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You left out Mistral in Mandello Del Lario. I was surprised with the low Euro how far my low Canadian dollar went on a big exhaust order. They were excellent to deal with I have experience with most on that list and after a pleasant purchase with Mistral, I'll be dealing with them direct again. Sooner than I intended, now that I've fought with & understand the crossover/header bs. lol.

I've never used any of the other companies mentioned, but while reading through the PP saga, I did learn that Venmo is apparently owned by PP, fwiw. I'm trying to cancel my PP account, it's a work in progress. Most large corporations,financial institutions and unfortunately gov'ts, have made the choice to hide the truth on their real agenda, and are targeting our lives in a variety of ways. The currency & financial systems are imploding. My gov't sold off our gold reserves and brought in Bank Bail In Regime Legislation, leaving me extremely vulnerable, I know Australia has similar legislation, not sure about the US; inform yourself, there are those in the world who have their sights on taking what many of us have worked hard for a life time to attain. A big part of this agenda, depends on hiding the truth and silencing truth tellers. One of the last news agencies with any type of real integrity reporting truth is The Expose in UK, PP defunded them trying to bankrupt & silence them quite a while ago. Now PP has tipped their hand that they were going after individuals who may happen to be critical thinkers. Once I became vocal about voicing truths on social media, I have been shadow banned & silenced for quite some time. The people running the world are running the media, truth is sorely lacking. I'll step away from this mine field, with one last quote from Malcolm X. "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing"

His eye & ability to capture composition, light & texture, off the charts; he's also an amazing artist, his paintings are to die for.

Doug raced Nortons & the Team Obselete stable is comprised of mostly British bikes or extreme exotica. I know they've got one early 60's MG factory racing single, Dave Roper can really make that thing dance. I've examined it up close, it's beautiful in it's own utilitarian way, but to an artistic eye, probably not so much, idk.

Yup,extremely sexy lines, well done finding that I must have only ever seen those bikes with chambers & crossovers added, I don't recall ever seeing one of those colostomy bags. I agree very atrocious,

Well if we're posting quotes, this one by Booker T Washington, recently became my favorite. A lie doesn't become truth, Wrong doesn't become right, And evil doesn't become good, Just because it's accepted by a majority.

Very scarey times. I don't know how far it made it's way out in the world; but during our recent Freedom Convoy, a hacker working for the Gov't ,got a list of of all supporting donors to Give Send Go; There were literally single Mom minimum wage earners on that list, that had their bank accounts frozen, for donating $5. I didn't have my bank account frozen, but I was doxxed on a geo file, disseminated world wide to every anitifa wack job out there. Having witnessed just how tenuous my financial security really was, I attempted to find a major Canadian Bank that hadn't been infiltrated and influenced by Black Rock et all, impossible, they're all wearing the same team jerseys.

https://www.douglasmacrae.com/bikes I came to know of Douglas Macrae while volunteering with the VRRA. He's expensive but he is the best. (He doesn't do just motorcycles, fyi) He's not only extremely talented in many areas, but extremely inspiring. He gave up racing a while back, when he was diagnosed with inoperable terminal brain cancer; but he still does the odd parade lap on some of Team Obselete's fine vintage racing machines. He's done some amazing photos of well known racer Dave Roper and others. If you desire a fine print of a vintage machine captured like a piece of art, go through his catalogue, I'm sure you'll find something you like. In the near future he's publishing a huge coffee table book, but I know he has an extensive catalogue and can do posters or prints as requested. Absolutely no pressure, but if you do happen to get one, please post a photo of it. tia good luck

Hey PA, Tks for the ideas, but I already have some plastic washers on hand and have to make a trip to the fastening store anyways so I'll be picking up something to use as shims at both ends. To anyone that happens to be reading this in the future; pay very close attention to a good, tight secure fit on installation that moves freely. While I was dicking around with it, the whole throttle stuck open about 1/2 way for a short time. I "think" it was the big white plastic idle nut? adjustment nut at the end of the throttle threaded linkage that got stuck. I can understand now why the company lawyers got involved and insisted on a dual throttle cable system, push/pull,,, open/close on the later models. fwiw tks very much

Tks PA I can't remember who posted about shimming the dual cable system, but he used hard plastic washers, split to slide over the cable onto the ferrule end. On his system 4mm fit, on my single cable a 5mm washer would fit over the ferrule at the throttle body. A large 1.5-2mm plastic washer jammed inside the adjuster up at the throttle, should help tighten things up, hopefully enough to take up the slack. After looking at it, there is so much slack, I think I'm going to have to shim both ends, otherwise the cable ferrules may possibly pop out and get stuck; which I've read about here, and I've had that happen on my carbed bike. tks

After installing the MPH riser kit on my 2003 Lemans, I had rerouted the stock throttle cable, it wasn't perfect, but it wasn't that bad. I read about guys using the longer Centauro cable which seemed to be the best solution, so I picked one up from Stein Dinse. When I'm installing it, the cable itself is too long for the casing, even with the adjuster at the throttle all the way out it's still too loose. I've had trouble like this before with new cables on my CX100 and I just shimmed it at the ferrule on the carb with some zip tie plastic material. I don't want to shim the cable near the cam on the throttle in case it pops out,,, I'm thinking of mcgyvering a shim inside the adjusting ferrule up at the throttle, but it wouldn't leave much of the casing inside the adjuster holding it in place. Is there a work around adjusting the linkage mechanism down at the throttle body, or as I suspect that's a fixed set up that I shouldn't screw around with? I read a post on someone tightening up loose cables on a twin cable set up, but I wasn't able to find anyone that had modded a single cable set up. Anyone dealt with this before or have thoughts on correcting it safely? Tia

Wow, very nice choice by your Dad. I'm familiar with that blue color. The camera angle and light, don't do it justice, that's absolutely one of the best stock colors I have ever seen on anything,simply gorgeous.

I'd be interested in hearing how you like them after you put a few miles on them. ride/quality/price. I've got one Tonti frame bike that still needs new shocks. I've got Ikons on a couple of Tontis, they're ok, but they're not getting any cheaper, and availability is spotty at times.

Mark Etheridge nporsoteSdg6t8 . Moto Guzzi Classics . Please CALL, DO NOT TEXT (562) 986-0070 Hey Doc, I just copied over his info from one of his ads. I don't have an email address for him, he posts on Face Book Guzzi bikes and parts for sale, so he probably could be reached that way; I know from Chuck's comments, I think Mark is very old school and not on a computer very often. I don't have a physical address for him, but he's in Long Beach California. fyi

I think that might be the type of thing that Mark Etheridge might have lying around; he's stripping a lot of Californias and doing nice custom standards. fyi fwiw

My Shoei GTAir has pinlocks and an anti fogging sheet(s?). I've never gone to the trouble of figuring out how they work and using it; I just crack the visor open a bit as needed. In warmer weather that opened visor has let a wasp fly inside my helmet, that made for a little excitement and a quick stop,lol. In cold weather bugs usually aren't an issue. In real cold weather, I wear a thin balaclava that I pull up over my mouth & nose, it aids a lot in managing the fogging issue. fwiw

I used to work as a front end user, on a variety of data bases, some with relational capabilities that were amazing, simple, functional platforms. I've also watched as conversion/data transfer projects on major records entry systems, ballooned from ten$ of million$ to hundred$ of million$, and in the end they never did function properly. I know there are some amazingly brilliant, computer savvy guzzisti, but website forums, I'm guessing are an extremely specialized niche of expertise; it's not just the set up, it's also the baby sitting and the maintenance. I know Beetle has a financial interest in Griso fanatics having a home base, but I don't know if he would have the expertise, time or inclination; hopefully someone does.

I finally noticed the Air Hawk, wise move. I love those things. When you get home and have time to decompress and go into fine details; please share the model and type of tank bag you have. Including pros/cons fastening accessibility etc. I'm old school and love a paper map on a tank bag in front of me, but with the plastic gas tank it's the one change and improvement I haven't made to my V11. Kudos & props for doing the spring job on the road on the fly in 3 hrs. Even if it wasn't the problem, you are now just a little more intimate with the bike and it's off your "to do" list when you get home,lol. Loving the adventure and the updates. Safe travels home

That is sad news. Over the years, I've learned lots from that forum, hope that it somehow continues on. Condolences and prayers for the family & friends of Mr Daley

That sounds like a great adventure. Heartwarming to read the backstory on the bike, nice to hear it ended up in your caring hands. Your bike is almost identical to mine, glad to hear you've got new tires on it. When I got mine the tires looked brand new, but the date code was 17 yrs old. If you pack a couple of good relays in with that shift spring, you'll probably never need them, lol. My experience with the 1064 cc engine FI engine is that the regular fibre valve cover gaskets will always eventually fail,,, usually at the worst time as I recently found out far away from home on my CalVin. Subject to verification because I just checked quick to grab you a link, but these are the metal reinforced valve cover gaskets made by Valpolini, they eliminate a potential problem, especially on a road trip,fwiw, fyi. https://www.mgcycle.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4634 Anxious to read your thoughts and impressions as you get to know your new bike. Wishing you fair weather and a safe ride home. Tks for sharing and taking us along for the ride.

That sucks, take it easy, you'll be really stiff and sore for a while. Nice that it was the EV with the glued on sump and not your sentimental favorites. Very lucky that if something is going to wrap up in your wheel and put you down, it was while you were heeled over, slowing & scrubbing speed off. and not hard on the boil winding it out. Re the cop, he would've been ignoring you on purpose, I'm certain he didn't want to be the guy giving the ok for a bruised rider/battered bike to leave and waving him into traffic, jmo. Re the ear plug; if the area is close by and you can do it safely, it might be worth your while to go back to the area where you took your helmet off, placed your gear etc, if you have a dog that's at all scent/prey driven, bring it with you on a leash; it may key on your scent and help you find it. At the end of the day it may be a cathartic exercise to look at the scene and process the whole thing with fresh eyes on a new day. Very glad that you're well enough and able to sit down, share & write about it and be pissed about your ear plug, that's a good sign. You can't be replaced, but all that sh*t can be. Take it easy and heal well

Mark Etheridge just posted this Scura at a good price on FB Market Place. There's a big audience looking at his postings , I don't see it lasting very long. It's still got the original clutch, has wrapping on the exhaust, dings etc, sounds like he just wants to flip it quick and get onto other projects. If you're close by and in the market, it might be worth your while. fyi Mark Etheridge · 2d · 2002 Moto Guzzi Scura with 21k miles. 1100cc. 1yr only, only 700 built. Factory flat black with OEM carbon fiber bits. Bike has an upgraded Guzzi Titanio Racing ECU, upgraded mufflers, odyssey battery. Bike comes with factory adjustable Ohlins shocks front and rear, Brembo brakes, CRG adjustable levers. Bike runs excellent. Does have a small ding on one of mufflers (see pictures). Clean title. Asking 4200obo. Bike is located at Moto Guzzi Classics in Signal Hill. If local please stop by. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9am-5pm CLOSED- Sun/Mon CALL ONLY (562) 986-0070, DO NOT TEXT. Phone number is a landline to the shop. Ask for Mark

Good thing you're retired Chuck, 'cause that working for a living bs, that sucks sh*t big time, lol

I definitely don't have KiwiRoy's knowledge of electrickery; but should plugs be that sensitive to gap and only fire if it's really narrow ? Sounds to me like you have something weak or an issue further up the line. With all those new parts and much talk recently, of the crappy quality of new condensers, could that be an issue? What about the grounds and the ignition switch? When I replaced just about everything electrical on my CX100, Roy pointed out to me, that my 35 yr old ignition switch would cause me grief; in the end he was right, it would only run/run decently once I replaced the ignition switch as well. fwiw ymmv

A few yrs ago, I had a chance to pick up a Lemans ll former race bike, set up with the Magni swing arm, very cheap, 2K?. The racers seem to be more likely to go to that bother of trying to get the best performance at speed. I have my suspicions this bike might be a former track bike, especially with the open carb set up, most street riders will at least put K&Ns on the carbs. fwiw