Joe

My wife and I rode the Indian down to Tellico Plains TN and rode the Cherohala Skyway last weekend. Out of nowhere the temps rose over 85 degrees, but overall the weather was nice w no rain showers. We stayed at the Farmhouse Inn, can't say enough about Kyle and Laura's hospitality from a motorcycle riders perspective. Kyle is a Adventure rider, MotoGP & Nicky Hayden super fan. He also GPS logs trails around Tellico for adventure riding, with a Youtube Channel Tellico Adventure Trail. He and Laura ride two up all the time on his 950 Ducati Multistrada. Laura made home made breakfast and the whole INN was spotlessly clean, can't say enough, 6 stars out of 5. As for the ride, we rode over to Tapoco Lodge for lunch, where TVA was letting out extra water, so the atmosphere was wonderful watching kayakers hit the currents right in front of our tables, literally. Nicole and I met with Mark/Tina who we haven't seen since before COVID, they rode up from North GA, very nice lunch. We also seemed to leap frog a large group of Porsche's on the skyway who later ate at the Lodge for lunch.

Farmhouse Inn B&B had 85 reviews on Trip Advisor, 81 were excellent, 5 stars. Motorcycle friendly a block away from Tellico Grains.

Doc, so my wife and I are going to ride down to Tellico Plains and ride the Cherohala Skyway(on the Indian Chieftain). While the Lodge at a Tellico Plains is booked, but the owner guided me to the Farmhouse Inn B&B in town. Very classy move can’t say how thankful I am. But anyways, while talking about the South N Spine Raid, he told me that one room was still available, so I booked it! It’s official, going to make the rally this year on the Rosso Mandello.

My dad has a 2018, nice bike with plenty of mid range grunt. Good seat w handle bars, nice street bike with very smooth UJM inline 4. This pic was w my old Katana, K-5 motor w 150hp, I miss that bike. BTW Doc you can buy luggage for the Z900 from Shad.

So I brought home my old Italian made mini bike to the house last weekend.

Yes sir.

Docc, since you can barely see the rear caliper, I might leave it grey. Now if were on the front in full view I would buy Brembo only or paint.

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Scud, I was able to find a replacement caliper from Grimeca who bought the rights to produce from Brembo. Price for shipping & sales tax is $53.64 which is cheaper than the rebuild kit from UK. I will update how it goes with the install. Distance between the pads in this caliper is 6mm, so your disc needs to be a maximum of 5.5mm thick, unless you reduce the thickness of the pads before use. Brembo offers two different thicknesses of pads for their similar F05 caliper, so this practice of altering the pad material is commonly done. They come with Ferodo pads Ferodo pads part # FER4408” https://www.ebay.com/itm/363381691667#vi-desc-maincntr

It is now blatant that if you don't start at the top of the grid on race day, it is almost impossible to win. I agree qualifying is critical this year. If Marquez would have qualified and started better he would have won as he was running with the fastest times all day(that's going through the field while doing those times which is super human). As for the Suzuki's they are down on power and top speed, but both the riders and bike are super consistent. That's why Rin's is second in the standings now. Can you win a title without winning a race? MotoGP RIDERS CONSTRUCTORS 2022 Standings Rank Rider Points Wins Podiums 1 E. Bastianini Ducati 61 2 2 2 Á. Rins Suzuki 56 0 2 3 A. Espargaró Aprilia 50 1 1 4 J. Mir Suzuki 46 0 0 5 F. Quartararo Yamaha 44 0 1 6 B. Binder KTM 42 0 1 7 J. Miller Ducati 31 0 1 8 J. Zarco Ducati 31 0 1 9 M. Oliveira KTM 28 1 1 10 J. Martín Ducati 28 0 1 11 P. Espargaró Honda 23 0 1 12 F. Bagnaia Ducati 23 0 0 13 M. Márquez Honda 21 0 0 14 M. Viñales Aprilia 19 0 0 15 F. Morbidelli Yamaha 14 0 0 16 T. Nakagami Honda 12 0 0 17 L. Marini Ducati 10 0 0 18 M. Bezzecchi Ducati 7 0 0 19 D. Binder Yamaha 6 0 0 20 Á. Márquez Honda 4 0 0 21 A. Dovizioso Yamaha 3 0 0 22 R. Gardner KTM 1 0 0 23 R. Fernández KTM 0 0 0 24 F. Di Giannantonio Ducati 0 0 0 25 S. Bradl Honda 0 0 0

Scud, thank you for the heads up, I have edited my original post and will study the Encyclopedia of Compatible Parts next.

So, my Brembo Gold rear caliper(Brembo P32B-gold w 07BB0110-20518521) is destroyed and needs to be rebuilt or replaced. I have reached to MG Cycle and Curtis at Harpers, does someone on the forum know where to get a replacement caliper? Hi Joe, Unfortunately, Brembo let us know back in September that those gold calipers were discontinued and are no longer being produced. We do not have a rebuild kit for those (not sure we ever did as they do not list a rebuild kit in the spare parts book). I am currently not sure what else will work for your application as the gold caliper being discontinued was recent. It is possible that someone has found a viable alternative for that caliper, but we are not aware of it. You might want to try searching some online forums to see if anyone has done that research for you. Regards, Andrew MG CYCLE All, Do you still have rebuild kits for the rear brake for my 2001 V11 Sport Rosso Mandello, I think it’s a Brembo P32B? I would be interested in the whole caliper complete or just the kit if that’s all that is available

Marquez was clearly the best rider in the race, w a brilliant performance. But I'm still rooting for Suzuki's Rin's and Mir's smooth approach of closing in at the end of the race to podium, again.

The three generations of Sports look good together Docc.

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So I took the rear brake off, found that it heated up enough to melt the rubber. So I got it cleaned up enough for a rebuild kit. It also left residue on the rear disc and wheel.

This reminds me of my folks when I was a kid, never miss a chance to play it in every jukebox I find.

Very nice 2015 Griso w low mileage. Check out the other cars in the garage-mahal. https://www.cycletrader.com/listing/2015-Moto+Guzzi-GRISO-5020736755

MotoGP RIDERS CONSTRUCTORS 2022 Standings Rank Rider Points Wins Podiums 1 A. Espargaró Aprilia 45 1 1 2 B. Binder KTM 38 0 1 3 E. Bastianini Ducati 36 1 1 4 Á. Rins Suzuki 36 0 1 5 F. Quartararo Yamaha 35 0 1 6 J. Mir Suzuki 33 0 0 7 M. Oliveira KTM 28 1 1 8 J. Zarco Ducati 24 0 1 9 J. Martín Ducati 20 0 1 10 P. Espargaró Honda 20 0 1 11 J. Miller Ducati 15 0 0 12 F. Morbidelli Yamaha 14 0 0 13 M. Viñales Aprilia 13 0 0 14 F. Bagnaia Ducati 12 0 0 15 M. Márquez Honda 11 0 0 16 T. Nakagami Honda 10 0 0 17 L. Marini Ducati 10 0 0 18 M. Bezzecchi Ducati 7 0 0 19 D. Binder Yamaha 6 0 0 20 Á. Márquez Honda 4 0 0 21 A. Dovizioso Yamaha 2 0 0 22 R. Gardner KTM 1 0 0 23 R. Fernández KTM 0 0 0 24 F. Di Giannantonio Ducati 0 0 0 25 S. Bradl

Mine is a 75, not all original but a rider.

Very happy for Aprillia too, it’s been a long road to the top. I root for Suzuki, Alex Rins & Joan Mir, although they don’t seem to have the top speed of the Ducati’s.