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roberto tenni

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  1. As the Griso SE is not being sold/marketed with any Tenni connection, I would doubt that it exists.

     

     

    PR.

    "Parasitic bling"? Unnecessary friviolities?

    How many slopage plates does it take to make a parasite?

    Cynical? Yes.

    A fan of Piaggio? Not really but Guzzi may have been consigned to history some time ago but for these "market driven promoters".

  2. I wonder...

     

    Does Piaggio want to sell GUZZIs to much more people?

    Or is Piaggio satisfied, if GUZZI keeps selling only to those that they would buy a GUZZI, either way..

     

    The answer will form the future plans...

     

    They 100% want/need to sell more Guzzis to more people.

  3. Roberto, you for sure have not been in Mandello the last 30 years or so. What you write is just not true, or you are blind? Mandello is a nice town, yes, but what you call a motorcycle factory is just a sad relict of maybe better years in the middle of the last century. Go there, the windows are broken, the roofs leak, the facilities stink and so on. There is nothing left but romantic memories. Memories of dreams we may have dreamed sometime.

     

    Hubert

     

    I ride to Mandello every year and there is nothing wrong with my sight.

    Whilst Guzzi no longer make their own castings, they do assemble bikes at Mandello and there is nothing wrong with the buildings in which this takes place. The empty, badly maintained buildings are no longer used - except for storage.

    What they need to make motorcycles already exists at the Mandello site - with room for expansion.

    But this is not the problem - the fundamental issue is that they are not selling enough bikes - perhaps not enough to be viable in the eyes of Piaggio who have Vespas, MP3's etc flying out the showrooms of the world. Under the Piaggio umberella, Derby, Gilera, Vespa have the small engines covered whilst Aprillia have the sports range. That leaves cruisers... .

    My concern is that it will be Mandello or nothing.

    But perhaps you are right and everything will be shipped to Pontedera from Mandello - to continue assembling motorcycles which are being assembled at Mandello with assembly lines moved from Mandello to Pontedera? The Mandello site may be a prime property development prospect.

  4. Providing the marque contiunes to survive does it really matter where they are made? Would of been nice to stay but if its between moving the factory so it can contiune to be profitable and confined to the history books! I'll take the move anyday.

     

    Wash your mouth-out with soap.

    I think that the divider between the two opinions may be whether or not you have visited Mandello and absorbed the atmosphere and sense of history and pride in what is a small town with a motorcycle factory at it's heart - beating continuously and pumping life into the community since 1921.

  5. On my kawi I have to take 3 fairings off to get to the oil filter with allen bolts that have to go back exactly where they came from (mix them and you are screwed, literally) and it takes me only 25 minutes.

     

     

    Swings and roundabouts.

    How long would it take to set your tappets on an in line four?

  6. Performance parts originally supplied by Guzzi for the V11 can only be seen on ebay now.

    Most OE parts still available from Guzzi.

    Cans, luggage and 'bling' are readily available from a variety of aftermarket suppliers.

    Check 'rossopuro' at the top of this page.

  7. I'm up at around 23000 miles and the only part which has failed was the battery, (that's right - it's still got the original return spring on the gear selector). No sump slopage plate fitted either - and that's with a race ECU for a brain. Niether has my flywheel exploded.

    If you were to believe all you read on this forum, that makes my bike some kind of miracle machine.

    Happy, smiley biking friend.

  8. The heel of my left sock never seems to locate properly on my foot. Ever since my family left me, I have been unable to work anything out for myself and this sock thing is really getting to me.

    Is there anyone out there in the world who can fix my sock. ;)

    Or if you see my ex wife, tell her that 'every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better'.

  9. The bloke who owns the business races a very modified 1100 Sport. Nice guy, can't remember his name though. Met him at the Scottish bike show last year where he won the award for best engineering - on the 1100 Sport - the air intake was about the same length as the bike.

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