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Bart! Look at the date of the ad! It’s seventeen years ago! And what are you doing chucking it on its side you dork!? Words will be spoken next time we meet!

Hi by any chance do you still have the Staintunes - just damaged my LH silencer when bike dropped off stand

Ok I'll join in. When I was but 16 years old and a first year apprentice my best mate bought a 122S that had been a rally car and been stuffed into a tree front on. His dad was the service manager at a local Volvo dealer and a classic car guy with "contacts". We pulled the front off the 122 and repaired and panel beet the hood (where I learned how to "heat shrink" panels by an award winning restorer of the day) and got it straight and true then re sprayed the whole car. He and I put quite a few miles on that car with it's 1800 pushrod engine over the next few years. We painted it a pale yellow colour almost a light mustard. My friends older brother also had the four door version the 124 as well and it was a light grey colour. Back then it wasn't exactly a "cool" car to be seen in as a young bloke but it was faster and handled better than many thought it would. Phil

Yep. Had a 122 2-door I should have kept and drove all the 140 series. Two things I truly miss are the size of the doors and the seats. Made for "normal sized" people like me!😁

Screwed on reverse thread. Phil

Can someone tell me how the speedo trip knob on a 03 ITI speedo is held on.I put the speedo on the bike but cant remeber if it screws on the shaft or is held on by an actual screw.Thanks

I like the ring nut with the integral lock screws. Phil

Update on these retention washers and special nuts, courtesy of @pete roper:

This "safety washer"is what failed on my gearbox input hub. The hub would "walk off" and there would be no clutch engagement. Then spin back on like nothing had happened. Good to know these are standard industry items and the sockets are also available outside of "Moto Guzzi Special tools." Failed retention: Repurposed failed Safety Washer as sidestand index. Seems all bight-eyed ans smiles there . . .

Today i gave the poor old sow a bed bath... first step to making at the least as faux silk purse... apology for siedeways pic, took the damn thing in vertical with camera phone, and rotated 90 degrees x's 4 to get it upright, ain't happenin'

I was going to call them spider retainers, but was afraid of being ridiculed.

Rolf is well. I bought his Coppa Italia. He stops by when seeing his son/family further south west. Cheers Tom.

You are at the lowest common denominator of music . I bought (25 yrs ago) the box set that had all of his recordings. It took a while to get accustomed to. I do understand how important Robert was/is to all music.

"Yeo, standin' at the crossroad, tried to flag a ride Ooo, eee, I tried to flag a ride Didn't nobody seem to know me, babe, everybody pass me by" - Robert Johnson

We were just a bit after you in the line up. My Dad had a 66,67,68 122S station wagon all at the same time. He loved Volvo’s and had a friend with a Saab dealership. I learned to drive on these Volvos as a kid and had the 68 model until my mid 20’s! Rebuilt them completely at times as needed. We later added a 73 145 that my dad bought from the factory in Goteborg and brought it back home to California. Years later my Mom bought a 1982 245 DL. All 5 station wagons and all 5 stick shift. They were slow but reliable and super easy to work on and roomy. The newer ones are reasonably stylish but never enough to want to buy another one.

Found something different, but worth a listen. OTTA Orchestra; from Russia. The band members are exclusively female, among the rest of the orchestra. All the songs are written by the directing/piano lady. I like that they dress formally. I am a bit bumed out by all those new female musicians showing much more flesh than talent.

People don't know how to drive them

Rumour has it, BMW may be purchasing KTM's interests in MotoGP; this is according to a unverified talks happening before the big meeting that will happen today on 25th of this month of February. KTM brand will survive, albeit with massive changes, and BMW would take over the KTM MotoGP racing department. Possibly as a spring board to slowly get into the competition with minimal learning curve. This actually is plausible. Following the three Ducati victories in Phillip Island last week-end, BMW did not really start strong, and Toprak Razglatioglu could very well make the move from WSBK to MotoGP on a factory team... Here's the link to the Crash.net article: https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1063929/1/ktm-wins-major-creditors-vote-ensure-survival

Speaking about manual tramsmission, do you know that it is almost impossible to rent a car with manual transmission in the US? even with Turo?

Does SKF offer sockets for these nuts ? NVM , I found them. They are found under tools. They are hook spanners .

Uhhhh. NO

Ha ha I remember the Volvo and old men in hats scenario from the 80's here in Melbourne well.... Bloody hell I wear a hat myself now....BUT not whilst driving I promise!!! And I've never even been in a Volvo, geez I feel a cold sweat coming on.....

Grew up driving Volvos. My dad taught my brother and me to drive manual transmission by putting a pack of cigarettes on the dash and making us start on a hill without knocking down the cigs. Ist car: 1962 Volvo PV 544. Still have dreams of driving her..

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