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I noticed the parking light is always on when I turn on the ignition, coupled with low beam. I would have thought this light would only be useful as a "parking light", so lighting on its own. My 911 has a parking light position, if you are parked at night you can leave them on so the car stands out. Maybe Guzzi has something similar?

Here's the support bracket installed again. I replaced the zip ties by two 8mm CHC screws with lock nuts. I replaced the two cruciform fasteners with two 6mm hexagonal head stainless steel screws with conventional nuts. I need slightly longer screws, those are 15mm long; I need 20mm and lock nuts. I had to replace the 1157 Bulb; only the brake light worked. I saw a large selection of led lights to replace the incandescent ones, I did not know which to pick (I read on a forum that some of those are really poor quality). I will check if we already have a topic about this.

One aspect of the oil which he has not touched upon is the infamous additives. They were not the point of focus of this test. Noticed that a many of the top performers in the "extreme protection" list are oiled aimed at V Twin engines.

I looked at the plots more than the narrative.

I found a better way to get the mudguard attached to the assembly. But I am going to need different fasteners. Another trip to the nut place then.... I am going to be able to use longer 6mm screws instead of that zip tie. The difficult part will be to reconnect the wires while holding the tail light & turn indicators piece. There is not much play in the wiring. Obviously, after everything is installed and tightened up, that will be the time when I find out that the rear left and right turn indicators are inverted....

How do we differentiate a V11 engine with a Norton Commando one? The article is interesting in presenting tests and results and providing the data. I don't think we can infer what is good to a V11 from what's good for a Norton Commando though.

The welding shop called me at 1:30. They thought it was more important to do my repair rather than work on that BOP. Nice! Here it is with a reinforcement before painting. If it breaks again, it will not be at the same place. Tomorrow I will put everything back together and get ready to go. The heat is indescribable. I went to the welding shop with the 911 opened, 104 degF on the thermometer...

I was lucky? young enough? to see him race on MV Agusta bikes. He is still attending all the events he gets invited to.

@GuzziMoto I heard the same thing; honestly, I think he should maybe carry it at least one more year in Moto America, even if wins the title. I think Ducati can use the publicity here, although I read their most sold motorbike in the USA is the Multistrada V4. I have noticed that Moto America has so far not asked Petrucci to do the opening on YouTube as the other riders do: -" Hi, I am Jake Gagné, thank you for watching Moto America on YouTube; like and subscribe!"

Thanks for all the suggestions and advice from all, and help from @KINDOY2. This morning I visited a welding shop who took the job. We agreed on how to do it. As usual I will post pictures once I get it back. The actual bracket will be reinforced in both axis by adding some beams. It should not brake again. With a bit of luck, I should get it by tomorrow. These guys are working on oilfield equipment for major companies, I looked silly with my little bracket.

Well, I was lucky that it did not happen while I was traveling. I am going to do a bit of engineering on that support, to make sure it does not happen again.

I agree with you. #7 has been shortened. The modification and the reduction of fasteners has properly made the support failure prone. Once I manage to find a welding shop I will check if we can add some support beams so I don't experience that same issue again. I am so bummed to be immobilized again. I was looking forward to that South Padre Island excursion. I also have to listen to people telling me I should purchase a bike that works...

Just the plastic zip tie. I don't think the tail assembly is original. The entire assembly is supported by the bracket that broke. I did see some unused holes when I took it apart. I think I am missing item 7, number plate holder.

The mud guard is broken too. The right side may have happened when I dropped the bike last year. The left side, I had never noticed it before.

You can see the plate broke close to the welds on both sides. All the weight and the vibrations are concentrated there. You can see that when the plate is bolted on the chassis, you got that cantilever part holding the tail light and turn indicators, and it is only supported by what, 1.5 cm of steel.

Perhaps; but the place where it broke makes perfect sense. This is just close to the two welds, where the heat weakened the carbon steel. The mount plate was solidly screwed to the frame, leaving the tail end free to vibrate. All the weight of the tail end is there. I will take a picture of the other side tomorrow; you will understand right away why it broke where it did. I am going to go to a welding ship tomorrow. We need to grind the weld out on the other side, make a chamfer and weld it again. I was lucky this incident happened at home while maneuvering by hand. If this had happened while on the road....

I have just finished to remove it. It broke at both corners. I am still going to get it welded.

As I got the Le Mans out to start my South Padre Island trip early this morning, the tail light turn indicators number plate assembly fell off.... The bracket holding the assembly broke. The culprit seems to be item 11. I looked at the Guzzi spare parts catalog, I don't know if I am going to be able to find one of these number plate support. Also, the assembly was held by a plastic tie, so this looks like the entire mudguard was chopped off at some point. I am looking for suggestions, ideas before I decide what to do. The entire tail assy held by this flimsy bracket and happily vibrating produced the obvious result. I am not sure the top part of the bracket is not integral of that support which I am indicating with the arrow. This part is not shown on the Guzzi catalog.

I have been under circumstances when you have to drive and start working immediately, then drive back. But driving a car is not as demanding as driving a motorbike, even if back then, we did not have AC. But I will not compromise with safety. If I start feeling uncomfortable for any reason, either sore back side or anything else, I will stop.

Thanks Docc.... I must tell you that I have been exposed to extreme heat a long time before I got in Texas. It started in Libya, and ended in Chad. On my ride to Kingsville in extreme heat, I did not experience any discomfort. I remain reasonable. I have never felt any heat exhaustion so far, however I know that I am no longer in my prime. Problem with heat exhaustion, is that when it happens, it goes very fast, and you lose consciousness. Let's hope I will be here to talk about it later on.... :-)

Next Monday, I should do my longest single ride trip yet. Houston to South Padre Island and back. The total ride is 811 miles, anticipated to last 12+ hours. Does not include stops to refuel. I am not certain I am going to manage to ride 12 hours. I have done a rehearsal up to Kingsville, but this one is considerably longer.

I used the "visit store" option, typed "V11" in the search window and returned some V11 spares; specifies free shipping from Italy but ship everywhere in the world and accepts offers. It is one of this scavenging companies, that purchases wrecked bikes and sell them as parts.

Note that the two compounds choice versus three is a collegial approved measure. On most grand-prix, the choices gravitate around two anyways. This was not decided unilaterally by Michelin although they seem to be blamed a lot for the performance discrepancies from one bike to the other. The difference between the various M1 is mind boggling. Quartararo seems to be the only one able to get it to perform. I would have also liked Jack Miller to go to Aprilia, but there weren't any factory bike available. Such as Oliveira who turned down the offer to reintegrate Tech3 to stay on KTM, he felt it was a demotion. Difficult to anticipate how Jack will feel on the KTM. It is however good that he gets another two years contract on a factory bike.