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When it comes to Moto Guzzi, or other Italian brands actual or from the past, they seem to have liked giving names to their motorcycles. Some are extremely obvious and translatable in all languages, such as the Ducati "Mostro", that quickly evolved into its English moniker: "Monster". Our Japanese manufacturers were less inclined into that practice; well, if you remember the early days of Kawasaki two strokes, we had the Samurai, Avenger that evolved into S1, S2, S3, S4 and Mach III, H1A, H2 and so forth. The English were also inspired by strong names, such as Bonneville, Commando and the like. Of course, Suzuki and its Hayabusa, but before that, Bandit, Inazuma... Honda was a bit stern with the CB's and CX, but did venture into Hornets. Yamaha started with Yas and RDs, XT, FJ, but never really moved far away from these; not even with the VMAX, the Ténéré, or the Virago. So, the Griso.... if I am well-informed, the Griso was Moto Guzzi's attempt to take a ride on Ducati Monster's success. I am certain that some of you heard it before; the Griso, was an imaginary personage from a novel written by author Alessandro Manzoni. The story takes place in the 17th century, 1628/30 following the 30 years war; the final edition of the book was published in 1840/42. In English: The Betrothed. Il Griso, or in English, the Griso, was the Brave's chief; he was exploited at will for anything risky, unique. Just picture a hit man for a Capo Mafioso. The Griso was completely dedicated to his master, Don Rodrigo, having earned his complete trust. Described in English as: Griso, one of Don Rodrigo's henchmen, a silent and treacherous man. If you want to get an idea, a good example of the Griso would be "Tommy DeVito in the movie Goodfellas. In the movie, DeVito is not exclusively devoted to Jimmy Conway the way the Griso is to Don Rodrigo, but he does do whatever Jimmy Conway wants. Somebody in Guzzi must have read the book, and liked the Griso enough to name a motorcycle after him. I found the Italian original version on the Internet, I am going to read it. If anybody else is interested: I Promessi Sposi So, the Griso... a motorcycle named after a dodgy character, but Ducati did do the Diavel after all...

Had a call today from the machine shop about the loose valve quide. The oversized quide from Guzzi 0.10mm, not big enough. So plenty of play chamber side. They will make a new one. They started then, NICE. I must bring beer . Cheers Tom.

Choose the right road, you can do all three at once.

I must have missed that as I bee-lined for my biscuits and gravy.

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.

Quite apart from the music, those are both excellent recordings. In the first one, the mix is really very good. The second one seems to have been recorded with one stereo microphone, and they all are "working the mic" very professionally. Nice.

Just in case you don't read the post, HERTZRIDE rents bike in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and so on. I put the location list underneath. So you may be able to enjoy riding there too.

While you’ve got the arse end out of it are you going to Loctite the pinion nut on the bevelbox as well? I’d advise it and it’s easy to do without disassembly. Use ‘Super Wick-in’ and just a couple of drops run down a thin screwdriver or even a satay stick onto the threads. It can save a lot of heartache.

I have found that tech shop personnel respond well to 'engaged' clientele with clean projects. It presents a sign of respect. They will like you Tom ..

Not a big turnout because of early off and on rain, but the Norton guys don't mind the precip. @swooshdavehad his Interstate at the head of the pack and the Norton Club was there in full force. I had my Coppa there. Just one other Guzzi. We all lucked out though, rain stopped by 8AM.

I prefer this guy, he's a good bit easier on the ear https://www.youtube.com/@LubricationExplained

You have upped our game, @audiomick.

Although not a pilot I've spent hundreds of hours in the 3rd seat of commercial jets with commercial pilots and even a few test flights out of Seattle with the Boeing test pilots on pre delivery flight tests. The stick and rudder and instrument flying stuff is a given but what separates them is three things in my mind. As a pilot you must have a profound sense of personal responsibility and be highly disciplined. Add to that the ability to be cool in a crisis a lot of which comes from repetitive training in crisis situations which private pilots don't get. Commercial pilots for large companies get put through the Sim wringer every 4 months or so and need to pass that test. An ability to know when the rule book no longer applies is also an advantage such as when you have a cockpit fire you don't fly around dumping fuel to hit you max landing weight target you just get it on the ground and hang the structural stress issues.

Nope, didnt know about that until now. All back together now. But I did lube all 4 needle bearings on the rear shock to swing arm connections. They were not shiny at all from lube. Glad I did this. I feel so much better when everything is lubed right. Six dry bearings all packed with grease now.

I'm still rinsing the Javex out of my eyes,after the thought of Docc in his micro shorts. But I will contribute, to whatever libation fund is needed; if Docc decides to go all in on the branding theme,,,

A beautiful spot. A favorite place to visit. And now that Hertz apparently rents motorcycles at CDG, love to get back over there, rent a bike, ride the few hours to get out to Bayeaux and the D-day beaches, and spend more time there in Normandy. Lots of great, uncrowded, scenic roads, lots of great stuff for history buffs, and a lovely coastal area to just enjoy.

Jus' sayin', y'all . . .

Touché. And about to board my flight (as a passenger) momentarily from Anchorage! In truth, Alaska airlines still has some decent pilot standards, and a lot of good pilots (and a few hosers, but no person or company can get it all perfect all the time).

Not much...sign in, meet and greet, campfire and branding, whatever that is. You can pay when you arrive, no need to mail a check.

I reckon the bloke who parked his Airbus on the Hudson a few years back was one of the "have both" category. I rather hope that there is one of those in the cockpit when I am on a commercial flight.

Yeah. The one my Dad had went alright, but it had problems with the exhaust manifold, and the solution was a set of headers, probably simply because they were cheaper than the original manifold. I think that helped. As far as rust goes, my HK Monaro was full of it. The previous owner, who bought it new, lived somewhere down the bay in Melbourne, so it spent its life in salty air. That didn't do it any good.

# 1 how much fo you know about troubleshooting and how much do you know about where things are on your bike , reading a wiring diagram ? This is going to be imperative for you to diagnose and repair your bike .

He is but really annoying to listen to. Phil

Have a great trip and let us know how you got on..

Had some great seats for Joe Purdy and Tedeschi Trucks Band. Some stuff I hadn't heard from them were The Letter and Beck's Bolero for a closer.

My new car doesn't even have a dipstick, stupidest thing ever. You take the car out and drive it for at least 30min then park the car on level ground and do an oil level check via the entertainment screen. It elevates the engine rpm to 1000 for about 30 seconds and does an oil level check and gives you the result. Like I said stupidest thing ever. Whats happened to German engineering? Millennials is what's happened. Phil

They’re better than many but I still wouldn’t put them back in. What are the outer races like? Not like these I hope?