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I want to apologize about over-posting on this music thread. Not able to ride mySport much lately due to "complexities", music becomes my sanctuary. I thought of asking Molly Tuttle to marry me, but she would say >no<, my wife would be pissed, and they would never find the body . . .

Thanks for the tip Pete. I wasn't aware that Guzzi had ever made a sensible dipstick. I still might buy one or three from Meinolf, though (no, not him, the other Meinolf...) because his work is really quite pretty, and he's a nice bloke into the bargain. And he also makes them to fit the small blocks, i.e. suitable for my Breva 750 and my V35 Imola. Incidentally, he (the Meinolf in question) has a V65 track bike modified to a mono-shock rear suspension. It looks a bit "utilitarian", but the longer you look at it, the more stuff you discover that he has modified. Cool bike. Here are a couple of pictures of his dipstick.

I bought one of these last year. Rechargeable and the battery lasts well. Only used it for top ups but it works well for me. Small ish….

G'day. Mate, we have a great resource here in Andy Strapz. His gear is bloody good and as he's an avid rider himself anything he sells is WELL tested before he sells it. He has a couple of them ( I'll probably buy one myself at some stage ) and believe he ships world wide. Google him and take a look. Cheers

Go on ebay and find an air compressor from a Goldwing 1200 Aspencade and strip the extraneous stuff off of it. Small, compact, you can wire it as desired for connection to your battery.

This is what I carry on long distance trips now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C36BBF7Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I have a slightly smaller one that attaches to the cigarette lighter under the seat, but decided I now wanted one w/o that requirement so I don't have to unload everything that is strapped on the seat. Very powerful, fast, a bit heavier than the prior one, but very solid.

Thanks Doc. It's beyond my abilities to post a link! Cheers

I hope you can get a brighter colour than matt black if you want to be visible.

@footgoose I am talking about those small portable ones you can carry on the bike. They look to be the size of an old transistor radio.

^ great record. I still play it. I think it was on a thumbdrive I shared. Is there a sadder song than Red Dirt Girl?

For that one you have to log in to facebook. Not going to happen...

Hmmmm , if no one give you any help , I would Google or eBay for info .

@docc This was an incredibly educational experience. There were a lot of positive learning from what happened. Primo: there were no more traffic lights. We all have experienced the occasional outage, but it is completely different when none of the traffic lights are working. To add to the challenge, it is not localized to a small area, but it is wide all around miles away. This is when you realize that many drivers do not understand what to do, or even if they do, they are anxious to do it. Complicating the task, the left and right turns from perpendicular intersections. Even more challenging, when driving in non-familiar neighborhoods, you do not know where the traffic lights are, so you have to pay attention and look out for them. Now, this is easy during the day. Picture it at night, when there are no lights.... Secondo: the amount of debris scattered on the roads, fallen trees, fallen medium voltage lines, twigs of any size and kind, signs... I always wondered why nobody seemed to maintain some of the trees which are not placed inside private properties. Some of these trees have diseases, and this became obvious during the storm. I saw trees uprooted, others broken at mid-trunk. It seemed to me, some of the damage could have been avoided if those trees had been removed. Not all the damage, but since I live here, I have never seen anything being done to those branches that protrude into the streets. They usually get removed by trucks, or they sometimes fall. Terzio: absolutely impossible to get an update on when power will be restored in your area. I realize priority goes to hospitals, government institutions, thereafter where it will benefit the most customers from the least possible effort. But it is difficult to accept that passed the day after, nobody can give you any clue on a date, other than power will be restored as fast as possible. Around my house, there are families with small children, many did not know what to do in the absence of clear indications. Sure, the city was quick to setup so-called "cooling centers" but those were only opened from 7:00 to 19:00. Where do you sleep kids in that kind of heat? last but not least: food! with your fridges and deep freezes out, cheap food maybe out of reach. As incredible as it seems in our times, we had families who struggled to feed themselves. Fortunately, some supermarket chains offered food to those who needed it. Quarto: No power = no network = lost in the world! since hertzien waves have been replaced by WiFi, being unable to keep in touch is incredibly frustrating. You can no longer communicate. My cell phone provider had no network, because all the repeaters were down too. No call, no text, nothing.... back in the days, you could switch on your radio, turn to local radio stations and get some updates. When the storm hit at about 18:15 that Thursday, we lost power at 18:30. Shortly after, we lost all means of communication too. I don't even know if 911 was accessible. That too was a new. We grew accustomed to get everything from Internet, without it, it seems impossible to go on. yes, it was really an eyes opening experience!

Just buy a Stelvio one and mark the stick appropriately.

That is why it's funny

My new car doesn't even have a dipstick, stupidest thing ever. You take the car out and drive it for at least 30min then park the car on level ground and do an oil level check via the entertainment screen. It elevates the engine rpm to 1000 for about 30 seconds and does an oil level check and gives you the result. Like I said stupidest thing ever. Whats happened to German engineering? Millennials is what's happened. Phil

More to the point, @Randy, and his Coppa Italia, in their natural habitat:

I have no problem with it, in fact I encourage it. OEM is by default, a dime a dozen. If someone wants to be creative, why not? It's built for their own preference. Some people follow stick and ball sports when they could follow MotoGP, I'll never understand it, but to each, his own.