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    Difficult software update

    in Motha of all V11 forums...

    Posted

    G'day mate

    Probably nothing to do with this but..

    Yesterday I tried to add a wee comment on my profile ala yours....There's a little bit of Al Bundy in all of us. 

    I 'm not sure if I've done it right as all I get is status pending and nothing showing on the actual profile.

    Is this something that needs to be submitted for approval or as I suspect am I doing something wrong?

    Cheers Guzzler 

     

    Why a Moto Guzzi? moreover, why a V11 anyway? curious? nostalgic? are you odd? just an opportunity? no? what then?

    in 24/7 V11

    Posted

    It's funny how the Guzzi bug hits eh...

    I clearly remember reading a road test comparison in Two Wheels mag about 1980 which featured a Mark 3 LeMans and although it didn't win the test it seemed to strike a cord with the testers and more importantly with me!

    We never saw a single Moto Guzzi in ChCh ( NZ ) back then but I left NZ soon after and traveled for a few years and everytime I saw one it just seemed to reinforce the mystique!

    I can't remember which Greek Island I was on but was waiting at the docks to board the local ferry to another Island whilst the cars rolled off.Then all of a sudden there was an almighty explosion followed very quickly by another and the sound oh the sound.... of two motor bikes in the by now empty hold warming up and getting ready to roll off the ship.I was mesmerised and thought what the bloody hell could be making this music when off rolled two German Mark 3 LeMans....!!

    That cemented them in my Psyche for good.

    It took a while to finally get my own Guzzi... but by God it's here to stay!

    Cheers   

    • Like 3

    Very unsettling incident

    in Special place for banter and conversation

    Posted

    Unfortunately the idiots have more distractions for their hand full of brain cells nowadays....

    Phones either talking on them or texting or browsing...

    Music blaring in their ears...

    Screens the size of an old style CRT TV back in the day on the dash...

    I've even seen them shaving/ putting on make up/eating!

    So very little left to deal with the task of operating a vehicle.

    Nah get them off the roads....

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    Very unsettling incident

    in Special place for banter and conversation

    Posted

    You make a very good point about how we rode and drove in the 70's etc....

    I still take a certain pride in Driving well and am appalled at what I see on the roads here too!

    Be quite happy for all licences to be cancelled and made to be re-taken with a minimum standard rigorously enforced before you got it back.

    Never going to happen but bloody hell it'd be good to get these idiots off the roads.

    If you want to play with your toys take the ****'in Bus /train.

    Cheers 

    • Like 1

    Unexpected adventure with brand disloyalty

    in Travel & dealers

    Posted

    G'day

    When helping out at one of our branches recently, I bumped into one of the customers I've known for many years.

    He's just bought another new GS1250 Trophy at $32,500 worth down here.He loves all the bells and whistles it comes with and by God does it come with them....!

    My concern would be what would the electronics be like when the bike has 100,000 kays plus?

    I doubt it'll get to that all the same but it's bloody hilarious when comparing this thing with the V11.

    Definitely chalk and cheese but as he says if you were to do a lap of Oz this would be the bike to do it on.   

    Cheers 

    Ps still rather do the lap on an old T3 though ha ha 

    • Like 6

    China recognizes the technical superiority of Moto Guzzis.

    in Special place for banter and conversation

    Posted

    We saw a new Defender recently when up in the Northern Territory...

    Bloody hell nothing like the old one and much more like a Range Rover,can't imagine they'd even contemplate taking it anywhere near where the old one would go!

    Especially considering it would easily be a 6 figure purchase down here!

    Cheers 

    Ps it was parked in a car park at a wildlife park in Alice Springs and reckon that's as much dirt as it'll see.

      

    Never seen such- 254 4 cylinder

    in Special place for banter and conversation

    Posted

    6 hours ago, audiomick said:

    I'd quite like to have one of them. The idea of such a small four cylinder appeals to me. I would have liked to have a Suzuki Across back in the day too... B)

    Yeah, I remember those too....

    Suzuki must have done well with these (at least here in Victoria) as there were heaps of them about in the 90's.

    Think they had a dummy tank and you could get a helmet in the storage space?

    Ha ha think they revved to the moon too!

    Girlfriend went with a GPX250 instead.

    Cheers 

     

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