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I had a detached retina also. it started out as a black sunrise and as the sun rose I got concerned . Went to a Doc in Paducah and he treated it like a drive-thru . Perfect job and a good recovery. My S-I-L had a detached retina and has had LOTS of problems.

I had a cup of coffee with her when I was a staff mixer at Group IV recording studios in Hollywood in the late 1980's. Nice lady. Here's me playing the same tune after a long ride at a friends house...

I posted this in the V85 thread on ADVR and sent it out as email to some friends and family, but repost it here. After all, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere, hope may spring eternal, but daffodils won’t for quite a few months, riding days are almost gone, and motorcycle enthusiasts in said northern climes can at least read about a ride. A few weeks ago, as the reality of the coming Long.Cold.Dark. set in, I decided to carpe some diems on and ride. But where? Decided on a twofer that combined an overnight ride with homage to my 4th-great-grandfather, James Hagan, Jr. (1754 - 1829). That resulted in this “staff ride” to the Brandywine battlefield in Pennsylvania to see where Corporal James stood with the 4th Maryland Regiment in September 1777 and faced the Redcoats and Hessians! Two Guzzisti friends, Steve (Alexandria, Va.) & AJ (Baltimore, Md.), agreed to come along. Another, Kev (PhillyJoisy), planned to meet us at the destination as he once lived there and be our "local guide.” Another “local,” Joe (who actually lives near Brandywine) joined in for the fun. So, after voting — as we departed on Election Day, courtesy of the bravery of my ancestral Corporal and his fellows — it was launch time. For the map nerds — not a perjorative, as I am one of those 😉 — here’s the route we took … OK, planned, but “where are we?” took over now and then, so it’s only close! Three Old Flatulents, with varying needs for fuel, hydration, energy food (as in Little Debbie cakes, the original American “protein bar”), bladder maintenance, fuel, and similar things led to a slightly longer run than Google Maps’ optimistic <5 hours. FWIW, the return, where we all took generally separate ways home, was even longer as I managed — my LANDNAV instructors at Armor Officer Basic 54 years ago (gasp) would not be surprised 🫡 — to get lost several times while getting lured into charming backroads. Without spousal units who tend to be more picky, we stayed at the Comfort Inn that was near the battlefield. As you might suppose, there were quite a number of bourbon toasts to Corporal Hagan and the Maryland Regiment that evening in the Hagan Hospitality Suite. I really had no idea that I could have as much fun in 32 hours — OK, with the exception of a few college weekends, but let’s not go there! — as I had on this short ride. I knew when we launched that the likelihood of seeing or learning much was slim for many reasons. The visitor center was closed. Much of the battlefield is now covered by subdivisions. Etc. Always interested in the Revolutionary War and a SAR, I had read several accounts of the battle, with the best, by far, being this, https://tinyurl.com/Brandywine-1777. One might reasonably think that I would have prepared better for my first visit there as I had last year at Camden, S.C., where Corporal James later fought in 1780, then transferred to the 2nd Maryland Regiment, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camden. One would be wrong. I revisited Harris’s fine book, relooked at some youtube vids (see, e.g., this … https://youtu.be/fbu_y7jf8g8) I also checked out the relevant websites, and yet managed to muck it up, at least WRT the battlefield visit proper. In some respects, I followed the lead of George Washington who, by some intel failures, did not make what he could have of the situation. Yet, because of boon companions (and, if it must come out, bourbon, etc.), I — and I trust we, all — had a good time. I suspect that James himself may have smiled at our toasts and other references to him and his fellows even if we were not able to stand where he did back on that fateful “first” 9-1-1 day in ’77. Heck, three McMansions probably sit there now. But we did go, and talked lots about James and the bravery that he and his compatriots showed. Moreover, I’ll go back better prepared in finer weather in the next year or so, tho may first visit South Carolina where James was seriously wounded in September 1781, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Eutaw_Springs. So, here are some pix of that little "staff ride” earlier this week. As usual with my Smugmug slideshows, this opens in “landscape collage.” That means you’ll see all the pix at once. You can hover your cursor over any that might interest you and see the captions. All of that is easier to view in full slideshow mode. Or, you can take the easy way out and not look at all! Here they are: Brandywine Battlefield Boys Best, Bill

Not always easy to find a favorite among the array, but alas . . .

I like the Victorian decor. ...and the Triumph t-shirt lol

that tool is genius - I will see what i can put together.

Even if that doesn't say anything to anyone else here, I'm a bit impressed by that.

Look at page 213 in this document for the gap, and the part numbers of the shims in various thicknesses. https://guzzitek.org/gb/ma_us_uk/1100/V11_1999-2003_Atelier(Compil-GB-D-NL).pdf As far as measuring the gap goes, you have to measure the depth of the hole to the toothed wheel, compare it to the length of the sensor you have, and calculate how thick the shims have to be. I went a bit overboard, and made this to measure the depth of the hole: I have it on good authority that trying to measure with a set of vernier caliper with a depth measurement is not likely to produce good results. Someone who's advice I respect suggested using one of these (I only know the German name for it: Rändelmutter) for an M6, or M5, thread. https://www.schraubenhandel24.de/muttern/raendelmuttern/din-466/din-466-raendelmuttern-edelstahl-1-4305/ My solution can be screwed down onto the motor. The Rändelmutter can't. How important that is must be decided by the user. Whatever, the point is to invent something that allows a bolt to be introduced down the hole for the sensor to find the depth to the toothed wheel. This must be stable enough to be able to then take the bolt out, and measure the length of bolt beyond the seat of the hole, in order to calculate the thickness of shims, related to the length of the sensor in hand, to achieve the proscribed gap. Sounds complicated, but actually it isn't.

We'll see, haven't told the missus yet!

Is that biscuits and gravy, or SOS? Either way, I'm in.

Kevin, Apologies, I just saw yours. Yes, St. Mary's has the "mutton" picnic twice a year, almost always on the Sunday of the Memorial Day weekend in the spring, and the last Sunday in September in the fall. Kathi and I will be in Poland next May, but I am trying to ensure that -- jet lag excepted -- we are back and ready in time for the spring Mutton Run. Hope you can make it. Bill

I guess it's rather obscure to most folks. I started as a 2nd Engineer at the Sound Factory in Hollywood in the late 70's. It is/was a pretty famous studio, Linda Ronstadt recorded 5 albums there and I was on sessions with Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon. I moved into post production film mixing after I came to the realization that records would kill me. I got on at Warner Bros. and did many projects there, then on to Fox. I moved from Fox to Group IV which did a lot of subcontract work for Fox and other studios. The Owner was good pals with Joe Pass and I got to meet him several times and chat with him. Truly one in a zillion on Jazz guitar-what a talent!

As so often, first question is what relays are under the seat now?

He had gone to the eye doc, that's why he was dilated. I personally had a retina tear several years ago that followed an ocular vein occlusion a month earlier (starburst). Not a pleasant thing, I have a permanent "floater" from the tear that can be an annoyance. Actually, we spent most of the discussion talking about vision issues, rather than my bike. I just recently had cataract lens surgery in the same eye with some complications just hours after my surgery. Tremendous pressure that required "burping" (i.e., opening the incision and dripping the fluid- yep, really). The resulting eye drops made me quite weak, preventing my usual work outs. Pressure was normal after a couple of weeks. My vision is still changing after a couple months and very sensitive to light now. I hope to get my final prescription checked in a few weeks, this after a couple of interim changed to my glasses. Sorry- more info that was required.....

I think I have a rectifier problem as it didn't seem t be charging last ride. I was just going to do a check in it according to the manual. If that's what it looks like it might be under the seat.

i used one of these did the trick! sadly- i have no power to the sensor...

I've had recent experience with a detached retina with my wife. We were on holidays and it happened to her. She was on the operating table within 3 hours to save her sight in the right eye. Then a cancelled flight back home for us and a 2000klm drive back home at sea level. Phil

The retina is VERY important ! He needs to get that addressed immediately !

I've only been through there once, in truck and trailer. Seemed like really good riding but I didn't get to see much of it.

One of the saddest songs of all time.

OTOH, the Ozarks in Misserie and Arkansas have miles of riding. Much of it with no traffic.

I'm not sure the metric spec on the O-ring, but have successfully used #112 Viton.

Some trade publications ( you remember, these paper things that came in the mail) had an ad saying 2 cans for free from Kroil, just pay shipping. You could get 2 lg. cans for X amount of money.

Intelligent: well informed. Information: propaganda. Truth: anymore I have no idea. "computer" . I hear in my head "Scotty's" pronunciation and always will.

If you've never heard of Nashville, they make Kroil, GooGoo Clusters, Moon Pies and somethin' else but for the life of me I can't remember what else ?

Congratulations @Mr Revhead

I am in the process of purchasing 694 here in New Zealand. It's been off the road for a few years (7!) but lives.

It's just a shortcut name. Intelligence it's not but as with a lot of things it's given a handle that sticks. I remember when the word "Gay" just meant you were happy. Somewhat removed from the current definition. Phil

"...intelligence is innate, not something that someone else has programmed the machine to do." Here's the rub with that. Modern AI isn't programmed by 'someone else'. AI 'programmers' take the equivalent steps to telling your teenager, 'go talk to people and learn from them. I'll provide input and context when you get home." 'programmers' provide training sets, but the heuristics and algorithms assemble the output, not the programmers. What we have today is the functional equivalent of the Ship's Computer in Star Trek.

I didn't get all the way through, too late at night right now. But the man said "and at the end of the day, if you're not having fun, what the @#&#33;#&#036;# fark are you doing?" He's right.

From what I have read, the crankcase was modified to counter the cracking problem. If I recall correctly, there were at least two stages, maybe three. Ribs were added. I don't know for sure whether the 850GT was the second stage or the third, or even if there was really a "third stage". Whatever, one can see clearly on the pictures on these two pages how ribs were added to the crankcase to get the cracking problem under control. https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/moto guzzi/moto_guzzi_v7.htm https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/moto guzzi/moto_guzzi_850gt.htm

Aha. There is always something particularly special when siblings make music together, particularly when they sing together. For example: Or this Or those Wilson boys

Check this place for MG special tools: https://store-jbxooa7q4b.mybigcommerce.com/shop-by-manufacturer/moto-guzzi/

I think they are MK or MB nuts or washers. I’ve got a link somewhere, I’ll see if I can post it up? Bear with me, I’m in NZ on holiday at the moment.

I was actually hoping that I'd get the bike this week. After (additional) weeks in storage, it was back at the shop. But the bike was off the lift and the tranny was on the bench. Don said it wasn't shifting right into 3rd and was messing with the shift fork. Went back yesterday, his eyes were dilated from retina tear. Said he had trouble seeing when working on my bike. He had previously ripped his bicep working on my bike a few months ago.... not my fault.