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Siemens (yes, this is the correct spelling, I would know...) relays were what the wife's 2000 V11 Sport came with. And they failed her within the first month. Turned the bike off at a gas station and it would not start back up.

Well, the front tire fiasco thickens. I must admit, I have always been a fan of Michelin motorcycle tires but this is really turning me off from them. At this point they can't be out of MotoGP soon enough. It is a shame we will have to endure one more year of this, one more season (after this one) of tires playing a large roll in who wins and who loses, one more season of tire pressure roulette. https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1075073/1/official-michelin-wont-introduce-new-motogp-front-tyre Michelin has officially confirmed it will not introduce its long-planned new front tyre for the 2026 MotoGP season.

Dude, you are legend around here. You are easily one of the key members, like Phil, docc, and Pete. Happy to hear from you. I hope you stick around.

I would try either of the two dealerships in Minnesota, both near Minneapolis. One is on the north side of town and the other is on the south side.... https://www.ecofunmotorsports.com/Motorcycles-Moto-Guzzi-V7-Stone-2025-Forest-Lake-MN-9f31b198-9883-4a7d-9ed7-b2ae01221d92

I agree with Phil. But another option, a third option, is to connect the two nipples with a proper size hose. Some people seem to think that connecting them with a hose helps. I don't think that is true. But for sure connecting the two nipples stops the air leak that would occur if the nipples were open. Side note, an easy test would be to open the nipples back up and see if it runs better that way. Clearly it should not run better like that, but you never know. And since blocking them off is one of the three things that changed when it started running less well, putting it back would be an easy way to eliminate that as the source of your running issues.

Well, Marc Marquez won Friday. He seems like he is determined to make a point, to make sure no one else thinks they have a chance. I remember doing that back in the day, taking big risks in practice to send a message to everyone else...

I would agree with Phil. Can you install the new rubber manifold boots without removing other parts? Sure. But it is going to be hard, mainly because of the awkward angle of how the throttlebodies attach to the heads. Sometimes it is easier to take something further apart to put it back together. But to each their own. I would put in a little extra work to take things further apart to make putting everything back together easier.

I am used to driving a fair ways to see races. We went to most of the MotoGP races at Indy, that was a great time. Great roads between here and there to ride, and the town knows how to put on an event. Currently we have been going to the NHRA race at St Louis, that is a well run event that is a lot of fun for a reasonable amount of money. We have closer NHRA races to where we live, but prefer how the St Louis race is run. Plus, it works well as a stop on our way out west as part of a larger trip. Marc was really lucky to get that third place. He likely was going to finish lower, but the red flag saved his bacon. That, and not getting hurt in his crash. All it would take is for Marc to hurt himself in one of his crashes and he could easily lose the championship. But, as mentioned, I think it is his to lose at this point. His best challenger is seriously handicapped by the 2025 Ducati not giving him what he needs. Ducati really dropped a deuce in their own punchbowl.

Even if Marc wins the title this year, I would still go to a race if there was one near me. Also, while I think it is fair to say it is marc's title to lose I am not sure he won't lose it. He is crashing a fair amount. It is just luck that he hasn't yet hurt himself. For sure the 2025 Ducati has a front end that only Marc can deal with. How much of that is how he rides and how much of that is ignorance is bliss I don't know. But neither of the other two riders on 2025 Ducati's can go as well as Marc. Or even as well as they could go on an older Ducati like last years Ducati.

I get that Jorge Martin is still recovering. But at some point I assume he will be back. When that day comes, Bezz has set a fairly decent bar considering I never rated him as high as Jorge Martin seems to rate himself. If Bezz can win on that bike, Martin should be able to as he is supposed to be better then Bezz. True, the Ape varies from track to track, but there are other tracks it should be able to win at. For example, the Catalan GP at Barcelona or Assen. Martin really should not have done what he has done. First he bailed on Ducati, now he is trying to bail on Aprilia. He is going to run out of options if he keeps burning bridges like this. And he still has a contract to race the bike, but as mentioned he has poisoned the well, he has pissed off the team. The corporate entity that is the team won't care, but the people that make up the team, the people who work on his bike, will certainly not be happy about what he is doing and saying. Interesting the balance between Alex Marquez and Marc Marquez. I would guess that if they were both on 2024 bikes Marc would be further ahead of his brother on average. But Alex has always done better at Silverstone then Marc relative to their own performance envelopes. Marc is noticeably faster then Alex on average, but the 2025 Ducati is not as good as the 2024 bike. Alex has the better bike this season. But Marc has always been the faster brother.

Marc and Alex were truly lucky with that red flag. I didn't see any signs of it being a legit red flag, but I wasn't there. I just saw what they showed on TV, and on TV the cleanup looked really limited in size. That said, having been a corner worker, they do the best the can do. And currently race control is likely to err on the side of caution. That said, I don't understand how a racer starting the restart on a different bike they originally started the race on was allowed to start from their original grid position and didn't have to do a drive through penalty. Didn't they just issue some new rules stating that racers that switch bikes have to do a drive through penalty? Like many, I was bummed to see Fabio have bike issues. Not sure he was going to win, he was loosing pace while Bezz was gaining pace. But it would have surely been a top three finish. I do hate those ride height devices. I really liked Aprilia's message to Jorge Martin, pointing out that their bike can win races. And if Bezz can win on it, I would think Jorge could do better. Can he? Time for him to step up, or step aside.

When Rossi went to MotoGP the rules did not allow him to ride a factory bike as I recall. Honda got that rule changed later to allow Marc Marquez to move up to MotoGP directly into the factory team. Marc was the first racer in recent times to move up directly on to a factory bike in MotoGP thanks to Honda getting a rule change. Also, the 500cc two strokes that Rossi rode when he went to to top class were a much harder bike to ride then anything Marc Marquez has raced. The differences in what they raced and when makes a direct comparison somewhat meaningless. It is impossible to directly compare the two, Rossi and Marquez. Marc Marquez may eventually beat Rossi's records, some he already has. But he will never be Rossi. Marc Marquez has a fair number of fans, but Rossi has substantially more. Even in retirement Rossi is still the more popular racer. I think that eats at Marc. I am also of the opinion that Marc Marquez forever tainted his accomplishments with the way he rode not to win races but to prevent Rossi from winning the title. That was about the worst thing I have ever seen a racer do. Both racers have great records, lots of fans, and are clearly very talented. Rossi elevated the game when he came along, and Marc has since elevated it even higher. But that is the nature of history, the next gen of people to elevate things stand on the shoulders of those that came before. Records are almost always beaten at some point. Agostini is an anomaly since he raced at a time when the competition was perhaps not what is was before or since. But even his records will no doubt fall some day.

I am not sure about the "Once in a lifetime driver (racer)" tag. We have seen others like him in my lifetime, Casey Stoner and Rossi come to mind. But he is special, he is probably the best racer racing in MotoGP right now.. His ability to ride around shortcomings of a bike is impressive. He isn't the only racer I have seen do that, but he is one of the best I have seen at that. Time will tell how the future pans out. He may win more titles, he does look to be in the running for one this year. But things could go either way next year. Will Ducati keep going down the path of a bike that only Marc can go fast on? If so, at some point even Marc won't be able to. Ask Honda. Heck, ask Ducati. They made that same mistake back in the Stoner days. I would be curious to see Toprak from WSBK come to MotoGP. He also seems to have very special abilities.

The British GP is this weekend. Yamaha just did a private test in the off week. So FQ is looking good, as is Vinales (he seems to like this track). Of course, the Marquez brothers are also expected to be strong. It will be interesting to see if Pecco / Ducati can resolve the front issues the 2025 suffers from.

It can be hard to tell where exactly the leak starts, it is hard to imagine that it started at the electrical connections. But a fuel leak in your fuel pump is bad, unless it is at either the fuel line in or the fuel line out it seems like replacing would be a good idea.