Joe

I’m a service manager for a company in the elevator industry. Most electrical components like drives, pc boards, soft starts and lastly older design relays are made in China. Parts procurement during the COVID era has been abysmal as provinces have been shut down in the supply chain, aka a China. So everything is already made in China, even if it’s branded with a western company name. Lastly the prices have almost doubled from pre-covid era. Because of this, we get drives repaired, typically the repair shop has 70 in line on the floor to be repaired, so lead times are 21-23 days before they even look at it. Sorry about the rant, but Chinese parts are the source for electrical parts.

KaleV11, who purchased @ Ace Hardware.

Docc, is the relay on the left wider? If so your going to change out the relay base?

Not sure if this is going to work, but a screen shot pic of a V100 Mandello FB post, anyways a new V100 with motor issues stemming from a C-clip not installed correctly on a rocket arm shaft. Which is exactly what Giuseppe was trying to say…..

Paul Harvey “ The rest of the story”

Docc, bring that to the sKSR tech sessions garage.

p6x, I’ve owned 4 Guzzi’s, all big block air cooled, 3-1100, 1-850. I love Guzzi’s with all of their quirks of ownership. I think Giuseppe loves Guzzi’s too, just after production has been vetted out, that’s a fair statement. I’ve got to say, I’m still drawn to the V100 like a fly to a bug zapper, but am trying to refrain till I see them run a little.

Bill, I promise to capture the moments of the inaugural sKSR (spring Kentucky SpineRaid).

Maybe one can see the direction of the company as where they spent the development money. Piaggio spent it on the Euro 5 compliant small block and a completely new water cooled "Big Block". That said, look at the California model, a Moto Guzzi staple from 1971 to 1921, once they gave up on that model (1400 couldn't make Euro 5), all that's left is the future. Probably another Stelvio along side the V100, its a different customer base than the California EV set. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_Guzzi_California#:~:text=Moto Guzzi have produced a,Italian furniture maker Poltrona Frau.

I agree 100%

Docc, anybody in this pic still attending the Spine Raids?

This bike sounds unreal, incredible.

This sums it up well…..

Just bought a Royal Enfield Scram 411 today. Picking it up Saturday.

Bill, thank you for your service and the lesson in history. I started up the OL' Google machine and found this.... https://dday-experience.com/en/

“It’s like Burning Man. Without the smells” Classic Doc, what a great “idea”

I agree 100% with Giuseppe from the same article- Giuseppe Grisi 20 hours ago All that is well and good. Maybe. Fair question: Can Gooz execute? Fact is they prototyped this motor what 25 years ago? And the look, the vibe of the bike recalls an awkward take on the regrettably failed Terreblanche experiment. They'd be way better off today if they'd had the ball bearings to roll with it. It's all indicative of a company missing the backbone to lead. Yes, Guzzi is sometimes nice on design and dynamics, but just abysmal on execution. At the end of the day Gooz reliably fails and shows contempt for its customers by pumping out poorly assembled, poorly executed, not ready for prime-time bikes. Don't believe me? Three little words. Griso valve train. Look it up. And I'm going to beat on that drum and add: Griso electrics. Griso lubrication. This all applies to Stelvio as well. Don't get me started on dealerships, service, the Roadside Contempt Program. So until someone can persuade me that Mandello has implemented a well-funded and serious program to vet components, vendors, assembly line performance and invests in a serious way on building the dealer network, the answer is: non tra un milione di anni Hey, three time Gooz owner here. Just fired up a couple of them for the first time this year. So I've been there, rode that, got the toolbox to prove it.

My guess 5500-6k.

7800 miles….it’s not even broken in yet.

Hens teeth are easier

BSA produced the "Brown Bess" and her daughter known as "Black Betty" for whom a famous British marching song was named, that later became a negro field song and even later a famous rock song.