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Rare (very rare) coincidence of time and weather today for a ride (mid-winter). Every time I ride to "Belfast" I think of @belfastguzzi.

The Italian media reported that Pedro Acosta participated to the races at the VR46 ranch, and that Valentino Rossi and Pedro had a meeting. Lots of speculation obviously. Lots of KTM employees have lost their jobs, many of them did not get paid. Having been in management at some point in my career, I am really surprised that all that KTM turmoil seemed to have happened all of a sudden. I was running my own base as if it was an isolated company, and each month, I would get all the analytics, and my managers would comb through all the numbers. Anything not in the green, and I would have to take cost cutting measures, sometimes those would even be taken for me. You don't get 2.1 Billions in the red overnight.

Is this still for sale ?

I hate to see members that float away from the dock like so many members have. Can we incorporate a feature that "pings" them if they are not on here for 30 days or so to let them know they are missed ? We have had so many come n go. You miss them only after they are mentioned.

To my knowledge, there is no overlapping military control. When you are in general airspace, ATC has you. When you are on final approach, you have been handed off to tower.

I just started watching the TV Series The Blacklist. In the first season, one of the bad guys used mass transit "accidents" for assassinations. The world is crazy enough these days that what used to feel like the "tin foil hat zone" has to at least be considered. This ought to be enough to start a proper thread drift....

Let's see what comes out of the terrible accident that happened last night between a CRJ700 flying on behalf of AA, and a Military Helicopter on a training flight. I watched a preliminary report from another youtuber akin to Pilot Debrief, and it seems incredible that cross traffic is allowed through the gliding path of aircrafts landing. Especially that TCAS does not work below 1000 feet.

Why yes, yes it is.

I owned a Sportster in 1989. Probably the only Harley in Sicily. I really enjoyed riding it there. I kept it until I was transferred in 1992. I did not have a single issue with it. At that time, there was only one dealership in Italy, in Milano. "Numero Uno" owned by the well known Carlo Talamo. These guys sent me everything I needed for maintenance. The Sportster was the ideal bike to have in sunny Sicily!

Perhaps, but most applications I work with that allow you to calibrate a speedo for different tire sizes use diameter or radius of the tire and not circumference. Perhaps others want the rolling circumference, but not ones I work with. My Jeep, for example, uses diameter. To get my 37" BFG KO2s to read the right speed and miles I had to enter a diameter of 35.25 as I recall. I have worked with bicycle speedo's that used a rolling diameter based input but I have not used rolling diameter for any automobile application I have worked with.

Memory loss = what your friends tell you Too much to remember = what you tell your friends

@sp838 3D printed those, but I can't find them now and he hasn't visited in a while . . .

I’ve only ever seen one Harley doing what it was designed for with both style and aplomb. Back about twelve years ago now I did one of my ‘Big’ tours of the USA, how lucky am I? On that trip I was on my Mana GT and after buggering about in the Deep South I headed westwards. Towards the end of the trip I took one of the interstates across the deserts of either UT or AZ. Can’t remember if it was 15 or 40, it matters not. But somewhere out in the wastelands, (Which I love by the way.) a bloke on a Road King joined the highway at some god forsaken ‘West Frecklepork’ type of hamlet and we droned along for probably a couple of hundred miles or maybe more together. We both stopped to fuel up at a servo in the middle of nowhere and exchanged pleasantries while we got drinks, (No need for a piss! It was HOT and we both necked about a gallon of water and took more in reserve! Place filling our jackets with ice from the soft drink machine!) and then went on our way. I followed behind and the burble of the, not overly loud, Road King was a joy to hear. It was probably the perfect bike for just casually eating miles in the Desert West of the US. Eventually he pulled off down an exit to another bumfuck hamlet that probably the people who lived there had never heard of but he gave me a cheery salute as he did so and I returned it as I and the little Aprilia soldiered on for another couple of hours until I cried uncle and rested overnight in yet another tiny, shagnasty little town where the food was terrible, the bed uncomfy and the most memorable thing was the barmaid at the dive bar I went to had the most astonishing false tits I’ve ever observed in my life! Made even more fantastic by the fact that they were obviously several decades younger than the rest of her! No judgement from me. I’m no oil painting or glittering Adonis. But as an example of anthropoid artifice she was a stunning beacon of, well, something! She was also utterly charming and drove my slightly pissed self back to my motel and wished me happy travels. It’s memories like those that make a life worth living. And are also a reason not to totally despise Harley’s.

Yes they can. I followed a guy with his girl on a bagger through The Snake on Mulholland drive. He was throwing sparks on every corner, and she was beating him on the back with both fists..

You can paint the old cover. On mine I needed to fill and sand the pock marks caused by road grime, then you can do a good paint job with a rattle can. If you can't find or afford the eagle badge on the cover, then no one will notice that it is missing.

The next question is: can they corner, even WITH a rider?

‘Gambalunga’ means ‘Long-Legs’ I believe and from memory was the name that was given to the 120* V-Twin GP bike. ‘Gambalungino’ means ‘Little Long-Legs’. The 120* twin was very innovative for its time and used offset crank pins for perfect primary balance. Something not used by other manufacturers until the 1980’s I believe.

Discussed the specifics of their R/R with them, also when wired directly to the battery. Their R/R only switches the +12v connection on when it see an AC voltage, thereby preventing mA draw with the bike off. I also asked them if they could lengten the + and - wires (originally 57cm) to 120cm with the connectors separate. "Absolutely no problem, just let us known in the comments when you order". So I ordered and received a sent confirmation only about 3 hours later. I received the regulator, with 120cm of wire on it, nicely sleeved all the way. Drilled new holes in the mounting bracket (and gave it a lick of paint) & tested the bike: shockingly stable charge voltages. Problem solved.

A commentary on this accident and link to the preliminary NTSB report is here: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/348680

What bothered me the most was her looking at instruments and circling around the airport she just left w/o looking out to see anything...... and , no , I have never been in a cockpit .

This guys stuff is really good and his videos have backed my life long decision to never fly in anything other than large commercial jets with big companies. It's no guarantee of course but some of the things on this channel are rather disturbing and very sad. It also backs my other decision when a young man in the aviation industry to not take up private flying. I always thought I'd be able to attain an unrestricted pilots licence but I'd never thought I'd have the time and money to attain "expert" status and then do enough hours to maintain the skills. I've always considered piloting to be a very serious business. I think I chose right and went with motorcycles.

That is why they are CEOs

Airport cameras caught the crash clearly. Maybe I fell into the tinfoil, but there is no way a lit helicopter flew directly into the glide path of a commercial aircraft, in a no-fly zone, at precisely the right altitude, with presumably both military and civilian air traffic control screaming at them, and maybe the pilots of the jet as well who were probably already on automatic... Just sayin, I want to know who was on that jet's passenger list.

Yeah, airplanes. I grew up thinking I'd be a fighter pilot, but at age I realized they were all jets and the romance (of youth) of dogfights was pretty much gone. Truly, I never had sufficient working memory to be anything more than a private pilot, and had neither resources nor reason to fly. Helicopters, now, that's a different story. After extensive travel by rotary in military craft, I'll say that if the resources show up I'll do that. Given my history with motorcycles, it's unlikely that aircraft would be more dangerous in my hands lol I have very good spacial awareness and sense of direction. I don't get seasick. I'm not afraid of heights. I consider myself marginal for licensed flight. There is no profit in shaming the dead, but this woman really shanked the ball and wasn't overconfident- she was ignorant of her own shortcomings, which was kinda the point of this video.