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My January 1st ride was on my Jones Flagship snowboard at Mammoth Mountain.

Starting 2025 in all the right ways! I went off on a no destination morning ride. 2010 Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic

These things are superior as long as nothing can knock them off the pan . They are used all the time on stationary equipment . e.g. power supplies , light plants , water transfer plants , etc. You don't have to fumble around R&R the drain bolt and making a mess . I would use these where the drain plug is shielded very good and no chance of it being knocked off or damaged.

If you allude to the jacket I just purchased, then no. The jacket has a label that says: Moto Guzzi Collezione, just above the "Made in Italy". It is not a riding jacket because it has no protections, but I could wear protection underneath. Simply, I don't want to ruin it. I wear my trusty 2003 purchased Ixon jacket. I can still fit inside, although it must have shrank because it is getting pretty tight now.

Absolutely! If I only had to choose one motorcycle, it would be a real tough decision between the V11 and the Quota. The Quota seems to be much more rugged than the V11 in some aspects. Of course, it is a lot cruder in many other aspects. The gear box is really notchy and noisy. The fueling is rudimentary at low revs. It is mainly on/off. I don't know if you ever drove one of the first vehicles equipped with a mechanical injection pump? you could never get the smooth output that carburetors offered. Of course, let us remember that we never had direct injection on our motorcycles. It is always indirect. After the full setup, the Quota gives me much more gas mileage than the V11. It never had that 3000 rpm hiccup, because in 2000, there weren't yet any environmental challenges in Europe. There are some other practical aspects that dim the whole picture. The V11 is better at sheltering you from the wind. The large handlebars of the Quota can be tiresome on long runs, but the V11 has your legs folded too much that makes the Quota's imperfection acceptable. The gearing of the Quota is odd too. With only four speeds and an overdrive. With time, you learn to accommodate it. Given how cheap they are in today's market, if you have room for one more, I would vouch for the Quota. I would say that it can do as well as the V85TT. Sure, there aren't any easy accessory to purchase, it just happened at the wrong time.

The bikes are staged to get out for celebratory rides to establish hopes for good riding in 2025. Having only gotten my little Honda back together a couple days ago from three months of remediatory repairs, I am most excited to have her out for a romp today. Low 40ºs F today, while this was taken day before yesterday on the checkride in the low 60s . . . edit: This New Year's Day, rode the GB500 a thirty mile loop over the river and back. At 43ºF/6ºC, my fingers said, "Enough !" edit/2: Got mySport out 36 miles through the hills. My, but these V11 motors do love to ring in this cool air!

There are some January first traditions. For example in France there is the January 1st, sea swim. it is not as difficult as you imagine. Perhaps we should have one V11 outing on each January 1st? Today is an incredible lovely day in H'town, blue skies and cool temperatures, but not cool enough to make it unpleasant. Time for a ride, on my Quota...

Probably because people that own bikes over 15 years old won't pay the going service rates and the work will usually be major and parts availability almost non existent. Then they will need to put too many hours into sourcing parts and probably have the bike taking up workshop space for months on end. A close friend of mine that ran a specialist motorcycle marching and race bike building business for 40 years had a customer leave him an Triumph twin aluminium head for a full rebuild. This was only a few years after he started his business in his garage. New valves, guides and seats, the whole 9 yards. The old guy came to collect the head and when he was presented with the bill told my mate that for that sort of money he could keep it, he wasn't going to pay that. My friend advised him of the hours he's put into the work but this guy was refusing to pay, obviously trying to negotiate the cost down. My friend confirmed that he wasn't interested in paying the bill and the customer then watched as he went to the bandsaw and cut the head in two. Apparently the look on the guys face was worth it. People don't like paying for the complex stuff old bikes often require to make them run well again. Phil

Only you could arrange that stuff to make it look like artwork.

That takes me to a login page. Dead end for me.

I went to Buc-ee's because it was the only place opened on January 1st ; just to see who was there...

some kind of relay failure, which ducati posted a service bulletin for, but was news to me till it ate my new, expensive lithium battery, draining it down till it showed 1.7v over just a couple weeks while it was parked. Replacement (cheaper) batt from local Batteries Plus didn’t fix the issue, which was the clue that prompted the discovery of the relay which Duc says needs replacement in all bikes that have the original, and offering a little OEM kit to replace the relay which wasn’t originally meant to be replaced (its not in one of the usual sockets for a relay). Simple stuff, once it’s clear what’s going on, as that relay wasn’t on my radar as it’s not in with the rest of the usual relays. The real cause of the issue was me, as i jinxed it. I had just bragged for the umpteenth time about how that Multistrada was like a Honda, completely reliable and solid since new (2016). Fate didn’t like that statement.

99% of Guzzi happens at the wrong time . I was reading a test report of the Quota when it was a new bike . the writer was telling about all the -s about the bike and ended up telling about a 60mph get-off on a dirt road . his crash bent a lever and a few scratches. I will paraphrase what he said " I am convinced the only thing that will harm this bike is a depleted uranium bullet" . The first bike had some rims splitting and something else , I can't remember.

gray and rainy, and the Ducks got their ass kicked, so back to the shop, since for the first time in my memory all of my bikes need some work at the same time… actually, Red could fire up and go, but want to get the little oil leak fixed first, and prefer to either get the bike lift freed up from the v85tt winter mx project, or await my new shop stand to arrive from MG cycle. the Duc is still broken down in vegas, waiting forlorn in a hangar. hope to get there this month to get her back on the road, and maybe get some decent weather there to ride a bit. The old Suzuki is torn apart awaiting me to finish up its refresh to get ready for this summers ORBDR ride. Oh, i guess Goldie (v11) would run and ride fine, so i lied… i do have a bike, but which i don’t want to ride in the muck. i like the idea of the Mammoth “ride”. hope to be at Bachelor later this month. cheers and happy new year

In red Italian leather?

Cheer up, y'all! It's 2025 . . . "Is it Candy? " . . .

Good morning all happy new year and all of that good stuff. Over the holidays went through a few drawers in the shop and found some pieces that I will no longer be needing. I haven’t put any dollar figures on them yet as I’m sure most all of you know approximately what they’re worth. Tried to post a few pics but of course I’m not smart enough to figure that out on this site 😩 I have some photos over at wild goose chase on their site in the for sale section. If you need to have a look, of course I can send detailed photos to anyone directly if they wish. ciao

It is a long video, almost 40'; I am not a big fan of how this guy delivers, extremely high word rate, but there are a lot of factual information, and we have had those discussions here on this forum since I have been here. Which oil should we use in our V11, pre-filling the oil filter, the best way to get our engines to temperature. This guy is presenting some of the answers, backed up by facts, including S.A.E. papers. This is more four wheeled vehicle oriented. Something I got from that video though: he uses some kind of a valve to drain oil. Do you know if those exists in metric sizes?

"Attachments" require the downsizing, but Gallery/Album images do not. Just drag them in, I believe . . .

No idea why I thought of this just now. I don't even like R.E.M. much. Just a weird day, I suppose.

Oh yes, if a belt lets go they are definitely a collision motor. The fact it’s cracked a head would indicate it was probably motoring hard when it let go so chances are that everything above the crankcase apart from cam and rocker gear and the rocker cover will be junk. The rod may well be damaged as well and it will need big end shells on at least the side the damage occurred. I’d suggest buying it would be a ‘For parts’ exercise rather than a rebuild option, but that’s me.

BTW , apply just enough air pressure to cause a good flow of liquid through the hydraulic system .

Just buy yourself some nice aftermarket caps on ebay or something. They are a dime a dozen and are anodised as opposed to powder coated. Then just modify your old caps. Phil

I finally managed to watch it throughout tonight. I guess the 1st of the year is the time to do that; The beginning of the movie and how the club took its roots was interesting. I also immensely enjoyed the older bikes. I did not like how the story evolved, but since it is following something that did happen, I just have to accept it. The three main actors did pretty well their respective parts. I liked Tom Hardy.

There is an hospital that bear his name in Paris; they specialize in very rare diseases. They litterally saved my back once, when they identified Plasmodium Falciparum while other hospitals diagnozed me with the flu.

I didn't post that, but here's how I see it: Loius Pasteur - the inventor of the process (aka science) of pasteurizing milk to prevent disease... but there is now some interest in raw milk products, thus denying the scientific evidence. So Louis is good example of a person who would be wondering about some widescale rejection of evidence. As a scientist, Louis would probably be just as surprised to learn that his consciousness continued to exist beyond the death of his body. Happy New Year What was this thread about?

Two beauties for sale. A Tenni in San Diego and a customized Cafe Sport in PA. Both on MP, didn't see them on CL.

I learned this one the hard way with my wife. I won't make the same mistake twice.