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No rap, just the nice ladies....

I would love to get one of the plates as well... Just slow on the uptake if its not to late, add my name to the list

Historic Italian name, 90 degree 750 twin, Brembo brakes, not sure if made in Italy but looks 🇮🇹

Auntie!

From this it looks like about 45° is doable.

A recap of yesterday's free and practice at Sepang... (you will need to click the link as Dorna does not allow the YouTube video to be embedded here) Nice to see that Alex Marquez is doing the job on the Gresini Ducati, even if only on the single lap. Jorge Martin is as expected, up there, and fast overall. Same for Francesco Bagnaia who seems to always need some warming up before challenging. Everything being relative since the differences are in tens of second. Miller managed to remind us that he is still a force to be reckoned with. Brad Binder is showing consistency, in the same way Jorge Martin does. Honda is still looking for a successor to Marc Marquez; nobody has a clue who it will ultimately be. They seem to have ruled out a Moto2 pilot; that does not leave much of a choice. While DiGiannantonio seems to be the only one, they are possibly looking at poaching someone who has a valid contract for 2024; Maverick Viñales is a name that keeps coming up; Pol Espargaro was also mentioned. Speaking of Marc Marquez, it seems obvious, at least to me, that he will be performing on the GP23; if we only take for example how Alex Marquez made the jump in quality when switching from LCR to Gresini. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CI_GOdL7cg&t=158s

A couple oldies in progress

I spent the big bucks (Not Guzzi content) for a Goretex rain suit for The Kid and some friends annual Canada fishing trip. You had to be prepared for 40s and raining out in the boat..but the Walleyes cooked on the shore were definitely worth it. In the cabin one night, one of the guys was asking how much I paid for it. "$150." "Oh, I'd never pay that much for a rain suit.." and I chimed in, "Says the guy that's been bitching about being cold and wet.." Don't dis my rain suit over a Carhart suit in inclement weather..

I think @activpop got it exactly right, you can’t expect a garment, no matter how sophisticated, to regulate the moisture content happening inside of it when in an environment close to 100% humidity, but you can minimize the discomfort with proper layering and the use of aptly placed ventilation such as pit zips. When Goretex first made it to the market, for me, as an avid skier and all around mountain outdoor enthusiast living in the snow 5 months of the year, as for most of my peers in the high mountain living community, it was a game changer. Not just for their newly developed membrane but also for the quality of the fabrics and the high technical level of construction and design associated with it. It really ushered a new era of technical clothing for the extreme sports and the outdoor world in general. Nowadays many manufacturers produce equally good technical clothing with their own proprietary membrane and fabrics at more affordable prices but Goretex sill remains the number one recognized name for quality outdoor sports technical fabrics. The juggernaut they have become, commanding beyond reasonable prices, is perhaps a ransom of their success and certainly due to a very driven marketing strategy but credit should be given to them for spurring the technical clothing industry into more research and innovation that benefits us all.

And she likes it like that?

I realized a long time ago the benefits of Gortex. I also know it is not your own HVAC system. Even if it could expel moisture, it couldn't do it at a rate fast enough to keep up with the moisture produced from exertion. That's where your wicking base layers and warmer medium layers come into play. Gortex does what it needs to do for me...keep me dry. I have noticed over many decades as a PNW duck hunter there is a difference between different shells and jackets. The difference lies in the construction and the quality of the seams. Quality products have better longer lasting seams. Sure, they cost more, but when you're running up the Gilbert River at 4:30 in the morning in a driving rainstorm, the price of your garment is the last thing on your mind.

So I finally found my way over to the largest posting on this forum. After a week of working on my bike, this fixes everything. Keep up the good work.

Ok; both boots and the rest of the bike...