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The Italian Stallion (among other wild horses) on Route 120 East of Mono Lake.

Hey Docc! I am moving from Norway, so unfortunately I sold the bike A bitter farewell..

@audiomick Here are the original Hose Remover Pliers ==> Linky

Hey Ali Fra! Thanks for checking in! Once you get re-settled, there is another V11Le Mans waiting for you . . .

Hello friends! I currently sold my V11 Le Mans 2003 Nero, cause we are moving to another country I had a plan to make a secondary custom paint job on a full fairing kit that I have bought from Poland 18 months ago. Never had time and maybe for the best, considering I sold the bike. Anyway, my full fairing kit is for sale. I have tried to show all the damages on the kit as I can, but I can send more detailed photos if needed. Its a great opportunity for somebody who wants to make a custom paint job since the kit is damaged. Its not structural damages but I see many scratches on them. Some parts are better than the other. Some parts only require cleaning polish process. Here I share the photos that I took by myself today, trying to show every part of them. The price I ask for all is 600 euros if sold as a kit. If not, I will think about individual prices late. But as you assume it would be much more expensive than the kit price. The price does not include any shipping cost or custom duty fee. I can ship to EU or US. Edit: I have some problem with uploading the photos. Seems like I have to resize all of them cause all of them are above the singular mb limit. The photos will be put soon. Cheers.. No way to upload photos here so I added a drive link accessible to everyone: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Sj2_nWLnFworsFLGh2V95g4rDPrEJutJ?usp=drive_link

I was curious to see what this offering was, but couldn’t open the folder directly without permission. I ask for permission from Google Drive and @Ali Fra sent me a email message right away, sharing the picture folder with me. Nice piece of kit!! GLWTS

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. To the quote: no need to relieve the pressure, but my (limited) experience shows that it helps. It's really not hard. Like I wrote, disconnect the fuel pump, start the bike and let it run till it starves. Last time round, just the start attempt was enough. The motor didn't start because the start attempt "emptied" the fuel lines. That is why I thought that this time round there would be no more pressure in there to speak of. Whatever, each to his own. Fuel running out of the tank: mine (long tank with the fuel pump in the tank) doesn't lose any fuel out of the tank. It dribbles a little bit when the fuel line comes off, but no more than you can catch with a rag. After that, it doesn't lose any more.

This tool is for an entirely different purpose, the jaws separate as you squeeze the handles where the green tool discussed above has the opposite action of bringing the jaws together as the handles are being squeezed. It works by fitting on the fuel line connector and pushing the retaining collar back while allowing you to hold and push the whole connector forward towards the elbow with one hand. Just make sure to hold the notoriously fragile elbow coming out of the tank with your other hand. Now, if you use that other tool successfully for disconnecting your fuel line, great! Its main purpose though is to disconnect rubber tube from their fittings by pushing the end of the tube away from the fitting. As you probably know, if you’ve ever tried pulling on a rubber hose to disconnect it from whatever it is attached to, the harder you pull, the tighter it gets.

Thanks for the answers. First up, I do know how the connectors work. I even have a couple of spares in a box in the garage, and practised with them before going at it on the bike. What hasn't been mentioned: it is very helpful to disconnect the fuel pump, start the bike, and let it run until it stops before one tries to disconnect the coupling. This relieves the pressure in the fuel lines, making the whole thing much easier. Last time I did it, I got the thing apart first go after doing that. This time round, the battery was not in the bike, and I was not motivated to go back home and get it out of the cellar and put it in. I thought that after nearly a year of standing around, there wouldn't be much pressure left in the system. In hindsight, I probably should have put the battery back in. There is a German expression that translates as "in hindsight is one always wiser"... Regarding the tools: the ones I first found are a set, and were on e-bay for about €20.- . I have since found out that KS Tools offers a set that looks almost identical, but *might* be better quality for about €50.- . Still thinking about it, but I'm likely to buy a set, and probably the one from KS.

What about that continuation, @Ali Fra ?