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A proposito di birra ... A proposito di birra ...

They say practice makes perfect.....so I should be getting pretty good at replacing fuses and wiring. Couple weeks ago I go out and my 08 Breva 1200 Sport I purchased to replace my Norge fired right up and I rode it to meet a buddy for breakfast. No issues there or home. The next day I try to start it for a ride and all I hear is the dreaded click from under the seat. Not again!!! Yup another dead starter fuse. Replaced the fuse, bought a Startus Interruptus and installed a heavier gauge wire from the starter relay to the starter solenoid. Turn the key, just touch the go button and she fires right up. All good in Guzzi Land.

Nope, the whole idea is the movement is restricted so the damper unit doesn't flop around. It's just not restricted enough to stop it pivoting as it should when the steering is turned. Ciao

A few scuffs and fixes and that Griso will be back on the road. Hope the rider gets fixed soon too.

Winkie lights,YES, things like this are quite easy to be pushed away, she is running good, right. Winkie and better charging lamp up front, fed from fuel petcock, fuse 8. And made a small note, whats doing what, YES memory. Will do the upgrade of direct + to starter relay , and better wiring to the starter solenoid on the R C. Thanks K Roy. And titanium bolts for the driveshaft. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-A505FN via Tapatalk

Well, no tyres to be had in Dubbo so I rode it home, gently..... Rear tyre is now as bald as a badger's arse but not down to the cords. so much win! It really was a great trip, (Appart from Greg busting himself up!) I really enjoyed it, even though a lot of the road was boring. I'm sure now that I'll enjoy touring on this rig. It gives me a great incentive to actually fix the carburetion properly!

I've been thinking about how to spin this into something constructive . . . My favorite view of a motorcycle is probably prima del monte (before the mount) - the 3/4 view from the left side, just behind the bike looking forward over its waiting form. The last view of the bike before the rider should be looking only at the road and the path of travel . . . When looking at images of a V11 for sale, I look closely at the close side views of the driveline and chassis. These often reveal changes that have been made that I use to judge condition and the previous owners' intentions.

IPA process, usually around 7.6% Cheers tom Sent fra min SM-G903F via Tapatalk

Chuck, even if the 4V does turn up I fear it will be simply another iteration of the basic V85 platform with pushrods, roller tappets and a simple doubling up of valves. It won't be an engine for the 2,000's. At the very best it would of cut the mustard in the mid seventies. Piaggio has no plans for maintaining any sort of 'Legacy' for Guzzi's history of achievement and innovation. They are listed as a lousy risk on the stock market and what they want is to 'Move Product', preferably low cost product, so that is what is going to happen. Despite the hype there isn't really anything new or exciting in the V85. In fact in almost every measurable way it seems to be a retrograde step. Despite the engine architecture of the transverse twin making it an ideal platform for Hi-Camming and the marque having a 25 year history of the format it has been shitcanned in favour of a return to an obsolete and inefficient hemi head, 2 valve, OHV system that hasn't been used outside of garden maintenance products and DIY home improvement equipment for decades! Sure it's got TI exhaust valves and a dirty great throttlebody but that alone won't make it a fire breathing monster or even mildly competitive in its market segment. It's rear suspension is a further retrograde step. How many other serious bikes in the segment use a cantilever rear end and the abandonment of the reactive rear drive means that once again the drive and suspension functions will interfere with each other diminishing both. Any 'Nuovo LeMans' using this motor and driveline would be a pale shadow of any of its namesakes of yore. Perhaps in the 'Modern' world that is unimportant? Especially if it looks 'Cool', (Something that seems to trump just about everything else in the modern purchasers mind it would appear.) but to my mind it really is a stake through the heart of everything Guzzi has always been. I understand I'm probably in the minority and I hope that those who do invest in the future products enjoy them immensely but sadly, for me, the passion has died and I fear it will be hard to rekindle. Pete