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Yeah, @paulnaz, how about a direct link instead of a link to the login? I scrolled their classifieds back to March and don't see any V11s.

Probably can still find you a bunk and a space in the garage at the South'n Spine Raid. There will be another Rosso Mandello there. Not sure anyone has ever seen two together . . .

@pete roper , Is the Griso 8v motor not the same as the 8v motor in the Stelvio and Norge ?

@ronkom's detailed post here:

Clipped to the negative. Probing the connectors in the starter relay block looking for power with the ignition switch off. Surprised when the power wire (yellow) from the off ignition switch gave a faint glow. Even more surprised when the other three wires in the connector also faintly glowed (just slightly more than the yellow wire). If I understand correctly, one of those wires is to the starter solenoid, one comes from the Start Button to pull in the relay, and one should ground the relay. Again, test performed with Ignition Switch off and start Relay removed.

Dear me, I did not realize this artist, Nanci Griffith, passed yesterday. R.I.P.

Four weeks out. Today, I rode 150 miles to spank mySport, work through the final Waddington Effect from the last tear down, and assist a fellow SpineRaider in preparation for the XVII. Something we have come to call "Bike Wash." Sort of a "Check My Work" session. mySport hates riding in the city. HATES high ambient temperatures 90-95ºF/30-35ºC. hateshhateshateshates *traffuck* - er, uh "traffic". Yet, she carried the day through some very challenging conditions. Not > perfect <, but roadworthy. SpineRaid or Bust!

Eh, well . . . 15 months from the first post to the first ride combined with @Lucky Phil's considerable talent and skills suggests that the V10 Hi-Cam does not just simply *pop* into a V11 RedFrame. Probably the most subtle, yet impressively executed, V11 "custom" on the planet.

For your reading pleasure, @VtwinStorm: A great chronicle, from beginning to now . . .

I had the pleasure of assisting @Goofman in the completion of the Startus Interuptus remediation on his 2008 1200 Sport. He was able to extract the female spade captured in the relay base connector so we could connect directly to that from the fused power from the battery without using any of the tiny yellow wire. I am really shocked at how small that factory wire is! And it comes all the way to the ignition switch? Just dreadful. Well, remediated now! Thank you, again, @Kiwi_Roy ! When checking for power on the yellow wire at the relay, the test light glowed very,very faintly with the ignition off. In fact the test light glowed dimly at all four of the connections to the relay base (most dimly at the yellow/power wire). All of this with the ignition off. What is up with this?

Why would no bulbs blow a fuse?

Ah, gotcha - the 5 amp Fuse #6, "dipped" light," along with the tail light and instrument illumination.

In American English, the turn signals?

Pretty sure we have critiqued this offering before. Yet, I am sure we won't mind doing it again. This way, @VtwinStorm, you can learn about the differences in the models and the year ranges. First, this is an early (1999-2001) RedFrame (short frame) Sport. Not "Café", per se, which could imply a later LongFrame Café Sport with handlebars instead of clip-ons and other differences. Have a look at the Model Year Breakdown thread in FAQ:

What are you trying to power?

(FWIW, what is, or is not, "in stock" is generally not discoverable on Harper's website. Best to give Curtis a call and get the actual status.) But, wow, there it is. Never noticed this piece before (looks like this one already got a little Velcro tab) . . . And another:

So, your V11 is considered a “carry over” from 2002, even though the 3 in the middle your VIN specifies 2003. Everything about your Sport will be like a 2002. I suspect some previous owner removed the eccentric in some effort to address shifting issues. There should be no brass plug. Pictures can be downsized and uploaded to an “Album” in your profile or to the “Gallery.” I’ve not been very successful at that, so I have all my images hosted on “imgzeit.” Others use flickr or smugmug or other hosting sites and post the image link in their replies.

8th and 9th? That seems like an admirable outcome considering the competition . . .

So odd, to me that all the foot and hand levers are all intact. My levers break off if I fart or otherwise hiccup abruptly.

@Slivsgaard (Claus!) It is just the beginning . . .

@swooshdave did some cool things with this a few years back. Even gave a Greenie sport at one point!

I'm not sure if this motor is actually black, but shows if your donk is big enough it's gonna draw the eye . . . (Another absolutely great image of a (very special) "V11": LuckyPhil's V10 Sport)

Glenn Kerr wrote a design column for Motorcycle Consumer News, as well. It was always the first I would turn to. Automotive photographers, and marketers, have long used silver to accentuate body lines and perform an otherwise "neutral" (some would say bland ) influence on the eye. As many of us have found, Legnano Green and black (especially satin) can be exceedingly hard to capture. I cannot wait to see the images @KINDOY2 sends our way. Congratulations and welldone on that extensive effort and awesome outcome with your Scura, Sir!

Yeah, that is curiously odd damage with the timing chest bosses broken and the odd exhaust crush. One of our members has investigated in person and we may soon know more about this curious listing . . .

In your image, it appears to me that the assembly is simply resting on the shifter shaft that goes through the plate seal on the right of your image pressing that side of the pawl mechanism inward. Otherwise, the pawl arm could be bowed that much (bent) from its stamping. The pawl arm pulls and pushes pins on the upper cam wheel (on the left in your image) to change gears. That surface can be quite scored from tooling marks and benefit from a good polishing. Also, they tend to be warped from stamping and benefit from straightening (flattening).