Guzzi2Go

... what a boring little thing! All that bull... about the "three cylinder sound"... ...don't believe it for a second!

My thoughts exactly!

Crash course in German - for future cartoons.

Holger (Guzzi, comicbook author), or Holli Hatzenbach (all characters carry names of Nürburgring POIs,) asks Bernd "Brembo" Breidscheid (Kawa) if he had stopped to lube the chain along the way.

I can't add much to it, but you may want to offer the pic to the "Shrapnel Italia" gallery - http://www.guzzipower.com/Shrapnel.html You'll find a similar thing there...

Words do not matter here. Feel free to ignore.

You are putting a lot of faith in IKEA. ;-)

On my Sport, year 2000, there are two tubes across the head tube, but nothing attached. Are they for the mounting of the earlier 1100 Sport fairing? Could be for mounting of the later LeMans fairing?

Like that yellow framed Yamaha!

‎An Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walk into a pub. They each buy a pint of Guinness beer. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck in the thick head. The Englishman pushed his beer away from him in disgust. The Scotsman fished the offending fly out of his beer and continued drinking it as if nothing had happened. The Irishman too, picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer and then started yelling, "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!!"

You can try by removing the rubber plug on the right side of the engine, sticking in a really large flat screwdriver between the teeth and the housing, thus locking the flywheel against the housing. I managed to undo mine the other day, without any visible damage. Just beware, this is not an official procedure. May backfire!

Low enough?

Irish Haiku There once was a man from East Kent Whose tool was so long that it bent To save her some trouble He folded it double And instead of coming...he went

A linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative." A voice from the back of the room retorted, "Yeah, right."

Must say I like this one better: (Hitler's Honda VFR gets replaced by BMW GS) ;-)

This thing: http://www.alanko.de/Starter/Starter::2044.html ??? Looks almost real....

I was in a pub on Saturday night. Had a few.... I noticed two large women by the bar. They both had strong accents so I asked, "Hey, are you two ladies from Scotland ?" One of them chirped: "It's WALES, you friggin' idiot!" So, I immediately apologized and said, "Sorry, are you two whales from Scotland ?" That's the last thing I remember...

Well, that makes it official: Guzzis are butch bikes. As opposed to femme ones. Butch or bitch?

Talking like a true salesman.... THE SPEED LIMIT IS STILL CONTROLLED BY THE ORIGINAL ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND NO TRANSMISSION RATIO HAS BEEN CHANGED, SO THE MAX SPEED IS THE SAME, AS THE RPM - Same max speed, same rpm, same torque. (???) IN TRUTH, AS YOU COULD SEE, AT 3000 YOU HAVE SOME MORE HP AND SOME MORE TORQUE BUT WE ARE IN THE LOWEST PART OF THE POWER CURVE, SO THE MORE POWER AND TORQUE WE HAVE IS NOT DANGEROUS FOR THE MECHANIC. - I am sure mechanic sees it the same way. ;-) I HOPE I HAVE EXPLAINED BEFORE AND LOOKING AT THE POWER CURVE. - Looking at any of the power curves linked to above there is actually twice as much torque (and so power) then in the original configuration. That may actually be dangerous for the mechanics (and innocent bystanders) WE HAVE SOME MORE HEAT AND WE SUPPLY ADDITIONAL SPARKS FOR WORKING AT HIGHER TEMPERATURE. THE ANALYSIS WE MADE ON THE DYNAMOMETER AND ON THE ROAD HAVE NOT GIVEN ANY BAD RESULT: THE AIR COOLING SYSTEM OF THE ENGINE CAN COOL DOWN ALSO THIS INCREASING - Kind of missed the point... ABOUT THE EXTRA PATROL: WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY KIND OF CONSUMPTION TEST, BUT I CAN IMAGINE THAT THE RESULT COULD BE SIMILAR TO THE MODIFIED ECU FOR CARS TO HAVE MORE POWER: TO REACH THE SAME RPM YOU USE LESS GAS THEN WITH THE ORIGINAL ECU BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE POWER. SO THE EXTRA PATROL USED IS COMPENSATED BY THE LESS USE OF THE GAS PEDAL. ON MY CAR I HAVE DECREASED THE CONSUMPTION. - This one too...

Which probably isn't a big deal at >4000m altitude, which seems to be what this thing is designed for. Not to mention the extra petrol... "A great challenge all Otto-Cycle engines suffer, is working on high altitudes. It is estimated that in a high altitude trip, as much as 50% power can be lost due to thinner air. With the twin turbo BMW GS1200 kit and it’s turbo pressure control, this loss is not existant as it is compensated by the Borg Warner custom turbochargers. The gains are translated when you travel through Chile with 170 bhp instead of the 50 you would have with the naturally aspirated bike." Yeah right... Also this: The main characteristics of the kit are: - auto installation at home Promissing! - no modifications of the original bike (mechanical or electronical) Getting better and better! - the kit completed of all: stainless steel exaust and intake manifolds, additional injectors, additional oil pump (for turbines), wastegate valve, exaust till the terminal, additional lambda sensor, intercoolers, additional ECU, new sparks. Er? No mechanical (exhaust, manifolds, oil pump, ...) nor electronical (lambda sensor, ECU, ...) modifications? So apart from wheels, frame and lights..., no changes whatsoever.

How does this work? Power is a product of torque and RPM. First bullet - Increasing power at constant torque implies increase of RPM. RPM is controlled by your wrist and, eventually, rev limiter. What is actually turbo doing here? Second bullet - sixth gear and low speed means low RPM. Again, constant torque, low RPM. What actually changed here? So thist must be badly phrased (if nothing else). The torque must change, but what the guy seems to be claiming, not over the max torque value. But then again, where do 70% power increase come from? 70% more RPM?

Are we in for a 16-pager on Pete's d.ick & ball(s)? This forum has really degraded.

I hope this poem has the same effect on you as it did on me - then my forwarding it will be worth the effort. Walk with me by the water - worth the read... A BEAUTIFUL POEM ABOUT GROWING OLDER: Uploaded with ImageShack.us Bugger ... I forgot the words.....

Not quite the same thing, but anyway...

This definitely sounds like something writen by Ratchet/Dlaing: The Fuel Energizer is a frequency resonator that uses Neodymium Super Conductor Magnets, which break and then realign the hydrocarbon chains in the fuel passing through the fuel line of your vehicle. The magnetic field created by the Fuel Energizer ionizes the fuel being fed to the engine, which itself produces a more complete combustion, maximizes fuel economy, improves fuel efficiency and reduces polluting emissions.