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    Moto Guzzi V100 Sport Tourer: water cooled, 120 HP (26th of August 2021)

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    22 minutes ago, Lucky Phil said:

    I notice they haven't provided any full side on shots on the drive side. It looks like we are back to the old Pogo style shaft drive and "reaction" system is gone as Pete Roper pointed out in a previous post. I'm always suspicious when a particular image perspective is missing. 

    Ciao  

    I think the single sided swingarm is purely eye candy and its a bit a sideways step backwards IMO. The shock placement is not meant for that sporty a ride either…

    Moto Guzzi V100 Sport Tourer: water cooled, 120 HP (26th of August 2021)

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    51 minutes ago, po18guy said:

    Riddle me this one, Batman: if a 1225cc race bike is not believed to make 122 HP, how is this Euro5 bike supposed to make that much?

    Water cooling allows for more compression, ignition advance..plus electronic engine management is highly sophisticated nowadays.  With knowing that the engine is thermally stable via water cooling.. they can tune the ever livin crap out of it.

    Moto Guzzi V100 Sport Tourer: water cooled, 120 HP (26th of August 2021)

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    Considering Harley just released a water cooled bike in a similar vain, it seems like Guzzi is following instead of leading!

    I do like the swingarm.. that’s a nice touch. Maybe it’s just me, but all these screens and electronics don’t need to be on a motorcycle. 

    You think in 20-30 years time there will a forum dedicated to trying to fix those long out of production and unobtainable parts?

    People are paying many multiple of thousands to replace ECM’s on 360 Ferrari’s as they are not serviceable.

    I’ve grown weary of this disposable wave of the future. Just in the last week I had to send the circuit board from my dyer to a specialist to have it repaired. Both my GPS units were also sent in for repair.
     

    Now I find out Sunfire is out of business and the subwoofers I have are now very expensive door stops as they are no longer repairing anything. So if you have any working Sunfire speakers etc.. now is the time to get rid of it… I’ll be busy listing my crap on eBay this weekend…

    I’ll stick to older stuff thank you!  

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    What did you do to your V11 today?

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    I don’t think so, I bought a whole tail w/cowl and that was off a 2003? The reason I suggested unpainted was so you can have it perfectly color matched to what you have on the bike now.  Maybe a pre painted one would match but who knows?

    I remember seeing a cowl on eBay a couple three months back with a hole cut in the middle of it. You might also consider looking for a complete tail w/ cowl like I did for the money they want just for a piece of plastic. At least that way you have a spare.

    Parts are getting thin…..

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    Moto Guzzi V100 Sport Tourer: water cooled, 120 HP (26th of August 2021)

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    I didn’t intend to post a anti-progress manifesto. It just tweaks me to see the blatant hypocrisy. Electric vehicles were tried and abandoned 100+ years ago. The same problems that caused its failure then are the same problems today. 

    Henry Ford developed car bodies using hemp and also engines that ran on it. Totally renewable energy source and the bodies were rust proof and durable. See how that turned out….

    The ecological damage batteries cause not only in the extraction of the rare earth minerals, but also in the fact that they are not readily recyclable makes me think it isn’t for “saving the earth” The same issue that plagues wind turbines. Read up on the graveyards of those monstrosity’s.

    Diesel engines are highly efficient (I can personally attest to that) clean burning and can also run on renewable energy (as that was the reason they were invented)

     

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    Moto Guzzi V100 Sport Tourer: water cooled, 120 HP (26th of August 2021)

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    On 8/28/2021 at 12:46 AM, footgoose said:

    Please don't misunderstand, alternatives are fine with me. I know it's coming. I don't deny progress or inevitability. Doesn't mean I have to like it, endorse it, welcome it, want it, or wish it. "bring on the E bikes?" ok, so the E bikes are here and I'll watch them fail, fail, and fail in sales... until governments prop them up, younger people buy them, and people like me are gone.

     

    “Progress” in the sense of big, soulless corporations using the contrived “climate” excuse falls flat on the people who critically think and have a healthy knowledge of history.

    ICE will always be available to the monied class imo. While the rank and file will struggle with maintaining ever diminishing quality of life.

    Idiots can’t even keep the power on during a bad rain storm (Texas)…. Now imagine your electric car, plugged into the matrix as it wer e..taxed by the mile, rendered inoperative for any infraction by some bureaucracy. Tracked and monitored (for the children)

     

    yeah… anyone see the movie “The Last Race”? It’s worth watching to see how this has been foretold decades ago…

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    What did you do to your V11 today?

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    Finally got the Flagship out today and promptly burned up my rear caliper. I’m assuming a piston was sticking. Been riding the ‘10 all this time and I wondered why it seemed sluggish and down on power. 
     

    Aborted the ride and when I got home the bad news was easy to spot. Hmmm….. I ordered (2) Rear Brembo Caliper Rebuild Kits one for now, and one for posterity as these might be hard to source in the future.

    Then a bunch of other stuff from https://www.egpartspros.com/
    Gold Rear brake disc, Stop switch, Gasket, Rear Pads, Disk Screws, Brake caliper Cover, Circlip, O-ring, Ball bearings 

    That should be a pretty decent rear brake overhaul….

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    New Family Member

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    23 hours ago, docc said:

    She still has some mighty big paws to grow into!

    Just brought her to the Vet for a weight check so they can prescribe the correct amount of her heart worm/flea/tick and something else pill. She’s 54.7 lbs and will be 8 months old next week. I’ve been feeding her a raw diet from Darwin’s. Chicken/Lamb/Duck/Turkey/Beef. 
     

    She’s chomping down on average 2lbs a day. Works out pretty nice. I pull 6 packs out (each pack is 2lbs split into 4 individual packages) Radom selection, toss it all in the ice chest and by the end of the week it’s almost finished. I always plan for an extra day out. 
     

    Makes it pretty easy and convenient, she’s always getting fresh just opened food and never any leftovers.  Never tried this kind of food and it’s certainly not a cost effective choice. Runs about $120 a week at this level of consumption. She’s super healthy and very strong. Oh, I also get a few packages of raw Peking Duck Necks for treats. Nothing more satisfying for the pup then to crunch on some neck bone….

    Grumble grumble...

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    3 minutes ago, fotoguzzi said:

    Perhaps the offender will pay you out of pocket to keep his record with insurance company clean?

    That just happened to me last week. Dude was backing into a parking spot next to me and hit my truck. Thankfully it was right on the bumper that another goofball hit last summer.

    We talked and a few minutes later he handed me $450. About half what a blind mount Texas bumper goes for and fair imo 

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