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^^^^^^ Red Foxx on a "behind the counter" record back in the day.. On the same one, he had a pharmaceutical called "Rise." For men over 45. Made by Upjohn Laboratories. You have to swallow it fast, or it'll make your neck hard. (rimshot)

Rare images from South'n SpineRaid Three/ 2007 . . . How gorgeous is this?

A recurring theme: The Last Chance Texaco . . .

Somewhere between the Cherokee NF, the Nantahala, and the "Cherohala" (Qualla Indian Boundary), the F'karewe tribe gathers to ponder their position; "Where the F'k-are-we?"

Yes, more room for the fuel filter

Sorry, no Guzzi on my sardines, my daily breakfast 90% of the time. Cheers Tom Sent fra min SM-A525F via Tapatalk

The Spineframe Brain Trust. I wonder if they ever made it back?

This South'n SpineRaid exhibited the classic elements that are the formula for success and delight. Nothing can happen, in the least, unless you "Get There." Ride a Griso? Bring a LoopFrame? A Honda? Come late? Bring a friend? Okay to trailer? As long as you get there! Lots of ways to "get there." Three Sports to the wind? Check! And "Get There" was not lost on these cool cats (what a sight!!) : "Get There."

Q: Would it be possible to effectively open up the inlet opening by just hacksawing across to the widest point of the squared off elbow? Wouldn’t also incorporating the elbow volume actually offer a bigger total opening for airflow ingress than just reworking the round hole before the elbow? A whopping big scoop funnelling into airbox...?

Interesting.... and what about just cutting some large circles in one or more of the four flat sides of the blocky part? At some point the filter will become the most restrictive element. (unless the "scrunchy" zone is already the smallest point. Docc says the bell makes it sound cooler, so that's an advantage.

Docc, I appreciate your endorsement of Sloan's, that's the kind of input I'm looking for. p6x, I am referring to the V100. My friend is very impulsive and nothing I do will prevent him from trying to find someone to take his money, I can only try to find endorsements of one or more of the dealers I listed above and suggest he contact them to see what information they have regarding the new model. If I had a good opinion of Marietta Motorsports/Vespa/Moto Guzzi/Royal Enfield I would not be asking this question, as we live around 70 miles from them. I have traded with them in the past and have had a couple of friends that worked there, one in Vespa sales and one was the best Guzzi tech in the area and has since retired. I prefer a dealership that can give good service after the sale. I hope to hear opinions of a few of the other dealers listed above, good or bad. Thanks for the input guys.

In all fairness, I would not use anything that happened twenty years ago to guess the future... It seems to me, and I may be wrong, that Moto Guzzi is a "niche" brand. We carry it here, but we are motorcycle enthusiasts as far as I can tell, and when I looked at the pictures of the Moto Guzzi gathering in Italy, I see guys representing the same age segment :-( Without Piaggio, I am guessing Moto Guzzi would perhaps be like Benelli.

Hey Docc You hit the nail on the head. I pulled the relays dried with hair drier, Sprayed them for now with Ams oil metal protector. Lights came on and bike started up. The #2 relay is the 2nd from the rear of the bike. Thanks for the help.

So, at least Odyssey is off the hook for a failed battery. starter

I found a photo of Anne-France on her mythical Moto-Guzzi.

Our time at the SSR is pretty much in these pix: The Ride to the XVII SSR and Back If you care, hover cursor over pix for captions. Of course, there are too many; that’s how you know that they are genuine and from me, not some imposter. In defense of what may seem a complete lack of discipline, I started with 500+, so it could have been worse. Ciao! Bill

And, of course, "Bring Tools." Two different SpineRaiders allowed as how they were ready to deploy guzzidiag, if desired or necessary. The Lodge guest with the needy Yamaha (not a SpineRaider) was suitably impressed when @HRC_V4 produced an air pig for his low tire. "Bring Tools."

Oops forgot the link. Ciao

Bellissime foto... Complimenti!

Thanks for checking in, @Pressureangle. Great to see you. What an amazing effort on your part! Looking forward to hearing more about what is up with the Sport-i . . . Glad you got back!

I like the first one best because. It's honest and says I'm a SS header/exhaust and don't see the need to hide it. It has "patina" It's not a hot-rod it's a motorcycle It costs nothing Being an air cooled engine the the last thing I want to do is insulate the header pipes for aesthetic reasons. It's doesn't look like the exhaust on one of those hideous bobberised calamities that, Manscaped, mun wearing, rolled up long pant, Latte sipping, inked up barrister's would ride. Ciao

You're totally right. That's a nice couple of Guzzis.

Hope, we live in hope:) Ciao

I try to explain things from my point of view (not knowing if I'm right): The most important thing in the exhaust is the shock waves. These can best occur when the exhaust sytem has no restrictions. A restricted muffler and/or crossover deminish the effect of the shock waves, but may even out the power curve. This was evident during my measurements on the dyno comparing stock muffler with my modified less restrictive mufflers. Whenever the exhaust wave comes to an open end, a depression wave is reflected back to the exhaust valve thus helping to clear the cylinder. This effect takes place several times during one cycle. But where is the end for the exhaust flow? Maybe the stock Xover which is an empty chamber? The 3rd chamber in the stock muffler where the exhaust tube ends? How does a crossover like the stucchi influence this system? The first chamber of the muffler in my modiefied system? How can you predict any effect taking into account all these conditions? Even a correct prediction might be caused by other effets like thought at. But the real problem seems to be in the intake system for me. First the anabilty of the intake port to allow sufficient flow at valve lifts higher than 8 mm see here Second following the discussion about gas speed I think the intake port is too big. It would be better to make a smaller port flow better to increase gas speed. The flow bench graph above shows the LM2 smaller port flow better than the bigger V11 port at higher lift. Using heads and pistons of a Cali 1100 could realise this easyly. A similar effect could have a camshaft with shorter duration and fast opening rate off the seat. When the port flowed at higher lift, more liift would be benefical. Dynotec or HMB offer camshafts who follow this route. The combination of the two would be very successful eliminating the flat spot. High intake speed generates higher pressure when flowing against the closed intake wave so starting the flow better when the valve opens again. Shorter duration of exhaust and intake allows to make use of the explosion longer and to increase the real compression stroke after the intake valve is closed. Both increase the efficiency of the engine. Shorter overlap between intake and exhaust decrease the losses of charge at lower to medium rpms. Optimising the squish and the increased CR that follows doing this makes the charge burn more efficiently ending in an engine that should have come from the factory.

Two of them did. Seems like some pretty serious attrition….

It is my understanding from posts elsewhere that Sloan's uses 10W50 when servicing Guzzis. I am NOT starting an oil thread, but, if true, it seems odd for a dealer to use oil contrary to the manufacturer's recommendation. That could become interesting in the event of an engine failure within the warranty period.l Lawyers make money in "interesting" disputes. Few others are happy. Bill