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A couple videos from the Motorcycle Day with some nice shots of that Coppa. I wasn't there last year, I think I was having dinner with @docc instead. The year before that I did have the Guzzi out. @activpop What was the other Guzzi? I think I missed it. Also I was at the back of the pack as we came in. I get to pick up any parts that fall off the other Nortons.

Flying, It’s like everything else in life…. Requires some degree of natural skill, and then experience to compliment that skill set. if someone doesn’t have the basic skill set, it will not ultimately work out well. If they don’t have or acquire experience, same problem. plenty of skilled folks, “naturals”, who don’t learn from experience, and bad things happen. Or folks who manage to amass a lot of experience and survive by luck (or thanks to all the systems now available to pilots which make things safer), but without the natural skill set they are still not a great option as a PIC (pilot in command). to complicate it more, there are the very distinctly different skill sets involved: “stick and rudder” skills, akin to riding skills, and then there’s “instrument flying/competence skillset”, which is more like a video game skill set. Different parts of the brain. Bush pilots need stick and rudder skills, airline pilots just need the instrument skills, but the best pilots have both. I’ve come across plenty of airline pilots who were truly horrible pilots, but survived with the instrument skills and in an airline environment designed wisely over the decades to minimize risk via lots of amazing systems. Oh, and the final major issue is ego…. Male pride is the most common issue, but the American dream BS of “if you can dream it you can do it” ideology is just as bad at causing people to think they can do what they either can’t or shouldn’t. same for operating cars 😏, motorbikes, welding, surgery, etc

Do you hear a ‘Click’ from the relay which is in a block on the RH side under the seat. If you get a ‘Click’ but no start it’s probably Startus Interuptus. Well documented on the Ghetto.

He is but really annoying to listen to. Phil

Hi to All,Just a thought... When the new E5 petrol arrived in Ireland some years back, the ethanol dissolved some old epoxy based thank liner treatment. It resulted in quite a few valves tightening when their guides got glued up with the accumulation of that goo, some carbs too were a nightmare to clean up. Worth checking inside your tank to see if it has been lined and the liner's melting away.

That. There have so many attempts to define "THAT." Somehow, "fun" just does not entirely translate the fullness of the experience. "Welcome home, dear! Did you experience that surreal , uplifting, transcendental, existential experience on your ride ? " "Why, yes, darling, the ride was fun . . ." "Did you cheat death with your awareness and skillset, mastering the physical realm with intensity and purpose ?" "Yes, yes. Quite fun, actually."

Grade 8.8 steel or just above. Grade 5 Titanium Ti-6Al-4V Phil

That Norton's a beauty......

Washed the squashed bugs off these 3 last weekend

OOOOH , you need to Google Robertson screws . You will never use another style of woodscrew again .

Here is something a bit cheaper for you Tenni fans Tenni item for sale One thing I have wondered, while we are on the subject, is why the example of a Tenni in the Mandello factory museum has Ohlins suspension but the customer version has black Marzocchis? Anyone know the answer- was this bike special in some way? It has a map drawn on the tailpiece- maybe it was entered into some sort of competition. Guy