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!! ?? Yea??? Geeze ..I feel better. I thought I might have gone over the top posting that picture. I wasn't to pleased to see such a thing when a friend sent me that series. Gruesome. But a good remedy to antler scraping. Lord knows I do my share. Luckily I've lived long enough that in the bitter life long battle between testosterone and brain cells the latter is gaining a slight edge.

Hmmm... I don't look @ chrome on other bikes. I look @ the chicken strips on the tires. I don't care how someone accelerates from a stop. I watch how they set up corners. When my bike is totally filthy from a day, days or a week or 2 on the road...I kinda like it. A woman on the back of a V-Rod isn't dipping much into that huge torque but is sacking out the suspension causing extreme shrinkage of the otherwise huge penis of a chrome polisher. Anyone can polish chrome or or twist a throttle. A CBR 600 can run rings around both these bikes and in the right hands (on anything but a drag strip) even a Hyabusa. But there's a time and place for everything. Dont forget your doo rag.

hmmm..I believe a V Rod has about 30 hp on a Spinney. Drag racing should be no contest...along with the same amount of talent. Next time ya gotta race him with one fork spring missing, no oil in your shock and your toes touching the forks to make it fair.

Very well said Iyegor

Ha! That's more of an "eye opener" than a "reminder" Pierre. Revy Guzzy...who'd a thought? I get it though. Those HDs must be a blast in their own way.

Ha! Yea but for that one shining moment .....! Every time I look @ the Guzzi dyno charts I end up on e-bay looking @ Ducatis Then I remember I don't like riding around above 4000 rpms all the time. The little blue and red squiggly lines are antithetical to all things Guzzi to me. Once I got the LeMans rolling there ain't too many people going by me if I don't want 'em to. Thing is.. I couldn't care less if someone goes by me. I'd either think "nice move" or "friggin' jerk" depending on the situation. In fact I love to see one of my friends slide around me having a ball. It's all such great and wonderous fun but a lot of people are missing the joy of grabbing a handful of Guzzi on an impossible mountain switch back from 2500rpms..(ooops I shoulda down shifted!......aww..who cares) My point? Work the ping problem out and forget about tweaking the nth HP out of the fat pig. You wanna go really really really fast? Faster than people with 30 more HP than you? Work on your skills, keep your tires fresh and tune your suspension. Oh yea...run world specs on your valves. She'll love you, love you long time. (Can you tell it's a cold rainy day in Ct.?)

Run double gaskets and put nitrous through it. Crap...you could even keep up with a CBR 600 then!

I'm totally with Windchill. I went with the 170 on back but was worried it would take away from the big "set up the corner R E A L early" feeling I've grown to love. It did make it better in the tight twisties without giving up the Locomotive, all giddy, gigilly fun of the big bear. I'm a better rider because of the way the Guzzi handles...better for the real world. The 3 years before the Guzzi I was on a Duc. SS...Loved it. Love the Goose more. Just a lot more smiles per hour. I'm verticly challenged and tend to really crowd the tank..chest over the gas cap and steer with my ass and back tire...that probably helps. Still need to tune my new Wiburs fore and aft but it's behaving fairly well. I would like it to be more supple though. 38K mi and it just keeps getting better. Managed to get 150 mi on this week end in New England. NOT bad for Feb. 6 weeks n' it's over.......yipeeee....

Then there's this...my heroes

You guys lack imagination. Here's a refresher. This one reminds me of riding in the cross wind up on the top of Lake Ontario. Counter balance was easy...till you suddenly went under an over pass.

I've always enjoyed late evening blasts around the back roads. Especially in the depth of summer when the air is soft and sultry and summer caresses you in her bosom. The later the better. On coming cars are detected by headlights up in the trees on good corners. It's like having radar. Screw February.

What is it you guys don't get? Your motoXing on Japps trials track. Get it? Yea..you can run over our Beta's with your CR 500. Why don't you go over where everyones on CRs and see how you do?

It's amazing some insist they have a "right" to use this forum as a personal pissing contest arena and that an e-mail or posting could 'so' rattle your cage. Why don't you go down to your local Guzzi dealers and strike up arguments about politics and religion with the regular customers and staff. I'm sure they and the owners will appreciate it as much as Japp and the rest of us here do. See the thing? (really...your penis is huge ...now put it away)

This is better than TV Drama, intrigue, danger, mystery Who wants pop corn??

Once in 15 yrs? Man..your no fun. I haven't dropped the LeMans yet but I'm sure I will someday. The SP went down 3 times one year. All parking lot / kickstand related. I started calling it "the Turtle" because it was always on it's back. On one big trip everyone in my group of six dropped their bike at least once. Never seen any of them drop their bike before or since in 35+ years. Broken kickstand, sand/oil under a foot, wet grass. It was like a plague. You got a lot of catching up to do.

Yet another Christmas miricle. I didn't go far or fast but far enough to service the battery, injectors and get some Castrol on where there was previously only condensation. My condolenzes to my land locked bretheren. Jeff Foxworthy: If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in New England. If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in New England. If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England. If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in New England.. If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend, you live in New England. If you measure distance in hours, you live in New England. If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in New England. If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in New England. If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England. That is, of course, if your not traveling on 95 in which case you are not going anywhere whether it's 2 feet or 2 inches. If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you live in New England. If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in New England. If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in New England. If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in New England. If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in New England. If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in New England. If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England. If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in New England. If there's a Dunkin Donuts on every corner, you live in New England

Jackboot...yea...he's a sly old dog and he'll gladly take you down the middle of a stream where only he knows the shallow parts.. I think. He's got an evil twinkle in his eye. I'd be real careful zapping corners with him. Trail or paved. Tom..yea..there we're a few Montesas..of course. I don't know the specifics but I do remember @#$$#! Burleson form Wayyy back...but I'm only a hundred years old. Hope you all go out and say howdy. He'd love it.

Yea...He's got 'em lined up like a factory. Spotless. Little sweeties. Over 100 of them in mint condition..........and 400 acres of pasture right outside the door. I was twitching like a junkie.

3rd vote for ping. Especially if your not familiar with it. Sounds like nuts and bolts in your top end under hard exceleration. Loud. I suggest you go to World or Raceco specs on the valves too if you haven't. (search on valve adj. on this forum. It's all there) With the very low miles I suspect you still have factory specs. It will start easier and ping less. If your not familiar with working on a bike this is an excellent time to start. A new Guzzi is like a new born baby. It needs to be bottle fed for the first 5 or 10Kmi...then it grows up big and strong. Good luck

Ooops....the "checkers"

A few more pics. Check out the "checkers" @ Jims 1973 N. America ISDT.......Legendary!!

If you live in New England or take a trip here be sure to stop by and visit our new buddy Jim Hoellerich in Cheshire Ma.In 1973 Jim was a front running ISDTer and ran the only ISDT ever in N. America (wait till you see the "checkers) 9 of us went up and drooled on his 100 plus vintage racers in absolute new condition. Afterward Jim invited us up to his deck overlooking his 400 acre farm, served us a couple of rounds of beer and argued with us to make burgers rather than go someplace to eat. We won the argument so Jim came with us. We were in our usual boogie mode of + 20mph the speed limit and the 70 something JH split us like the Red Sea to show us a short cut to our secret hide away, We had one of the best lunches and day of the year and when we were done we rounded up to exit the parking lot onto the road as Jim pulled a wheelie up through the middle of the woods for his 20 mile ride home. At one point during lunch a Jim told the story of his Alaska trip 3 yrs. previous..he was 70 something then...his guide was in his 80s !! and told Jim he didn't need a map because he'd done the trip 7 times. !!! Johnny C. chimed in "I guess we've got a few years of riding left in us" Jim turned to me and asked "How long do I have?" I said "I dunno. What time is it?" After telling Jim about our exploits to Canada and as far west as the Mississippi he says he's hangin' with us from now on. Stop up and see him. Friggin' great guy. Loved the LeMans, knew I must be a nut. Now... I hope I can load some pics. Jims got the gotee thats grayer than mine.

I just went with the 170 0n my LeMans after 37K mi. Mmm..I like it ok. It does handle a bit quicker / better. The proof in the pudding will be mileage. If it lasts as long as a 180 I'll definately stick with the 170.

Yea...just sitting here thinking about it I'm happy. When I've got it twisted over in an 80mph sweeper and feel like I could reach in my tank bag and fish out my other sun glasses and put 'em on @ the same time I'm ecstatic. I'm all excited about my friends R1200R BMW Monster but my LeMans is more me. 37000mi of punishment and ready for more.