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Ok...I am going to have to steal one of these items...French Toast made with Panettone! What a fantastic idea! Of course, the Lavazza coffee must accompany it! Nice spread for sure...lots of great cooks there it looks like!

Wonderful!! I’ll see you there…I may make it to Flying L for the night as well, depends on when I can leave on Friday. Will send you my phone number via PM. Merci!

Good to hear finally about the tires!!! Pity about the clothing shipment zip code snafu but no rush!!! Now that you have your bike back will we see you in Bandera on Saturday? I’ll be there till about noon then head to Frío Canyon and then possibly a few more southern stops… have to be back home by Sunday evening. I plan on doing the La Grange stop on Monday with my wife…she’s been wanting to go out for a short GTOT stop so it’s either that and/or a Classic Rock stop.

Tires delivered today! Only took 4 days from my normal source on Amazon! Once I wear out the current set on the Norge will put these on for the upcoming trip to Oregon…expecting to put 5000-6000 miles on that trip in June!

Yes…the red kill switch.

Wow that's taking forever to get tires! You may want to try Amazon (Chaparall Motorsports is the vendor) I've got an order of Pilot Road 4's GT's (front and back, $430 total price) that are coming in about 12 days...same source I have ordered from in the past. Have done 4 orders from them over the last several years for the Norge, Griso and Scura...all running the same tire. Alternatively you can check for future and faster turnaround with the Motorcycles Unlimited shop (ask for Suzanne the owner) on FM1960...they can order the tire or you can ride the bike in with your tires, or even take the wheels in and they'll change them within 24 hours.

Hi P6X...I do plan on being there on Saturday morning...probably will be in Boerne the night before and then head over in the morning. I plan to pick up a few more stops along the way Saturday/Sunday before heading home. I'm likely to be on the Honda Goldwing (Grey), or perhaps the Red Griso...will be a last minute decision!

White faced Veglia's are hard to find...and of course, no guarantee that they work perfectly. I was lucky last year to find one at TLM in good shape, faded orange needle, but not jumping. You may have to hunt Ebay or TLM or Stein Dinse and see if they have anything, but it's very random. I've seen some guys in Austin selling speedos and tachometers, but with no guarantee that they even work...those are just a gamble. It's interesting also that the Quota has the speedo/tacho layout opposite of the V11's I think...

Thank you...no rush!

Dare I say it…it’s probably sacrilege but Moto GP seems to have become boring. I hope there is more of a story in this year’s upcoming season, but it seems to have lost its luster…

https://tucson.craigslist.org/mcy/d/green-valley-2003-moto-guzzi-v11-lemans/7712512091.html P6X!! Cough cough...looks what's available in Tucson now!!

Keep the Wolves Away…another great Uncle Lucius song!!

The Cali EV1100 looks great, rides OK, but for some of us, was hard to enjoy given the barn door windshield and intense buffeting that occurred. I know some folks love theirs however. I sold mine after a couple of months...and I lusted after it for quite a while until i found the right specimen down in Corpus Christi. It was mechanically perfect, very appealing visually, had the Hydro recall done (if I remember the terminology correctly), but I hated riding it on anything but slower FM roads and quite frankly, it wasn't that much fun to ride compared to the Norge and Scura and subsequently Griso. I took the windshield off the Cali completely and rode it naked for the short time I had it, the stock one was that bad. Some folks may have found better windshield solutions...I didn't invest any time in doing so. The Quota I hope is a more comfortable ride... Have you ridden a Centauro or Griso yet?

Two years ago while on a trip to Colorado...Beaver Creek to be exact...I was pleasantly surprised to see 3 Dog Night at the last minute performing at the theater in the mountain village above town, ..what a great blast from the past! Music we grew up on...and to see it live was fantastic. Voices are pretty much the same. Now where is Jeremiah tonight...he was a good friend of mine!

Very interesting! I tried staying at the Paisano in November but it was full…ended up at the Reata…quiet but not luxurious and overpriced…oh well!!. I was very pleasantly surprised at the high quality of the menu and dinner and service at the Hotel Saint George…quite good! Kazahkstan looks interesting to explore…have enjoyed several ADV rider YouTube videos of their travels thru there…

Arveno…Possibly try Stein Dinse as well…they have a replacement for my 2002Scura so they may have something for your 2004 Lemans…always worth giving them a call… Good luck!!

Well surprisingly today was another beautiful day, which meant of course, that I had to get in another ride today...180 miles on different roads than normal. Tomorrow and the next few days promise to be quite chilly, so it was nice to get another ride in before the cold snap...lots of other folks with the same idea! Seems like winter will finally arrive tonight!

All Excellent versions for sure!! SRV is or was top notch! Many many great songs…truly seemed like the guitar was an extension of his body/soul…completely intuitive player! That’s fantastic you were able to see those masters live!! Good tips on the others…another Chicago style blues man I enjoy is Byther Smith…very hardcore! I’ll have to put these versions on the big screen thru the home theater system For the full effect!

Lucky Peterson has in my view one of the best versions of Tin Pan Alley...let me know others you like as well. If you like Blues, by all means, one day visit the BB King museum...that's well worth a ride over!!

What a beautiful day to ride…blue skies, cold and crisp, little traffic, very few motorcycles out today…fair weather riders…probably too cold! Several layers, balaclava and good gloves makes the riding very enjoyable. Good music in the helmet…just perfect! 140 miles on the Scura through the forest…halfway thru stopped for a Peppermint Latte to warm up! Still feels like the holidays! Scura runs like a champ!!

El Paso will be even colder than that and for the elevations of West Texas. Maybe a suggestion...have the seller take several short videos so you can hear it start, how it runs, with some revs and a walk around. I just did that with a bike I bought in Tucson in November before I did the fly and ride...it was very helpful. Of course, the bike I bought was a 2021, so no real concerns, but in your case, I'd be much more cautious of getting something that actually breaks down or runs so badly that the vibrations are intolerable for a 1200 mile ride back, assuming you do interstate the whole way. I took a scenic route and did 1450 miles back from Tucson via Big Bend and all FM roads in Texas to avoid the interstate....much nicer riding!

Hence the invention of the Pecan, I mean the Pee Can! Saves you trips to the rest room...common to see at Guzzi Rallies for Old timers! Sounds like El Cosmico was El Catastrofe....una lastima! It does look like they have Yurts however...that would be kind of cool for the next time. I stayed at the Riata Motel in Marfa in November...not much better, but at least it wasn't camping!! To be fair..camping at John Day is quite nice...it's a nice grassy field...plenty of fun activity...the bathrooms however are not far...they have porta potties setup within 100 feet of just about everyone...

You just pay your registration fee (there's a thread on WildGuzzi with the information on who to send the check to for registration prior to June), the campground is one big field, so you can pitch a tent wherever you like...no shortage of space. I think if you want one of the RV sites, there's a more formal process to reserve one of those...we just showed up the last time and grabbed a few tent spots together with friends.

Just hazarding a guess, since I have no idea what was the origin of the naming convention, but a Quota is also a Limited #, so perhaps it's the Italian Version of a Limited Version...like Harley's Limited edition. I don't think the production numbers were particularly large, right?

No need to do that anymore P6X...there are other options to get tires mounted in 24 hours...6 weeks is ridiculously long for tires.