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Following the first free practice, which in itself does not reveal much, but may be construed as a reinforcement of what we suspected. Jorge Martin is top; Alex Espargaro 2nd, and no surprise, Pedro Acosta 3rd. Marc Marquez is 4th, and did pretty well throughout the session. Surprisingly, Johann Zarco is the 1st Honda with the LCR team; 6th, three tens behind Jorge Martin. Franco Morbidelli has been at the rear end of the pack, no surprise. As for the world champion, he did too, navigate at the bottom of the roster, whatever that means. Fabio Quartararo seemed to have a real hard time too.

I only used to watch them for MotoGP; they put effort in providing thorough coverage on race day, with two journalists covering the event on site, including interviews.

I knew that... probably the reason why many sports are broadcasted for free... as long as you set yourself in Austria or maybe in Germany too? I watch the ski competitions too. However, Dorna has been policing the free broadcasters. I had to upgrade my VPN service to obtain my own IP address in Austria. Servus TV changed their protocol so a standard VPN, meaning many users using the same IP gets detected and you are denied the transmission. In any case, it is still cheaper than the 140 Euros Dorna is asking for the full seaon. My subscription was USD 41 dollars, without a dedicated IP and 52 with one for Austria.

@GuzziMoto If you get a VPN service, you do not need to limit yourself to what is offered in the USA. https://www.servustv.com/sport/b/motogp-world-championship/aa-1qg6dqwd91w11/ Servus TV is in German, but only for the races. All the practices are the direct comments from MotoGP. They also have the races in playback, if you cannot livestream.

I always watched MotoGP on European TVs, such as Servus TV or others who broadcast either with their own commentary, or using those from MotoGP. But I have stopped. Now I only tune in to those to discuss the races.

Just go by trial and error; substitute the relay with another one which you know works.

@igor This morning, I read your post, and I thought it was really an odd problem. Nevertheless, as I was running errands, I decided to use my horn. Instantly, my horn cut off, I lost my tachometer, my head beam, and I later discovered that the low oil pressure lamp was no longer lighting with the engine not running. I thought that I must be that lucky, someone talks about it, and it immediately affects me. Fortunately, I checked my fuse box, and discovered that where there should have been a 15 Amps fuse, there was only a 5 Amps one, and it was blown! I don't think you have the same problem as I did, but just for being thorough, check your fuse.... It is the one with the head lamps icon. Bonne chance!

Un connaisseur !

Francesco Bagnaia has signed for another two years after 2024, at the Ducati factory team. Rumors of a purchase of MotoGP by Liberty is growing. Latest prediction on future Marc Marquez performance comes from Jorge Lorenzo. According to him, Marc does not yet ride the Ducati like a Ducati, but like a Honda. He does not see him being reshuffling the expectations before a while. Jorge said that he observed Marc, and based on his own experience of having been on both the Ducati and the Honda, he can easily interpret how Marc is doing. So, this weekend, we will get an idea of what could happen, with whom...

I don't either; the ride has my undivided attention. No distraction whatsoever!

I am... unfortunately... I liked the British sports cars, and if you ever got close to one, like Triumph, Jaguar, MG, Austin Cooper, Aston Martin, they had those Smith/Jaeger gauges, with all that information. I remember that my friends and I were impressed by how many of those gauges fitted on the Dashboard; including Oil pressure and Oil temperature.... I always liked analogical instruments.

Yes, but which? While I was at Cyclegear, I reviewed a few of those they sold; none of them had the same min and max charge voltage requirements... Obviously, all these are blanket statements in case your battery fails; I don't believe many motorcyclists know what voltage is being applied to their batteries when they ride. I remember the older cars having Ampere and Voltage meters part of the measurements.

He said I was welcome, and he has six of them Elefant 900....

@audiomick Very interesting... The Paris Dakar rally raid has spawned many motorcycles... I am going to check with the guy above, he lives in Raton New Mexico, and there is a stop in Vega, in the Texas Panhandle, about 192 miles away. I will check if I can visit him and take a look at that Ducati/Cagiva Elefant 900.

I had that prior to rerouting the power directly from the battery to the relay. So far, I only experienced it twice. The first time was with my helmet and ear plugs on. I could not properly identify the noise. All I saw was the dashboard light intensity dim, and no cranking. The second time, in my garage, after having installed the new Odyssey PC545MJ, charged and tested. It was like the solenoid was not properly engaging the starter gear through the fly wheel. At the next attempt, it cranked properly, and since then, it seems to be working as before. All the wiring is properly connected, the battery is good. Whatever it was, it may have to do with either the starter motor or the solenoid. At present, I am running around home to see if it will do it again. Obviously, according to Murphy, it is going to work perfectly until I am up in Amarillo.

Since I am now spending a little time with Quota enthusiasts, one of the member is apparently going to have a bunch of motorcycles for sale at a later time. As you can see in the pic below, there are some Quota, Cagiva Elephant, and a Ducati model I must admit I have never seen before...

Found it; http://roadstercycle.com/Shindengen Mosfet Regulator about.htm This is a drop-in replacement of the stock one?

@docc It was not the battery! I received the new Odyssey battery; they have retired the model name PC545 (MJ). The additional thermal protection is achieved by having the battery encased in that metal jacket. I conducted some comparative tests on both batteries, and they were similar. I installed the new battery, and the starting was not straight at the push of the button. Not sure how to describe it. May have been something to do with the Solenoid. But I have not been able to reproduce it. I have made multiple starts, and it cranks properly each time.

0770-2019; 0520 The installation date was never marked. I purchased the bike in December 2020; I got it in April 2021.

I attempted resuscitation technique on my PC545; In my line of work, we used batteries to power instruments to be run in wells. While Lithium came to the knowledge of the public rather recently, my company was directly sponsoring SAFT into finding better batteries for our applications. Lithium appeared in the early 80's, and we quickly learned the danger and limitation of it. One of the known issue of Lithium batteries is named "passivation". It happens during storage before use. Prior to use the battery, you need to depassivate it, which is basically applying a load for a given period of time followed by a rest. Repeat until full capacity is restored. I did manage to improve my PC545 a little, but I have not been able to get back to what it used to be. This is why I have decided not to take the risk, and I will install a new battery. When I got the no crank situation, it brought back some bad memories. Not again!

I just went by the spec sheet of the PC545L and PC545MJ; one has a lower temperature rating than the other. 113 degF versus 176 degF. This is why I went MJ; last year, during some of my rides temperatures were up in the 120 degF. The battery performance is exactly the same for both, only the casing changes. I ordered the MJ.

I just had a no crank situation with the Le Mans last Sunday. This happened after riding to College Station from La Grange. I just had made a stop at Kyke Field for the Texas Tour, and I refueled shortly after. When attempting to restart the engine, the dashboard lights intensity went down, but the starter did not turn. I attempted a push start in fourth, did not start the bike, but managed to revive the starter. I was lucky. Back home, I checked the battery under load, and only got 9.6 Volts. Charged the battery, and get to 10.8 Volts under load. Seemed obvious something was wrong with the battery. An Odyssey PC545; I have now gone through all the posts I found related to batteries for the V11. I also went to Cyclegear to check what battery they had in stock; First and foremost, I found out that the Odyssey PC545 I was using was not best rated for the hot temperatures we have in Texas; https://www.odysseybattery.com/products/ods-agm15l-battery-pc545/ The better choice, would be the PC545MJ with a better operating range span, up to 176 degF (80 degC); the conventional PC545 top operating range is 113 degF (45 degC); https://www.odysseybattery.com/products/ods-agm15lmj-battery-pc545mj/ There is a significant price difference between the two: US$ 148, versus US$ 172. I also found out that for most of the sites offering a battery selector, the V11 is missing. Last I looked at Lithium batteries; several have warnings about the charge from your motorcycle, that should be between a specific bracket. For example, the Duraboost reads that voltage coming from the bike should be between 14.0 and 14.9 volts. After riding through all the posts, I learned the V11 charging current is all but stable and predictable. What I could do, is a battery cross-reference table, with all the brands and models, that are useable on our V11s. For example @MartyNZ was/is happily using a Shorai LFX21L6-BS12; I looked it up on the Shorai site, and it is in back order. Back in the 70's, most of the bikes from Japan came equipped with Yuasa batteries; If you look up Yuasa' site, you will find the proposed battery for the V11 is the YTX15L, and is no longer manufactured. I am going to go with the Odyssey PC545MJ. My PC545 dims: L: 173mm; W: 83mm; H 129mm

Awright... I don't have an 02 sensor on my Le Mans, do I?

To take into account the "StayInTune" exhaust system; https://staintune.com.au/ I am not able to say what ECU is installed in my Le Mans, since the label has been ripped off.