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For the British GP, all the MotoGP bikes will bear retro-decorations to commemorate the 75 years of motorcycle Grand-Prix. It is going to look great!

So Seinfeld had the right take on it? There isn’t much I won't eat, so I look forward to trying it. So now I have to search...I won't be in Kentucky anytime soon. Without different flavors this world would be a little less interesting.

Well, I think its a sin to muffle V-twins - except Harleys. The afterfire only emulates Ducati singles which had the Brevetti "Silentium" mufflers and Del'lorto carbys. "I" would have chosen different cans myself. Re-pop Dunstall "Decibel Silencers" would certainly fit the café theme. Still loud, but less obnoxious. The Euro CXs had a better frame, but I see he used the Yank style. Still, it came out far better than most of the flat seat, monster front tire hack-jobs I see. And the CX650 has some real steam. Not as quick as a V11, but not far behind, either.

I will tell you how to fix it . You call EuroMotoElectrics tomorrow and order a new starter . They sell two different quality starter motors. Buy the OEM Valeo motor and be done with it. You want to ride not push . Their # is 1-303-526-0901. IDK their hours of operation but you can Google their website, Mine ws around $220 w/shipping . I am keeping the old one just to dismantle and look at . Two sessions of ignition switch hanging on and staying engaged w/o me knowing it until it killed the battery made this starter a dull boy.

Except enough titanium parts. I've got an advantage. I've got a bit of titanium screwed into my left wrist as a result of an accident in 2017 with disastrous results for the GTR 1000 I was riding. I'm absolutely convinced that the titanium makes me 10% faster over and above the 10% for the red colour of my two "small block" Guzzis.

For the man who has everything !

I made up some bevel box drain plugs yesterday. I cheated and bought a couple of M12x1.75 plugs with the same hex head dia and turned down the threaded section and cut 10x1.5 threads which are a bit of an odd size for a drain plug. I had to also remove and shorten the magnets and re fit them as they were a bit long. Phil

I always remember the consultant to the movie 'Saving Private Ryan' who made the landing- when asked, 'What if anything was wrong with the movie?" his answer was, "There were not enough bodies on the beach". https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2429903/Peace-Day-Reminder-millions-lives-lost-war-artists-stencil-9-000-bodies-Normandy-beach.html

I was myself very surprised, because I used to rent bikes in Paris when I was still living there, in between jobs. It was a lot more expensive, and mileage was never unlimited. This is a wonderful way for renters to make it impossible to really budget your trip. I have an American friend of Italian descent, and she makes her living taking US tourists to Italy in a turnkey deal. She asked me if I would be interested to do the same, but in France. I declined as I know I would not be able to cope with the amount of complaints she has to shoulder off. Not about her service, but everything around it. I do not know how acquainted you are with France, but if you have not already, I suggest you consider the Pyrenees. As for the castles on the Loire valley, this is top. If you have not heard about it, because it is one of them not very well known, I suggest the Château de Cheverny. It is not far from Chambord, and the main difference is that it kept all of its original furniture. As you know, during the French Revolution, all the castles were attacked and vandalized. So except a few, all the furniture you see is not original. Cheverny is still lived by descendants and was used by Hergé for the Château de Moulinsard in Tintin et Milou. Not so far from Paris, I recommend you visit the Château de Vaulx le Vicomte. This is a typical example of never show how rich you became to the guy that made you. Nicolas Fouquet was Louis XIV (14) Finance Superintendent, and he made a few jealous people along the way. One of them Colbert who turned the Louis against Fouquet.... If you go there, it is just incredible to picture parties in there... Another of my favorite is the Portalet Fort, to guard access from Spain; this one is not much known by anybody... https://www.tourisme64.com/activites/urdos/PCUAQU064FS000L6-le-fort-du-portalet/ (toggle the language to English).

Crankcase vent. The factory set up had a tendency to haze the air filter with the oil mist. Plus, this is more akin to the classic BritBike style venting of a hose routed back over the fender, albeit with the little filter added for dash.

Gaffer tape it back together, and sell it on E-Bay.

I've never tried Mutton but after seeing/reading your posts Bill I reckon I'd like to try it.... Especially after Mick's description of it. Once again mate a great post and Thanks for taking us along with you! Cheers and don't worry about too many photos.....Take more next time!

Nah, but I did double up my daily Lipitor dose. Check out that Maxwell link at the end of my post for a good description of how it is prepared in Daviess County, Kentucky, at least. Ditto my comment just above, but you are right: it ain't lamb. Bill

Be warned. Mutton has a very characteristic flavour. I love lamb, but find mutton a bit challenging. In Australia, the animal has to have been less than 1 year old for it to be sold as lamb. Hogget is between 1 and 2 years old, and anything older than that is mutton. The taste of the meat gets more intensive with age, and mutton is very intense. Just so's you know what you might be getting yourself into.

This thing, right? 三澤佳祐, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons No, doesn't do it for me either. It's just a modern bike. The original was a revolution.

I don't even know what the new one looks like. But the real one, the original GSX 1100 S, was one of the most significant motorcycle designs ever. And it was a good bike into the bargain. Allmoto

Fender found! Thanks Scud!

The latest gossip of this pilots' musical chairs comes from WSBK and Toprak Razgatlioglu. After his three in three wins at Misano for BMW, his manager said that Toprak is willing/wants to move to MotoGP from 2025, exclusivelyhttp://gallery.cyclegarden.com/GuzziGirls/picture.php?/2041/category/80 in a factory team. I find this information plausible, as we know that Honda and Yamaha have openings in the factory teams, probably Honda more than Yamaha since Toprak did a test on the M1 which did not turn as successful as expected. But the guy is really talented, and it would really be interesting to see him part of the MotoGP. Toprak seems to be able to make the difference if you compare his performance with that of the other BMW riders in the WSBK championship. Similar to Pedro Acosta on the GasGas Tech 3, outclassing the factory KTM pilots. Not forgetting Marc Marquez who is also doing very well on the Gresini GP23 in regard to his brother and the VR46 boys.

Yep, depends on the persons individual “gifts” or shortcomings. i found out the hard way that the old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover” certainly applies to pilots. Folks that had all the right ingredients on paper or via interview, migjt be the ones that didn’t have the ability/gift of good snap decision making. While a certain element of luck is often involved, making the best of what you’ve got is the key when the turds hit the fan. As Phil noted, sod the rules when necessary and do what u gotta do. You can train a monkey to eventually survive the required sim training experience commercial pilots have to deal with 1-2 times per year, with enough repetition, but you can’t impart or train the gift of “good natural instinct” or experience (which are different, but have similar end-results).

My Honda GB500 clearly says "Tourist Trophy " on the side covers, but no one calls them that. Instead, invoking the alphanumeric "GB500" (which is not depicted on the motorcycle anywhere). I am not one adept at naming my own machines, but this one rather earned her own (from the Honda marketing slogan of those days . . . > RIDE RED <

Home run... I was training night driving with FLIR- the screen was 14"x16", a little too close to the driver's face and above head level. Sucked to drive with. The guys who could drive all, every one, suffered driving 'on-screen' as it was pitch black outside. Some simply could not get certified. There was a young girl, though, from NYC somewhere who had never driven anything before enlisting in the Army. Of course, they put her in a logistics battalion as a truck driver... and so since she was airbrake certified she got tagged to drive our truck. She wasn't a good driver in the daytime, had no sense of direction or sense of speed or inertia. She crawled through every obstacle slowly and fearfully, but did manage to pass. Of course, all the guys were either 'coaching' her condescendingly, or teasing her, and jerking each other off about who was fastest. At night, though, when the lights went out, she was a freakin' werewolf. As soon as it was full dark and she could only see the video screen, she set a course record for her battalion. At night. Over 12 foot hills and 12 foot deep trenches with blind corners, around off-camber turns. We were all so stunned we could only laugh. And every one of us learned something from that.

So many jokes, so little time

On the plus side, the number of women spreading their arms...and legs...in order to be in 4 states at once was...entertaining.

Seeing this reminds me of some of the scenery in Easy Rider .