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In music, they say an "interval" is the distance between two notes. The smallest interval in Western music is the half step, the largest the whole step. Here is Texas, we prefer to use the "two steps".

Here's my 6 cents; In your narrative, you report the issue was initially intermittent. The light would not always go off after a restart. The work around was to shut down, and restart after a cool down. The analysis would be the pressure switch is the culprit. If the oil flow path was the root cause, it would not have been intermittent. A failure of the oil pump, or a short path circulation created by a non sealing component would have been permanent once established. I may be wrong, but it reads this way. A malfunctioning pressure switch could fail the way you described.

I managed to get something from Brembo, but I had to log myself from within Italy to get to the motorcycle configurator; And as you can see, for your bike, they only sell the rotors. No brake pads, no caliper....

In the workshop manual I have in pdf format, there is not a single part number for any of the components. They are described by their names, they have an item number, but no part number quoted. The link supposed to provide you the manual for the V11 with the part numbers no longer work.

I queried their website with the part number posted, and drew a blank. I got an Aprilia part number instead: Front brake caliper - AP8213196 Obviously, the manufacturers always do that! they take a Brembo part number, and they rebrand it with their own part number. It would be so simple if they had kept the Brembo part number across the board, so only one reference, even if compatible with multiple motorbikes. But we are no longer talking about a repair kit....

Well if you noticed, UPS, DHL, FedEx have a service charge for clearing customs "on your behalf". I do buy a lot of goods from Europe, and I always get the taxes double dip. Boonstra does not use eBay, and they automatically remove the NL VAT when they sale outside of EUR.

You should be fine. Most of these shops go eBay for the exposure. But you don't need to pay the extra money from eBay since these guys have an Internet site, and they are certainly used to send goods all over the world. I looked at the Powerhouse uk web site, and when you click on the repair kit to buy it, you are taken to eBay. Looks like you are going to pay the 20% local VAT on top of everything else eBay is going to charge you automatically, such as local US taxes too. Do not waste time trying to address that issue with eBay, I tried so many times, and you can never speak to anybody who understands taxes.

I am guessing a call to Brembo Italy is in order. The US representation of some of the foreign companies here seem to be purely PR work. I have been in touch with Alpinestars in California for my TechAir 5 airbag. Phone calls, and the people I spoke to always need to get in touch with someone else in Italy. But when it comes to vintage parts, UK and NL are king.

I ordered bars end weights from Boonstra in the Netherlands. It was at my door in three days using DHL. Actually, they arrived before my Formotion instruments ordered the same day from California. Contact Powerhouse UK directly tomorrow https://powerhouse.uk/ forget eBay... Remember, if the parts are new, they should be VAT exempted and the courier to the USA should also be VAT free. Since the parts are below $800, you should escape paying import duty. I did not pay any import taxes for my bar ends weights. When you use eBay, they charge you automatically for local taxes independently of the country where the goods are sent. Because in Europe, by law, sellers have to quote new item prices with the VAT included. There is no VAT on used goods. In EUR you only pay VAT on new items.

Have you tried Brembo USA? https://www.brembo.com/en/bike/original-equipment Do we know the exact part number for the rear caliper?

I did not know.... I remember that on my assigned lathe, we had tables for what levers to combine according to thread types. During all my training, I never cut a single Withworth thread. Anyway, I read the Wikipedia narrative, and learned that the 1/4" thread at the bottom of all my cameras and video cameras is a Withworth thread! all these years. For piping, I am much more familiar with the BSP standard. But as per our previous discussions, I always found cumbersome to deal with the multiple different standards. With metric threads, there is a single nomenclature, or close to at least. I also remember the nightmare to identify UNF, UNC, UNS when needing to replace something on our equipment and looking for fasteners...

Whitworth was nicknamed "Gas thread" by my Lathe instructor when we learned about threads... but we never used it. And understanding threads is a great adventure in the world of oilfield connections... API or not....

Hotels exclusively. As long as the trips are short, I should be ok. Its mainly about off riding time. The pants are warm, and my riding shoes are not very comfy to dance the two steps with the local cowgirls.

I usually carry an inverter on long trips (car trips I mean). So I can plug in higher amps chargers during the trip. The camera and video camera are luxury. I don't really need to ride with them, but I like to take nice photos, and I don't like doing it with cell phones. Those do not have USB ports. The camera has a battery that you take out, so I carry two. The video camera also has an external battery that requires a different charger. The Alpinestars Airbag has is proprietary connection and charger. They did not need to do that. They could have had a USB-C port. A bit like Apple that insists with Lightning ports on their phones. I should manage anyway.

Many hotels have USB outlets too nowadays, but you never know in advance.

You are actually very close to my life's philosophy. Just take your AMEX with you, and you are set. Unfortunately, the AMEX cars is mostly useful in the USA. In Europe, not many stores take it. You are better off with a VISA or a Mastercard.

I spent a good part of my career dealing with mixed units based on what the customer fancied. Sometimes I had to measure tools in inches, other times in meters. Sometimes I had to make my report using ISO units, sometimes Imperial. Although I was taught in metric, I had to learn inches and fractions because some measures are still expressed in imperial units. But I agree with you that metric is much more intuitive to decipher.

I have the same; Australian Stay In Tune, and they do. However, the company went belly up, and was picked up by an auto parts.

If I remember correctly, the distance between two opposed faces which determines the size of the wrench you need to use is based on the standard used for that particular fastener. It is either ISO, or DIN and at the manufacturers' choice to follow. Either one works, but for the same size, the nominal wrench size may change. This always has been a major pain in the back side. In the oilfield industry, early on, some accessories, instrumentation, metering systems were manufactured in the USA, and installed on equipment manufactured in Europe. So you would always need to have a tool box with imperial and metric tools; sometimes the temptation to use the wrong tool would result in a lot of frustration. That included tap and dies, and screws that looked alike but with imperial threads that you may want to install in a metric threaded hole; same size, different thread pitch! And the cherry on the cake were with the early British standard for threads, which fortunately got discarded when they embraced the metric system. Initially, British threads would screw anti-clockwise against the universal standard to screw clockwise, excepted for gas connections.

My company switched to RCM for many downhole tools. Most of those tools are capable to determine when they require maintenance. Modern cars have some RCM built in too. My car tells me when I need to change the oil. It is always (a lot) later than the kind advice written by the dealership on that windshield sticker. lol...

In one of my line of business, "infant mortality" was used for brand new equipment that would break down a few hours before entering service. Mainly Electrical Submersible downhole Pumps. For those non eruptive wells, you run a pump. Some of them, would fail a few hours or days after being started.

Keep your fingers crossed that you can actually travel. Who knows what can happen until then...

I think the world is going in complete FUBAR mode with the back and forth botched communication that took place almost everywhere. I am now totally confused on what the message is. I am going to go with riding my V11 is going to keep me safe from the Delta variant. Why not? wearing a helmet is the best protection... lol...

@po18guy I received the preowned jacket today; not in time for my trip to Freeport, which I did with my Icon. But it was a very educating trip, because throughout there were patches of showers followed by intense sun. So I got drenched, and then dried by the sun. I must say the "cooling" effect of wearing wet clothing did not convince me at all. It felt wet, but it was not really "cooling" me. I found it rather unpleasant. And the "cooling" effect did not last much under the sun. However, the rain was so heavy that it was hard to see, and the asphalt accumulates water pretty fast. Bottom line, I don't mind riding in the heat!!!

It is only postponed though.... Not as bad as if it was cancelled. So let's hope for the best next year...