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Maybe he’ll have two bikes instead of thirty and they’ll cost a few dollars more….

Since the new PM is visiting the White House today, maybe a deal will still go through? You'd think they would be looking for an off ramp for this disaster, otherwise lots of people are going to be hurt on both sides of the border.

Went to Innsbruck with a friend in 2008. He K1200S me a new HD Cross Bones . Stretching the rods all the way, about 3200km roundtrip. Friend said 184km on his GPS. Just back on the road after a looong time, no license. Better buy a Harley right ..No rewards. Cheers Tom.

Update for curious bystanders: I've sent a message to the seller on kleinanzeigen.de, but he hasn't reacted yet. I expect he doesn't look in that often, as the ad was first placed in February this year. I take the fact that it is still there as an indication that the part is still available. As far as I know, kleinanzeigen ads get taken down after a month or six weeks or something if one does not actively renew them.

It is also the tires. Both MotoGP and WSBK use a single brand spec tire. WSBK uses Pirelli and MotoGP uses Michelin. THe Pirelli's in WSBK seem to suit a wider range of bike designs. While a number of bike designs struggle with the Michelins in MotoGP. KTM has issues with the rear Michelin chattering bad. Aprilia also have issues at some tracks getting the Michelin tires to work right. Whereas Ducati seem to have the best handle on the Michelin tires. So they have an advantage. When KTM had the tires figured out a while back, Michelin changed the tires and KTM was struggling again. Other brands also tend to struggle with getting the spec tires to work. I get that part of racing would be getting the tires to work, but it seems much harder to get the Michelins to work in MotoGP then it is getting the Pirellis to work in WSBK. And then you have the goal post being moved, Michelin brining out a new tire construction and / or compound. Ditching the aero should be done, but so far they have no plans to do so, only to reduce / limit the aero. It is in the plans to get rid of the ride height adjustment, that will help. But they should be getting rid of the aero. They are also going from 1000's to 850's, that may help but odds are it will hurt more then help. When they ran 850's before it put more emphasis on cornering speed, so the racing was more processional. If you tried to pass someone you gave up your momentum and they just went back by. So instead you followed, hoping they made a mistake. And the end result was speeds were as high down the straights but higher in the corners, where they tend to crash. So the danger wasn't reduced by the smaller engines, which was supposed to be the point. Odds are at least one brand will get the smaller displacement combo right and the others will once again have to catch up, as happened last time they switched to smaller displacement. And the limits on testing slow down catching up. Currently Yamaha and Honda have help there, they get extra testing and the ability to change things like engines. But Aprilia and KTM don't have those concessions. They are struggling to catch up that last bit to Ducati. Moving to a spec ECU with limited traction control was a great step towards equalizing the racing. The one team that missed that was Yamaha, who didn't hire Weber/Marelli people to help them work out how to use the limited capability of the spec ECU. So even today Yamaha struggle with getting the power down. It makes it look like Yamaha are way down on power, and they are down on power. But they also struggle to put what power they do have down. Their only ace in the hole is Fabio is really good at making the most of the Yamaha and what it does do well. But their issue isn't just needing more power, they also need to be able to put that power to the pavement. Honda also lack power, and they also lack traction. But their traction issues seems to be more an issue with mechanical grip, not their traction control. As with most complex equations, there is usually more then one factor in why any team / bike is slow. Adding more power without the ability to use that power may actually make you slower.

I managed to squeeze a Quadlock handlebar mount on the left-hand side handlebar. Had to loosen the clutch lever bracket to get it through. It came with a three-point rubber mount. I unscrewed the phone mounting bit and fitted a GoPro mount.

Bore & stroke of 95x66, that's getting close to Ducati over-square ratio territory.

Isn't that genius? 5/4 time signature...

Recently, someone wrote something that I can't find anymore about the pins for the swing-arm, including some slight confusion about whether they were 20mm or 22mm. If I recall correctly, they seemed to be a bit hard to get hold of. I just discovered that Däs Mototec offers both sizes in stainless steel, so I thought I'd put it in here: https://shop.daes-mototec.com/de/Fahrwerk-7/Fahrwerk/Schwingenlagerbolzen-M-20x1-aus-VA-und-Kontermutter-aus-hochfestem-Aluminium.html https://shop.daes-mototec.com/de/Fahrwerk-7/Fahrwerk/Schwingenlagerbolzen-M-22x1-aus-VA.html

This is quite the project with an impressive long list of work. At $51k, it's also the most expensive Guzzi I've ever seen. Displacement is listed at 1105cc, which made me wonder if it started out as a V11, and he bored the cylinders to bump it up from the stock 1064cc. Then I realized Bellagio is mentioned in the link (I'm not familiar with that model). https://shop.bikeexif.com/products/2020-moto-guzzi-bellagio-by-dreamermotorcycle?omhide=true

Well worth it right . Cheers Tom.

Good call! I never looked at Quadlock, I considered them phone oriented. On the picture shown, it seems the clamp section is slimmer than my Smallrig, Insta360 ones. I also used Ulanzi, DJI accessories without much more success. The Insta360 X3 offers more flexibility, as I could anchor on the luggage rack of my V11, whenever I try it. Scottymakestuff has a lot of accessories, especially for GoPro cameras... check it out! Mounting cameras on my Quota is a dream compared to the V11...

Agreed, butt ugly! The Griso Zero is still the best looking Guzzi in a long time!

That gets better. The thing is called a Fagott in German. Not entirely fair, I feel.

I really thought I would push your Too Serious Button (like you did mine on the Redneck Jazz thing ) with the buffoon <--> bassoon play-on-words, but it seems it fell flat. Playing the buffoon comes rather too easily to me . . .

Not just the performance. That is the gag with the whole composition. One melody that is repeated by various different instruments, then combinations thereof. And the whole time that snare drum, getting gradually louder the whole time. And the buffoon is one of my favourite instruments. Would love to learn it, but I hear it is really hard to play.

And then this popped up. Don't know why.

And having said that, there must be this, even if it doesn't have all that much to do with Jazz. The Redneck bit can be debated at will. It's amazing how a bunch of old farts, the singer definitely drug-farked, can still deliver.

And as far as Genius goes, one of my all time favourites. Straight tempo, but only 5 musical elements, about 15 minutes long, and it doesn't get boring. The snare drum part has to be one of the hardest parts in the entire classical music literature. PS: getting back to Brubeck and "Take five", my measure of a drum solo is whether I can count through it. Try that with that video, i.e. start counting a bit before the drum solo, and see if you are on the dot when the piano starts up again. I was, which means the drummer isn't just doing acrobatics, he has the tempo in his head all the way through.

Since you mentioned it, unavoidable... and while we're at it, not a constant time signature but rather alternating 3/4 and 4/4

The insta360 is most likely your best bet. Unfortunately, it is very expensive for what it is: 550.00 USD! I have the X3, which is currently being sold 330.00 USD, with taxes (Texas and Houston 8.25%) on Amazon. Plus, you need to purchase an SD card, and various accessories to install it on your motorcycle; there are plenty of brands making kits, so you don't necessarily need to purchase from Insta360 store. I can give you a tip about accessories: I have purchased many from different brands. Most of the clamping sections don't fit around the V11 clip-ons. Either because of the diameter, or because there is not enough width space to accommodate them. Plus, the vibrations from the engine tend to affect the quality of the video, and get all screwable parts loose. I have not even taken my X3 out of the box yet...

I tvisted the line in oposite direction, and managed a straight oil thight line. Tvisted sounds horrible, nice and easy. Cheers Tom.

Thanks, I guess mine has seized a bit, as the line is kinking when I tighten that nut back onto the nipple.. I sprayed on some plusgas, I was holding the line with pliers and it still rotated with the nut. I'll leave it to stew for a while.

And thats a major issue. It used to be 80% rider and 20% bike now it's the other way around. It's the same now as F1 pretty much and going further down that path.

Fuel filter. I have not taken the trouble to look for recommendations here for the in-tank fuel filter, but this just came up from a very reliable source in the German forum, so I thought I'd pass it on. Note: I HAVEN'T TRIED THIS OUT!. I'm just passing on something that I read. The man in question wrote that he has used this filter many times on various Guzzi models with an in-tank filter, and on being asked by me claimed that it was also good for the V11 models. The stated model name is Mann MWK44 I wont post any links, because I got lots of hits from a simple search. Price seems currently to be around €15,-. For comparison, someone else posted this link to a filter from Wendel in Berlin (a very reliable and reputable supplier) https://wendelmotorraeder.de/benzinfilter-stelvio-ab-11_641277-p-6100765.html?ref=expl €76,- and a couple of cents.

Don't worry , something else will let go and make you forget all about this problem

I have my Griso for sale and have a Canadian MG enthusiast very much interested in it. He is in BC and the distance is very drivable for the pick up. He planned on trailering it. I would have to put the original muffler on for Canadian vehicle inspection...no biggy. Upon doing the research for the border crossing, he got the proper amounts for import duty and sales tax. The clincher was the $2350 he would have to pay for retaliatory tariffs. Bummer for him and me. In the past I purchased two bikes at different times from BC and brought them back across to the US. The crossing went very smoothly. Not so much anymore. It is a bummer that even private buyers are hit with this extra cost.

As nearly as I can cipher, Donnie Two Dolls Barbies will cost $50. Each.