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I use Gimp for that. It's free.... https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ The program can do heaps of stuff that I can't do, i.e. it is complicated because it is very powerful. Downsizing an image is fairly easy. My version is in German, so I am guessing bit, but anyway... Open the image in the program. Look for a menu that is titled "picture" or something similar. It is called "Bild" in the German version, which means "picture". In that menu, there is an option titled "Bild Skalieren", which translates as "scale picture", so something like that. Select that, and you can specify the size of the image. Save and exit.

I reckon I read a couple of times about potential cracking in the frame, maybe around the swing-arm mount, on the early model(s). Don't remember the details, I'm afraid, as the Quota doesn't interest me at all (chook-chaser...)

No idea why I thought of this just now. I don't even like R.E.M. much. Just a weird day, I suppose.

I couldn't get out on the 1st., unfortunately. Looking at the weather, and my work schedule, I probably wont get out the next couple of days either. Work, and snow predicted over the next couple of days. But Monday the 6th. is predicted to get up to around 13°C, with a bit of rain beforehand to wash away the salt on the roads. And I have the day off. Fingers are crossed.

Whilst this is true: This is not fair: Don't forget, for instance, the luxury product "Apple MacIntosh" is, to a very large degree, produced in China. The Wiki says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#Supply_chain The quality you get from China, amongst other producing countries, entirely depends on what the client stipulates and is prepared to pay for. If the client company is cheapskate, you get crap. If the client company is prepared to pay for quality, that is what you get.

I had a thought a few years back, as autonomous vehicles where being talked about quite a lot. I don't like the idea; don't want a car that talks to me or takes decisions on its own, don't want a vehicle that is connected to home office all the time. But then it occurred to me, by the time those things are stable, safe and reliable enough to dominate the roads, I might well be too old to safely drive myself. So who knows, by then I might be glad to have one, assuming I can still afford to run a car of my own.

From memory (it's while back...) the final drive more or less sits up against the swing-arm on that side. Have a look at the drawing on page 43 of this document (according to the document viewer) https://guzzitek.org/parts_list/gb/1100/V11LM_2002_062011_PL(GB).pdf and page 122 here https://guzzitek.org/gb/ma_us_uk/1100/V11_1999-2003_Atelier(Compil-GB-D-NL).pdf As I indicated, I don't remember exactly how it went back together, but I got it right by looking at those documents. Edit: the short answer is, I think your assumption about where the spacer should be, i.e. " inside the hub assembly, between the rear end housing and the wheel where the splines engage" is indeed correct.

Yes, that's a good one. Should have done much better than it did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Alcyone_SVX

To exemplify what I mean: Shithouse: Holden Gemini Diesel. Shitbox, and it didn't sell. Datsun 120Y. Did sell, but still a shitbox. Dud: Leyland P76. Should have worked, and would have been a good car, actually, if circumstances hadn't worked against it. Unfortunately, it went down with the rest of the British Motor Industry in the seventies. For the rest of the world, I'm referring to these vehicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Gemini#TE_(1979–1982) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Sunny#Third_generation_(B210;_1973) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland_P76

No, I beg to differ. "Shithouse" is something that was definitely bad from the beginning. As far as I understand it, a "nanar" doesn't have to be bad, but rather something that didn't work for some reason. So "dud" is better. Might have gone off, but it didn't.

Wiser words were never spoken. and in this there is a truth that cannot be denied. Very Phil-osofickal.

Have you looked at it yet?. I think the thread has established that the bike is principally probably a sound offer. Go and look at it. If it talks to you, buy it. I know that red is 10% faster, but black is also an option. And the bike does have a couple of red highlights.

Indeed, and it can even be the result of purely subjective "stimulus". My V35 Imola "feels" fast. Makes all the noises like a big motorcycle, wants to rev, is lots of fun. What it isn't is fast in an objective sense. It just feels fast. In reality it is just a slightly worn out four-stroke 350 from the early '80s that is fun to ride, but definitely not really fast.

That makes a big difference. I have observed that freshly ground coffee that is "left over" in the grinder is not as good the next day, or even several hours later, as really freshly ground. It's not like that resulting coffee is really bad, but there is a certain something that apparently gets lost very quickly if the ground coffee sits around for a while before being brewed.

How did I know you were going to say that?

@pete roper admit it mate, you're just jealous.

That is very good. I watched some experts setting up bikes with Guzzi Diag at the forum rally last year. The bloke on the computer is Beard (Bernd) who programmed Guzzi Diag (the computer is inside the cardboard box that he is looking into). Karsten, orange t-shirt and overalls, was doing the adjustments. Going by what he was satisfied with for the TPS on various bikes, within 2 mV of the target is excellent.

As I understand it, the figures are for that one racing team alone, i.e. not counting the cans of fizz. Dividends: That's the son of the now dead co-founder of Red Bull. He owns 41% of the company, and got €582 Million in dividends in either 2022 or 2023. Can't quite make out which. Incidently, Reb Bull is a GmbH, i.e. a "limited liabiltiy company". I don't think the company is listed on the stock market. EDIT: bugger, I forgot to link where that quote came from, and closed the tab. Sorry... However, I just found another one: https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000239121/red-bull-machte-2023-rund-24-milliarden-euro-gewinn They are talking about €10 billion turnover, and €2.4 billion profit. The headline:

Yeah, no worries. But "when I get around to it" might still be a long way off...

I have not tried this variety, but if one can believe the blurb it is the right thing for pots and faders and such. In fact, when I get around to it, I intend to get a can of it for the workshop in the opera where I work (paid for by the house, of course...) https://caig.com/fader-f-series/

That's profit, mate. After they finished paying everyone, and paying off the sexual harrrassment fees. Profit.

Yeah, the Jags had their problems. Even so, the XJ models were very pretty. And I got to drive an XJ 40 with the V12 once. Apart from it having been an automatic, which I don't like, it was very, very nice. Beautiful motor, given that it wasn't having a hissy fit. Fuel consumption was shitful, though. That is why the bloke who owned the one I drove sold it in the end. The Stags had their problems, too. Particularly the overheating issue. I gather the solution in Australia was to fit a Holden 308 radiator.Wouldn't bother me though. The Stag was just a stunningly beautiful car, and I would, given the resources, be prepared to sort out the problems just to be able to own and drive one.

Yes, they were in all things indeed very similar. I've even heard the theory postulated, and I think it is justified, that Kawasaki bought a K100, studied it, and made a better one, which was the GTR.

and they got it right on nearly all counts. The only thing is the XJ-C. I've no doubt that it was an elegant and satisfiying car, but I saw one once somewhere. It did look a bit odd. The four-door XJ was a design that just should have been left as it was. It didn't need a "coupe" version. The two-door thing was covered admirably by the XJ-S, a truly beautiful car, but it did come a bit later. I mentioned the Triumph Stag a bit further up. That or an XJ-S would be a difficult decision. That or an XJ-C wouldn't. The Stag would win hands down.

I know exactly what you mean. I had some good years with the Kawasaki GTR 1000, and some great rides. Brilliant weather protection, brilliant luggage, great motor. But 290 kg means you think about where to park the bike and how you are going to get back out of there every time you stop. Getting it onto the centre stand without the luggage is hard enough. With the luggage full, forget it. The bike served a purpose valiantly for a time, but the time passed. It's just too heavy for me now.