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Howard Stern. And a whole bunch of folks willing to pay for what they already had for free.

Very nice! Remember the Vroom Motor?

I looked for a couple years to no avail. A friendly forum member sent me an extra he had from a parts bike. Maybe another make bike uses the same cyl??

Maybe the Copa sold quick and he edited the ad to sell a Vespa. Saves cost of a new ad?

that's at least 1400cc's Docc

Autonomous vehicle ride sharing is in use now. Those "cars" will obey traffic regulations. GM has plans to sell personal AV's this decade. Those cars will obey. Many existing autos are already equipped with enough tech to automatically generate violations. Coming digital human ID's could easily be used to deal with old and dirty vehicles. Some people are eager for AI to take over any aspect of human function. Being a Boomer has never felt better.

If one want's leather that's cool (temp) it pretty much has to be perforated. I can only speak to Vanson but I own two, and they are both fully armored. One is fairly heavy and the entire chest area is perf'd with inside panels that zip open or closed. I wear it when the ride starts cold and will likely get warm. The other is lighter weight and mostly perf'd also with panels. I wear it when the ride starts warm and will maybe cool off. It gets pretty humid and hot here too. I usually get by with the lighter one with a long sleeve poly Under Armor under. The perf creates quite a surprising cooling effect with wind and a hint of sweat. Honestly sometimes too cool. Then I close up the panels, and I always carry a handy thin insulating layer, just in case.

you might get much of your investment back by selling the extra shift linkage cover ... ?

another worthy "Playing for change" ... with a timely title

also, the head mounted fairing brackets are easily bent. If it was laid down the bracket will be pushing the fairing tail up close to the tank. An easy repair would be to bend it back away from the tank... maybe it was bent to far??? The 'silent block' mount "nuts" are easily worn out and are cheap to replace. The difference in 'noise' between the two bikes could be the difference in clutch/flywheel assemblies.

composite shims are a smart idea, I have always used screwdrivers

I do: shop stand holding the rear, floor jack padded with wood and rubber pad under the motor, and ratchet straps on the upper tree -attached to rafters for balance and tipover prevention. Splay out the rafter attach points for security. Remove calipers and hang them safely out of the way First! With wheel and clipons off just loose the fork clamps and slip them out. I'd use shipping tubes for shipping, forks wrapped with Styrofoam sheet. Don't know where you'll find them for sale as singles. You'll want a decent torque wrench and values handy for reassembly.

You can find them reasonably priced or even cheap if you're willing to do the work with searching. I had a phase a dozen years and more ago and did well finding some. I would not/will not pay retail or the inflated collector/vintage prices. Back then CL was quite popular and doing national searches got me two very good condition Vanson for less than 200. ea. By posting an ebay search I got a practically unused Aerostich Roadcrafter 2piece for 400., and a cool vintage Yamaha brand leather racing jacket for 50. The boutique dealers are going to be pricey, it's only business. You'll just want to beat them to it. I also found that the dedicated Cafe Racer forums I used to frequent, had classifieds with nice, mostly vintage jackets often listed. You might even start a search with a 'wanted' in this forum's classifieds. Never know what might turn up.

Anyone know the generic code/size for them? and is this it? GU092218418 https://www.ebay.com/itm/132409387881 I have a good local bearing/etc supplier I can check out and they'll want seal/stress designation.

looks great in that yellow!

"send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee"

aren't we all, mate.

No. But that's just me. I'll piggyback on what Scud says as to why and add.. I want the wire spoke wheels.. They look the part. To avoid the tappet issue I would only look at 2014 and up, and only bargain prices.

rank? what is a leaderboard? clearly not paying attention

beautiful dash! nice fabrication

I got tired of trying to recall which does what and ran identical lines from each nipple thru the frame and out the bottom

lovely. done,... x3

gonna post another one from this kid. He takes guitar past "talented" ..he has possibly visited the crossroads, and left with the fiddle of gold. He also does covers of Bach and other classic composers with his own arrangements. bear in mind that everything you hear in most of his videos, is coming from his guitar. Truly amazing. Here's a short one..

I like that color a lot. And it's an 02 carryover which I prefer, (except the motor paint.) That wouldn't hold me back if I needed another V11.

I have Ohlins, so no knob like yours but I could easily get my fingers to that area reaching from the rear over the tire. Feels like there is maybe 20-30mm between the shock top and the airbox where your knob is, so not much room. If you have svelte little monkey hands it's doable. I don't know how stiff the adjuster is to turn but I'd maybe think about somehow enlarging the diameter of it for more leverage. I didn't pull the seat to see what access is from there. Possibly a little tool could be made