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At the head lamp for instance? Would be not too far away from your gauges then. Hubert

Even in another language? .... Even more so. The less you really understand of what you read or the less you are certain of what you think the other one has written, the brighter, bigger or more colourfull your imaginations can become - or in other words - the better these imaginations will fit into your own experiencies and memories - and the more such a writing may touch you then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt8k6U_7u60&feature=related ... sadly, often enough this mechanism works the other way round much better and easier hubert

Some fine reading once again, thx. As Baldini said, you couldn't have pictured this experience anyway, these things literally are radio things hubert

... see it at 6:30 tough job, but someone has to do it. hubert

... and you have a problem. Maybe the problem will go with the Power Commander? It's worth a try, it wouldn't be the first time. Hubert

here you go: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-61290.html

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The bike has something, nevertheless hubert

Hehe, so the storie's best part's still to come I have a route ready for DK already, btw. 800km straight up northbound. Seldom have planned something more suspect than this so far hubert

Good luck then... hubert

I was tempted to write "three - like in 'you can count to three?'" Castiglioni says the crisis actually still were not over, for the motorcycle market in general. Or in HD words: This new Ducati will not flop only, it has the potential to become a real disaster for them. They can only hope that Rossi at least will keep what they were promissing themselfs. hubert

" ...Fiat has been waging a bitter battle with the Italian unions over the company's plans to improve productivity through stricter working conditions and shut down a factory in Sicily. ..." That's the standard 'Cavaliere' rant I suppose. Just think of overcapacities in the 20% range in the automotive industry and you can see what they're afraid of. The typical thing is that again the poorest shall be the first when it comes to make sure the profit of his buddies. BTW: did you know that Castiglioni sold MV to HD for 57.5 mio usd? Then, 2 years later in 2010 and after HD had pushed another 47.5 mio usd into MV he bought the company back for exactly 3 dollars. I mean three, like 3 kids or 'I'll count to three'. Compared to the billions of dollars which vanish every now and then on their way from one bank to the next this MV deal still stands for some sort of extraordinary honourable business BTW-2: this new Ducati will flop. hubert

Most other factories do have money for that. And those which sell sports bikes also are setting the actual standards, like Honda or actually BMW. The cycle press wouldn't even park a "sports" Guzzi in line with them. It wouldn't make much sense anyway. That's why I think they think a Griso or Stelvio is more cost effective to produce for them: they see a little chance at least to sell enough of them to make enough money to serve the debts. hubert

Thanks Docc, for the picture. Haven't touched these screws myself so far by exactly the same educative results instinct led me to in the past and today. My thanks also to Jacob for bringing this so stringendly to the point. Hubert

Because a factory couldn't afford a product which would sell in 20 piece units - calculated on a biannual basis. hubert

Being right back from a funeral in South Bavaria (300km south from Coburg) I'd have problems to define Germany actually. Different language, different habits, different food - nevertheless quite cosy and familiar down there. At least as long as you don't come too close to them. They wouldn't let you anyway hubert Forgot to mention: get well soon!

I was told pump kins were a redneck thanksgiving delight hubert

What you show and describe is stock. Because of the length a washer is needed, and because of the "seized" nuts this washer must have the correct thickness. hubert

Ain't no bad weather, there's bad food only. hubert

Found a better pic today (at least not for wankers as the one from Davida). I hope they are so grown serious as they do look hubert

Then you stumbled upon this as well probably: I once met a guy who was working for them as a designer, or was that in the seventies already? Anyway, he had some funny stories to tell, some of which went into two articles for The Classic Motorcycle hubert

Da head tells you know what you're talking of "da Indiana" hubert

Cars are something different, same as small city scooters. Actually the government pushes a lot of money into these developements, so there's more of them to come over the next few years - mostly driven by nuclear or coal power by the way. hubert

Not that it's ugly or so, but what's it for? You could ride the tramway as well. For sports purposes only there will be neither market nor spectators. It reminds me a bit to the Pat and Patachon silent film where they invented the noiseless gunpowder. hubert

That would have made for a good stumper in a different (dead?) section here My entire childhood I was sick in one of them, affectionately though. 20 years ago I would have still recognised it I guess. hubert BTW, the "Germanic Bvg" made me remember . I like it