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We have long needed to have a separate Lithium battery thread. It would be quite a task to separate the appropriate posts here and not leave the existing thread discontinuous. With deference to the Original Topic, conditioning an Odyssey PC545 by replacing it with a Lithium ion battery is like servicing your V11 SpineFrame by taking the license plate off and backing a different bike up to it . . .

Bellissimo!

I'm an archivist!

Well, nuts . . . it seems my replacement lever is Das Mototech that I got from MG Cycle . . . https://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=50&products_id=2795

Here y'all go . . .

I did learn the short frames, 1999-2001, have a slightly shorter rear brake lever than the Long Frames, 2002-2005

I was hasty and mis-spoke on HMB's new name. Yes, that is the lever! I like the elegance of the design and adjustable toe tab. I can vouch for its durability as mine * got bent * and I put it in the vice and bent it back. We all know the Guzzi part just snaps off.

I replaced mine with an unbreakable one from HMB-Guzzi.

I don't have my diagrams in front of me, but I would say "no." The fuel/ignition harness is entirely separate from the start-charge-lights harness. The red/green wire should be charging power into your circuit breaker and the other leg of the CB should go directly to battery positive. Is this the case?

10th character is the year. Your "carryover" Sport is a "3", @gstallons?

I have, very recently, performed some very bad math. Yet, consider that if #111111 was the first bike, that there was no production through 111110. 111456 - 111110 = 346

So, the VIN refutes my theory that it was late production 2002 and may have benefited from some 2003 "transition" parts as this is #346 built for the 2002 model year. (First V11 of each model year = 111111 edit: Nothing wrong with the new thread, but good to have them linked for cross refeisdictionsrence. * I share your curiosity. While we will likely never know, it is a fun exercise to ponder. I considered that a PO may have wanted handlebars (many have gone this route over the clip-ons) and, perhaps the fork upgrade. Yet, there are is also the later Long Tank (along with non-2002 color scheme), the grey side plates, and ITI /hUR instruments. All of this, at odds with the VIN, could suggest an extensive rebuild. In many jurisdictions, this would be notated on the title.

500m . . . 500km . . . It's just the difference of one silly letter!

I'm seeing under 200 kilometers from Leipzig to Varsseveld. Striking distance!

With the challenges of bringing our Chief Whip to a South'n SpineRaid in Tennessee, USA (we've tried! ), I shamelessly propose we take the party to him. Varsseveld is "relatively" centrally located in The Netherlands and yet striking distance for much of our European brothers, and those in the UK. (Listen to me, talking a big game from across the pond . . . ). Quoting MojoFuzzi in the Post a Picture thread, "there’s a lot of Dutch spinies on the forum 💪🏻. " (To name just a few) . . . @Tinus89 . . . @MojoFuzzi . . . @Jaide . . . @motortouring . . . @Admin Jaap . . . @Paul Minnaert . . . @sport1100 . . . David Konings . . . @Dadparent . . . @Walterg . . . Best wishes, gentlemen! I noticed this cozy place that looks just right for a SpineRaid . . . https://www.hoteldeploeg.nl/