Thx Howie. I did get it flipped.

morning

Airline said 12.5 hours. My wife swears we did it in 12. At one point, it felt like 11tyB.

Ok, I just wanted to use 11tyB... honestly it felt like 13 to me.

Good morning all.    Google says flight time is 11.5 to 12.25 hours.

morning

Quote from: Duck-Stew on November 11, 2025, 07:10:11 PMgood evening from LAX.
Long flight from Lisbon.

Morning 

How long's a long flight?

More photos and videos, with Sigma 85mm.

https://youtu.be/6KB7JC0LASw

No, these images are not AI generated.
I found bunch of deer playing in and around the park, on the way back home. (Almost midnight.)
For some strange coincidence, I had my Leica SL2-S with me.
So I took some photos and video.

1108-4surreal-crop by S21Folgore_2, on Flickr

It was so surreal, especially through this lens, with this lighting.
(They were back lit, with harsh artificial light, and because of the compression of 85mm, they sort of look like a plastic model. And there are SO MANY of them. (Easily over 30...))

1108-3 by S21Folgore_2, on Flickr

1108-2 by S21Folgore_2, on Flickr

1108-1 by S21Folgore_2, on Flickr

1108 deer preschool by S21Folgore_2, on Flickr

1108 deer edit final by S21Folgore_2, on Flickr

1108 deer xing by S21Folgore_2, on Flickr

good evening from LAX.
Long flight from Lisbon.

Quote from: koko64 on November 11, 2025, 04:14:04 PMChecking belt roller sets as part of scheduled desmo maintenance does sometimes show a need to replace some or all of them. The owner is advised and has to decide on changing a faulty roller or the set.

It kind of becomes second nature to roll them in your fingers to get a feel of their condition when doing belt servicing.
I don't think the newer set up has the longevity of the older type. That's just my experience.

I remember Brad Black pointed out that Ducati had to review the belt tension specs as they were too tight causing serious issues. That was a considerable time ago.

There's considerable anxiety and opinion about this issue on forums worldwide.

Yup, it's not hard to check the tensioner rollers, best to replace them when they feel rough. I just had no idea about any of this before I took on this massive project. Like Bruce Lee said, "If you want to learn to swim jump into the water."

I remember Brad Black talking about belt tension. Tight belts screech like crazy. 100-110Hz is the ideal frequency if I remember correctly?

Quote from: koko64 on November 11, 2025, 04:22:00 PMI bet you learned heaps and now really know your bike well. Well done.

Thank you. Absolutely, learned way more than I did in 6 years of college!

Quote from: ungeheuer on November 10, 2025, 03:11:50 PMIf they both collapsed, I'm gonna say they were likely set excessively tight against the belts.  Or in terrible shape.  Or both.

Yup, probably both.