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If the 5's are anything like the 3's and 4's before, you'll really enjoy them. They do make the bike quite intuitive...and turns are effortless. Think left and you're left, think right and you're right. Bring the bike up one day to the National Forest and scrub the edges off those new tires!
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Oh crap...I'm on the black list again! Well...I had stopped at a nice French bakery close to the coast, and asked for a Napoleon (mille feuille), unfortunately they had none, so I had to "settle" for a scrumptious eclair de chocolat! The suffering was unimaginable!
The postcard is of the famous Sun God from a French artist Niki de Saint Phalle, and was donated to UCSD when I was a student there back in the early 80's. We had many Sun God Festivals (aka drinking and dancing and music during those days!)
https://stuartcollection.ucsd.edu/artist/de-saint-phalle.html
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Hey John...I remember Mike well from Cedar Vale...soft spoken and very decent chap. I was afraid his medical issue may have taken a turn for the worse, I'm sorry to hear the news he passed.
Look forward to seeing you guys there if you make it down!
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It was a cold Saturday in San Diego last week, but nonetheless a welcome reward after a week of work conference. Although no Guzzis were available, a nice Triumph Bonneville was at Cycle Visions, and provided a decent set of wheels on a rather cool day around the area. A few pics...sadly, had to leave for home the day after and the weather had improved dramatically. I wanted to make it all the way to Julian and Lake Henshaw, but "wintry conditions" and freezing temps prevented me from getting all the way there...still plenty of other twisties to play on around Ramona (found the old Julian Highway and Highland road and rode past several of the wineries along the way...thanks for the tips earlier!)
A few stops along the way from San Diego, thru Poway, Ramona, Solana Beach (always have to go by the Belly Up), Del Mar, La Jolla and a favorite stop at my old alma mater UCSD where I spent countless hours studying many years ago.
Hopefully posting Triumph pics on a Guzzi forum will not be considered terribly against the rules!
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Will be attending Sunday at Moto GP in Austin this year, possibly Saturday depending on other obligations. Easy 150 mile ride up from Houston.
Most likely on the Scura. Who else is going?
Hoping the King of COTA can get some challenge this year from the other riders and we'll see lots of great passing instead of a typical 3-6 second massive lead, and of course, hoping for good weather!
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The Griso is a beast...and a lovely one at that. I think of it as a modern day Centauro. I'd concur on getting one of the newer ones just to enjoy a bit of the newer tech...but honestly both versions (4V and 8V) are enjoyable. There have been a few of them up for sale recently on the Ghetto as well, but you have to jump and be ready to commit, as they definitely don't come up that often. I certainly hope they become a collector's item (even if not financially).
It does feel good to have a 2002 V11, a 2008 Norge and a 2015 Griso, now if I could get my hands on a Green 2023 V100...that would complete the fleet and would last me forever!
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Most excellent!! Thanks for the additional suggestions, very Nice Video…lots of decent twisties there! Are any of those wineries along the road worth stopping at?
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On 2/24/2022 at 6:42 PM, bbolesaz said:
I rented from Cycle Visions Rental once. Limited selection of bikes and no Guzzi. But good customer service and the bikes were in great shape. I would go back again.
Thanks BB for the recommendation, I have secured a 2019 Triumph T-100 Bonneville for Saturday March 6th from Cycle Visions. I've never ridden one before, so it should be interesting to try out for a nice all day loop around the area.
Scud...will shoot you a text the day before to check if you are still free to join depending on plans, I've sketched out a route from the shop up thru UCSD, up to Rancho Bernardo, Rincon, Julian and back wandering around, down to La Jolla or Solana Beach for a late afternoon lunch before returning the moto back. But I'm open to any other fun routes you could recommend!
I have no idea how the Bonneville rides in the twisties, so will need to get used to it a bit before leaning it over 60 degrees (Just kidding!).
Cheers and thanks to all.
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Nice burgundy tank color too...not that common I should imagine.
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Nice story John.
90 year old grandmas in Italy and here in the US of Italian origin are fond of putting a little grappa in their morning coffee. When I was a student at the university, I rented a room in a house, owned by the chancellor's secretary and her 90 year old mother from Sicilia (Palermo). She was an amazing cook, making gnocchi by hand, fantastic chicken and pasta dishes, and every morning started out her routine at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and some grappa. She would always offer some to me just before I headed out to class on my bicycle...
Years earlier, on a long family trip trekking around Europe in 1978 in a MB 207D van my Dad had bought, we spent a lot of time in Bolzano and surrounding areas (village of Brez), Bassano del Grappa and Trieste. Needless to say, the elders of the village were also quite fond of their various types of grappa.
It certainly warms the heart, and lots of great stories can be made over a favorite liquor!
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Thanks P6X...I have looked at those conceptually, but I'd rather not rent a private moto for various reasons.
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For those who live nearby, any recommendations on a particular shop for a moto rental in the San Diego area? Does anyone rent Guzzis?
Will be out there for work next week, and would like to take a spin on Saturday and Sunday before flying back home.
Thanks!
Paul
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1 hour ago, LowRyter said:
I just found my Chet "Stay Tuned" LP today. Mark's on a couple of cuts. I'm not sure if it's Chet's best, kinda sugary fusion sound to it. It's gotta Geo Benson vibe to it (he's on it too). Are there other records of Chet & Mark?
The one I posted above….
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Ok, maybe one not quite so well known...but equally as entertaining and smooth picking!
Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins - Neck and Neck Album, Poor Boy Blues song, first song, A-side.
Just got the LP from England a few days ago, and it sounds fantastic. B-side is also excellent!
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Wow...for a moment there, I though that was a picture of Prescott! Good to know the Mighty Scura is in good hands Chuck!
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Listening to Dennis Brain playing the Mozart Horn Concerti at the moment...what a genius he was, pure smoothness!
Next up...a little Robert Cray (Strong Persuader), to be followed by Bob Marley, Live at the Rainbow, 1977, an epic recording!
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Seems like a number of us, myself included have recently been bitten by the record player bug again, after a lapse of 40+ years! Gone are the long scratched, warped by the sun CSNY records of my childhood which played every day by the cool hippies in the house up front while we lived in Santa Barbara, or the bumpy and faded Bob Marley albums of the early to mid 70's that were simply worn out from so many playings! I recall these guys working on their long nose Jaguars (XKE??) while playing CSNY over and over again! My dad used to listen to the albums of the San Remo festivals as well, fun albums!
I have been buying some vinyl from Acoustic Sounds over the last couple of months of a few of my favorite albums, don't plan to restock all my streaming and CD's, but a few special ones, with favorite glass of whiskey or tequila certainly does accompany the music nicely, especially flowing thru the exquisite B&W's & Rotel combo. The only thing I had to do was by a Cambridge audio pre-amp since my receiver was built during that 20 year period when no phono feature was incorporated.
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Someone here owns a Vincent? Wow...that's been a closely guarded secret!
I'm 50/50 for this year's...wanted to make last years but time off didn't work out. Of course, there is also the possibility we may be in Italy at the same time...will have to monitor and see which one pans out.
I was not far from you guys over New Year's, as we went thru Birmingham (Barber museum and all), and up thru Lynchville (Jack Daniel's distillery) and then to Nashville for a few days...just a hop, skip and a jump over to Tellico from there!
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Those were both excellent P6x!
Now we’re going to have show our espresso makers too!!
😀😀
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Ha ha! I stand corrected…fresh coffee, with a little hazelnut creamer mixed in for flavor!
I do prefer Lavazza but Illy is quite delicious as well and something I discovered lately called Zenbunni…
Coffee like Motos is a very particular taste…although I do frequent an Exxon not far from work that has delicious fresh brew Texas Pecan coffee and Kilimanjaro too!
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On 2/3/2022 at 6:32 AM, p6x said:
No Idea what this is, however Texas is spawning in Tennessee...
Buc-ee's has turned out to be so popular in Texas that road trips always include a stop in one of their locations. Whoever invented the concept was genius!!!
Road Trip Wonderland Buc-ee’s Sevierville, Tennessee Location Will Be the World’s Largest Convenience Store
I would imagine this one might be a “joint venture” with Dolly Parton…as she is from Sevierville if I remember correctly.
Clean bathrooms, good coffee, ethanol free gas (todays price was $3.99 per gallon), friendly staff, decent chopped brisket sandwiches, and well organized stores. I usually sit outside on a pile of bags to enjoy my coffee, and then keep riding, inevitably someone comes up to chat about the Guzzi…. Today was exactly one of those days, with a few other stops along the way…but on the Norge instead of the Scura today for a bit more wind protection, after all it was in the low 40’s F… with beautiful blue skies and not much traffic!
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The mark of a true friend, thanks for sharing here!
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Any thread that includes a reference to Malbec and motorcycles is worthy of a gold star! Quite creative way to setup an indoor workshop!
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Correct...the Sidecar company in Donie, they are having an open house in late March. Part of the Giro di Texas, bag a stop, have a nice lunch and hopefully a fun ride up and back with a few other folks who plan to join me. One Beemer, Yamaha and another Guzzi (Stelvio). Now the difficult decision, take the Norge, Scura or Griso...I registered them all for the Tour of Texas so depending on the day, I can pick which bike to use for getting those tour stops.
I posted up on another thread in case any other Guzzisti want to join, weather permitting, should be a nice ride up.
If you need any assistance on Guzzidiag, send up a flare. Could be the firewall!
I've never seen Mike or Davey turn down a job based on how many $$'s it will generate, but that could be a factor in prioritizing the work for sure. However I've done some big jobs and it still took 6 weeks, so maybe there's really no method to the madness, other than FIFO.
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European Union will make compulsory ISA (Intelligent Speed Assistance) on new cars from July 6th, 2022; Initially was only for cars, but they have changed their minds again!
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Los Angeles back in the 70's had horrific smog levels. Look at many cities in China today...almost unbreathable for their citizens.
Some level of emissions controls are needed to provide a livable locale and not have to wear a filter over one's mouth just to breathe clean air or see the skyline.
However, the extreme level of monitoring and then actual intervention on driving/speed controls taking over the vehicle does invade our personal preferences much deeper than we are comfortable with...
I do find it ironic that Diesel cars, which I do like, and conceptually has been pushed so hard in Europe for decades is now considered one of the largest contributors to unbreathable air in these very same European cities which touted it in the first place. Why not roll back the diesel incentives and force more hybrids or some % of electric vehicles that can help cut out the pollution, but still leave the autonomy of the driving to the driver.
I'm still pissed that VW (Porsche & Audi) falsified their emissions software just to try to meet deadlines, I had a lovely 2015 Passat TDI that I sold back to VW due to this fiasco. It was a fantastic car...I could go from Houston to El Paso practically on 1 tank (almost 750 miles). Who knows where it ended up...maybe offshore somewhere.