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Moto Guzzi V11 Le Mans 2004, Moto Guzzi Quota 1100 ES 2000
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@Tennitragic By the title, I thought you were looking for blue pills....
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This channel was created in June 2024.... that says it all!
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Since ChatGPT got out, YouTube is rife with those A.I. generated content, complete with robot voice. I have not really dug into it, but from what I have been told by people with access to subscription versions, you can create stuff without much effort. 2025 Le Mans unveilled does not make any sense, because Guzzi would have unveilled it at EICMA 2024, if it had been in the works. The adventure bikes segment is what really works in Europe. I maybe wrong, but I don't see a V100 Le Mans having much traction. Guzzi's best seller was the V7 and V85TT. I don't know how the Mandello and Stelvio are fairing, but out of the two, I would bet the Stelvio is the one.
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I understand. I forgot to ask you if you were a native English or German native speaker. I am a French native speaker. Born and raised in Paris. When I started to work internationally, my French was the typical Parisian accented one. When I listen to me speaking anything, I hear my French accent. Each time I return to France, I have some people asking me how come I know French so well. I surprise them when I tell I am French, born and raised. Somehow, over the years of expatriation, the lack of speaking French, I am guessing my accent is no longer current; this is most likely why French people that don't know better think I am Canadian. They have clearly never heard a French speaking Canadian. Another dead give away is my first name. From the 50's. Also, I am using expressions which are no longer used today. When you don't live in the country, you don't stay current. Typical. The first names are usually a good indication of the age of a person.
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What [music] do you listen to? Share your favs
p6x replied to Admin Jaap's topic in Special place for banter and conversation
The best version of "I just died in your arms tonight", with the long guitar impro intro. I remember when I first heard that song, I was in Port-Harcourt in Nigeria... I always found strange how a song can mark time and space in our lives. -
I managed to find a welding shop here, that fixed a broken bracket. It was not easy, because many other places I tried told me it was not worth their while unless they could charge me an incredible amount of money. I am going to make my own drawing, and try to get a small workshop to do it. Now that I had a look at the gear selection, I can tell it had been dismantled before, and a missing part lead to the issue I experienced today, which fortunately happened 5' away from home. This is my second time being unable to change gear, with the V11, and now the Quota.
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@audiomick do you think Stein Dinse can procure some of the parts shown in the drawing below? their website says they can get you anything. I suspect that for what they don't stock, they get it manufactured because they most likely have the blueprints.
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is KTM going to the gallows?
p6x replied to p6x's topic in Special place for banter and conversation
I found sad that MV Agusta's official message was to put the emphasis on being separated from KTM and their financial liability. They should have also stated that under Pierer Mobility, they had one of their best year in 2024, sales and dealerships, parts availability. Sardarov has so far not done that much for them, compared to the short-lived KTM lead. All we heard from Art of Mobility is "good intentions", but I suspect the "good intentions" will stop short of spending too much. It is clear that KTM did not spare expenses to clear the backlog of parts needed to support all their models. As far as I know, this always was one of the main complaint from the owners. Spares scarcity. When I was living in Europe, I had developed a crush on the Brutale, but I was never comfortable with the brand. -
Well, the EICAS is required on all planes (737-Max 8,9,10 excepted), which I think helps rather than complicates. Being proposed solutions to a problem rather than relying on the pilot looking for them if there is not much time, should be a great help, and not a nuisance. Sullenberger's instinctive reaction to start the APU immediately after he lost the two engines, could be proposed by the EICAS; maybe it is. There are situations when you do not have the luxury to sort things out by yourself. In my humble professional career, I started logging using fully analogical equipment, trouble shooting problems relied solely on your training and experience and analytic virtues. Today, any deviation from nominal is reported by the tools themselves to the operator. I remember logging hours of well profiles, only to find out after post-job calibration checks, that one of my tool was not working properly. Meaning lost time, and reruns. Having a warning system to detect malfunctions would have helped a lot.
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