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I'll post a link to the videos when they get published. They will be pretty epic if I do say so myself.

Oslo-Bergen-HAMAR !! SpineRaid

If you haven't been it's a bucket list item. The pictures do it no justice. From Tennessee you have no excuse not to go.

When we went in 2021 we stopped at Bucee's and had no idea what it was like inside so we just sat in the car. Since then I have been fully exposed to Bucee's and made the guys go in. Minds blown. $4000 and it had about 45k miles. I thought that was... bold.

Hey Eric...how are you doing on the tour? I'm at 47 stops, P6x at 49 stops. We should be wrapping up in the next couple of weeks to complete all 50 here. Another friend on a Stelvio is going thru Big Bend National Park as we speak picking up stops also.

Sorry about that... not really.

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

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

Y'all don't have any excuses now that all the V11 Sports are vintage. As if you didn't feel old enough already. I'm headed back down there again with the crew from Portland. Looking forward to some motorcycles, southern bbq and adult beverages. The Mighty Garage will be filming and posting videos after the event. If I find any V11 Sports I'll be sure to capture them.

Today I took the timing sensor out. Lots of buggerising around: I replaced the breather hose that runs under the spine from the headstock to the back of the motor a while back. It seems I made a "tactical error" in the process. The cable from the timing sensor went up between that hose and the frame, and the connector was hidden under the airbox. The result was that getting the sensor out involved "unclothing" the Le Mans all the way down to unfastening the airbox. When it goes back together, that plug will be nicely accessible on the frame just above the sensor, don't you worry. The sensor didn't look too bad, but it will be swapped out. Holding the new one against the old one, and assuming they were both the same length in new condition, it seems the old one has swelled and shortened such that it is about a half a millimetre shorter than new. That would be enough to take the gap from (assuing it was correct) about 0.7mm to about 1.2mm. Going by what I have read here, amongst others from @guzzler's report on the subject, that would be enough to make it run badly. Whatever, the new sensor will go in. Cleaning up around the sensor was a pain. There were liberal amounts of some sort of silicon sealant involved, and getting that all cleaned up took a while. Since the airbox is now unfastened, the list of "things to be done now" has grown again. I wanted to just put the new sensor in, and see how that affects the way the bike runs. Since I'm so far in now, it seems sensible to go at the "tank off mainenance" thing again from scratch. I've been through that once already, but it was all a bit perfunctory. Since I've got it all apart again, it seems sensible to go at it again and take a bit more care about it. Cleaning the throttle bodies really properly, for instance, And I've got some new rubbers for between the throttle bodies and the motor. And I've got a new timing chain here, and whilst I'm in there I could repair the two broken screws of the four that hold on the alternator cover. And the tailpiece is off, to make it easier to get to the screws for the sidecover. Since that's off, I could have another look at the wiring under the seat, particularly on the underside of the relay sockets. And while I'm in there, I could consider adding the additional relay to supply direct power from the battery to the starter solenoid. The fun never ends...

I see you made it to Bucee's! The Champagne one looks in nice shape...at what price was it being offered?

^^ What little I've seen of her vids, she's a good one to play Neil. I think she's got a little more funk but can do all the doo dahs. Not a huge Rush fan, but saw them on one of their last tours.

Pretty excited to listen to/ watch some new video of Anika Nilles playing with RUSH . . .

Only 900km , have beer. Cheers Tom.

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

Hi from the new guy.

@Gmc28, I hope my effort to help set up your thread came out okay. Sometimes that can be messy. I did try to add back your second photo, but it does not look like that came through.... Looking forward to your V700's progress!

I so love Susan Tedeschi. Don't tell Derek Trucks. Or my wife. Great web find: Susan in 2001. No wonder Derek said, "Gotta marry that girl" . . .

I told, y'all, already: "Boys, I'm goin' in " . . .