roberto tenni

And may your throttle position sensors all be correctly set and may your fastners never rust may your ECU never fry and may R1s eat your dust A Very Guzzi Christmas and a Thump Thump New Year to you all.

On average, I get 40-45mpg consistantly and I generally don't hang about. That's with the ti' kit ecu and cans. Fortunately, my employer is a wizard at setting-up fuel injection systems - unfortunately it's voodoo to me so all I can say is take it to someone who knows what they're doing. Hang-on, there may be a difference in US gallons and Imperial which would make the figures different??

Yes, it's a nightmare. The council are putting back the tram system after it was done away with 50 or so years ago. I might have to buy a Stelvio just to go to the shops.

This speaks volumes.

How many Ducatis were registered in 2007? Are you saying that 20 Guzzis were reg'd in 2006 and 8 in 2007 or that 20 Guzzis were reg'd before 2007? I don't imagine that a prospective bike buyer will think, "I want an Italian bike, now which one",it's more likely to be the case that,"I want a Ducati, now which one". But yes, there is no doubt that Ducati sell more bikes than Guzzi but I'd still rather have one Guzzi than 5 Ducatis - unless I could sell the 5 Ducatis and buy another 7 Guzzis.

Mister pedantic. And the daytona has 8 valves! And yes, carb' 1100 sports have two batteries.

Sacrilege! And what are you on about? Are you saying that Guzzi employees are incompetant and thieves?

I recently rode up the Stelvio Pass, two-up with full luggage, after filling-up with 95 octane - pinking like crazy. After filling-up with 98 octane, no pinking on any subsequent passes - it really liked the good stuff.

But the parts don't come from the factory so they will still be available.

Well I can't seem to access the link to the article but I think I can safely assume that we have had an authorative report/comment from someone in a position to know. Like I said several pages ago, don't go believing rumours. You can now sue these 'visor down' folks for causing unnecessary stress and heartache.

Just back from a 3200 mile trip, two-up, camping, cooking and a choice of pretty frocks, (yeah, yeah, for my girl), on my V11 standard seat, pegs, bars, race ecu & cans. Great journey and nothing negative to report. Done same last year and will do something similar next year

My LM III won the Iron Butt in 1993 ridden by Mike Atwood - 12500 miles in 11 days, the last 300 miles on one cylinder - 170000 miles and still going strong. I'd say that was fairly reliable.

Seriously people, what are we basing this thread on? How authorative are these 'Visor Down' people?

Anche io my friend. I ride down every year and spend about a week there just soaking it all up. Thankfully these are only rumours.

I certainly wouldn't buy into the guesses of an unqualified journo'. Who is being quoted?? Unsubstantiated pants! It could equally be the case that through 'rationalisation', there could be more production/assembly done at Mandello - they have the space. Let's just see what happens.

Yeah!! And they speak some kind of crazy lingo too and call Rome Roma! What's that all about? If only the rest of the world could be like the... . I didn't open it - I merely reached for the can opener.

Guzzi V8 of course

I'll be camping at Camping Continental - on the main drag through Mandello, on the Lake side - riding a Tenni. I'll keep a look-out for you on 8th-9th. Robert.

They will probably be short staffed due to August holidays. There's no garuantee you'll get into the factory itself, (it's a bit like Willy Wonkas factory), but the museum is located just inside the gate and is well worth a visit. Even the town of Mandello on the lake and the surrounds are worth seeing. I'll be there on my annual pilgrimage for the second week in september. Might be worth while contacting Agostini's and asking them, (Peter speaks english - well, aussie english), they should know.

Which wears off as soon as you look at it.

There are several Guzzi parts suppliers in Mandello who stock parts for the older bikes. You can't buy parts from Guzzi in Mandello except from Agostini who, like any other dealer, sell parts supplied by Guzzi.

It doesn't take much. I wrote-off a VFR 800 after a huge highside caused by running over a large crisp packet midway through a bend.

As Jaap says, you can't really go far wrong if you head up the west coast to the north and the islands - enjoy.

What bloody hot weather? Robert, Scotland, somewhere near the arctic tundra!

Call me a lady, a girl, a transvestite goat abuser. I care not a jot - I have a Tenni and am content.