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Weegie , Thank you for putting this stuff together . IDK about Kiwi_Roy's status. I reached out to him last year and heard nothing from him . I hope/trust he is still above ground . He had been on Wild Guzzi around that time.

I've owned 3 MV's. Two 750's and a 1000 all from 2003-2005 and they were beautiful bikes with such fine engineering details and TIG welded frames. Phil

Some progress going thru the Coppa Italia, svingarm back on, carbon fender, alu plate in front of rear wheel, led rear light, startus interruptus, better ground, all connectors cleaned and treated, Caig D. Front part to do. Tires from 2014, wondering about Dunlop Sportsmart TT. Yes IPA time. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

I always thought Jan Hammer did the music for Miami Vice. Someone should post Jeff Beck's "Wired" here.

Surprised nobody has mentioned Carl Allison's schematics, I've found them pretty good, occassionally they have the odd error, but overall very easy to read. The factory wiring diagrams are pretty difficult to follow, at least for me Available on This Old Tractor, Gregg Bender's site https://www.thisoldtractor.com/guzzi007/sportissimo.html I'm taking a chance here but as @Kiwi_Roy seems to have gone Off Grid, I've dumped what schematics I have of his onto Drop Box in case anybody would like to grab them. I'm pretty sure he won't mind https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/no8adkie1sl6frnc2qmm8/ALzrUXsngCqMRtfMR1cXedE?rlkey=8x5byzd4ux3107610i22ig5v6&st=3xbx7rbu&dl=0

Maybe this technology is, at best, "Artificial Decision" (AD) with "intelligence" being a long way off, and likely a perpetual misnomer.

I know some humans that function similarly.

Seems so. From the "Nutcracker Suite".

Pretty sure I'm not Geek Qualified, but agreed. The distinction I would make between AI (artificial intelligence) and CG (computer generated) is decision making. Trusting a vehicle's sensors and interpretive systems to operate the vehicle is "AI", IMO. Generating an image, video, or voice narration digitally remains CG/computer generated as the software behind the generation is still built by human software engineers and is not making any decisions for us. To anchor this back to this music thread, it reminds me of my drummer friend's opinion about drum machines. He said something like, "Yeah, they keep perfect time, but they've got no soul." Real drummers make decisions. The hallmark of "intelligence." "The [drummers] here can set me straight."

AI does good at simple mimicry. But is it ready for productivity and quality? Odd this popped up. I wrote a bit about AI today in Adv Rider. The set up was regarding govt spending cuts and inserting AI replacing, rather than assisting, subject matter specialists.

The bad thing of it all is that you have to build what the public will / wants to buy . Those of us who appreciate a real motorcycle is are a small segment of the market.

Here is a dedicated topic pinned in "How To . . ." with links to wiring diagrams contributed by, or hosted by, various members including @Kiwi_Roy, @callison (Carl Allison), @stewgnu, and thanks to @Weegie for hosting the Kiwi_Roy content!

I know this is just "splitting hairs", but wouldn't the more accurate term be "CG" (computer generated) for these images and voice overs we are seeing, and hearing, more and more of?

Hello muda, hello fada, I am writing, from camp granada Someone might know it

What more "tacky" than wearing them, lol. Don't get me wrong I can enjoy "tacky" sometimes but if you're going to wear it then you gotta embrace whatever comments come your way. Phil