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Cohesive group intercourse.

Due to the free crack pipe kerfuffle in the States, this song is reverberating... Cameo by Lou Reed.

D'oh! Reverse engineered the price! Still pretty fair. I pointed it out to DW and she said "You already have a red motorcycle"

Love their tech, but the bodywork seems squashed flat to my eyes. MGS-01 bodywork would perfect it for me. If I must have one, kindly make it red. $18.500 USD, but it's in the UK. https://www.westsussexspecialistcars.co.uk/ghezzi-brian-supertwin-1100-moto-guzzi-in-west-sussex-6336925

A good and true friend. May he rest in eternal peace, and may his wife and loved ones receive consolation in this time of sorrow. Personal beliefs, but our task now is to follow him there.

Don't know if this helps, but there is an O-ring specialist in the Czech Republic (Bohemia Seal). They stock an amazing variety of sizes and materials in O-rings and all manner of seals. They sell primarily on eBay. They came to my rescue when I needed a very specific O-ring for a SRAM 9.0 rear derailleur I was modifying. https://www.ebay.com/str/bohemiasealoring/O-ring-inner-dia-from-10-to-20/_i.html?store_cat=25950217018

So many compromises were made. Aprilia did well with their improvements, but the bike strikes me as the motorcycle version of a "resto-mod" vintage V8 car, by upgrading to modern suspension, tires, brakes and electronics. The final version works quite well, but the design, for all of its lovability, was shall we say, very mature. It is difficult to explain, but I think that Aprilia's thinking (technologically) was looking down on Guzzi hoping to raise it while Piaggio's is looking from below and not exactly certain of what to do. Suffice it to say there will never be another V11.

Sadly, the increasingly popular centerstand license frame is incongruous.

Well, at 120-130K one-handed, it is rather peaceful. Downside: Every kid in a slammed Civic or Jetta wants to race.

Nice! Almost exactly the mileage on my '04 when I bought it. As to desireability, a "homeless" young woman holding a cardboard sign at the freeway off-ramp stopped begging for a moment and said "Nice bike." I'll grant you that I have the red version.

Oh yeah. Wrestled with that bit on my '04. It is a combo rim attachment/anti-crush device that is apparently installed at the factory with the light pointing vertically.

If I can buy fresh Mikuni VM24 carb tops for my 1966 Yamaha, then someone will certainly step up in the case of Guzzi. And, higher grade materials would likely be used, if one is going to all that trouble.

Sparkly is my once per year favorite. Have a bottle of Dom Pérignon standing by.

Any discernible difference in offset? It's meant to clamp 54mm tubes. Are the early V11 fork tubes that size?

Guzzis are quite idiosyncratic. It's just that they idioSYNCH perfectly with a select few humanoids.

This video is a hoot to watch. Hilarious Aussie take (oh, I'll hear about that...) on Italian engineering and craftsmanship. Was laughing out loud. Even though Jay confused the bevel drive with the Desmo system.

Friends don't let friends have Guzzi-less dreams. Guzzi-loss?

Get a better friend.

Nope. I'm in a monoGuzzimous relationship.

And how is it supposed to buzz the tower?

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Two reason for hope: 1. I'll probably be dead by then and 2. The world may end. Does it occur to no one at Airbus that man may create that which is possibly equal to himself (but not self-repairing!) but certainly not greater? Sounds rather arrogant. I am reminded of ED209 in Robocop: I'm sure it's only a glitch"

Autopilot is a doubled-edged sword. It helps alleviate pilot fatigue, but it in some way relegates the pilot to "aircraft attendant." When it comes time to do some emergency seat of the pants flying, we see some spectacular and tragic results. Similar things happen in cars and trucks, but planes make the news.

Has it changed since the Air France flight that stalled into the Atlantic?

Rarest SBF heads(?) the "ill-fated" '68 tunnel port 302 - just before the Boss 302 hit the scene. Mighta worked for Trans-Am, but bad for the street. Lots more known about the SBF than a few years ago. What I do remember is to get a billet oil pump drive shaft. I have seen the OEM hex shafts spun like a barber pole.