OK, you can take another look...

The legendary V engine

In the Summer of '04, I traded in (sigh) my glorious 1980 850T3...

...for a new, shining, do-I-really-deserve-it V11 LeMans Rosso Corsa.

Yes, it is a gorgeous bike,
and yes, it does ride like a dream,
and yes, I rode it for 2600 miles in a single month in Italy.

But make no mistake: I really only got it to help me in my research:
here, for instance, I am on the Futa pass, on my way to DSN in Florence...

...and here I have just entered Switzerland through the Great Saint Bernard, on my way to Lausanne, for a DISC PC meeting

So, see, it is strictly business. Honest..