Frenchbob

The only hooters I have to hand are my own. Readily available at no cost to me, they have neveretheless become less than interesting to me, over the years. I'm assuming that others on the forum will feel the same way about them.

It's my account of relative thinking [somewhere] in the GW thread.

I didn't realise how good my V11 actually is until recently suffering a puncture on a ride out: when I had stopped , I realised that I could attribute two lurid wobbles and several iffy moments to about 5psi in the rear tyre. I didn't come off and I stopped because it "felt funny" - the stability was still there, just. I absolutely agree with the idea that a contrasting bike helps you appreciate better what you've got: riding my 500 single Armstrong enduro always makes me quicker on the V11 afterwards. And, Nog, I concur with what Scooter said about his V11 gearbox: mine is sweet, too. I think yours must be suffering some sort of problem.

I can lip read in reverse. She's saying "Come and get me, Italian tractor perverts, but actually, no: don't bother - the Ducatisti got here before you"

Forget all that: buy my 750S3: rebuild history, original finish, etc etc - see it on my past posts..................oh bugger, you're in Aus! Way to go, though. Not as exclusive as V7S, but just as good IMHO. I'm 6 foot in my socks, not fat but no lightweight, and it suits me just fine, with a V7S seat and gooseneck bars. I'm as quick on it as I am on the V11, on anything but fast roads. Forget 70bhp, though: it's 53bhp SAE. In real classic terms, it's almost as quick as my [very quick] Triton and quicker than my souped-up Dommie 99 or my pre-unit Triumph Thunderbird, and very different from all three. Good hunting!

It's one of the more comprehensible global warming posts.

It's your age, Nog. Everything gets worse from here, and if the elbow gets better, it'll be back.

LOVE the colours..........but do they go with pink?

Hens [and cocks] seem to find all forms of worm-life really appetizing. Not just worms, either, but anything that resembles worms in appearance, so chopped-up bits of spaghetti and quite large grass-snakes are consumed indiscriminately. They do suffer from parasites, but worms have never been a problem with our flock........ Jesus I'm becoming a poultry parasite bore in my dotage. Haven't you got a motorcycle to dismantle or something, Nog? [Edit] If you think the parasites of poultry or whatever thread is becoming tedious, just go over and have a look at the original GW thread............ No, don't: life's too short. And, yes, I am aware that while I've been editing this I've addressing an audience of one - myself. Hey, I've been married a long time; I'm used to it.

True: there is definitely something wrong with my logic. Pissed again! It's summer, here. When I'm sober, I'm out on the bikes, so I'll be pissed whenever I post from now on.

I keep returning to this thread in the hope that it was just a bad dream.

Look on the bright side: you could have wasted it on a woman. On the other hand, you could have invested in poultry.

Get out there, Carl: do what you were born to do.

It's a fairy story!

DON'T give him one, Ben: he's got too many he hasn't earned already. In any case, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, not the bell. Alexander Graham Telephone [no relation] invented the bell. Point?

But....BFG says..............no, never mind.

No, that wasn't me: that was the power of YOUTH, in a real DEMOCRACY. Wonderful stuff. I've sobered up a little since I posted. I wouldn't sell the Jag.

That settles it: Klingons ride Harleys: we should have guessed! I'll go on record, here, now, and slightly pissed [well, it is Easter Sunday] and say that if Moto Guzzi produced a V8 road bike I would sell the Jag, selected bikes and a stone hovel, sell my body on the streets in Limoges, find the wife a third job and I would EVEN consider parting with a one of my Brits....to buy one.

A friend of mine reckons that it's all down to BMW bikes being designed by car design teams, now. I don't know how much truth there is in this. I do know that most of the local lads [well, they're around my age, but French blokes age better than we do] with BMWs have old ones, 6 and 7 series being particularly prized, and wouldn't thank you for a new one. We're talking very experienced guys who have several bikes, and their other bikes are usually Guzzis, Ducatis or Hinckley Triumphs, occasionally Harleys and Voxans. Bears thinking about.

Welcome, Ren. Coffee addict, here! There are several bars and bistros in my neck of the woods that have serious coffee menus. I also hand-grind my breakfast Columbian in one of a small collection of Peugot hand-grinders which date from 1890 to 1953. I know: sad, but pleasurable! I think I speak for many of us in saying that you ought to post a photo of your wife, so that we can recognise any more like her who might still be at liberty out there. And I think it's great that you have called your V11 Art. I've always thought that more people should name their bikes as part of the process of bonding with them.

I've never liked BMW brakes; on the old ones, old style Brembos used to work really well.

Is this the Hate Harleys thread?......I started reading about how different engine characteristics might be responsible for different sounds, and........!! Actually, I don't particularly like Harleys, either, but Harley owners in France don't seem like a bad crowd, on the whole, and quite often own and are interested in other bikes, too, especially elderly BMWs, Italian and Brit bikes. Vive la difference! My 750S3 makes a sound through its competitzione Lafranconis not unlike a Sportster on open pipes when I let it idle low, as a matter of fact. When I rev it, though, it sounds entirely different.

Welcome, Alex: you're among friends, here. That Guzzi cafe racer! That Dresda Triton!! And you keep it in the house!!!!!

Ben, if it really is this one. insist on new fork seals!

Sort of puts our spring rainstorms into context! Very glad that you are all OK and have no damage.