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Over the years I have encountered a number of more or less famous musical artists. The trend is, the better and more experienced they are at what they do, the more likely there are to be relaxed and friendly. The difficult ones are those who are not as good as they would like to be (and know it deep down inside...).

Yes. Although the engine apparently had little in common with the stock engine as fitted in Oldsmobiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham_BT19#Engine_and_transmission

Just as a matter of interest, how many people here know who Jack Brabham (mentioned in the article) was?

Mine live in the courtyard under covers. The V11 is in my garage around the corner at the moment, but that is only because it needed some work that isn't quite finished. I don't like leaving them outside, but I want them available. If I had to go somewhere to get on the bike, I'd probably never ride. If they're here, they get ridden. A house or flat with a closed garage would be nicer, but we don't have that, and aren't likely to get one here in Leipzig. So the bikes live outside.

Very impressive.

A kind of a protest band from Melbourne in the late '80s. I believe one of them was a fellow music student at the uni I was at. Figure it out for yourself. I never did... EDIT: PS: they always wore masks on stage. No-one really knew what they looked like. All part of the gag.

I'm getting nostalgic. Friends of mine from back in the day.

Another one from "my time" in Melbourne. I worked as the house technician in a pub called "the Tote" for about two years in the late 80's. This band was big in Melbourne at the time. Watch the video, and you'll know why. The singer was Chris Wilson, unfortunately passed away in 2019. The blond woman on Guitar is Barb Waters. Brilliant performers. The rest of the band as well.

and this

Nothing to do with the previous posts, but I'm on a roll.

You too.

@docc in that video that Kindoy2 posted, is that a Fender bass or not? It doesn't look like it to me, but I'm not sure. And... I listened to the whole thing again on the headphones. The drum kit also sounds really, really good. The Hammond too, of course, but one doesn't need to mention that, actually. They always sound good.

Two christmas songs: I posted this on the german forum. I reckon it is one of the best christmas songs ever: and somebody else countered with this. I didn't know of it, but I have to admit it is also pretty good.

I want that Gibson. (and that little orange amp....)

@Lucky Phil I went looking for info on that bloke in the video. Found this about the "Manhatten Institute" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Institute_for_Policy_Research and enough about the speaker to recognise with a reasonable amount of reliability that he is a hard-core conservative capitalist. I'm not saying he's telling fibs, but I'm convinced he's pushing a pretty big barrow.

As far as I am aware, there are only metric grams, defined as one gram being one thousanth of a kilogram. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_base_unit

I'd reckon that would be right. We all know what this time of year can be like. Suits me fine.

I maintain that I would not confuse "being different" with really good design. My usual reaction to "just being different" is, to put it politely, a distinct aversion.

Hopefully donate it to an appropriate museum.

That is a point that is discussed regularly on the german forum, and which came up this evening at dinner with a couple of Guzzi owners here in Leipzig. One of the blokes I was with proposed that there is a "low point" about 25 years after the introduction of a vehicle on the market (assuming it has the potential to remain interesting over the years), after which the price goes up again, at least for a while. The other side of the coin is, the type of person who collects motor vehicles seems to be becoming less common. The younger generation(s) doesn't (don't) seem to have the same interest in cars and bikes, and therefore has less interest in collecting the "dream of their youth" as they get older and more affluent. The older Guzzis seem to be, at least here, stagnating in value. There is a school of thought that says the prices are going to drop in the next years as more and more older owners of several machines sell their collections due to old age, or the bikes are sold by their heirs after they pass on. I think there is a lot of truth in that thought. It will be interesting to see how the percieved value of the various V11 models develops over the next years. I tend to think that there will be a few, maybe very few, enthusiasts who are interested in them. On the other hand, I can see the possibility that the interest will wane as the generation that was young when they came out no longer can or will ride them. Having said that, there was a bloke at the Edersee Rally this year with a greenie. He was only about 30, and seemed to be quite rapt about his V11.

Exactly. I wear a hat whenever I leave the house, but I take care to take it off in the car to ensure that I drive safely... I remember one day when I was on my way from Greensborough in to the city. Late eighties or early nineties. On the way through Ivanhoe I came up behind a Volvo station wagon, a couple of years old, squeaky clean and polished to a tee. The custom number plate said "GRANDPA", and the bloke in it hat his hat on. I pulled over and waited for a couple of minutes until he was well gone.

Yes, I remember that period. In Melbourne in the late eighties, Volvos were considered to be the most dangerous cars on the road. Not for the people in the Volvo, for everyone and everything else on the road. Particualarly motorcycles.

I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.

For an unfortunately large proportion of drivers people in general, probably nothing. People are often "comfortable" (i.e. lazy and self-centred...).

Another voice from the (no doubt eminently sensible... ) Aussie faction: As Phil said, why do the pipes have to stick out from the heads like an ugly set of crash bars? Fairly obviously too loud, but that is the muffler, not the headers. What happened to the heat shield? Where those headers are placed, the heat shield is definitely a good idea. Fairly obviously too loud, but I may have already mentioned that. Don't like the colour. Edit: oh yeah, nearly forgot: 1 cm more diameter is all well and good, but how does that relate to the diameter of the outlet port in the head? If that is well matched to the stock exhaust, I can't really see any benefit in larger bore headers.