belfastguzzi Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 It has been the dullest, darkest 'summer' – so what a surprise this was! I was wearing winter jacket and leggings. Link to comment
tikkanen Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Wow! Fantastic scenery and beautiful snaps, BFG. Still stuck in garage due to the /&%/&¤%#¤%& gearbox spring but I hope to have the Scura ready for Sibbe next week. Fingers crossed! See you there :-) Søren Link to comment
Admin Jaap Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Lucky you! The weather over here is sh*te. Have a nice bank holiday weekend! Link to comment
Tom M Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Great pics BFG. Interesting luggage on that Dorso too. How are you liking that bike? Is it as much or more fun on the road than your Scura when it was running well? Link to comment
luhbo Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Didn't we have a Tom J. thread recently? For Fotoguzzi's vids I'd suggest this one as a background: Hubert Link to comment
belfastguzzi Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Great pics BFG. Interesting luggage on that Dorso too. How are you liking that bike? Is it as much or more fun on the road than your Scura when it was running well? The luggage arrangement is REALLY handy: I like it a lot It's great to have a few pockets to put things into, without having big bags sitting on top of the bike. The Dorso looks good and sounds good, especially with the Arrow cans. It goes good. It funs good. It starts when you push the button (hooray!) and stops when you squeeze the lever. The riding position is, of course, very different to the Scura and the Griso. I like the Scura with low clip-ons very much. However I have now come to like the wider, higher bars of the Griso and the Dorsoduro, for the extra control that they give (despite the downside of the extra windage). I've been in situations on both those bikes where I reckon the bars have probably saved the day, e.g. front wheel or both wheels skiting out when hitting unseen patches of mud or loose gravel on bends. Don't know for sure. V11 might haver been fine, but if I had clip-ons on the heavy Griso, chances are that it would have been down. The Dorso is a very enjoyable bike to ride. The 750 engine has as much power as the V11, but the bike is lighter and more nimble. Brake is very good, much sharper than the Griso, but then the V11 front brake is also sharper than the Griso. The Griso runs like a freight train, which is nice (I suppose the V11 is similar) – it's also the same weight as a freight train. The Doso runs like... hmmmmm... a clarinet? Link to comment
belfastguzzi Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Didn't we have a Tom J. thread recently? Hubert Griso = Tom Jones V11 = Keef Richards V7 Classic = Cliff Richard Aprilia Dorsoduro = Link to comment
luhbo Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 ... Aprilia Dorsoduro = Actually it seems to be an interesting - if not amazing - bike, the Dorsoduro. Nevertheless it may be interesting in this context that Wilco started as some sort of hillbilly/country band, at least if I got it right what I found on the net about them. Hubert Link to comment
belfastguzzi Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 ... Aprilia Dorsoduro = Actually it seems to be an interesting - if not amazing - bike, the Dorsoduro. Nevertheless it may be interesting in this context that Wilco started as some sort of hillbilly/country band, at least if I got it right what I found on the net about them. Hubert (that's where all music started.) So really you are saying that if Guzzi used a new water-cooled v twin, then we would have the perfect Wilco analogy? Link to comment
luhbo Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Am I? Not really. This evening was the first time I've ever heard of them. They're interesting, yes, in some way very similar to the 9th of Mahler. In this sense water-cooling is not more than just using another brand of guitars or another set of instruments for the same somewhat advanced or intricate music project. Thank god not every kind of pop music has started as Country jingle-jangle, Don't really need no intricate water-cooling - not then and still not today. Hubert Link to comment
gstallons Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 You see what water-cooling did for Harley-Davidson.......... Link to comment
belfastguzzi Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 Don't really need no intricate water-cooling - not then and still not today. Hubert I think you'll find that Ike Turner DID require liquid cooling. Link to comment
belfastguzzi Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 You see what water-cooling did for Harley-Davidson.......... Did it... cool them??? Link to comment
luhbo Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 .... I think you'll find that Ike Turner DID require liquid cooling. Hmm, but the better part of them thought it was enough to expose just a bit more cooling fins - thankfully. Hubert Link to comment
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