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Two titans of film…enjoyable in many settings.

Black would look good… https://www.eastwood.com/satin-black-hi-temp-coating.html here’s an option as well to consider…

True…I was lucky to see them here in Houston in 2019! What a show!!

The damage from Fred looked really nasty around Cruso area, I saw the Blue Ridge Motorcycle campground got completely washed away...I wanted to visit that on the trip out. I hope they'll rebuild! Hope Tellico and surrounding areas stay clean and rideable for the raid!

Cogito ergo sum! I love it! I buy Moto GP tickets on the day I arrive...and just pick what's available then, been enough times to know where to hide out and find good spots! I do still have my Stones tickets from buying them back in 2020, I just held on to them w/o requesting a refund thru Ticketmaster, so they roll to the upcoming show in November! Luckily Texas doesn't have a state income tax...so they only get my sales tax dollars on the Black's BBQ in Lockhart!

Quit jinxing it! It's a long ways away...repeat after me 3 times with feeling and enthusiasm! I will be, at Moto GP! I will be, at Moto GP! I will be, at Moto GP!

Is this Rodrigo? Too much of a coincidence if it is! Paul

Hell yes! Can't wait to see pictures up close!

Pains me to update that I won’t be headed out to join the festivities this time…can’t get enough time off now as originally planned. I hope everyone has a wonderful time and I look forward to the making the next one!

Hot pipes near your legs…how does that make any sense at all even with a heat shield and wrap?

Fabulous! Thank you…that’s the one. Now to figure out the process…Guzzidiag is easy to use, so hopefully this hunt for 157 Millivolts will be as well.

Is there a part # for this Casper cable or a link of where to buy gents? I have my Guzzidiag cables, done everything on the Norge, Griso and Scura, but this 157 millivolt check on the TPS. I have a good voltmeter, but I keep reading the process over and over and can't really figure it out just yet, but since I don't have the Casper wires to do it just yet, might as well get those and then see if the volts are in line with what they should be! Thanks!

Agree on buying tickets on the spot...Turn 1 is fun...but slow around, so not much "leaning at speed"...generally it's just Marquez running a 3-5 second differential to #2 as he crests turn 1, and the next guy is making the turn way the heck down at the beginning of the grandstand straightaway. I do enjoy the stands where you can see turns 13/14/15/16...

Hardly an appropriate analogy, Guzzi isn’t peddling junk or artery clogging bits! If it is drawing new riders to the brand and existing ones to loosen their purse strings, that’s a good result. It isn’t exactly falling apart either, so by what measure other than preferred specs is it a failure? i suppose when it starts suffering major recalls and pieces start to fail it can be called for its shortcomings.

Same one indeed….I believe they are all tuned the same…but the professionals here can confirm…

Ha! Did the same today as well! Nice day for a run in the forest on the Griso…oodles of power…a bit more of a handful on the sweepers, but very long legged and fun to ride!

Classic Italian humor!

Almost...as I posted above...GRIT = Guzzi Riders in Texas. I've never seen Tex or Beaver serve grits at our GRIT rally, but Tex does make some amazing banana/walnut breads for breakfast, and Prescott and team usually help out with a very generous pasta lunch/dinner. You won't leave hungry that's for sure...it is Texas after all! Speaking of grits...the other day, I had some Gouda Grits...simply amazing combo.

In fact, the Moto GP weekend is also the same weekend as the GRIT RALLY...Guzzi Riders in Texas, up in Lindale. But since Oklahoma rally is on the calendar already, I'd rather go to Moto GP 1st weekend of October, and then Oklahoma rally the following weekend. If Moto GP gets cancelled, I may do the GRIT rally, it's an easy 200 miler up from Houston, and Oklahoma is another 200 miles north of that.

It's a small joke, I created the island with my Scura, and after the race saw another guy on a V11, but riding the other direction. So if we get John to ride down on his Greenie, a red Lemans and a Scura...we'll have the M&M collection for our own island! Speaking of jokes...my Guzzi friends in Italy would always say: Ducati, Ducati...soldi buttati!

A turd, hmm, surely by now, with the sales that the V85 has generated, you cannot call it a turd anymore. Maybe the specs aren't to one's liking, but it has been a commercial success so far and riders' reviews have been much more positive than negative.

Agreed...very much "suits" his style, and as the King of COTA, his dominance is undisputed. I don't think he'll win unless the arm recovers...but I do hope he's at least very competitive, that makes it more fun for the spectators. By the way, there's a special V11 parking spot at COTA, it's not Ducati Island, it's La Isola dei V11, out in the motorcycle parking!

Remove all the Tifosi from the stands, and at least 30-40% of the fans are gone. There's a lot of new young guns coming up, but I wish Marquez would be able to make it back to 100%...he's thrilling to watch. I've enjoyed seeing all of them race several times at COTA...what a fun event to watch live.

I've always done this where possible to even out the pressure, as the lock washer retains tension, and the flat washer distributes the pressure in an even fashion (or if the hole is large enough that the lock washer might sit a bit sideways), realizing it's not 100% even, but probably 99.7%. Good enough.

Nice blue Alfa there too...had it been the Alfa SUV, you could have legitimately claimed that a Stelvio had stopped by too!