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Some light reading links for you, @Tennitragic:

Anyone care to elaborate on this?

That's what I thought, "Man, that is a hot looking Nova!"

I learned about Getor Moto through US eBay sourcing a gasket set for my GB 500. They have been good to deal with in spite of a shipping debacle that was not their fault. They do not have a lot for the V11 SpineFrame, but some.

I stumbled across this R/R at Getor Moto in Germany, reportedly manufactured by Johannes J. Matthies GmbH & Co. KG: https://www.getor.de/Regulator-rectifier-for-Cagiva-Ducati-Moto-Guzzi Perhaps, Getor Moto is a resource we should know about? edit/ Jan 17 2025: I am sorry to report I am having a bad time resolving an issue with this seller over a shipping foul-up. I have to put them (Getor Moto) in the "not recommended" category. Too bad.

The R/R is, indeed Ducati Energia. This light/ voltage behavior is very similar to the last time mine needed replacing.

There is clear precedent. You are absolved.

We've been breaking @orangeokie's "No Words" rule since the very first reply from @Orson (coming on twenty years ago!) . . . "My Tenni in the Apuan Alps of northern Tuscany"

What with the Georgia license plate, I suspect this an archival image. Although, a re-addition of a Ballabio to the Hagan motor pool would be cause for celebration . . .

Personal transportation options, as I see it, "going forward" . . . 1) ICE - fix it yourself, better "know a guy" . . . 2) EV - plug in, pay up, throw it away -> repeat. 3) Public transport - not where I live, but maybe for the city people. 4) Stay home/ work from home/ stare at the screen. There is significant precedent for this option, now.

The member imported a (non-ABS) V11 from the USA to NZ.

We have a member that imported a V11 (Rosso Corsa) into NZ from The States a few years ago. Not sure what he went through or if he'll speak up, but this has been done, apparently.

Nice! Did you build those pegs from some titanium that was lying about?

Impact tool!

What with marching lasses sporting squeeze-boxes and the dismay of modern life, something to assuage the discomforts and align the misaligned . . .

I seem to be on to something here: The "Perfect Handle " https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-perfect-handle-screwdriver.html edit: A bit more reading online (some call that "research", but reading online can be accomplished without all the screaming monkeys common to actual "research"), I found a reference to early "Perfect Handle"-style screwdrivers having a numerical size number in a triangle on the blade. I have never noticed this on this little tool in the fifty years I have been its steward! Thanks, again, to @activpop for asking!

I've known of the Converts, but would have to review their history. Honda has been offering a sort of CVT on a number of models for several years, IIRC. My first riding buddy, a Mr. Bruce Heath R.I.P., was very fond of the Honda-Matic bikes, both 750 and 450. He was most adept at giving all of his machines appropriate pet names and called his last 450 (that he rode up to the year he passed at 82) "Flo" (short for DynaFlow, a Buick/GM automatic transmission in service 1948-1963). He had a little brass plaque on the tank: I shifted gears for fifty years. At times, it seemed like fun. But anymore, it's become a chore. And me, a shiftless bum.

@activpop noticed a curious screwdriver in another thread that I enjoy using for valve adjustments. As he surmised (somehow), I inherited that from my father. The tail end looks made for some light tapping. Not sure if that style has a specific name? Here is the Irwin in matching style, as well as the little knurled aluminum screwdriver with the blued shaft I inherited and learned decades later its origin and purpose. The tiny brass-handled pieces I found when I was six years old investigating a water meter access on the walk home from school. Much later, I learned that they nest into a set that includes a hammer (GAM Mfg):

This anecdote comes to mind. I may have first read on this forum: A fellow pulls into his shop with his car barely idling and stalling repeatedly. The mechanic pops the hood for a look and walks back into the shop emmerging with a small screwdriver. Deftly turning one screw the motor smooths out and idles stably. The driver says, "That's amazing! What do I owe you? " The mechanic replies, "$100. " D: "A hundred dollars to turn one screw ?!?" M: "No, just a dollar to turn the screw. The other ninety-nine is for knowing which screw to turn. "

Somehow, I want to combine the two in 3:4 time. "Give me an A" . . .

I've felt the same about some of my bandmates at times . . .

The screwdriver is from one of my dad's toolboxes; a carpenter by trade and EOD by profession. I have a newer version of that screwdriver style made by Irwin The feeler gauge is from my high school days. It has set many a lash!

Viva Analog!