Joe

I have fond childhood memories of my parents partying (late at night) listening to Fleetwood Mac. Lindsey Buckingham-

Nice example, high mount exhaust with plenty of carbon fiber Farkle.

Branding in image only doesn’t work. VW recently invested billions into Rivian, then basically restyled their SUV & Trucks to mimick the mighty Scout. My grandfather worked and retired at IH Louisville stamping factory. I have a deep appreciation for IH Scout and would like to buy a refurbished Scout one day. But not a badge engineered styling exercise derivative of Rivian.

How about Volkswagen owned branding of the Old International Scout? Scout Motors.....

I had to Google them too, "How to destroy a brands value"

Killer Rebrand

Having ridden & owned both, Japanese & Italian motorcycles, it boils down to character. Guzzi’s IMO look great and rumble and emit soul every time you ride. My dad bought a 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS in metallic Candy tone Brown/Orange, it sparkled in the sun light. Was set up for torque so only 110HP, making it a very street-able rider. The stainless 4-1 exhaust, wheels, and overall fit and finish was excellent. He traded at the KY Guzzi rally w Carl (Gateway) for a brand new Blue 23 V7 Special. Also beautiful, oozing w Guzzi character that he doesn’t ride due to the transmission, full of um…character, I.e. clunky 1st to 2nd upshifts, which must have been assembled on a Friday. I would own both bikes and be happy, even dad’s V7 with transmission issues, but I think the guy in the video likes the distinctly smooth running, Japanese made, um… character-less Z900RS.

Docc, if you don't use them on the Sport I bet a compact car could use them.

Is a Tenni more rare than a Rosso Corsa, Nero Corsa? Maybe Is it a better bike than a Coppa Italia or Scura with their Ohlins suspension? Nope It is a beautiful model of a V11 Lemans? Absolutely

Docc looks stock but could it be a 2002 rear wheel installed on an 01? Would it even fit?

Bill Hagan was known as "Ballabio Bill" in early Spine Raids per Docc's event notes.

👆🏼Ballabio Bill (Hagan)

👆🏼Ballabio Bill (Hagan)

Docc, I’m glad you rode it home, just short of a miracle. I have a question, is the heat shield still glued to the bottom of tank? Mine had fallen off early on during ownership of my first 01 V11 Silver Sport. Off memory, that’s fading, it would act the same way riding in extreme South N’ humid heat coughing and dying while slowing down to idle. Cheap low octane or bad gas would make it have episodes too. Like Gene stated, the relay logic of the bike was functioning fine. I remember checking everything on the bike, then it would eventually fire up and be ridden directly home. Last question, how much impact does the heat shield have on extreme heat days, could the fuel be getting too hot?

MM can’t seem to qualify on that bike with a good but not factory team. He has made multiple mid grid starts and made podium this year. Some folks are going to always hate his style, I’ve found myself in that camp, especially when he dominated at HRC for many years, made the sport boring to watch. But now, he is racing as if his career depended on it. After his crash, I thought he should hang it up for the weekend, then he podiums 2nd. Imagine the superior engineering of the Ducati factory team behind him to qualify what is possible. It will be interesting next season to see, but this season has already been a special one for the Marquez brothers.

MM 93, high sides over the weekend, breaks a finger, bruised ribs, qualifies 13th, finishes 2nd in GP race

The guy in the video quipped he would trade them all for a yellow Lamborghini.

audiomick- The initial bike is a bad start to the video. Most of the bikes had been restored by different people basically describing the owner as more of a buyer than restorer. But their are many cool bikes in this collection from two-strokes to 6 cylinder bikes. The Benelli had many Moto Guzzi sourced parts, looks like the front forks and triple tree, but I could be wrong.

Wow…….

Ducati is dominating…

2002 and newer?