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I made a mistake as I had two different tabs open. I have edited my post to include all the information I had initially planned to provide. Interesting that you automatically assumed I was purposely trying to be deceptive.

This was from Montaigne... I found the citation; I did not remember it properly:

@nielsv11 I apologize, my initial reply was not complete. I did not realize I was missing the link to my particular issue. There is an o'ring between the pinion carrier, to prevent the oil from leaking out. The drive on my Quota maybe different, but the sealing principle remains the same. I had a similar problem; it is more frequent than you think...

A French philosopher said once, you wear clothing not to hide, but to showcase. I think he knew what he was talking about... But if seems like GenZ and Millennials are no longer following the principle.

I was only looking at an easement of the task. As with any of the supplies we buy, we use them once, punctually, and then they expire, because the shelf life is short. I noticed, that due to the temperatures in Texas, some of my supplies don't last more than one usage.

I used petroleum jelly on rubber parts. The one that can serve as a replacement to Vaseline. Same result and very cheap.

Now that we know that Toprak Razgatlioglu will race in Yamaha Pramac from 2026, we have to look at the rest of the market. Johann Zarco hinted that after all, he prefers to stay at LCR Honda, and not move to the factory team. In my opinion, this is a clear indication that Honda has other plans for a top rider. Since we now know that Jorge Martin still wants out of Aprilia, who knows... Honda has clearly said they would not poach any pilot with a signed contract.

It seems like Liberty has finally cleared all the hurdles from the European authorities, and they will officially announce taking over MotoGP from Dorna, possibly this summer. One of Liberty's main objective, is to get more audience in the USA, so they may have a plan to do more than just the one COTA GP each year. I don't think Maryland has a racetrack though... you would have to travel a bit to get to it. I don't see anyone else capable of matching his regularity. Last week, he still managed third in Silverstone. It is clear the Ducati GP24 is the only one capable to compete with Marc Marquez on the GP25. Looking at what is happening on the racetrack, it seems that Alex could be the only serious competitor. I read an interview from Bagnaia, stating that changing the GP25 to suit him better is not something that is going to happen overnight. At best, it will be after the summer pause. But given the point's difference between MM and FB, it seems an impossible task.

I discovered that old British show on YouTube... when it comes to humor, English are hard to beat!!

See? this one is from Stein Dinse in Germany.

Sometimes, there are more than one way to fix a problem. It depends on how you want to tackle it. I experienced a similar problem with my V11; the admission boot between the cylinder intake pipe and throttle slipped out. As you can see in the picture below, there are two of these boots; the throat is in the middle. I could have done it in multiple ways, but the clamp screw was on the other side, so unaccessible. I had to loosen the boot to be able to rotate the clamp next to the admission pipe. Just do whatever seems the most practical and easier to you. No damage to the engine, but of course, the left cylinder did not work properly. Also, but this is just me, since you have one of these boots that broke, now would be a good time to assess the remaining three, and maybe change them all? As to finding the parts, look at one of the spare parts catalog available on the web, and type the part number. You will most likely find a lot of hits. Europe has much more availability for parts.

Why Assen only? Mugello? Le Mans?

beautiful, isn't it?

By the time I was in age to enter the SNCF, they had stopped training people to drive steam locomotives. I was not interested in diesel or electric locos. I still studied mechanical engineering, though. Actually, just because we are talking about it, I attended a conference by one of the locomotive engineers, who was in the last ever promotion that formed steam locomotive engineers. This guy was also a photography buff, and he documented all his training and steam locomotive life, until it lasted. It did not go long, since the SNCF got rid of the steam quickly. I have is dedicated book somewhere in Buenos Aires.