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37 minutes ago, docc said:
Well, there is that . . .
Wow and, and,and...
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3 hours ago, footgoose said:
The V50 is slowly becoming an interesting bike to me these days.
As I get more feeble. Do they rev high (for a twin) like a V11?
+1 on the v50. There was one on BaT a while back and I was really tempted, but was brought back to earth by "financial responsibility"...😏
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That sure is "purdy",and if I were that deep I'd be greasing the driveshaft...
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I've only allowed two passengers on my Guzzi; one, my step-mother on her 80th birthday (a cool ol' gal who has passed on, and the other one of the few loves of my life and she's gone on to the joy of married life to someone else. I don't blame her; I've still not "grown up"!...
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5 hours ago, Guzzimax said:
Beautiful round barrels on this early V7
ATGATT?! My oh!
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I guess I'm a ween. I've seen the light and immediately baked off.
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Somehow I like it even better now...
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When a failure happens close to home or a glorious perfectly executed event happens; yes the new long awaited Police album is released:"IDIOSYNCRONISITY"! It all happened at the same time!
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I guess I'm getting old enough to just keep my stuff and not buy anything new. I'll vote my conscience, but I'm tilting towards letting the "Utes" make their own dystopian future with me stock piling relays and spark plugs and filters and, and, and, and.....
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What castle?
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I almost pulled the "lock-blocker"( pun intended) stunt too. Now I just pay better attention most of the time....
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Yeah that's a unique color. I once tried to get some pieces of a former BMW painted the 1950s Norton "polychromatic grey" and gave up, but that was 25 years ago...
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1962-'72 (12 volt) Volvos (PV544, 122, 1800, 140s Nostalgia card played.
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I usually go by feel unless it seems like something important. Then when I have to get it apart the next time I invariably say to myself "what!@%&ing monster tightened this?" Haven't stripped or broken anything for about 10 years though....
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I'm constantly searching BaT and craigslist for one of the cars from my youth. I'm not entirely sure that this is the right approach, but it is a plausible passing fantasy....
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Ooh I want one of those small torque wrenches!
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Zappa lyrics come to mind with the "sex on toast" riff. "Sir Richard Pump-a-loaf, a demented bread boffer.....still better than polishing electrical connections....maybe....word association gumbo.
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Motivation gets harder to come by during these bleak winter days,and it usually takes a couple hours to get my garage warm enough to be comfortable. One more excuse I know.
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This forum helped me get the courage to work on it myself. Without it I'd either have a piece of static sculpture ( which happens often enough) or I would have passed it on to someone else and I would not have the pleasure of the sensations of this visceral machine.
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On 12/31/2021 at 9:01 PM, docc said:
Dear me. That Scura/ image/setting is gorgeous.
It certainly compares to the very first image posted in this thread by @Orson in 2005 . . .
Magnificent V11!! 
Are those Napoleon bar end mirrors? How do you get them to stay put? Gorgeous!
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The price now would be an amount equal to getting another one, a new helmet, tires and other kit......maybe not.....
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Didn't Glenn Curtis (aviation pioneer and general speed freak) strap a v8 onto barely a bicycle frame and get a speed record? Again the aviation connection...🤔
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How is A.I. supposed to decide whether to aim for the possum or not?😁
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9 hours ago, p6x said:
My issue is: can you trust the workshop to do the work as carefully as you would expect it to be?
I am always referencing to the past, mainly because this is where my experience lays for the most part. In the 1970's, when you brought your motorcycle to the shop, you could speak to the guy that would actually work on it. Not to a "Service Manager". There were no "signature required". The guy would treat your bike as he would his. At pickup time you get a run down of what was accomplished, eventual troubles and suggestions. Not a rubber stamped check list.
With MPH Guzzi here in Houston, I would say that we are privileged. The shop has a proven history in Guzzi bikes, and the current mechanic that works on your bike is accessible. After I got the Le Mans last year, this was my first stop for a full assessment. The bike was healthy excepted for the odometer disease common to the V11s, so far, so good.
My V11 is afflicted with the common hiccups reported in the technical pages here: I have purchased all the necessary equipment to verify the setup. I have a cranking problem, which I have not yet resolved, but I am confident I have identified the problem.
My main concern is space. I do not have any space to work on the bike other than doing menial tasks.
My plan was to sell my car and purchase a SMART for two; even I ran all my errands with the Le Mans, there are times when I need to be able to have a bit more cargo space. Due to the chip shortage, the used car prices have gone unacceptable; It does not make sense to purchase a car that used to cost 6K for 15k or more today.
I will wait, or if push comes to shove, I will go MPH.
It is definitely a blessing to have a a shop with a reputable "Guzzi whisperer". I'm not so sure I'd rely on the V11 as day to day transport and luggage options are also a bit constrained. To each their own though! I still have a 4-wheeled box complete with windshield wipers and a heater, and a BMW r1150r as a daily summer mule. But the V11 stirs the soul differently. I've got the semi rare and slightly goofy stock tank bag and some Ortlieb panniers and have toured, but it is kinda like bungee-ing a milk crate onto a Lamborghini......
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Why a Moto Guzzi? moreover, why a V11 anyway? curious? nostalgic? are you odd? just an opportunity? no? what then?
in 24/7 V11
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Yeah, but it took me a couple of decades to remember how to take s!&t less seriously...🙃