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Visited Mugello race track yesterday and just my luck there was a ride day on. These guys are pretty serious about their ride days as the paddock images show and the action on the track was take no prisoners as well. Go hard or go home pretty much. No fast, medium and slow group stuff here. Paid 10euros for the wife and I to get into the pits and got trackside on the pit wall and took some videos which are too big to upload apparently. Mugello is the track where the MotoGP boys hit 366kph on the straight. At the end of the straight there is a rise and a kink not a million miles away from the kink and rise at Laguna Seca on the straight except here the GP boys are cranking out 366kph and also setting the bike up for the braking zone and turn in point for turn 1 without being able to see either because of the rise. It's not that apparent on the TV but trackside it's quite distinct as is the undulating nature of the rest of the track. Back maybe 10 years ago Rossi's Yamaha blew up here as it wheel spun over the rise every lap over revving the engine until it called enough. Yamaha had to reduce the max rpm to compensate at this track for a year or two till they got the engine management stuff sorted. No Guzzi presence at all, not hard enough. Phil

Snow markers up many places already. They might as well have been there all the time. Summer, oh well, to close to the polar circle. Not a lot of km this year. But have IPA [emoji482]. Cheers Tom. Sent fra min SM-S906B via Tapatalk

No, still the same no. I understand there were originally 2, supplied by Forza Italia & Twiggers. I have purchased one of these. Another has recently been imported from Japan, so there’s 3 Coppas in the UK

Looks like they make them in red too...

You've got to watch that, mate. I didn't want to leave the first time I went to Germany, so I went back. And I'm still here nearly 30 years later.

102.7 was WNEW. Alison Steele perfected the sultry, whispering dj technique there.

Best of the best, absolutely stunning.

Was it WPLJ 102.7 ? Had a few drinks with 2 of the DJ's, names long gone. For sure that was a great rock & Roll station. Recorded hundreds of cassette's. Tried to find it, probably long gone. Cheers Tom.

Alison Steele, WNEW, 10 pm - 2 am. That was the reason I slept with my Koss headphones on. My alternate dj was Alex Bennett on WPLJ. I suppose NY FM radio was a big influence on my teenage musical tastes during the 70's decade.

And cooler too. That Wing must punch through the air quite effortlessly. Nice ride!

it's not like the riders have their panties in a bunch. Geeees, where's the hate? Fights? Yelling? Crap, they're laughing about it like buddies.

If they were made foldable for storage... Kidding aside, at the Pediatric Brain Tumor fund raiser, I met a fellow who owns 17 motorcycles! when I asked where he stored them, it turned out this guy owns an aircraft hangar at an airfield nearby. He keeps at home the flavor of the day or week, and when he feels the need to change, then he rides to the hangar to swap. He showed me some photos, and he also has several aircrafts in that hangar. Obviously, he lives in an other dimension where space is not an issue. He was riding a Triumph Tiger 900 for the occasion. I was thinking:-"would you mind hosting my own herd?" but Montgomery Tx is too far away to be considered a solution to my bike storage problem...

OK, some progress, edging nearer the first fire-up! Have successfully split the "new" TBs in readiness for new seals and fitment on the bike. Even with oxy fine torch one screw was stubborn , needed "shocking" with small hammer & soft drift taps while applying torque finally did the trick, definitely a two man job. New Becker stand arrived and works beautifully, so much nicer working on the bike now it's level! I ordered the TB seals as that Suzuki part number I mentioned simply because Fowlers in Bristol had them in stock along with a new front axle nut to replace the horribly rusty one. Cheaper as an Aprilia part it turns out!! Fowlers have good Guzzi parts stocks and received next day. It took numerous careful soakings of the rusty nut with ATF/acetone mix (moving axle around on loosened pinch bolts to distribute the penetrating mix better) plus judicious use of a heat gun (so as not to melt the Ohlins decal!!) before I could free off that axle nut, there's not a lot of socket engagement on the shallow nut. Feels so nice gradually removing the random rusty fasteners on this bike. Front calipers were semi seized, pads horribly rusty along with all the fasteners, nipples etc, but pistons looked ok. However I scored some better calipers with new pads on eBay at a price that didn't make it worth refurbing the old ones, as they came with nice stainless fasteners and bleed nipples. I now have two spare calipers that also match the ones on my (much modified) Laverda! All bled up with the new master cylinder reservoir. Sump dropped, I wanted to see how much sludge or mayonnaise was in there. Looked surprisingly clean, no condensation at all and hardly any sludge. Gauze screen was perfectly clean too . Changed out the UFI filter for a Mahle from Gutsibits in readiness for new oil all round. Tappets checked, one inlet about 1 thou loose, set to 6 thou inlet, 8 thou exhaust, all looked good in there too, no corrosion or condensation. Fuel filter changed with proper single use Oetiker clips, tank plate had been leaking very slightly so have cleaned it up. gasket looks good so might try dressing with a thin smear of Blue Hylomar. I've used this in the past as it's "fuel-resistant" but not convinced it will stand up to immersion type situation. New gaskets are VERY expensive. The pump LOOKS ok, no corrosion from ethanol borne water so I'll just see how it goes (or doesn't)? Final job so far is front alternator cover off (what a bar steward of a job with the front balance pipe!), turned engine over after 10cc of ATF/acetone mix into plug holes to free rings for 24 hours. A tiny bit of stiction on first revolution, then felt nice and smooth. I tried a compression test but speed of cranking with a ratchet handle on the front alternator nut resulted in a small blip of the needle then returned to zero on both cylinders? On the one hand, compression tests on all my kickstart bikes can't be that much quicker cranking, but compression FELT very healthy and similar on both cylinders? We shall see? Next jobs, send off injectors to Jim at Superbike Surgery in Gloucestershire for full service (£25 each). When I told him on the phone what injectors they were he described them as "the worst injectors ever made", so that's encouraging . https://www.superbikesurgery.co.uk/injector-servicing Have ordered new earth leads to connect the (Shindengen!!) reg/rec and battery to the unused fuel filter studs on top of the spine. The original owner had 4(!!) ugly leads connecting battery, reg and both cylinder heads? I can't complain because the 30A fuse looks perfect and there's that much better reg/rec too. I had to sort my original greenie for my mate last year as the 30A fuse had melted and the whole thing was a mess. I've put an order in to Gutsibits for a Roper plate (£120 with tax and postage), 4-8 week lead time as they're having another batch made, so will leave the sump off for now in case it arrives before I'm ready to fire her up! Change seals on the TBs before refitting, then rear wheel out ready for tyres, UJ greasing (not looking forward to that front one), clutch and rear brake bleeding etc. Getting there slowly..

Dave Edmunds is far too little known in the US. However, he did one blues song that had notable lickin' stick. I was surprised to hear that the song was written by Huey Lewis. What's more, Huey was on harmonica. My favorite Huey on harmonica was always Workin' for a livin'

"I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T Rex To the sound of old T Rex (ohhhhh) and Who's next "

Did that too... He also got a brand new bike this year. It seems like the Goldwing are popular!

Excellent!! Yes…the upper left and far West Texas felt like a real stretch…I did 2 days, approx 1200 miles leaving home to get those last 14 stops…felt great but it’s a long couple of days of riding! All in all just back from Kansas a few hours ago…did a nice 2000 miles from Wednesday last till today. I had a nice stopover at the Hotel Texan and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast chatting with the owner. I’ll do next year as well…it’s a great excuse to ride!! Looking forward to hearing about the group ride!

That's it! I even seen a video with Dave Moss using it. It's not a guarantee that it will work but certainly worth a shot.

I just finished mine this week-end too; on the Quota! I was aiming to do 54 leaving out the Texarkana Post-Office out, but I had not anticipated that the stops in the Panhandle were so distant one with the other. The light was coming down, and still had to get to Amarillo where I had planned to overnight. Then on the Saturday, I rode back all the way to Navasota, where I stayed to make it for the Pediatric Brain Cancer ride today. Today's was a very interesting experience for me. I will relate it in the appropriate section... So congratulation to you for completing the 50 stops! Next year too?

In our Registry, I see thirteen numbers reported above 600 including S699 in New Zealand. So, I reckon they actually numbered them all. (Watching for confirmation from @Danny-NL to update S224 . . .

Hoping to exercise my greenie a bit more as spring is officially here, but also hoping someone tells the weather it's time to start acting a bit more like it....

Summer's last Walz

They went through so many phases for sure because of all the members cycling through. Here is one a year later after Green left and Kirwan came aboard. They did like to jam. This track could go on for another ten minutes, but sadly, it was cut to make room for other stuff. Its a great album though, one of their best. Kirwan left soon after with problems also. They have something for everybody. I loved Bob Welch's dreamy guitar and Christine's piano and soulful voice in albums to come. Those early days were the best. https://youtu.be/xzReLGYIJZc?feature=shared

Today I complete my last stop…#50! On my way up to Kansas for a couple of days at a small rally… There are still 2 or 3 more stops I’d like to do just for fun and historical significance… Along the way I managed to fit in a few other important musical locations for renowned artists from the past…I’m sure some of you will appreciate the stops! Some of the night riding was just spectacular!

Steam generator designed by Carlo Guzzi based on a drawing made in Polytechnic of his father Engineer Palamede Guzzi before 1905. The thermal machine dusted off by Guzzi and built by Graziano Trincavelli, nephew of «Feree» Giorgio Ripamonti, has a boiler that generates steam which transforms the pressure into the mechanical rotation efficiency of a flywheel which constitutes the drive for a dynamo which powered the house's electric light and the pump of a well which supplied running water in the two houses, that of the Guzzis and that of the engineer. Angelo Parodi at Piani dei Resinelli. The machine is not, as one might think, a model, but an actual working steam engine. All brass taps bear the «Guzzi» marking which demonstrates their origin. The second example was unfortunately demolished.

Yes, it's difficult to believe that our spine frames are in the 20-to-24-year category. I have owned my Coppa almost 10years. Keep up the good work in restoring yours. it's a labor of love. In a few years I will qualify for Historical Plates. Regards, Joe

Don’t forget to make sure the trunnions are correctly aligned if you separate the shaft or if it hasn’t been removed before during your ownership.

Weird/Ugly earthing arrangement!