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This weekend we have the Le Mans race! it should be an interesting race; well, hopefully it will be. The is racetrack is the one with the most braking, 35% of the time, according to Brembo. Ducati should not be getting too much of an advantage, maybe. It is said that Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins will race with a new inline 4. The French GP broke the racetrack attendance record the last two years, and they are hopeful to beat 297,471 this year. Meanwhile, have a little taste, back in 1988 when the French GP was taking place on the Paul Ricard racetrack, on 2 strokes bikes, and with Barry Sheene commenting with a bit of an Australian accent... lol...

Personal goods should not be subject to retaliatory taxes. As I have moved from country to country during my professional career, with some of my personal belongings in tow, I never had to pay import duty. Those so-called "tariffs", derived from the French "Tarif" meaning "price list", are directed towards new goods, for commercial resale. Say you are transferred to work in South America. Because cars in manufactured in South America are usually boxes with wheels, four generation older than the rest of the world, and more expensive, you decide to take your own Opel with you. After a few years of work in Macae (Brazil), your company transfers you back to Stuttgart. Germany is not going to charge you import taxes on your car, purchased in Germany.

I thought Nigel was no longer setting speed traps?!

I am surprised! In my mind, import tax is applied to new goods, based on the country of origin. Your motorcycle is not new, and its country of origin is Italy, not the USA. I feel strange that your Canadian buyer would need to pay import duty on used goods, made outside the USA. Also, based on my own experience, if you have owned something for more than six months, you are exempted to pay duty, as it is considered your own property that you are bringing back. When I came to the USA, I shipped a container from France of my own items, nothing new, but no motor vehicle. I did not have to pay any import duty. The import tax is applicable to new goods, and the import tax percentage is based from the country of origin. What your buyer could do, I to purchase the motorcycle from you, and wait six months before getting it across the border. He can tell the Canadian authorities that he purchased it to tour the USA. I checked the US import regulations for personal belongings bringing into the USA, and nothing has changed. As long as those goods are not prohibited items, and they weren't purchased right before being imported, no tax duty is due.

Good call! I never looked at Quadlock, I considered them phone oriented. On the picture shown, it seems the clamp section is slimmer than my Smallrig, Insta360 ones. I also used Ulanzi, DJI accessories without much more success. The Insta360 X3 offers more flexibility, as I could anchor on the luggage rack of my V11, whenever I try it. Scottymakestuff has a lot of accessories, especially for GoPro cameras... check it out! Mounting cameras on my Quota is a dream compared to the V11...

Fulvio has Moto Guzzi coveralls. Maybe he is a retired Moto Guzzi employee? Someone forgot to tell him that if you personalize your motorcycle, to the extent of permanently immortalizing it with your name in multiple places, it may become difficult to sell... But what do I know....

Isn't that genius? 5/4 time signature...

In the same verve, someone is selling a modified Griso for 23K EUR. His name is "Fulvio", just in case you missed it...

I attempted to carry forward my love of guitar playing to my son... I initially bought him a smaller scaled guitar, so he could start developing his chops. Paid for guitar tutor too, because according to him, I was too strict. All that amounted to nothing, because as you clearly pointed out, this was me wanting him to learn to play guitar. I gave the guitar away to Goodwill, hoping that someone will make a better use of it. All the successful guitar players that have spoken about their humble beginnings wanted to learn. But you need to accept that sometimes, when you are a kid, you don't really know what you want. Michael Jackson would not have been Michael Jackson if his father had not imposed an army like discipline on his kids. Same for the Williams sisters... the will of their parents made them. Sometimes, you only need to provide the means, instigate the discovery, and the momentum keeps by itself. Also, if your family is into music, you have a better chance to succeed in it too. Look at Lalo Schifrin, Ennio Morricone... both had fathers that were into music. Prince too... father was a Jazz musician, mother a jazz singer... I fell in love with guitar playing after seeing Jimi Hendrix live at the Olympia. He was opening for Johnny Halliday. I was young, and my mother was horrified to see Jimi's playing antics on stage! she bought me a trumpet and I could only get to learn guitar when I did not have the time any longer. Fact is, my parents never were into music.

@docc the bass player has a smaller scale bass; probably because he has small hands...

The insta360 is most likely your best bet. Unfortunately, it is very expensive for what it is: 550.00 USD! I have the X3, which is currently being sold 330.00 USD, with taxes (Texas and Houston 8.25%) on Amazon. Plus, you need to purchase an SD card, and various accessories to install it on your motorcycle; there are plenty of brands making kits, so you don't necessarily need to purchase from Insta360 store. I can give you a tip about accessories: I have purchased many from different brands. Most of the clamping sections don't fit around the V11 clip-ons. Either because of the diameter, or because there is not enough width space to accommodate them. Plus, the vibrations from the engine tend to affect the quality of the video, and get all screwable parts loose. I have not even taken my X3 out of the box yet...

I own two video cameras: a DGI pocket 2, and an Insta360; for sound, especially while running, you need a separate recorder. I suggest the Zoom H1n, which cost nothing. I used it with my Le Mans, under the seat, where the tool kit was meant to go. My bike did not come with one (tool kit). You have to make a hard foam padding to set the zoom recorder in, so you don't get any parasite noises. Just the sound of the bike. Do not use the DGI pocket 2 for dynamic presentations. The gimbals on the head don't resist the wind, or in FPV (first person video) it is difficult to get it to focus where you want. For static presentations, it is perfect; see the sales video of my 1100 Quota below the Le Mans dynamic presentation. Although, on the Quota, I used the DGI, since I can hide it behind the screen. I can't with the Le Mans. But you can hear the wind, because I did not use the zoom recorder. Also, the vibrations. The Insta360 is supposedly better with eliminating vibrations digitally. I am planning to test the Insta360 soon. I purchased it more than one year ago, and I have not used it yet. Not even taken out of the box.... If I like it, I will purchase the latest Insta360 with the larger sensor.

I had the same oil leak problem. The nipple gets loose. Loosen the flexible connection first, holding the nipple. Then tighten the nipple that feeds the oil into the head. Following that, tighten the flexible onto the nipple. This is a metal to metal sealing, and the nut on the flexible will rotate.

Once could imagine an impurity in the alloy cast, or a fissure caused by a specific condition. Piaggio would know as their dealer would have reported the failure.