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Perhaps, I am not sure if their rules allow them to adjust penalties. But I am pretty sure their rules would allow them to assess a new penalty to Marc for not serving the first penalty. If he gets a penalty and doesn't serve it they can certainly issue another penalty. Or their rules may allow them to adjust the existing penalty, I don't know. So, either way he is likely to have to serve the penalty. Whether the penalty is right, that is another question. I would like a more severe penalty for Marc. He has a long established record of making contact with other racers. But he is rarely penalized for the contact. So, I would rather a more severe penalty but I am happy he is being penalized at all.

Is that about Honda appealing the revision of the penalty to make him take it at whatever the next race he is racing is? I am not surprised the team appealed the adjustment to the penalty, I kind feel they had to. But I also think their appeal will fail as I think it is completely within the rights of the FIM to make Marc take the penalty at a later race if he doesn't take it at the race they (mistakenly) specified. If nothing else, they could simply issue a new penalty to Marc when he doesn't take the existing penalty at Argentina. So, one way or another Marc will end up taking the penalty when he next lines up on a race track to race.

I suspect Quartararo feels slighted because last year he took out Aleix Espargaro with a similar move and was rightly penalized. But to be fair, Quartararo's move was way more aggressive. He threw it in there really late and it was never going to work. I have not studied Marini's move but initially it appeared to be just a case of loosing the bike while inside another rider. Perhaps Marini should also get a penalty, but from first glance it did not look overly aggressive. But there's the rub. Judgement calls are tricky. Where is the line that, if you cross it, you get a penalty? Some moves, like Marc's, are clearly over the line. But other moves aren't. Where is the line between hard racing and dangerous riding? I am not sure there should be a penalty every time a racer hits or crashes another racer. Some incidents are racing incidents. But figuring out where the line between the two is can be tricky.

That is enough to both put the stand down and flip it up? The Daytona stand has basically nothing as I recall, but I am not looking at it now.

One of my best friends had a number of bikes that had the auto-retracting side stand. He loved it. But once down in Daytona he had parked his motorcycle in a lot where they had told him to park, then we went off to the races. They decided they needed to move the motorcycles. So they picked his bike up off the side stand to roll it somewhere else. The side stand retracted and the alarm went off. They promptly let go of it expecting it to fall back onto the stand. So it fell over. That was a Ducati, but it had the same issue. I don't do alarms anymore (easier to own bikes no one wants to steal), and I hate those auto-retracting side stands.

I agree with @KINDOY2, Marc didn't have the pace but he did what he has always done (got a tow). He has done that a lot. He is clearly talented. But I always found it funny that he does what so many amateur racers do, increase their pace by following others. Not just to get a slipstream down the straight but he also uses them as a carrot to help him go faster through the twisty bits. Seems odd to have such a talented and successful racer using such a amateur trick. That said, having him back in the middle of the front group it seemed inevitable that something like this would happen. It isn't the first time he has done something like this and I doubt it will be the last. At least the other racers (Oliveira aside) can rest easy knowing Marc will be out for a few races. II was really hoping Oliveira could deliver for Aprilia. It is great to finally have a fast guy on the Ape. But his season is probably ruined now. Maybe Vinales can be consistently fast, but that seems unlikely. Oliveira seemed like Aprilias best hope. Either way, I am enjoying the season. I like the addition of the sprint races.

My Daytona also has the auto-retract side stand. It is seriously annoying. But if I eliminate it I need to add a bracket to the side stand so I can manually retract it. The auto-retract side stand lacks a bracket like the V11 Sport side stand has. I have thought about bending up a bracket like the V11 Sport bracket and welding it onto the stock Daytona stand. What did you do?

I certainly don't think it is worth over $30,000, and I have and love a Daytona, but it seems it is to at least two people. Daytona's are cool bikes, but they aren't worth that sort of coin to me. I would say maybe an MGS-01 is worth that sort of coin, but the build quality of a Daytona is several steps down from an MGS-01. But in the end, it is worth what someone, or in this case at least two people, will pay for it.

Here in the USA a vehicle is registered based on when it is made, not when it is registered. You can buy a leftover vehicle from a previous model year and when you register it they will register it based on the original model year, not the current year you are registering it in. That is a difference between the way we do it and the way some others do it. As such, it would only need to comply with emissions from at the time it was originally made. It will have a plate on it that declares such compliance.

Yeah, registering it here in the USA should be easy. But a bike like that probably will never be registered. My guess is whoever buys it will likely leave it in the crate, perhaps removing one side of the crate to make it easier to look at. A shame, in a way, that it was left like that for so long. Sadly, it will probably never be ridden. At this point it would be a fair amount of work just to get it in shape to ride it. So many seals, belts, and hoses that would need attention.

It could be wrong oil, but that wouldn't likely result in a missing gear. As mentioned, odds are the linkage just needs to be adjusted.

That was 250 Kays, which I take as 250 Kilometers. Or in American, 156 miles.

Relays can be intermittent. And it isn't always just the relays, another possible issue is the connections to the relays. When the fuel pump won't run, clearly the bike won't run. If the fuel pump won't run see if it has power or not. If it doesn't have power, the issue isn't the pump. If the fuel pump doesn't have power then it is likely either the relays or the connections to / from the relays.

That sounds like a connections issue or a relay issue. It does not sound like a bad fuel pump. Not long after buying the wife's V11 years ago she stopped for gas and ran into the same issue. It was the relays. If it does it again, test for power at the pump. My bet is the pump was not being sent power.

They call them "Hypersport" tires. Whatever that means. In my opinion, not a racing tire. But perhaps a trackday tire. I have only ridden a few times on Bridgestone tires, and I wasn't impressed. But I don't think they are bad tires, just not my preferred tires. Also, what works best on the race track is often not what works best on the street. For race track use you want a tire that works well when hot. Cold performance doesn't factor into it. But for the street you want a tire that works well cold. Even when you are riding it hard, it is often given a chance to cool back down when you stop at a light or get caught behind a cage / car. Sometimes you will see racers crash because they backed off to build a gap between them and the guy in front of them. But then the tire looses temp and when they get back on it the grip isn't there. The window for temp in a true track tire is usually pretty small. Also, a track tire doesn't hold up to long term heat cycles. It is usually done after a dozen heat cycles or less.

All of our motorcycles, including the V11, have some wear and tear. But nothing I would call "patina". As mentioned, plastic doesn't patina like steel and aluminum do. So aside from the alternator cover and valve covers there isn't much patina on the V11. There are wear and tear issues, from where it has had disagreements with gravity and other such moments.

I believe Spiegler also allows you to rotate the fitting with a tool they include. There are a number of quality brake lines available. The stock lines appear to be of high quality. Not sure how much of the difference noted was line expansion and how much of it was new clean fluid with no air.

That would explain it, if the 13mm master only ran one of the two front calipers and the other was off the rear brake master.

Yeah, a smaller master cylinder bore with the same size(s) slave cylinder will require more travel to move the same fluid and thus apply the same pressure. A difference from 13mm to 16mm is pretty large. Odd that Guzzi would use a 13mm master with twin caliper brakes. A 13mm master is usually for single caliper brakes. For example, I think the V7 single disk brakes use a 13mm master. You should be able to find a 16mm unit with an integral reservoir, even if it isn't from a Guzzi. The system doesn't know Guzzi or not. I would look for a quality master for a modern sportbike. For the brake side, the newer CARC bikes might be a good source. But if they use a different size for the clutch that might not provide the right feel, effort, and travel. As mentioned, a smaller master with the same size slave will mean less effort required but more travel at the lever required for the same travel / force at the slave.. A larger master with the same size slave typically means more effort required but less travel at the lever to accomplish the same amount of travel / force at the slave. That said, I would be concerned about everything clearing the fairing even when turned all the way. The remote reservoir allows it to be moved just inboard of the fairing. Of course, I don't have a Lemans, so I could be wrong. Maybe there is plenty of room.

The first picture in the comparison was of a gear drive that replaces the stock chain drive. It looks like the setup Joe Caruso offers. It replaces the stock sprockets and chain with a set of gears. It is three gears, one for the crank, one for the oil pump, and one for the cam. It is the bees knees..... I am also a fan of less rotating weight. Sure, more weight can make the engine more tractable. But less weight makes it snappier with quicker throttle response. But then, I like riding harder edged bikes on the street. Give me a motor with instant throttle response and more power than I need......

The drop in pistons are supposed to be the same weight as the originals, but have higher compression. If your piston weight changes, or the piston and / or rods are not the correct weight, you certainly can run into vibration issues. I am not sure that Guzzi built motors with connecting rods that were the wrong weight (lighter or heavier, either one would vibrate). But it is certainly possible. It is also possible that they simply did not properly balance some engines. Vibration can be caused by balance issues. Or it can be caused by tuning issues (the two cylinders not running evenly).

I would happily use Fast Bike Industries / Adreani if I lived in that area. In fact, I would consider them even living where I do. I do like having a suspension guy that is local. Generally I like doing stuff myself, but time is in shorter supply than it was when I was young. So I could see paying someone to do the job. The young me would do it myself. But I am not that guy anymore (sadly). I have heard good things about the Adreani fork cartridges. They seem to be a quality company. But the guy in the email might not understand that Guzzi used very different forks on the early V11 vs the later V11 and V11 Lemans.

I believe it was a Guilio Alfieri designed V6. An Italian automobile engineer that helped designed a number of cool Maserati cars and engines. And yes, cool all around. Imagine if you could buy something like that today....

Sorry, but mentioning the Boss Hoss in the same breath as that Laverda is just wrong.....

And that kit uses the original fuel tank. What I want is a kit that makes a V11, Centauro, or Daytona look like a MG01.