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A lack of any maintenance at all, I would think. Poor motorbike... Edit: I just went looking to see if Molly had recently posted "I just bought a V11 (something or other)". I didn't find that, but what I did find is a number of posts from Molly up until 2010, and then nothing until just recently. So I am inclined to ask @Molly: Is that the same bike as the one that prompted the posts 15 years ago (and has it been standing in a shed in the meantime), or is it one that has just been purchased recently (and has maybe been standing in a shed for the last 15 years anyway) ?

Looks like it was not so much the spline as the shaft itself that was causing grief. Is that the case?

I started a thread on that topic a while back. I found the resulting discussion quite interesting.

And now for something completely different (again ) I became aware of this bloke through a TV documentary. I had never heard of him, and was amazed. Amongst other things, hearing what he did explains why anyone could possibly think hip-hop is ok. They are all trying to do what he did, but can't. Anyway... Gil Scott Heron. Enjoy...

I don't think it is my kind either, going by that advertisment posing as news.

Doesn't look all that good...

I never knew Springsteen wrote that. Just went looking and found out. Still, I prefer what Manfred Mann did with it. While we're at it, this is great, always was and always will be... And since Chris Thomspon is such a legend, this too. Johnny Farmhand got famous (again) with it, but Chris wrote it. And since we've mentioned John Farnham, this was his first hit. I don't know if anyone outside of Australia ever heard of it...

Why not? Piaggio is, to my knowledge, the biggest scooter manufacturer in the world. Why would they buy in an engine in that category, when they undoubtably have one of their own that works perfectly well?

And now for something completely different... We studied this piece at the University. Coltrane is mostly playing arpeggios, which, at 130 bpm, is not really surprising. Interesting is how the pianist launches into his solo, and after a while just gives up and starts playing chords. Shortly afterwards, Coltrane takes over again. EDIT: for anyone who wants to have a go at it... https://musescore.com/user/498481/scores/6680232

That's the point of it all, isn't it? It'd be a bit boring if we all posted the same stuff.

And just for the hell of it, because the topic is apparently currently relevant in Texas: That should be the whole album. If not,maybe this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwCQJcTYWzA&list=PL02pDPRbhcyYrRtZq7YM7jVvpwOVrB8ZG EDIT: PS, I was planning to go to bed shortly. I think that is not going to happen now. Have to listen to what I posted...

So, @docc Rush: there we have it with the Rickenbacker Bass. Fantastic. Spell: I like this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9gMFU7pJfg&list=PL9qljB1kuQtVkJZZrvldNLi-K_Rb-CfYC&index=2 Tom Waits: my favourite, I think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPPtrqvHGEg

What a gloriously silly game. I wonder how long the motors last. Running pretty much constantly at red-line is generally not conducive to high mileages.

Indeed.

There is something about old farts who have been playing together for years that is quite unique, and really nice. Anyway... Having posted a link to "Made in Japan" (in my opinion probably the best live recording ever) I got to thinking about "best albums". Amongst my favourites, the common factor being a certain David Robert Jones, these two: (not actually my favourite song on the album, but one can hear Mr. Jones singing backing vocals from about 3:40) and one from the man himself and perhaps not one of the "best ever", but certainly worth mention and a product involving the said Mr. Jones But when one is on the subject of "best albums ever", is this one unavoidable, albeit on a completely different track ...

look here: https://guzzitek.org/gb/accueil_gb.htm I think this might be what you are looking for https://guzzitek.org/utilisation/gb/1100/V11_2004_112003_Util.pdf

Very nice, and nice to know that they kept on going. Al Jackson's cousin isn't quite the drummer that Al was. He took about half of the song to get in the groove, I reckon. But maybe it was just a bad moment. What I mean is how, in a really grooving band, not everyone is actually right on the beat. A good example is this: the drummer is just a bit ahead, the bass player is on, and the guitarist is just a tiny bit behind. That is how the magic happens. And as far as Hammond players go, the best ever. And a nice bloke into the bargain, a real Gentleman...

are generally more interested in selling new vehicles than keeping old ones running. Jus' sayin'...

It's your fault, @docc and then I went looking where the song (which I quite liked when it came out, when I was about 13 years old) came from. Following the chain, I inevitably landed here. I've actually got this version on a DVD called "Remebering Otis" which features an Otis Redding concert in Europe, and the backing band were these blokes.

Indeed.

Unaccountably, that reminds me of this...

Someone is already on to that...

To be honest, I haven't been there, but as far as I know, that could be true. They don't call it "The Land of the long white cloud" for nothing.

In the certain knowledge that a centering tool is required to re-assemble the clutch on the big-block guzzis, and that my clutch may well become due in the foreseeable future (the bike has about 70,000 km on the clock...) I bought one of these when a bloke in the German forum made a batch of them and offered them for a very reasonable price. I think I am now beginning to understand how it is supposed to work. Thanks very much.