth-X forlornly on the bench for the last several months. It wouldn’t take a charge from any of the various chargers I have, not surprisingly, but including my old-school bulk charger. But then I got a reminder/tip from one of our A&P’s at work: jumper the battery with another charged battery, then connect the smart charger. The smart charger will see enough voltage from good battery to begin its process, then disconnect the good battery, and see what happens. I did it out in the gravel driveway, as there was no guarantee things wouldn’t get out of control on the batt temp. But voila… it’s back. holding full voltage for several days now. (will load test it later this week) Then, one of the old riding mowers battery died. On a lark I popped in an old Shorai Li-ion I had on the bench, which I had pulled out of my KTM 990 about 7 yrs ago, to replace it with an Odyssey, to make it, in my mind, more reliable for shipping it off to alaska for several years. that Shorai was in used condition when i bought the bike, and had been drained down to around 8v due to another issue on that KTM which took me years to find (via half-assed efforts, admittedly). I had charged it back up, but assuming that from such a deep discharge, and being old, that its days were numbered. But it held a charge nicely, and used it for little projects over the years. Now, at least 8yrs later, popped it into the old riding mower, and it worked like new. A couple of cold and warm starts on the old Briggs & Stratton were better then ever (lots of CCA on that Shorai). I don’t know how the charging system on the mower will treat the Li-ion, so i’ll be watching that. but a somewhat interesting data point regarding life span on an old Li-ion that had seen some abuse.

Did some track racing last Friday. Even with our heavy bike it was really fun And also this Scura rides in The Netherlands. Track was in Venray. Also a Griso attended. Really cool. Would love to have a spine meeting here too! Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk

500km on a V11 feels like 200km right? @Admin Jaap this year may be too soon, but I would happily help you organize something for next year? Would be great to get some faces to the names of the forum I roam around on for 10 years next year!

Gene I agree 100%

500m . . . 500km . . . It's just the difference of one silly letter!

WHAT caused you to do something as absurd as to create a forum for something as laden w/foibles as this ? I do know w/o this , I would not own my V11s and I certainly not appreciate them or have a relationship w/a task force of other addicts .

Officially, the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere is tonight. While there are millennia of interpretations of this astronomical event, let's face it: it all comes down to the promise of light and hope returning, aka: planning ahead for the next great motorcycle ride/gathering . . . South'n Spine Raid XXI / 2025 Weekend after US Labor Day Tellico Plains, Tennessee, USA September 5-7, 2025 Get There. Bring Tools.

Delkevic don't make the link pipes for Guzzis, my link pipes are 2" 45 degree mandrel bends in stainless steel, and the hangers are aftermarket items for a Ducati, the mounting holes spacing is the same, cost £40 for the hangers, £24 for the link pipes and £230 for the slip on Delkevic mufflers https://delkevic.co.uk/silencers My silencers are PR1868, look on the US website at single mufflers 18" carbon fibre oval here's a better photo