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I'll never look at a Beemer again...

@audiomickLooks like the fairing in your second link has an additional piece attached...maybe for additional deflection. Look at the pic where the bike is next to the van. It is pretty evident there. Those Italians have some different ideas on staging in their ads. I look at those pics and want to scream for someone to get this damn bike out of the way. Also the description "if looks could kill the Laverda would be a mass murderer" could have been rethought a bit. On that same vein though, it looks killer in red.

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/mcy/d/portland-1984-laverda-rgs-1000/7808966370.html

A bit more refined than the Jota, according to the article. It's a bike that I always loved the look of. But back in those years, Ducatis won out. https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1984/10/1/laverda-rgs1000-corsa

Came up for sale in PDX today. Older Italian beauty. 14,000 miles.

It has a Midnight Diner feel to it, but in the daytime. I really enjoyed my two weeks in Japan in winter 2019. So many interesting places to eat, inside of course because of the season. This reminded me of that trip. I want to go back in spring or summer... maybe to eat there?

Silicone spray is great, just don't get it on your fingers...everything is slippery then. I use Windex for those quick little push to seat stuff.

https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/18195-tank-off-maintenance-checklist/

Two that have left us way too soon. What could have been.

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I checked with them today since I need one too. They are no longer available. So it is back to getting it recovered. Too bad, my daughter lives in Austin and could throw it in overhead when she comes home to visit. Good conversation starter.

That has a Spine Raid beat...

We had the Urge For Going, now we are Underway. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-S6uOShZ_FQ&feature=shared

He just joined the group yesterday...after trading in his 900RS for his first Guzzi.

Coincidentally, this appeared today. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12Bk2czNN7T/

I've seen a bunch of them too, and think he does a great job on them. There's the one where he went down avoiding a deer on one of his rides. He and Griso got banged up pretty bad, but it could've been worse.

I think so...but those Webers are just beautiful, especially the eg1. I'm sure the law of diminishing returns applies here, and idk if my palate is that refined to taste the differences between flat burr and conical. I am going to search out an espresso bar that knows their stuff and has the equipment to see how it compares to my cup of mud.

Apples to oranges. I've been a simple carpenter for over 50 years with an affinity for things well built from wood, especially when they are old.

Nice! I wonder where they got the new decal. I'll have to keep my eye out for one. I like the simplicity.

My Olympia Express is almost 40 years old. I bought it for $400 at Zabars in NYC as a birthday present for my girlfriend. We parted many years later and remained friends. She was moving and had a garage sale and invited me to come down a day early to see if I was interested in anything. When I arrived I saw she had this unit for sale along with her leather motorcycle jacket I also bought for her. Long story short, I had to buy them both back. The jacket got used by other women over time and the espresso maker is still working fine. My kids used it for years for frothing up their cocoa. It blows me away to see what they are selling for today. I only had to pay $100 to get it back.