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This is a live video and not some pre-recorded content available from Ducati marketing. As usual, if you watch on YouTube directly, you can get the auto-translation, or you can simply have a look at the images. I never liked the Diavel personally. This version has been modidified to be less excessive in ergonomy. Its a power cruiser. Supposedly comfortable for long distance. At 30,000 EUR a pop, without me!

There is no competition on who reported it first; I have a feeling that MotoGP is not really followed a lot here. Only a few of us are keeping tabs. Going back to the GP24 chassis, it seems indeed that the 2025 season will start with a GP25 with the same chassis, engine and aerodynamics as the GP24. In any case, owing to Marquez' sprint race simulation, Ducati remains the reference in the field, even with their 2024 bike. The others teams have still not caught up with them. The only question that everybody has, who between Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez will win the 2025 World MotoGP championship? Personally, I don't even think there is a question; Marc Marquez will win.

Its officicial now; all the 2025 and 2026 Ducati bikes will use the 2024 engine. The 2025 version of the engine has been discarded by both Bagnaia and Marquez. I think it is interesting because all the Ducati bikes will have the exact same engine for the next two seasons. This also means that the GP25 chassis will most likely remain the 2024 with some probable evolutions. According to Tardozzi, the challenge is to manufacture the necessary 2024 spec'ed engines in time for homologation, for the three Ducati that were initially going to use the 2025 version. So in theory, the six Ducati of 2025 and 2026 are going to have the same engine.

This is the sad truth, that financial investors takes control and only manage companies to make as much money as possible, not caring for any other aspects. It seems that one of the major KTM US creditor, Whitebox Advisor LLC, is not happy with the restructuration plan since KTM is trying to limit those investment funds from having too much control in the future company's management. We will have the answer on February 25th, when the plan will be revealed by the administrator.

I have been considering a Norge also. However, I have an issue with space to garage it. I own a Quota and a Le Mans; I thought the third motorcycle should be one that is a tad more engineered for long distance travel. Not that I have not travelled long distance with both the Quota and the Le Mans. Also, I think a 1200 8 valves should complete my selection of Guzzi. Initially, I was dead set on the Griso, but I realized that it was too close to the Le Mans, spirit wise. The Norge seemed the perfect choice. Unfortunately, the 1200 8V models do not offer the large color selection their earlier sisters did. If you opt for the latest Norge, you only get Black or White. I spent time studying the various models and did not find anything that has not been reported in this forum before.All the main defects have been described such as the CARC bearings, and the few electrical quirks that affect almost every Guzzi, one way or another. I also got from @PJPR01, that the front fairing leaves the shoulders a bit exposed. All the rest is very acceptable, considering the model age and older conception. Additionally, all the motorcycles are usually tuned to meet the EURO environmental regulations, and Guzzi went through those by playing with the FI on these air cooled engines. That equated to a lower mpg. For a bike meant to tour, it is a drawback. According to the available litterature, at cruise speeds, you will get to 170 miles on a tank. If you really ride it hard, then it will be about 140 miles. That can be improved by remapping the ECU.

I forgot to tell you; I checked the prices of same year (1977) motorcycles, currently for sale in Europe. Now, as you know, it is not easy to compare as the USA is its own ecosystem. Now, all the Le Mans 850 around that millesime are well above the 10,000 mark; I found one completely stock in UK with a ask price of 18,000 GBP. Given that his bike has been modified, I would say 10,000 is probably the ceiling.

@4corsa I read all the narrative; This bike, in particular the engine has been heavily modified. I quote: If you are a very handy mechanic, or have access to someone who has a good command on Guzzi, you may go for it. The problem, when you have something which is not stock, you have no written guidelines should something go wrong. You can also see that he has modified the frame for racing. This also maybe cause for concern. If I was in the market for one, I would get somebody with strong knowledge to make an assessment. Such as the guy from 46works in Japan... else, I would pass.

This is a pic of a 1977 model for sale in the UK; brake fluid container is cylindrica.

this is the view of the bike listed for sale from above: its missing the steering dampener too. Front brake liquid reservoir is squared. On older bikes, it used to be cylindrical and see through? it is like that on my own V11. The pics above have it that way.

A quick look at photos of 1977 Le Mans seems to backup your memory. Anyhow, having those upper tubes protruding so much is odd.

If you are ever interested in having a record of your mileage and expenses, if you can be bothered to keep tabs, I recommend that you use the Triplog App. on your phone. I use the free version of the App, and for the first time this year, they sent me a report, to encourage me to subscribe. The main purpose of this application is to record trips and expenses that could be used when you do your federal taxes. I only record the trips I make when I do the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas, and because it is the unpaid version, I have to start and stop the trips manually in the app. Which is not a big problem. I only log the fuel, but you could also input all the other charges if you were interested in finding out how much you spend on a particular outing.

I looked at the photos, and it is easy to tell they are vector editing works. I have learned a lot when designing the forum's logo to make a patch. Those will remain art projections or exercises; I may be wrong, but I don't see the current Guzzi market ready for a V100 base Le Mans. Of course, I base my opinion of what I see in Texas, which is certainly not a reflexion of the rest of the USA. My frequent travels to France showed that commuters main staple are scooters, or smaller cubed bikes, as required to go through traffic. The bread and butter of Guzzi is its V7 line, or so it seems. Their best seller is the V85TT. I am curious to see how the new V7 Sport will fare. I would have possibly been interested, if they had kept analogical instruments rather than another TFT screen.

I found the lady worth taking a picture in front of my V11... now I just need to make time so she can be blessed with a Guzzi picture... do you see how she waves at me?

Unfortunately, the required accident to enforce changes that otherwise were never considered. This is the sadest part of it. Many pilots, allegedly had already avoided similar incidents in the past, with no immediate action. You see, in my company, some of our annual objectives were to report near-miss incident, so they could trigger mitigation measures before they would become accidents. You can see, that in recent years, we have seen several cases of runway intrusions, aircraft hits on tarmac, and traffic issues. I don't see that many happening outside of the USA. Possibly because they are not reported as much? I don't know. But if you are old enough to remember the Tenerife airport disaster in 1977, when two airplanes collided, we don't want to see this happen again. It just did...

@Tennitragic By the title, I thought you were looking for blue pills....

This channel was created in June 2024.... that says it all!

Since ChatGPT got out, YouTube is rife with those A.I. generated content, complete with robot voice. I have not really dug into it, but from what I have been told by people with access to subscription versions, you can create stuff without much effort. 2025 Le Mans unveilled does not make any sense, because Guzzi would have unveilled it at EICMA 2024, if it had been in the works. The adventure bikes segment is what really works in Europe. I maybe wrong, but I don't see a V100 Le Mans having much traction. Guzzi's best seller was the V7 and V85TT. I don't know how the Mandello and Stelvio are fairing, but out of the two, I would bet the Stelvio is the one.

Today I came upon a lady with a name tag Patrice. This is a male name in French. The female counterpart being Patricia.

Agreed. I know some Michaels around here. But for French names, it works. I can tell that nobody today is named "Gontrand", or Marguerite, Barnabé, or Barnabée, Colette, Clarabelle....

I understand. I forgot to ask you if you were a native English or German native speaker. I am a French native speaker. Born and raised in Paris. When I started to work internationally, my French was the typical Parisian accented one. When I listen to me speaking anything, I hear my French accent. Each time I return to France, I have some people asking me how come I know French so well. I surprise them when I tell I am French, born and raised. Somehow, over the years of expatriation, the lack of speaking French, I am guessing my accent is no longer current; this is most likely why French people that don't know better think I am Canadian. They have clearly never heard a French speaking Canadian. Another dead give away is my first name. From the 50's. Also, I am using expressions which are no longer used today. When you don't live in the country, you don't stay current. Typical. The first names are usually a good indication of the age of a person.

What I have been saying all along!!!!

The best version of "I just died in your arms tonight", with the long guitar impro intro. I remember when I first heard that song, I was in Port-Harcourt in Nigeria... I always found strange how a song can mark time and space in our lives.

Before I realized the guy was in Australia, I did pick the hint of a South African accent. In fact, he does not have the very identifiable Australian accent. Do you speak German with an Australian accent? do the people that don't know you tell you that you don't sound German?

I really enjoyed that guy's narrative... South Africa, Military. He must have played Rugby at some point, and he can say Moto Guzzi properly!!!