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No doubt. But I'm right with you on the rest of the post too.

Quite possibly, although one must take into account that the manufacturer will always claim that his invention is better than what one can do oneself. Whatever, I don't expect to have 24 Grand in any currency to give away on a whim, so I'll probably have to continue to rely on my right foot.

Thanks. I'll keep my eyes open for that.

I can see that working. I believe I tend to do that with my right foot.

I never thought of it like that, but yes, you are dead right.

Ah, now that you mention it, I think I had read references to that on the German forum. Thanks for your insights, particularly those regarding the riders. I had had my suspicions.

Yes, I read that topic. It was a couple of years ago, so I don't remember the details really. I think it was ABS from a Norge or Breva 1100 on a Griso. If I think of it and find time, I try and find it. Just had a quick look, and it looks like it will be a bit of a search.

Well I'd be interested, if you can find the inspiration. Even though I'll probably never have one, I find the Convert somehow fascinating.

Well, perhaps I didn't express myself well. Karsten was setting TPS with a multimeter, and synchronising/balancing with one of those "pressure difference" devices, and Beard was looking at the things that Guzzi Diag displays.

Yes, impact tool. I have a couple of modern screwdrivers, both flat blade and phillips, in which the blade goes all the way throught the handle so you can hit the back end of the screwdriver with a bloody great hammer to loosen reluctant screws.

It did. I didn't get all the housework done that I was planning, but did get out for an hour each on the V35 Imola (running again after lurking in the garage for more than 18 months with oil leaks and things...) and the Breva 750 (needs to be ridden regularly to keep the battery up). I didn't get very far, really only doodling around the outskirts and just outside of town, but it really did me good. I reckon I'll be able to ride the Breva the couple of km's to work tomorrow, but then it looks like it is all going to go bad towards the end of the week. More snow, and stuff like that. The worst of it is, it looks like it might snow and then stay cold and dry for a week or ten days. That means, in the worst case, salt on the roads and no rain to wash it off again for a long time.

It is correct that a multi-meter should be used to measure the voltage across the fully closed TPS, and that is what was happening in the photo further up. Beard was using Guzzi Diag to monitor other trivialities like CO trim, real r.p.m. (as opposed to what the tacho was claiming) engine temperature and so on. It is not correct that Guzzi Diag is "not accurate enough" to measure the fully closed TPS value. Guzzi Diag "only" shows the values being used by the ECU for engine management, and does that absolutely accurately and reliably. The point is, the ECU is not set up and programmed to process a value for "fully closed TPS". The resolution is not particularly high for the TPS values, I think only 8-bit, and the first step that registers as "not closed anymore" is several degrees open. Therefore, Guzzi Diag cannot receive an accurate value from the ECU for the fully closed TPS position because the ECU is not discriminating between 0° and some several degrees open, and what Guzzi DIag doesn't receive, it can't display.

I like that formulation. It indicates that "proper" tools last a long time, and have a kind of life of their own. Whatever, I know that good tools "talk" to me the same way good musical instruments do, even if I can't play them.

Would you, as a recognised Guru and experienced Convert owner (ex), care to list "their quirks"? I've read some stuff, but haven't retained it, as a Convert is not on my shopping list. The only thing I can remember is that one cannot shift from "high range" to "low range" without stopping. Not a real problem, most "proper" 4WD cars are the same, if I recall correctly. But one must know such things.

There are a couple of members on the German forum who have Converts. Apparently they are pretty robust, once you know the couple of quirks. Nice film, but the man should really learn how to produce audio properly.

What you describe is pretty much my "tactic" too. There's a workshop not far from me. Chaotic, but the owner used to have a Breva 1100 himself, and I regularly see Guzzis there. He does the things that I don't want to tackle, either because I don't have the tools (tyre changes, for instance) or knowledge, or just don't want to do (brake fluid, for instance, which I just hate doing), and the bi-annual roadworthy certificates. He's now known me long enough that I can go in there and ask dumb questions any time I like. Works for me.

I'm feeling cautiously optimistic. Snow last night and this morning here, with Temp. around 1°c. The warm front is coming through right now ( 3:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon). In the next couple of hours the temperature is expected to go up about 5°C, bringing rain through the night. By tommorow midday it is expected to be around 13°C with 20% likelihood of rain. Here's hoping.... Tuesday night it is supposed to snow again.

Having never heard of the place, I looked it up on Open Street Map. How bizarre.

I listened to a segment on the radio here recently. They were talking about that subject. What interested me most was that the "expert" doing the talking, who spoke as if she had invented that whole subject area, said exactly the same things that I heard during my time at the university. In the mid 1980's. The gist of it is, if you let the computer do all the work, you are not composing the music. If you "feed" the computer with data of your choice, and select elements of the result to your choice, you are composing. It's all about using the AI, and not letting it use you.

I want the guitars on the wall. They're not playing them, so they could easily give them to me.

I certainly haven't had any problems dragging in images to the gallery, and I haven't re-sized any of them.

I use Gimp for that. It's free.... https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ The program can do heaps of stuff that I can't do, i.e. it is complicated because it is very powerful. Downsizing an image is fairly easy. My version is in German, so I am guessing bit, but anyway... Open the image in the program. Look for a menu that is titled "picture" or something similar. It is called "Bild" in the German version, which means "picture". In that menu, there is an option titled "Bild Skalieren", which translates as "scale picture", so something like that. Select that, and you can specify the size of the image. Save and exit.

I reckon I read a couple of times about potential cracking in the frame, maybe around the swing-arm mount, on the early model(s). Don't remember the details, I'm afraid, as the Quota doesn't interest me at all (chook-chaser...)

No idea why I thought of this just now. I don't even like R.E.M. much. Just a weird day, I suppose.

I couldn't get out on the 1st., unfortunately. Looking at the weather, and my work schedule, I probably wont get out the next couple of days either. Work, and snow predicted over the next couple of days. But Monday the 6th. is predicted to get up to around 13°C, with a bit of rain beforehand to wash away the salt on the roads. And I have the day off. Fingers are crossed.