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Pundits are predicting the deal will not be condoned by the European Union. They base their judgement on a previous attempt from a different group. The principle remains the same. Those groups are purely money motivated, and the sport in itself is not their main concern. Profits is. We will wait to see what will effectively happen, or not.

We are April 1st, this is not an April's fools... Liberty Media has acquired MotoGP, and would therefore manage both F1, MotoGP and WSBK. The official announcement is anticipated to take place in Austin for the next MotoGP. Subject to approval from the European Union. Therefore, not a done deal just yet. Lot of opinions expressed so far, many are negative. F1 is deemed more a show than a sport (some say), and there is a train of thoughts that Liberty Media will turn MotoGP profits using the same tools that worked in F1; such as organizing commingled F1/MotoGP races, not together on the racetrack, but together on the racing weekend. There is also a strong possibility of clashes between the existing bodies within MotoGP, FIM, MSMA, IRTA; in plain language: the promoter, the sports' authority, the manufacturers, the teams. Interestingly, there isn't a body that represents the pilots, excepted in the safety commission. Liberty Media may hamstring the others by using their dominant position. Too early to say, and in any case, while Dorna has agreed to the deal, the European authorities have to put their stamp on it.

I was merely discussing beer from a purely academical point of view. I was never a beer drinker, and I still don't qualify for one. This was more about Beer tradition between Germany and the rest of Europe. Also, when I say Europe, I am referring to the Maastricht treaty signed in 1992, effective 1993. The 12 original countries that signed the treaty. Same as in the USA, with the 13 original states. 12 Stars on the European flag, and 13 stripes on the US flag. My passion was/is in the wine, and I participated to two harvests from grapes cutting to wine making. First with traditional wine, second with sparkling wine in the region commonly known as Champagne. I was blessed in having the opportunity to continue my journey by working in several countries with a wine tradition. That's my end of it. Texas makes wine too, but I am yet to find one that I really like.

Since we are talking about Beer, are you Kölsch or IPA? I found that Germany may be one of the rare place in Europe that does not partake in IPA. IPA is not German tradition. I was surprised. I don't know if I ever sampled a Kölsch, but the next time I am in Fredericksburg: https://www.altstadtbeer.com/beers/kolsch/

I agree. It is just that some of the Facebook groups have strange rules. If I was to create a group on Facebook, I would at least let everyone look at what is posted. Even more if the objective is to sell stuff. Having to "join" is most like a deterrent. I realize that spamming is annoying and requires more policing to keep the site tidy.

In what way? You need to join to be able to see anything. I can forgive the "join to post", but the join to be able to simply look around seems excessive. I attempted to join Moto Guzzi Classified, and each time I wanted to comment, the administrator had to validate before it could be posted, at times taking days.... several days comments are sometimes no longer relevant. I left. The Moto Guzzi Quota group is friendlier as anyone can take a look.

All the languages are now a "pot pourri" of many others.... The French have espoused many words from the English language, such as "week-end", even if the pronunciation remains French; the English have also made theirs many words or expressions from European languages, also keeping their own way of saying. I discovered "A tout à l'heure", which means see you later, which English pronunciation makes completely opaque: Toodeloo???? what?

I am going to have to disagree on this one, but not completely. The German language picked it up from French.... In Biblical use, the principal meal of the day, corresponding to the Greek deipnon, Roman cena. Applied since c. 1300 to the last meal of Christ with his disciples before his crucifixion, at which he instituted the Eucharist. also from mid-13c.

Add your name tag, quantity required, and country where the patch should be sent if you do not live in the United States of America. I do not have a price per unit yet. I do not have a delivery date. I am trying to gauge interest. The patch length will be between 3.50 inches or 88.9 mm. The patch will need to be sewn on. Those would be woven patches;

I found someone selling V11 starter motors in the Czech Republic: https://www.motorkari.cz/motobazar/nahradni-dily/elektricky-system/startery/moto-guzzi-v11-1100-1999-2006-elektricky-starter-motoru-1479419.html About 140 USD.

Another one, in the Czech Republic.... 12k EUR. https://www.motorkari.cz/motobazar/motorky/x-1932020.html The question that I have is: out of the 170 Tenni produced, how many were imported in the USA?

I watched an interview of the returning Davide Brivio, now running the other Aprilia team. He said the departure of Valentino Rossi from MotoGP made the sport less popular and visible. The gimmicks he introduced in his early days and kept coming up with were never matched. I don't necessarily say MotoGP should be a freak show. Today's motorcycles are a lot more demanding in terms of physical preparation. I think almost every rider in MotoGP has been doing the "arm pump" surgery. Last information I got, Pedro Acosta may have to go through it too. When I started racetracks hoping, I was 14 years old, on a moped. You could see the racers from up close and personal. The "Parc Fermé" was anything but "fermé". Today, the racers have bodyguards when moving from their RV to the Garage. You hardly get a glimpse. Only at the Grand-Prix de France, the organizer has a tribune where the pilots come on stage and answer the public's questions. I am a few hours drive away from COTA, but I am not feeling the call...

That includes the infamous "F" word.... I wonder if many English native speakers know that.... the five letters word that starts with an F and that perfume many conversations is actually drawn from German...

Eric Johnson was always pretty much a Fender Strat guy. I specify Fender because almost every guitar brand makes a guitar with a Strat body. Eric Johnson remained faithful to Fender in that domain. That does not mean he did not play Gibson. You can see him on a 335 for a first G3 show. Lately, he also used an SG. But his main known guitar was a Fender Stratocaster 1954, that he named Virginia. He sold it after a neck incident and repair. He was always very finicky about his tone and sound in his younger days.

Notice that this is biased.... They should have included someone from the Netherlands, and Greece....

He did some more, say, "palatable" music, such as "For the love of God", but his guitar style is really technical and grammatical, perfect and very square. If you simply compare Steve's music with Eric Johnson's "Cliff of Dover" with long intro, I mean, how can you not appreciate the sound prowess.

According to Crash dot net, Liberty Media, the owner of F1 is in the closing states of purchasing MotoGP for 4 BN dollars. Some are saying they will face antitrust inquiry from Europe before that transaction completes. What struck me was the comparison used between F1 and MotoGP in terms of profit. This is what was used to compare the two. Money.... My only query is, should Liberty managed the purchase, what will they come up with to gather more income? they came up with the Las Vegas F1 Grand-Prix, which was more circus than sport. Maybe a MotoGP Grand-Prix in Manhattan?

I admire his command on the instrument, but I never really liked his music. I feel that it is not melodious enough. I have the same feeling about Yngwie Malmsteen pick sweeping. This rapid succession of notes is very difficult to achieve, but not for me. Gary Moore in his blues days would really be my favorite. I also liked Danny Gatton a lot. He was incredibly good at keeping an independent bass line.

I initially thought each one of them were playing independent hands, but it is not the case. The guy fretting the bass line is also doing the finger picking; same for the guy playing the melody, both hands. That leaves the guy at the headstock who is fretting some of the notes. Check the one below. Scrub to 4'30" and look. Each player frets the other's instrument. That's a bit more complicated coordination wise, even if they strum most of it.

@LowRyter For politicians, it is all about money and what give them a chance to be elected, reelected. I would suppose a lane splitting bill would not be seen well by the majority of the constituents, on four wheels themselves, and because they get immobilized in traffic, they pretend that everyone should be subjected to the same rules. Even if by overtaking between the lanes, a motorcyclist does not directly increase traffic; quite the opposite, in fact. Because it is a better occupation of the asphalt, since they do not encroach in the available space, but uses what is usually free between the lanes of cars. In this way, they create more space by moving off the lines. I initially did not know that lane splitting was not allowed in Texas, and I quickly learned my lesson by overtaking stuck cars on the 610. I had a concert of honks as I was moving up. So even if the bill passed in Texas, there would be a lot of education needed for Texans to accept it.

I called AMA this morning, of which I am a member, and they have some members which are implied in legislation: https://americanmotorcyclist.com/action-center/ I am going to write to my House and Senate representatives, and of course, to our Governor in trying to get something similar as the Colorado lane filtering and passing bill. There are some studies made in Europe that actually support and prove that allowing motorcyclists to move freely between stopped cars facilitates circulation. I also made contact with David Canada the motorcycle grand tour of Texas director, since he is an advisor for AMA.

I had several exchanges with the UK based Snugs people. One of my worry was the actual noise filtering, since I want to be able to hear traffic around me, emergency vehicles, police, honks. The only noise frequency I want filtered out is the wind. Now that I have a little experience of riding in Texas, I know that a lot of our westward highways are frequently subjected to wind gusts. If you look at the Snugs-Moto page, they have an option for "filter", and this is actually an additional input for external sound. They have a selection of filters to decide how much you want to let in, or you can install a plug for total isolation. Once I receive the set, I will be able to share my experience. On errands around home, I do not wear earplugs. I always start my bike without my helmet on, so I can listen to any changes; this is why I know there is something amiss with my starter. The cranking sound is not as it was before.