helicopterjim R.I.P.

It depends on wheter he is inhaling or exhaling!!

Buy it and come over to Chilliwack so I can see it. I havn't seen one in the valley yet.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAAP!!! I got you a couple of birthday presents but they got distracted and missed their flight. Maybe next year!!

Aaaaaaah!! Seven hundred and forty eight cee cee's!!

Not even a hint of the 850 - yet.

Valley is also promised delivery in July on one hand but then no guarantee on the other hand. Also no guarantee of when parts will be available but promised they will be coming by July. After my phone call to Toronto I get the feeling Moto Guzzi is low on their priority list.

704 cc!

I decided to check into the new importer for Moto Guzzi in Canada. They are called Canadian Scooter Corp and are based in Toronto. My first impressions are what f%@&^g genius entrusted the importation of Moto Guzzi to a scooter company? I then decided to call the number on their website for customer relations - link here. I spoke to Rachel and asked her about dealers in western Canada. She said they havn't decided who will be dealers yet but should know by the end of June. I asked her what about the 2 dealers in BC at this time? Why are they not able to get bikes or parts. She said nothing can be done until they decide who will be the dealers. Biting my lip I then asked what models will be imported. She replied that it will be the Breva and Griso 1100 only but perhaps other models will come later. She emphasised that she is only public relations and does not have all the details. I assured her that I did not expect her to know what is going on as no one else seems to know either. So what does this mean? I really don't know but it smells ominous and not good for Moto Guzzi in Canada as we know it. Perhaps it will become a designer bike here or perhaps they have a brave new marketing plan to completely change the way Moto Guzzi has been sold here. I know that the local dealer is choked that he know's little of what is going on and more choked that they are not bringing in the Breva 750 or Nevada 750. They have both sold well here and there is still demand for V11's and California's. Then there is getting parts! Then who are the dealers? I know of a dealer in Calgary who has been promised a dealership but has yet to see a Guzzi part let alone a bike. I hope that they and others (ie the possible dealer in Victoria) are not being led down the garden path. Or is it that they are being groomed as replacements for the existing dealers. I hope they realise the extent of loyalty for the 2 dealers in BC at this time. I really hope something good comes of this but more so I think that Moto International in Seattle will be getting a lot more Canadian business.

He must have been thinking of this as he wrote it!

I'm thinking of trying a V11 fairing on my Monster ....

With regards to this post you get to decide which one is ratchethack!! Photo #1 Photo #2 Photo #3 Photo #4

I'm not a big fan of the spatial plane. I can give you I prefer the spatial helicopter!

I thought we all turned into fertiliser and worm food!!

Uh oh! I fear ratchethack will be moving to Romania now (although Mexico may admit him as well). absolutism vs relativism

The new importer in Toronto has informed Gord that the new Breva and Griso will be here in June of 2006 and they will be 2007 models. The bizarre part is that they are not offering Breva or Nevada 750's at this time nor the California. They still don't have a parts supply so parts have to be ordered from USA still. I can not find any Canadian dealers listed on the American website. I too am frustrated. I'll go work on the Centauro now.

Does the absolute future and absolute past apply to relativists too?

..... drunk lying in a ditch (or burn if I was in Scotland).

Go UK but still proud to be Canadian.

For Australia and New Zealand substitute sheep for doggy

Guzzi vs Ducati vs Gucci vs Armani vs Rossi Rossi vs Biaggi Bayliss vs Corser Roberts vs Sheene Hayden vs Rossi vs Melandri vs Pedrosa vs Stoner vs Capirossi I tried Agostini vs Hailwood but the results made me sad so no show.

It's been nice knowing ya, Ryan!

I have never been there but I think the Dutch make cheese so you could try eating some.

Interesting how Serge is better known in France and Jaap is more popular in Holland. Such are the mysteries of life. Serge vs Jaap

Good for Canada. I won't be vacationing in the Philipines though.

Brilliant. At least we English speakeing peoples have our priorities straight (not gay).