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    Gotta remember, proper leather riding gear is tailored for the riding position! Walking around in your leather riding pants is going to look, well, not like that!
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    Agreed. But leathers are so sexxxxeeeeee! I look for opportunities to wear mine, but they are not very utilitarian. In my AeroStich Roadcrafter I look like a tarped-down flatbed load on an overweight longhaul rig . . .
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    +1 on the modular helmet with glasses (and also being able to expose our face for a conversation, whether it is to accept a compliment on our V11 or explain where your vehicle documents and permits are. I haven't settled on the perfect modular as my Shoei NeoTech II is so horribly noisy, I rebuilt some of it myself. Shoei only said, "Sorry you don't like your helmet." $700US worth of sucky. I am hoping the AGV Sport modular fits me for helmet-next. One feature that really surprised me (as I considered it a gimmick) is the flip down "fighter pilot" sun visor. As it turns out, I no longer switch between clear and sun glasses. This is an awesome improvement as it precludes me fumbling with two pair of (prescription) glasses to change out and stow. There was that time that I got the changeover all down except zipping the stow pocket. $800 worth of litter on the roadside out there, somewhere. Also, the advantage of instant change riding in and out of sun/shade.
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    Recurring theme, the good drummers that have reached out to wayward bass players . . .
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    Could be worse (as in: Mick Walker ) Must agree about the recycled content in these sorts of books. A few new models with a few new pictures in each subsequent edition. This is how the damn "tractor motor" crap got perpetuated.
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    Z Custom Leathers made me an amazing racing jacket and pants for me almost twenty years ago to custom match my Sport. For a while there, they had seemed to have shrunk . Still, I only use them for "ceremonial" rides, and not usually the racing pants as they are not made to carry much (nothing) in the pockets. And my pocketses serve more like a day-pack . . . http://www.zcustom.com/
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    Santa John! I'm still *grateful* for the Grateful Dead you sent me a while back.
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    "Gambalunga!"
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    One the subject of books with Guzzi content, I recalled Lucky Phil speaking of Dave Richardson's writing of how it was dealing with running a motorcycle shop and working with the Italians. I always liked dealing with Moto International and figured there would be further insights to be gained of my long-term Guzzi ownership experience. Well, to my dismay, I mistakenly ordered his book of stories that did not make the "A" cut book, My Life in Bikes. It seems the "B" cut stories appear in a book with the same cover, same title, but with the subtitle "The Rest of the Stories." If you go looking for Richardson's book, be forewarned. I did work my way through the "memoirs" and some gave me a smile. I mostly made myself finish it out of respect for Dave, then gave the book away. Yet, I couldn't bring myself to order the book I thought I was getting.
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    Ah, yeah. That's the bass line . . .
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    Two absolute tomes for our passion:
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    This one hits me harder than Steppenwolf "Born to be Wild". The kinda tune that gets me ticketed riding with it in my head. Has all the food groups: Orange half-stack in a pole barn, slender fingers holding a Shure55, and a bass line that sounds like a V11 Sport hugging a bluff along the river . . .
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    I do not see an author (?) Ian Falloon's new book is on its way to me. Very excited to learn even a single new tidbit about our passion . . .
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    "BILT" is the Cycle Gear brand. Their upper end brand is "Sedici". Which is fun to say and maybe a bit "sportier." I know an experienced rider who has relied on their gear for many years, so yes: a good place to start. Especially if a store is accessible for you to lay hands on directly and verify fit. Summers in the southern US see me using my armored, one-piece ventilated Olympia riding suit. Olympia has an affordable range of gear worth looking at, IMO. I tried to get away from AeroStich, but the utility and ruggedness brings me back. In spite of the cost, weight, and some design flaws, the ugly grey one-piece Roadcrafter is a trusted piece of kit for me. I have had good success shopping online with RevZilla for various gear across the brands. They usually have a video review of each product to help with selection.
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    Pretty sure our treasured Aussie friend, @pete roper , has this expertise. I'm not certain, but I think Bungendore is in the future. As in, it's tomorrow there when it's today here. In the meantime, we can kick this around on this side of the Date Line . . . Welcome to the best place in the world for the care & feeding of your 2001 V11 Sport, Brivmora!
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    Love the cover image: V7Sport<-->V85TT Nice gift! Merry Christmas!
  18. docc
    That doesn't look like Texas, Toto . . .
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    Merry Christmas (Eve)! Temperatures are dropping in a cold wind from The North Pole. All is well, though, as I have my Christmas lights on to cheer me (and me Sport) . . .
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    Very nice, p6x! That didn't take long for you to commit!
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    I recall that fellow did sell something from his SPOrT-1100/ 1100 Sport-i collection, but not those. FWIW, p6x, those 1100 sport Guzzi predate the "V11" versions of 1999-2005. Biggest difference might be the change from the older 5 speed gearbox to the V11's 6speeder. (There are many other differences, of course).
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    Reminds me of this:
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    Looks like it would be hard to make a wrong turn there . . .
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    Decent Tune-up

    docc replied to docc's topic in How to...

    Thanks for the heads-up, 4corsa! I cleaned up the Diagnostic Cables post:
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