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G'day folk's. On my way home from the hospital after visiting Dad yesterday, I stopped in at the servos to grab a burger at Maccas ( late lunch ). So I park the bike in the car-park and in the middle of the bay as you do to avoid car doors etc and in I go. So 20 minutes or so later I come out and am doing up the jacket and about to put my helmet and gloves on and notice a couple walking round it and looking at the bike, then they notice me and come over ( I was about 20 metres away )and start telling me that some arsehole just backed into my bike and drove off never bothering to stop to see if any damage or whatever! Instant panic but what the fook, bike is still standing and can't seem to see any damage or sign of impact.The bloke followed me back to the bike and explained the shithead reversed back and nudged the front wheel pushing the bike back about 8 to 10 inches and showed me the scrape mark the side stand left on the concrete. Dumbfounded I quickly checked the bike over and thanked matey for telling me as would never have even noticed it or known. Talk about dodging a bullet! Anyways I gave her a bit o welly on the fun part ( well the part without any mobile chicanes - bugger ) of the road home, and no handling issues at all. Then when I got home gave her a good looking at and the only damage if you can even call it that is a 5 or 6 millimetre scrape on the very front of the front mudguard. It's not really even a scrape but just sorta pushed the paint back a little without breaking the surface of the paint.If matey hadn't told me about it I would've assumed that it was a stone chip when I eventually found it. So, from now on I'm gunna be parking the bike next to the bloody front door and not anywhere near where we share space with the imbeciles and their conveyances.... End of rant folk's but be wary of where you leave your bike eh! Cheers

@guzzler Most modern cars have backup cameras, proximity detection alarms, you would think these kind of accidents would become rarer right? But check out what most people do right the moment they get in their vehicles; they check their phones while they maneuver. At least we don't when we ride our motorcycles.

Bloody hell mate whatever happened to common sense eh..... I can understand and condone it IF there was significant damage but jeezuz that case should've been thrown out upon your neighbour making good any damage.... Gotta say I was ropable as I left the place but the more I thought/think about it I wonder if the arsehat who hit my bike actually realised what they'd done! But in this day and age and MELBOURNE I wouldn't be surprised if they knew about it!! Anyway, I'm just RAPT that the bike wasn't knocked down and damaged. Cheers

All prosecco is cheap, why do you think the Venetians added Aperol?

Gotta watch that shortcut from Nayook to Noojee. Could land you somewhere unexpected!

There is a bar in Italy where the Moto Guzzi serves as lounge chairs. They are drinking Prosecco.

This is the now defunct "Old Gringo" bar and hotel. This is at the very west of Texas, and the owners were biker's friendly. They had a motorcycle exclusive indoor parking!!! a real treat.

Another favorite of mine, this time in Navasota, Tx; The walls are decorated with guitars.

One of my favorite "water hole" in Brenham Texas. The Pioneer BBQ. This used to be a train depot.

This is the U Drop in, on Route 66 in the Texas Panhandle; There is no issue with drinking there, they only serve pop and icecream.

Do ya’ll like boogie woogie? Gotta scroll down a little to fond the video https://www.themusicman.uk/dona-oxford/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGjmgBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfXDZOpD3cQm_RJWItuec31ecj55HMtNc6W7qtCetWj5CB59qiM9LX7kAg_aem_0SBiJh8xk2gPLqF7nJ4kqg

Seems that, if Piaggio is going to cover the popular market segments with a family of V100 models, it has now completed two of the big three: an all-arounder/"sport-tourer"/travel model (V100 Mandello) and the requisite Adventure bike (V100 Stelvio). Is a V100 Audace (cruiser) next? I cringe . . . Don't get me wrong, I think that 1400 Audace is a really cool cruiser. In the cruiser world, it is a performance giant with a big attitude. I just hope that is not where the next V100 in the family is headed . . . Yet, Dave Richardson said this on a GrisoGhetto post about the V100 to emphasize that what we existing, even devout, Guzzisti are looking for will not sustain the company going forward: (Richardson): I remember being at the Guzzi factory in 2001 for the 80th anniversary and talking with their marketing manager. He said to me, “You see these people here,” referring to the vast crowd of Guzzisti in attendance. “These people will not save us.” [Thanks, @KINDOY2 for the link to the GrisoGhetto post!]

You know it's actually an offence to hit a vehicle in a public carpark and just drive away. My neighbours wife grazed a car in the Coles carpark as she was turning out. It was such a minor touch she didn't even notice it (she's in her late 70's) next thing Police on the door step as it had been witnessed and a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. No visible damage to her car either. Long story short, lawyer involved and court to fight the charge and ultimately lose. $3500 dollar exercise and still guilty. Phil