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Back home again in Indiana.. wrote a song about it.. and can type again. For whatever reason, neither my Android tablet nor Kindle Fire would let me post on this site. They call me Rain man out in SoCal. Every time I come out it rains so I can't ride in the mountains because of the rock and mud slides. Sooooo, I called in a "historic" Pineapple Express *and* Bomb cyclone shortly after I took this picture. My job there was done.

Been the only Spiney showing up to this the last few years....how about some company (even if you show up on or in something else)? May 11-14 . 10th annual Guzzi Gathering in Cedar Vale KS . Hewins Park , 101 Sale Barn RD Come hang out in an idyllic setting and shelter in an 110 year old pavilion that is on the National Historic Registry . Believe it or not there are some fun roads in the area , and this part of Kansas is verdant and hilly . Saturday evening catfish and hush puppy meal done from scratch . $30.00 per person , $45.00 per couple . This covers tent camping and the Sat evening meal . As with most Guzzi rallies someone will be cooking for the group Thurs and Fri evening , we will have donation cans out to cover those folks . This is done by deposit so the host knows how much food to order . contact oldbike54@gmail.com for info .

Been so busy with some travel, family stuff and holidays that not much work done. Finally got my BT stand from BD after ping ponging across the Atlantic 3x. Came with instructions only in German...i asked them for English translation and they told me to contact BT. Seems like you would want them to provide proper instructions for something holding up over 400 lbs. In the meantime I found a used pair of pit bull stands for a great price so the bike is lifted now with both wheels off. Have new Angel GT's ready to go on wheels today. Got the bead breaker wheel stand from HF, worth every penny. Will do driveline service while wheels are off and new brake pads and caliper service. Still looking for a used HF cycle lift. Just missed out on a almost new used one for $450. Have to be quick with them, they go fast on CL. There will be others, just have to be the early bird.

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Iirc there's a saying,,, HP is what wears parts out,,,torque is what breaks them,,,

Enjoyed that memory; as an 18 year old my Dad hit his mid life crisis & bought the 2.0 four cylinder model that came before the V6. I fell in love with the sound of the engine, the look of the car & the handling

I used to go to this club "(Theresa's) quite a lot in 1970-1971..on the South Side of Chicago when I lived there Saw so much good blues there ..Including Junior and "Phil "..(Buddy).

Joe uses a very good grade of steel, EN24T, typical for gear and heavy-duty shaft manufacture. Joe says: "Machined from EN24T. This is a Nickel Chromium Molybdenum that combines a good high tensile steel strength with shock resistance, ductility and wear resistance with a tensile strength of 850/1000 N/mm². The Gears are then further surface-hardened by a Tufftride process to give an enhanced surface wear resistance which gives the finished black surface". International Steel Specification Comparison (EN24T) BS 970:1955 EN24T BS 970:1991 817M40T German / DIN 34CrNiMo6 French AFNOR 35NCD6 American AISI / SAE 4340 German Werkstoff No. 1.6582 European Standard EN10277-5

Amazing Blues radio, like Aardvark. Friday will be Jive check out. Cheers Tom.

I'll disagree, absent someone who can do the math. The rattle gun impacts the teeth, the wrench only applies torque, about 90 lbs-ft. divided by the gear radius. Not an issue.