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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.

@dbarb3 This is my Quota's year 2000 Veglia Speedometer: Whoever had it before me installed a garden hose worm clamp on the connection to the instrument. Just below that, you recognize the angled drive. That worm clamp may be a clue about what is wrong with your system?

This came up in the MotoGP debriefs that I watched, and the journalist who's the main expert during those videos said that LCR will remain with Honda. I think Lucio Cechinello has a personal commitment to Honda, but of course, anything is possible. Ducati has eight machines on the grid. I think we can agree that it is not exactly what most people want, including spectators. Besides the obvious, it is also probably heavy on the finance side, and Ducati did say they were going to look at expenses now that they became the machines to beat. VR46 expressed their intention to stay with Ducati, but if they cannot meet Ducati's stipulations, then they may need to look elsewhere. Yamaha is desperate to get another team, but KTM too. But rather than machinery, I am really wondering about Marquez and Martin. Marquez is not looking for a cushy finance deal, but for a way to add one more world championship to his roster. This would make him much more suitable for the Ducati Factory team, if Enea Bastianini was let go. Jorge Martin is said to be looking for a much better paycheck, and Ducati has clearly said that when you ride one of their machine, the main perk, is you have the best machine; it comes at a price. As it stands, I could even see Martin moving to Yamaha to replace Quartararo if he is going to leave. Quartararo got a very substantial offer from Yamaha to stay. Martin's main interest is to move to a factory team. Would he accept to give up the best machine for a work in progress? I don't see KTM being interested in him, with what Pedro Acosta has shown, Brad Binder's performance, they are set. Unless they get another team?

Speed 400: USD 4,995 Scrambler X: USD 5,595 Built in India, from the latest tests in Spain, they are pretty good.

This is exactly the kind of traffic rule that we recently discussed with other motorcyclists in Texas. The bill allows motorcyclists to pass stopped cars between lanes at a speed that does not exceed 15 mph. We need this here in Houston and in every major city. The entire city access, surroundings, is nothing but a continuous traffic jam. Allowing motorcycles to move up would certainly help, and maybe inspire some four wheelers to change from 4 to 2 wheels.

And MV Agusta... they have recently become the majority shareholder of the brand.