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Better, yet , pretty sure these are more likely Falcones . . .

I'm reminded of an anecdote from a bloke in the Kawasai Z owner's club in my Z900 days. The man had a Z1000 in the police version with foot-boards. He lived near this bit of road https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1314554571#map=13/-37.60777/145.61863 His story was how he went up there one day, followed by two young blokes on the then new Kawasaki ZXR 750s. At the top end, there was (and probably still is) a pub. He pulled in, and the young blokes did too. They were absolutely astonished at how fast and relaxed he rode up there on that bike. It's the man, not the machine.

Unfortunately, I didn't see this myself, but anyway... When I was a kid, probably about 12, my dad bought himself a Yamaha AG 100. I, as a kid, thought it was really big. What he used before that around the paddock was a Honda CT 90. Dad was pretty chuffed with the Yamaha, and even bought a helmet and got a license, so he could ride it the 7 or so km. into town. (that didn't last long...). So he's ridden the bike into town to the Cobram Agricultural Show, where the Victoria Police trick motorcycle riding squad was present. He got into a conversation with one of them. This is the Cobram Showgrounds https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Cobram%2C Victoria%2C Australia#map=18/-35.920689/145.653144 The building in the top left corner is, or at least used to be, the scout hall, and there was a tree trunk lying on the ground in front of it. Maybe 3 feet high, maybe only 2 1/2, but a serious tree trunk. I can envision the situation; my dad (no idea about motorcycles, actually) with his new toy engaging the professional rider in conversation about motorbikes and such. The end of the story: the police rider got on the Yamaha AG 100 and rode it over the tree trunk. To this day, I am still impressed by that.

I believe that might be the case. In one direction, I saw some videos from a German bloke (and his mates) from the black forest region. There are some really great roads there. Their theme seemed to be "safe" lines, i.e. staying in the middle of the lane, and getting as much lean angle as possible. Wankers, in my opinion. I'm more interested in a clean line from one corner to the next, and positioning my body weight so that the bike "hangs" in the corner. I developed the habit of hanging off a bit, firstly, in the eighties and early nineties, when, amongst others, a certain K. Schwantz was riding a two-stroke Suzuki with the number 34 on the front. If one watches him for a while, it is obvious that your bum has to be anywhere but on the seat to get throught the corners "properly". Secondly, I was doing it on a 1976 Z 900. That thing really did benefit from getting the rider's weight down beside the bike a bit. Middle '70s japanese frames and suspension where, shall we say, sub-optimal, and creating a "counterweight" was a good idea. On top of that, my vision. I think I mentioned here recently that I don't have 3D vision. Over the last several years, I have come to the conclusion that I personally can "see the line" better if I am looking past the handlebares into the corner a bit from the side. Parallax, or something. I lost the habit of moving in the seat through not riding for about 10 years, then a Honda CBX 650 E soft-chopper, followed by two full-dress Kawasaki GTR 1000s. I'm currently working on getting back into the habit, and have established that, for me, it is better when I hang off a bit. Doesn't have to work for everyone, though. And yes, the Police are fast. They are professionals, what do you expect.

These days with AI idk if this is real or not.

It looks about as light as you can make a Guzzi.

Thanks for the explanation. The text I saw with the pic was all in Italian, so I didn't have a clue. But having the MG logo had me wondering.

That is something imagined. It is a study from Oberdan Bezzi that I have seen a number of times elsewhere, and maybe here as well. Look here: https://oberdanbezzi.artstation.com/albums/1117762 He turns out dozens, maybe hundreds, of design studies. I don't know if he has ever actually been paid by a manufacturer for a design. Maybe he has, I just don't know. Anyway, he has been pumping out design studies based on the V100 ever since it came out. Some of them are quite pretty, but it is anyone's guess whether Piaggio will ever do anything that even remotely resembles one of Bezzi's proposals. PS: where it to actually be released, and should I be in a position to consider buying such a thing, I would be very tempted.

Isn’t that two different Rich’s @docc ? I think that’s a great looking seat btw

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