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I once heard Tommy Emmanuel introduce his "band" on the radio. I was surprised the bassplayer didn't groan or the drummer hit a rim-shot. Years later, I saw the bit live (Tommy is quite a funny chap) . . . The gig I heard on the radio, he said (something like), "You know how to get the bassplayer off the porch? Pay him for the pizza!" And, "Drummers are people that like to hang out with musicians."

Still around. And in Nashville . . . https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/tommy-emmanuels-fiery-guitar-picking-is-not-just-for-musicians-its-for-everyone/

That would be this. I've got one too. Brilliant. https://shop.becker-technik.de/en/products/central-lifter-24 have a close look at the pictures there, and you'll probably see the way to adapt the one you have to the V11.

And another one. As a teenager, I quite liked this band. and this bloke played guitar with them and I did end up hearing him live. Some time in the '90s I had a job in the Gasteig in Munich, and there he was on stage. And he turned out to be a nice bloke.

I finally found a rubber foot peg that fits my Quota; It is from a 1150 BMW GS, year 2004/2005; I ordered it since it was not in stock, 14.06 USD, which I found expensive for a little bit of rubber. It is a skinny one, not a large one. They received it today, I went to pick it up, and it fits. I thought, let's change the other one, and today, the price has increased to just double! 38 USD... Never mind then...

The best guitarist I have ever heard, most likely. At least at short range. This bloke was at Uni the same time I was, and I recorded a few demos for him, with him and a bloke playing Vibraphone. at the time, he was paying the rent playing in this band. Another Austrlian. Unfortunately, I've never heard him live. Would love to, though. The video is quite old, I think, but he is still around.

You can buy the exact same stand specifically for the V11. I have one myself. I also have a race stand for suspending from the front or rear of the frame. Phil

The Sport Naked turned out to be a few late Friday examples where they forgot the fairing on the way out.

Interesting, no "Sport Naked" in that sales literature.

He said $500 for a nice pair and down from there. Mine are in nice shape, We settled on $400. A bird in the hand you know...

The profile of the V11 Le Mans is truly beautiful. Seems perfectly proportioned, and such lovely lines.

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Thanks guys. I have that list printed out actually. Appreciated. I have a large selection of lifts, supports, stands, lumps of wood... Recently got hold of a lovely, German made impromptu centre stand / tool made for the BMW R-NineT. I think it can be adapted for the V11. By the way, the Michelin Road 6 tyres have really improved the handling. Anything would've I guess as the old ones were ancient.

You are free to have that much faith, that much confidence, in Michelin. I do not share your faith and confidence in Michelin. Without even a sign of impending tire failure I don't see a legitimate justification for the current minimum pressure. F1 tires have nothing in common with MotoGP tires. A fundamental issue if you do accept that the minimum pressure limit is justified, is why do their tire perform best at a pressure below what they deem safe. Normally, a tires performance is reduced before it ever gets below what would be considered a safe pressure. For example, when I was racing we would adjust the tire air pressures to get maximum performance out of the tires. At an event down at Roebling Road I mistakenly set the tire air pressure too low. The tires weren't so low they were in danger of failing, but they definitely did not perform well. The tires were sliding around and wearing excessively. That is what you would expect. You would not expect max performance from your tires to occur at a pressure your engineers deem unsafe. I do not except that the minimum pressure rule is justified, but even if you do accept that it makes no sense that the tire works best at a pressure below that supposed safe limit. As to pushing back the introduction of the new front tire, I am not sure that is on Dorna. Michelin announced the push back of the new front tire claiming they needed more testing. Likely that relates to the fact that they can only beat themselves in a spec tire series. The incentive to push the limits is not there. The only incentive to Michelin in a spec tire series is to not screw themselves, to not have tire issues. Introducing a new front tire that turns out is a problem would make Michelin look bad. Not introducing the new front tire until they are sure it is good would make sense. They have nothing to gain by taking a chance. Personally I would rather they roll out development tires alongside the existing tires, allowing riders to choose which tire they want to run. That would also allow them to actually test the new tires under actual race weekend conditions. I think they only have some 30 minutes of actual testing of the new front tire so far. I can see why they are reluctant to commit.

Past performance is never a guarantee of the future. By the way, Michelin had a very difficult experience of tires failure in F1; remember Indianapolis June 19th, 2005? I don't believe Michelin would have set a minimum required front tire pressure if it was not necessary. They have ran tests to confirm that possibility. Probably extreme tests, but as a company, you certainly don't want to have your name attached to a catastrophic event, again, Indianapolis June 19th, 2005... Conscious that imposing a minimum tire pressure, and laying down rules to enforce it would never win them any sympathy, they came up with a new tire, that Dorna did not authorize to use. My unbiased opinion would be, why would you release an imperfect tire in the first place? do it right the first time. Of course, this is probably a simplistic way to look at it. There must have been other factors, maybe time to influence that decision. Whatever it is, having a rider arriving second, and given a penalty for an insufficient tire pressure is simply ludicrous. We all agree. I wish they replace that front tire immediately.

Billy Strings just might be the best guitarist I’ve ever heard! Worth exploring on YouTube..here he’s playing Pink Floyd.

One of the best flat and finger pickers I've ever heard. Grew up playing bluegrass, but can play and sing anything. Here, he's covering Dylan, the only person I've heard that gives the same feel.. Don't know how to imbed. Well I see it did it automatically.

I found some picture at Stein-Dinse. Assuming they are accurate, the Centauro did indeed have a similar side plate to the V11. I can't tell from the pictures, though, if they were exactly identical. Centauro: V11: The part numbers are very close, though. Centauro: 01415850 One V11 version: 01415890, another V11 version: 01415830. Maybe the difference is only the colour. PS: it seems the Daytona RS had them too: https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/moto guzzi/moto_guzzi_daytona_rs 94.htm And a picture from the Wikipedia Franken-Guzzista, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

I would love to know who designed the beautiful, cast Frame Side Plates. Marabese Design? Rodolfo Frascoli? Did the Centauro have them first (1996)? If so, I would suggest Rodolfo Frascoli of Marabese Design (at that time) is the designer.

My 2017 Stelvio NTX is probably going to turn into a Duecento Tributo. The colors appeal to me, and it's fully loaded up with all the options. For a long-haul bike, I am also attracted to the "PFF" radar traffic monitoring functions - which could be helpful when being pursued at night by a murderous Tesla with a sleeping driver.

*Nothing* survives politics.

Thats Motogp these days. WSBK is heading there tyre wise though. At the Phillip Island round this year about 3 weeks before the event Pirelli the tyre supplier announced that their tyres wouldn't make the full race distance and both main races would require a mandatory pit stop. This totally ruins the whole meeting turning it into 5 sprint races with confusing minimum pit time requirements and disadvantages riders that can conserve tyres and come on strong at the end of the race. Even the riders after a day of practice were saying they had zero issues with tyre wear. Money, technology and stupid officialdom and manufacturers fearing litigation no matter how remote rule racing these days.

Bev gave this album to me for B-day.

Just beeing polite. What I realy meant . Cheers Tom.