big J

Frosty mornings and a biting chill when you get above about 70mph Otherwise it's been quite sunny and dry when it isn't cloudy and raining Fine,really

That's the one,thanks,Jim. I'm getting some stainless tube this week,already got the propane and I'll dig a shopping trolley out the local burn. I have to try this.

Nice one, Martin. Looks like a good day out.

Something funny going on,but click on the picture of the guy with the pipe in his hand at the bottom of the page.

Bugger, why wont the wee link thing work?

Lads,the V11 is old hat. What you want is one of these- http://www.aardvark.co.nz All I need is a shopping trolley and a propane bottle and I'm gone See you on the horizon,brothers

Toothpicks are illegal in Ireland

Yep,very pleased.

Oh yes,even now,after all these years I can still recall the pure exhaustion after a long run wrestling the bastard around. Like fighting with an alligator dipped in oil. K&N filter oil

best scrap available boring,slow and awkward

"Moto Guzzi's recently announced oil pan remover................

Or

Here y'go

Might be a daft question,but are the wires or symbols swapped somehow?

Dont agree,Nog. Mine was brilliant,best of both worlds,torque of a big twin with something extra.Roared and bellowed and snarled up to 140( verified by a friendly copper with a hairdryer). Pity the chassis couldn't cope.

A pack of cards with ladies on the back A very old copy of Gullivers Travels A small hip flask with either Tallisker or Laphroaig inside. A couple of small cigars A knife

Santa!!

Name that engine? OK,lets call him Brian.

If you're making your own gaskets,put a very small bead of silicone or similar all the way round and smear it in and allow it to dry. Then outside any bolt holes, run a line of thread all the way round.Stick it into the silicone "film". Guaranteed no leaks.

Make sure you've oiled it first,or it wont work.

Just read your list again-Enya???????????????

Tom Waits is THE MAN. Some other stuff you might like- Londons Calling- The Clash Sweet Suburbia-The best of The Skids (or the albums Animation or The Absolute Game) Next, Framed,or The Impossible Dream by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (a Glasgow outfit I used to follow in my youth,dunno if they're online or that) Arkansas Traveller-Michelle Shocked Fishermans Blues or Room To Roam-The Waterboys

If I dont read it,how will I know if I like it? All I'm saying is,it's horses for courses. A six inch bit of pipe isn't going to transform the early V11into a Fireblade. Use what you've got,learn to live with it's foibles,find it's limits and yours and you'll be happy.

What kind of stuff do you usually listen to?

Ah for @#!#$# sake,it's an old bike with the engine too far back and a big shaft housing hanging out it's back end. If you want ultimate handling,buy a zx636 or whatever. Unless you can ride the absolute wheels off the thing,regularly deck out the undercarriage and wear out your tyre edges faster than the centre,learn to handle what you've got and THEN try and improve it. All this mechanical masturbation gets right on my nerves sometimes. Fill the tank. Hit the road. Screw the rest. If you're riding a Guzzi,you'll have fun.