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There is a choice on the banner of Unread Content...you can click on that and it will bring up all the threads which you have not read yet, or any new responses to threads you have read up to that point. That's what I do...just click there, and it brings up all new threads I have not read yet
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Vamos Marquez!
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A couple other Guzzi friends will be there all weekend, I'll be riding up with another friend early Sunday morning...planning to arrive around 10 am.
Got Tickets in section T1-2 of Turn 1, Section 2, Row 15...
Have enjoyed Turns 15/16 the last couple of years, but back to turn 1 this year...King of the Hill!
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In the middle of replacing the petcock I had ordered back in late 2017, and casually decided to look at this thermistor/fuel level sensor also.
Just had to order one of these from Curtis at Harper's as it's out of stock at Stein Dinse. Prices have gone up...was $104, now $260...rare part indeed, but he has a couple available in case anyone needs one.
As I'm deep into a tank off exercise, I noticed the black wire had disconnected at the plastic plate area, the gray/whitish wire was hanging on by a thread, and all of the plastic shrink wrap was brittle and hardened. Time to refresh, along with a couple of other parts.
Amazing what one finds when going thru with a fine tooth comb doing the Tank Off exercise.
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2 hours ago, p6x said:
It seems we have plenty to talk about!
I am familiar with Punta del Este, since many Argentinians spend their vacation there. I like Uruguay, but I always preferred Carilo to spend time on the sand.
I have lived in Argentina since 2003. I have an apartment in Belgrano. I was initially thinking to purchase at Puerto Madero, but I decided that only foreigners lived there, and I favored a place less "touristy".
Argentina is a place I would really enjoy touring on my Guzzi; unfortunately, it is no longer as pleasant as it used to be.
As for the 911, it is a costly hobby, and I am glad that I found a justification to part from it. As it is at Einer's, using the space for the Le Mans is so much more convenient. I can even make use of the central stand without any difficulty. It was that, or purchasing a house with a larger garage...
Mike Haven said he does not work on Porsche. His atelier is full of BMW and Mercedes Benz, no Porsche.
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Actually, the leak is more like an "anal" reaction. I wish I was different, but even a few drops of oil ruin my life. I like perfection. Of course Einer found many other things wrong with the car. I am replacing the four shocks too, thus wheel alignment, since they are dropping the power train, it is a good opportunity to do some preventive maintenance. The quotation says that I am going to lay away twice the purchase price of the Guzzi....
Don't know Lockhart, but I have had it with those BBQ pits who have lines that form from 8:00 on week-ends. I think the Texas Monthly should make a list of the "unknown" Texas style barbecues.
On a very sad note, I have been unable to find any Bluebonnets this year.... do you have a tip? I went to Brenham, Chapel Hill, looked at the usual places... nada!
Wow...Indeed...Carilo was one of my favorite spots to visit, play golf and enjoy the seaside, we spent a lot of time there and in Pinamar on many occasions for ocean side visits. It's a very special place. I still have a favorite golf wind breaker from there that I use till today! A lot has changed since the early 2000's for sure...so many stories to tell of that time. Time for a factura and a lagrima one day to reminisce! I left in October 2002, so just missed an overlap there. We had offices in Vicente Lopez, then San Isidro and then Belgrano. We lived in Alto Palermo at the time (Juncal y Salgueiro)...
Now...Lockhart (affectionately known as the Capital of BBQ in Texas), not more than a 5-10 minute wait at Blacks, no need to queue up like in Franklin or other places that you have to get up at the crack of dawn to have a chance at getting some BBQ. Well worth the visit, since LowRyter has declined to show up for BBQ after the race, I'll transfer the invitation over to you - my treat! Of course, if both show up, will be entertaining!
Bluebonnets - it's a bit of a stretch, but I did see a lot on the way up and back from Dallas last weekend...another good place to look is between Fayetteville and Hwy 71 on the way to La Grange...that road typically has Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush in abundance. A nice stop at Orsak's in Fayetteville makes a good coffee/pie break along the way.
TGIF!
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Actually, the leak is more like an "anal" reaction. I wish I was different, but even a few drops of oil ruin my life. I like perfection. Of course Einer found many other things wrong with the car. I am replacing the four shocks too, thus wheel alignment, since they are dropping the power train, it is a good opportunity to do some preventive maintenance. The quotation says that I am going to lay away twice the purchase price of the Guzzi....
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Go Kermit!!
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Allons-y!! Hoping for a good outcome as well on the election. I'll have to tell you a funny story about Maradona one day, reminds me of an interview I saw about him while on vacation in Punta del Este, Uruguay when we were living in Argentina between 1999-2002.
In a sympathy Porsche message, I am also having to drop some $$'s into the 911, the left rear upper shock mount has apparently broken and was the source of an annoying squeak I was trying to find for the last few months, so after 13 years of ownership since new, both left and right rear strut mounts will need to be done and then an alignment, along with some preventative maintenance, including spark plugs (have to remove the exhaust system to get access to the plugs, quite labor intensive). The reward is in the drive after all, one has to pay to play! At least I can do oil changes, filter changes both oil and air on it, all else is just not doable given how tight the engine is packed in there, but honestly, this car has been error free since I bought it, so I don't mind it needing some maintenance on a rare occasion. On my side of town, I use Euro Auto Techniks (Michael Crawley), who ironically many years ago worked with Mike Haven of MPH! Quite a small world in fact.
Is the leak affecting the clutch (slipping at all?)...
Now...about that brisket in Lockhart...hhmm, something to look forward to on race weekend!
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4 hours ago, p6x said:
Marc Marquez will be at COTA this week-end. If he is your favorite "horse", then you will have the opportunity to see him race!
Personally, I think it makes sense for him to return here. This is clearly the best place for him to come back.
Now the question that everyone has: can he dominate the way he has on this track? we will need to verify that.
Thanks for the update p6x! Looking forward to a good day at the races, will watch the qualifiers via the Moto GP subscription and see if the King can be competitive. I agree with the above that if he can't have a good showing at COTA, he should take time off to recover completely or he risks jeopardizing the remainder of his career.
Now I also wonder how many Rossi fans will not show up now that he's retired, and if overall attendance will be down year over year. It was good to see him race last year and send him off in style...the crowd was very appreciative.
Griso is ready to go, Scura is on the operating table with lots of bits and bobs off at the moment...struggling a bit to get the left pork chop off to get to the shifter extender which I have been meaning to replace for several years now since buying that here on the forum! Peeking into the throttle bodies, they'll need a cleaning too with a fine toothbrush to get rid of some of the gunk accumulation there, new rubber intake boots all around, valve adjustment and new gaskets coming up, and then a proper tune again once all the new items are in place. Everything else looks good so far with the tank off, airbox pretty clean, just a bit of oil in the bottom to remove, air filter still in good shape.
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That is smart!
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3 hours ago, LowRyter said:
considering how the Italian meal went in Poteau ... we'd likely never find each other
We don't have to ride together, just arrive at the same place. Much easier to do! You already know where Blacks is anyway! Open invitation...I'll head there after the race, if you want to join, send me a text, otherwise, no worries!
We did have a nice Italian meal in Poteau, just didn't ride back together, so I'm proposing a meal, not a ride! Lesson learned! Ha ha!
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I'll throw in a free meal at Black's on Sunday after the race for you John...come on down!
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Ciao Arveno...I have one from my 2002 Scura, but it's in excellent shape. You have a $ budget in mind? PM me. Shipping may be a bit pricey given the box side, probably $50 bucks at least.
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Griso is beautiful...Have that exact color combo and year. It's overpriced by about $4K, but I'm sure the dealer knows that and will haggle. Nice collection of other cars there to look at for sure!
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14 hours ago, p6x said:
I respect posted speed limits, but mimic speed according to traffic as I think police would not single a car out of many. I maybe wrong.
A good quality Radar detector (Beltronics, Escort, Valentine) highly recommended and allows more driving enjoyment. Why drive in a school of fish, and gamble on getting a ticket, much better to be in control of one's own destiny and the radar detector allows that. So many spots in Texas with wide open places, no traffic, plenty of room to let the horses run free!
Enjoy!
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Big congrats to Aleix...super riding and a reasonably fun race to watch. Jorge Martin shows lots of guts in his riding style.
Aside from Marc's medical issues, the other tragedy is that as bad a season as Marc is having, he's still doing better than his brother. I'm beginning to doubt whether they should have elevated AM from Moto 2 to GP...or he may be years away from reaching his potential, like Aleix has shown. 200 starts is a lot of races never to have won.
COTA will be exciting...another new winner likely unless the KING comes back, but I doubt he'll make it unfortunately.
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Always good to have a backup place just in case…I like redundancy in terms of where to go for service in case one disappears. Of course a 50 mile drive in the 911 is a pleasure in itself…I just did a 500 mile round trip to Dallas and back in my 911…good to let it breathe on the open road a bit at full speed!
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Another Josey Wales fan!! I knew you had good taste!
You’ll be ten bears… I’ll be the grey rider! What a great scene among many!!! One of my favorite all time movies!
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13 minutes ago, p6x said:
My 911 is maintained in Sealy Tx, 50 miles from where I live. When you need to leave the car there for a few days it complicates everything.
I realize this is a bit of thread drift, but there are 2 Porsche garages of extremely high quality a lot closer to you, both of which have stellar reputations in the Lone Star Porsche community. I don't know if you've tried their services in the past...but for convenience, would be a lot easier!
Einar's garage (10 miles) and Modern Air Cooled (5 miles)...
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As long as it's a nice sunny day, the racing will be enjoyable. Like most of the races this year, I'm guessing we'll have a surprise winner if Marquez is unable to participate.
Regardless, it's always a nice excuse for a ride up to Austin, a little detour to Lockhart afterwards and then home. Makes for a fun day out.
Red/black Griso is likely to be the steed of choice this year, Scura is going to go thru some tank off maintenance over the next couple of weeks, 4 new rubber intake boots/throttle body boots, rubber bumpers for the tank mount on the frame, a replacement fuel downspout that I've had on the bench for a while and it's time to put on now.
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3 hours ago, bbolesaz said:
I'll be there all 3 days. Look for dark blue BMW K1600B Grand America, massively farkeled and darksided. I will be doing the track lap also, should be easy to spot in that crowd. Got Turn 15 grandstand tickets in the southernmost section.
I’d like to see that bike! What dark side tire are you running out of curiosity? We do usually sit in Turn 15 or 16 also…will see what’s available!
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No worries, would have not been a bother to interrupt at all, would have been good to put a face to a name and enjoy a conversation.
A la prochaine!
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I'm puzzled how to respond to the above p6x...You were close enough to hear me talking about putting a sidecar on my Guzzi with the owner of TSC, while standing next to my Scura, the only V11 there, so you decided not to say hello or introduce yourself?
I didn't see a red 911 in the whole parking lot, so I'm guessing you came in another vehicle.
Several current and ex Guzzi riders and the others I rode up with all sat together for lunch at the table at the back and enjoyed a nice visit.
Cheers.
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4 hours ago, p6x said:
I got mine several weeks ago. I am 849 for 2022.
I know a lady that would certainly like to join, but since I am not riding my bike, there is not much point. She would certainly fit in perfectly, born in Siracusa Sicily Italy, looking exactly like a match for a Moto Guzzi.
Excellent! I finally have mine now...# 853, another friend who will join is #861, and likely we'll have a 3rd moto join. The 4th one is unfortunately at an event in his Boxster this weekend down in Angleton with the Lone Star PCA group, fun track to race on if you get the chance to do so.
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Good to hear P6X, but I hate to disappoint you in advance, our fairer companions are not coming on this trip. I’m tempted to bring the 911 also, but several friends are riding their motos, so I’ll do the same. Still waiting on my official tour number to arrive however and I’m running out of days here!
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