fernando

hello guys i have been out of here for some time and came back to see what is going on. i miss my tenni, a lot ., the street glide and my 1982 r100rs are great bikes but do not have the soul that the v11 has . but it is reliable which as many of you know mine was not . anyhow ,,in case any of you are interested ,i have 1 ----------the original soft bags with the mounting brackets ( to get visibility i wrapped yellow naugahyde around the bags .) 2-------------the bar risers, the good ones by that company in new york state . ( they do take the pain out of the back when riding for days on at over 12 hours per day ) if anyone is interested e-mail me at ffb13@aol.com (fernando fernandez)

this may be an april 1 joke .but ,on www.webBikeWorld there is a report of a local guy who built a 6 cyl guzzzi on a centauro platform. and the report goes on to say that guzzi will build 6 of them this year and more in 2009 the weight of the bike is reported there as 948 est. kg. so this must be around 2000 lbs. anyow , a nice photo and report ..has to be an april 1 deal car was really long and the report said that it had a video camera in front to look around corners. back in the 60's i fell for an e type jaguar with 3 6 cyl engines attached together .looked great ......... fernando

well, somehow i remembered my password. been trying to get in to reply for a while i have a set plus all the mounting brackets that go on the bike to mount the bags to the bike . this is what i got the mounting brackets ( plus an extra set of brackets for any bag ) a set------- one of the bags is in excellent condition the other bag i got from marsh motorcycles when mine dropped off the bike and was run over by an 18 wheeler.......this second bag had some scratch marks on it and had some tiny holes on the corners. i then applied some foam to the inside to close the holes ,(you cannot see it ) and it worked. then ,to give the bags some visibility i wrapped 85 % of the bag with yellow waterproof tape around the center and towards the back so that it would reflect. some do not like the look of the wrapped yellow . you cannot take it off-------it may damage the original material. but if you do not like it you could get some black vinyl and using vinyl waterproof glue like the one i used for the yellow you can re-wrap it . ALSO, i have the original bag attachement from my oe bag .that fell off the bike . this is good because it gives you the ability to mount another bag ,such as an attache case or an aluminun bag or other to the bike . also , lets say that you want larger capacity bags .........all you do is buy the bags ,say givi, then remove the mouinting brackets from the tekno bags and attach them to the givi bags and you can then mount the givi bags on to the bike mounts. if you want to see pictures e-mail me at ffb13@aol.com and i will do so. i am now in connecticut and the shots may be in my computer in florida......i will be riding to florida on sunday nov 25 and will get there by the 26th or so when i will be able to send them. i also have available the riser kit for the handlebars .....thses are very hi quality ones made by an outfit in new york state . the bags cost me $ 525 but i know i will not get 1/2 of that the risers are $400 or so and 1/2 will be ok.

thank you french bob and orson, i really like italy but not south of milano. in a car yes ,with air condition ,not on a bike .it is just too hot. and last year as i was about 30 k's from sienna ,a guy in a maseratti cut me off on a road and i ended up chasing him , passing him and kicking his door as i went by...i know ,stupid , and road rage ,but i had to get it done and i think i scared him for he slowed down and stayed way behind me. also in thhis area it is too hot and hotels are difficult to get except during the months that you mentioned . the passes and the small towns that are in or near them are what i like . in the dolomites i like cortina d'ampezzo,and some of the smaller towns there but i like to walk at nite and only in bigger towns can i do this. and cortina is not that expensive during the off season , and in the pyrennes there is a small town that is sort of in the middle of two mountains,i forget the name now ,but it is just after you climb up from carcasonne and before you start the last climb into andorra la bella . also, in the austrian passes there are quite a few towns that are great. ,nearby ,not in them. and as a last stop on the way back to germany i like to spend 2 days in lindau in lake constanz and then ride south and around the lake into the swiss passes and back to heidelberg . in italy ,around lake maggiore and como there is a lake in between , that has some great riding roads , and scary as you descend from the top of the mountain and down into the lake area . it is called lago d'idro and roca d'anfo. i plan to ride this one which i have never ridden ,next year. well, again thank you for the info and i will ask the guys going with me if they want to do something different this year . i will show them your post and see what they say.

hello guys ,and thank you jaap for the password . i am planning a trip to europe in june 2008 ,my last trip was last year also in june . but ,this time i found out that there is a dealer in mandello d'lario that rents bikes . agostini i am currently trying to get bikes from him and he seems to be very honest and straight forward . there are 3 of us guaranteed and 2 more that may or not come . and agostini cannot at this time guarantee which bikes he may have in stock. we need 2 norges and 1 california or bellagio for a rider who has a 27 inch inseam. anyone here knows of anyone else who rents ? i usually and for the past 15 years have rented from kopf in germany but it looks like the bikes we need he does not have . also, i have another question. i usually ride in europe in late september /early october ,or last year for the first time we went in mid-june . always for 4 weeks .but the swiss passes were closed due to snow. and in september we usually run into hotel problems becasue of all the conventions etc.... so the question.......anyone here has a time preference when it is best to do the dolomites ,and the austrian and swiss passes ,etc.... i plan to ride from either germany or italy to the swiss passes and on to chamonix and from there to provance and up to andorra (pyrennes ). and this time we will not go to barcelona . we plan to return from andorra to st, tropez and on to slovenia and from there up to dolomites ,munchen ,lindau and then on to return the bikes . fernando

thank you van. maybe there will be . we will see . by the way does anyone knows if they rent moto guzzi norge some place in italy ? or germany ? ff

i am putting together a small group of riders who would like to join me on a 3 to 4 week trip in europe . we will leave from heidelberg ,and ride the passes to the pyrennes ,and from there back through france to northern italy and ride the lake regions and the dolomites from where we return to heidelberg,via the passes . if anyone is interested please let me know via e-mail to ffb13@aol.com so far i have one rider from california joinning me . had 3 other riders but due to financial reasons had to drop out .

it has been about 9 months since i traded in my tenni for a 07 harley street glide . i miss the guzzi. and it would be great if and when they resolve the parts inventory issues and get more and better dealers ,i could go out and get a norge . i saw scores of them in italy a month ago and all were painted green and white and had fancy lights on them , oh yes ,the belonged to the torino police and some to the carabineri force. and my tenni , it ended up in the hands of a friend in vermont who lives about 10 miles from me . he heard about a tenni being at the harley dealer in barre ,vt. and called me to find out if it was mine . he got a great deal on it from the dealer who made a $500 profit on it and no more . the bike sold within 4 days .

sorry to hear about this and glad you are all ok though hurt. it is a shame when idiots cause accidents and then they get a fine , what ,$ 50. or so. same thing happened to me 2 months ago when a woman shot out of a driveway and hit the car in front of me and i low sided and slid for 10 or 15 feet or so ,i did not end in the hospital because my undergarments are all armored so not even a scratch but lost jacket and pants,and one sidi boot. i guess it comes with the territory ,and the reason i am talking about my situation is to encourage you guys to buy and wear protective clothing .it works and is better than not wearing it . i know ,it saved me from multiple skin grafts all over .

jens, thank you for the reply and you are right ...common sense is it. but we have too many lawyers in the usa with little to do.so ,if it moves ,they sue. that is why you cannot get 85 % of the helmets sold in europe in the usa ,and so on. and, as i read your post i remember that a friend of mine in germany who is also a guzzi guy , offers thru the motozpecial company (you may know it .they build bikes and parts for guzzi in germany utilizing italian designs ,and also front forks and entire bikes with guzzi motors ) a few guzzi products of his own design and with the guzzi name . one of them is an actual --boomerang ---(the australian type ) with the guzzi logo. and yes ,he has had zero problems . i guess that company ,guzzi ,is so mismanaged that they have no idea what is going on,and in any event ,any project like this helps push their name ,and that ,right now is better than they earning a royalty on someone else applying their name to a new product.

jens , i like your idea and i see a problem .but do not let me disuade you . the problem is that you have a limited audience in here and you need 50 watches sold. you will also need clearance from moto-guzzi to do this . then you take into account the taste of all here and you will probably get 5 different , " i would prefer this over that " in every 25 or so replies . and so , you will sell maybe 2 or 4 watches per 100 of audience or potential buyers , you then add in the cost factor and you may lose 1 or 2 of these . thus ,yes it can succed but only if you have a advertising effort that reaches " x " number of moto guzzi aficionados . agin , i like your idea ...................the design ,for me ,(re-read above)is not what i like . years ago i bought a watch that had the face of a 1950's mvagusta tach,and i still have it .but ,it ran as an ad in a major mail order book, i think it was herrington. so, my two bits is that you ,if you decide to tackle this as a buss. opportunity , design 2 or 3 models based on different watch designs,i.e. a flat ,thin one, a large one ,etc, or only one design,and 2 or 3 logos, ie bmw ,ducati, etc... and then of course,even for moto guzzi ,you will have to get their approval to use their name or fascimile ,otherwise you will be ,or can be sued for copyright infrengement . and of course you will have to indenmify the mfr. agaist possible law suits,( welcome to the usa ).and thus you may have to carry product liability insurance. i hate to be a bore ,but i do like your idea .and i hope that the details to carry it out will not be construed from as this being a negative post. only trying to help. fernando then approach one of the mail order houses such as brookstone or sharper image and try to work out a deal. sorry jen, i posted the above after reading the first page only. congratulations on the number of orders that you have received . my only concern is the liability issue .trademark infringement .

in case anyone wants to join, on june 15th i will leave coral gables ,in miami , for gattlinberg ,tenn. there i will meet at the econolodge hotel 4 or 5 riders coming down from connecticut . we will stay there riding the dragon's tail and other local roads including the ashville castle until thursday june 21 when we head north to connecticut via ,????? we may take 4 days or 2 days to get back,depending on weather and if we go into local roads in tennessee,west va. and ohio/pa. anyone interested ,we will be checking into the econolodge in gattlinberg on the 17 th of june fernando

well, will go by and see them .thank you skip and jane. kaput , i am local and also live in connecticut .but i go back and forth. the most time i spend here is in the summer and from january to may. anytime you want to go for a ride let me know. i have some friends from conn. down here and took a lousy ride yesterday thru downtown miami which is like a new city being totally re-built .there are so many buildings going up that the entire city is a construction site. anyhow, we are going to ride to flamingo city in the everglades sometime next week . e-mail me at FFB13@AOL.COM and if you want to we can set a meeting point . fernando

kaput , where are you in south florida ? i am in coral gables . fernando

ST. AGUSTINE, THANK YOU. WILL TRY TO DO SO. WILL POSY HERE A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE I RIDE . FF