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There is no advantage to running a line between the two throttlebodies. The factory does that when they need to connect the two throttlebodies to the EVAP system. If the EVAP system "fell off" there is no longer a reason to connect the two throttlebodies. Nothing bad will happen if you do run a line between the two throttlebodies, but it doesn't help either. Do whichever is more convenient to you. I think directly capping off the ports at the throttlebodies is more convenient, but if you find a tube between the ports is more convenient do that.

My wife's V11 is an early red frame V11. I mention that because the forks are different depending on which V11 you have. That said, as I recall (it has been years) I pulled her forks apart using the rattle gun method. Then I used a nail at a set height in a door frame to hold the spring down while I took the cap off, although I have since bought a tool that holds the fork spring compressed. I used no special tools. Just some special thinking ;-)

Two tons of downforce. Wow.

Yeah, I was never able to quit my day job. And I was lucky that my friend was willing to spend a bunch of money to go racing, as I never would have been able to afford what we did. One of our favorite sayings was "How do you make a small fortune racing motorcycles? Start with a large one".

Motorcycle racing in the USA has very little money in it. And motorcycle racing here is not a primary consideration for most race tracks. And most race tracks here don't have much money unless they are involved in NASCAR. And what money they do have is mostly spent with a slant towards car racing, because that is where what money there is is at. Petrucci's version of his crash is less than accurate. There were and are issues with the corner working at that and other tracks. But Petrucci's version of what happened to him was not what happened to him. What actually happened to him was not unacceptable in my opinion. There was no reason to risk others given Petrucci's situation.

I have owned a few bikes with center stands. The Lario has one as we speak. Most of the time I never really had much use for it. If I need the rear tire off the ground the bike is usually in my garage, and then I can just use a rear stand.

It does. But an easier method is to put the bike on a rear stand so the rear tire is off the ground, pull both spark plugs, put the bike in a higher gear, and use the rear tire to rotate the engine. That makes it easy to rotate the engine the correct way, just spin the rear tire the same direction it would spin going down the road, and using a higher gear gives you leverage over it to make it easier to rotate. You can do it without the rear stand, just rolling the bike in gear with the plugs out if you lack a rear stand.

Not Guzzi's (and many here have already seen these two), but my girls live on cork flooring over top of oak flooring (the cork is cheap flooring to protect the solid oak flooring). And glad you found such a sweet V11, FuelCooler. The red frame V11's are my favorite.

What footgoose said. No worries. If and when it works out I am in for one. But I can wait, and if it never happens I won't get upset. Life is too short. Enjoy the hang gliding trip and the Colorado ride. I would love to ride Colorado. We take our Jeep there, love it. Seems like a good place to ride.

There is typically a mark on the flywheel. But it is easier to pull the valve cover and rotate the engine until the piston comes up (a pencil in the sparkplug hole will tell you that) looking for TDC of that piston with both valves closed. One TDC will have both valves somewhat open and the next TDC will have both valves closed. As I recall, the mark on the flywheel is typically in Italian. S for Sinistra (Left in Italian). If you want to see the mark on the flywheel there is a black plug on the flywheel bell housing you can pull. Try not to loose the plug.

We have had our Bolt for over two years with zero issues. It has literally been plug and play. One of the better new car buys we have made. There is a battery recall on it, but ours hasn't been an issue and we have yet to even talk to them about the battery recall. At some point I guess we will have to. And if they want to replace the battery that is fine. But if they only want to replace part of the battery I think I would pass. I don't want some dealer tech taking our battery apart. Good knows how bad they would bugger it up. There are other EV options I would consider, but not a Tesla. They have too many design issues and the company thinks their shit don't stink. Plus I have no desire to give Musk any of my money. But that is me, I avoid giving my money to Musk or Bezos. Those guys already have enough money. They don't need mine. Besides, too many other good options to choose from.

You should bring it out to Moab and western Colorado. We take our Jeep there as often as we can. The high mountain passes in Colorado are fun. And Moab is pretty much Disneyland for offroading. The first picture is us in our Jeep out around Moab, on a trail called 7 Mile Rim, the second is a local place near us in WV called Chaos OFP.

Even if Marc comes back before the end of the season, I would not expect too much.

If you read the whole thing, he is a Norton Commando guy but the testing he performed was not in a Norton Commando but rather using a test rig he devised. The tests are generic and not Norton specific. He simply tested how the various oils performed on his test rig, and published the results.

Very interesting. Surprising as well. It appears only one of the Amsoil oils tested rated in the top class, one was in one of the middle classes, and three Amsoil oils were in the bad oil class. Interesting data. Certainly makes ya think.

That would be fun. I would pay to see that.

The races at MotoAmerica were fun to watch. But the results were mixed up in part due to the weather, with some rising to the top in the mixed conditions and others falling back in the same mixed conditions. Either way, good racing. I will continue to watch the season unfold. Curious to see if Petrucci can pull of the championship. He is not dominating as the first races at COTA suggested. But that was expected. He knew COTA well, and now he is racing at tracks ne has never seen. But I do like Petrucci, and am glad to see him doing well and having fun. Word is if he wins the MotoAmerica superbike title Ducati will give him a world superbike ride. And that may happen. But I feel like Petrucci won't enjoy world superbike as much as he is enjoying MotoAmerica. He seems to really be enjoying the low key nature of MotoAmerica along with the competition.

As I recall, the front ride height devices are banned starting next year. The rear ride height devices are here for at least a little while longer. I am not really a fan of them, but I am more against the aero they are using then ride height devices. But I would rather we had less technology in MotoGP rather than more.

Yeah, and it is hysterical what some people can read by "reading between the lines". Coal is less and less of the US energy market, it has been in decline for years. That said, the electricity that powers our electric car is almost entirely solar. I don't have children, and probably won't be alive when the shit hits the fan. So I don't really have a dog in the fight. But it seems like a shitty thing to do to leave a huge pile of burning doo doo for people who come after me. Others clearly don't care what the next generations are left with, as long as they get theirs. Ironically, many of those people have children..... Whatever.

I should also add, Michelin seem to have a big problem with consistency with their tires as well. The latest to suffer was Miller on the Duc. https://the-race.com/motogp/millers-tirade-against-michelin-and-why-michelin-disagrees/ “Two decent tyres all weekend, and I tried my maximum in the race but to be honest I had nothing on the right-hand side from the beginning until the end, and especially at the end." “I was [wheel]spinning in a straight line. I don’t know what happened with the hard tyre but it didn’t function."

Currently Michelin decides on three different tire compounds and constructions and brings those three to each race. The teams have no say in which tires are brought. It is three fronts and three rears, plus any wet weather tires. The three tire deal is just for slicks. The plan next year is for Michelin to only bring two different tires, two fronts and two rears, to races next year. Again, the teams will have no say in which tires Michelin brings. If a teams bikes don't work with either of those tires, they are SOL. It would be nice if teams had a say in which tires they get to use at a given track. It would be even nicer if Michelin would work with teams to tailor the tires to the bikes. It would be great if Michelin would stop changing tire specs and throwing away all the R & D time and money teams spent to get their bikes to work with the "spec" tires. I get the inequality that was inherent in the old system before there was a spec tire. But the current system is full of its own inequality. If you wanted to stop special tires being made only for certain riders, simply make a rule that requires tire manufacturers to bring enough tires for all their riders in order for any of their riders to be able to use a given tire. And don't let the tire manufacturers distribute the tires they bring to the riders. Have them submit the various tires they brought to the FIM, and have the FIM hand the tires out. If there aren't enough tires of a given compound / construction and someone wants one but there are no more, remove that specific tire from use. That will still allow competition between tire manufacturers. And it will still allow motorcycle manufacturers to design MotoGP bikes that aren't the same as everyone else's, because tires can be built to suit different bikes. But it will limit how far a tire manufacturer would go to build special tires as they would have to build enough special tires for all their riders. Instead, we have a system where Michelin decides which bikes are faster and which bikes are slower by deciding which tires everyone has to use. And in some cases they change those tires in the middle of a season, or test certain tires at a given track and then show up with different tires. It does not help the racing to do it this way. And it does not reduce costs for anyone other than Michelin. Because of tire "adjustments" most teams actually end up spending more money, not less. Having raced on different brand tires, and having received some of the "good" tires from at least one brand. I understand just how much of a difference tires will make in how fast a given racer on a given bike can go. It can be a massive difference, and in a field where the grid is around one second between front and back that can make all the difference.

I feel this is a good move for KTM. Miller is probably the best rider KTM has yet signed to ride their bike. Not only will his experience be useful but Jack is fast. There will likely be a learning curve, as the KTM is not like the other bikes. But hopefully Miller can adapt to it. I would have preferred Miller to go to Aprilia, but KTM could use the help as well. KTM seems to get screwed every time Michelin change tire specs. They seem more sensitive to that than the others, although Honda also got screwed on the most recent changes to the "spec" tires. Now I hear Michelin is only going to bring two compound / construction tires to races. Of course, the teams get no say in which two. Boy, that is going to screw someone.

I have no plans to get rid of my internal combustions Guzzi's. Well, maybe the Griso. I just don't have enough time and room for all of them. But I could see buying an electric motorcycle. The performance could easily surpass what my Guzzi's can do. A few years ago we had to replace our car, and even back then it made sense to buy an electric vehicle as within a few years the electric car would prove cheaper to own and operate. And that was without knowing that gas was going to surpass $5 a gallon. We feel like a genius. Nailed that one. It is clear that the days of internal combustion engines are numbered. They are just too inefficient. But I suspect they will still be around for a good while. Just because they stop selling them new some point in the future doesn't mean they go away. But they will become less and less common, the same way horse did. Used to be horses were primary transportation power for most people, then along can the ICE powered car. Horses became a luxury item, used for fun. I suspect internal combustion vehicles will go down the same path. With any luck I will live to see it.

I have never stopped racing before the end of the race, thinking it was over. But I have crashed on a warmup lap, once. I was surprised by someone else and had to avoid them, running off the track at speed. I have a friend who crashed on the cooldown lap, but in his defense he didn't see the checkered flag (he was lapped right before the line and never got the white flag). He thought he was still racing and was trying to catch the guy in front of him. I get that mistakes happen, but at that level that mistake shouldn't happen. These guys are pro's, and pro's should not make rookie mistakes. As to Taka, I am not sure what he did was so wrong. I get that people who were affected by what he did are pissed, but it seemed like an honest mistake to me. I don't see a pattern of mistakes, or a rider who rides with a disregard for the safety of others. There are riders who have a much more extensive history of knocking other riders down. To penalize Taka for that while turning a blind eye to others would seem wrong. You either take action at everyone who knocks other riders down or you only take action when it is blatant. And that was not blatant.

No, actually we haven't all done it. In fact, very few of us have done it. That said, if it wasn't so tragic it would have been hysterical. What a bonehead move by Aleix. That is worse than crashing on the cool down or warm up lap.