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More coolcats on cool Guzzis:

That "park" function is an interesting circuit. With no relay involved, it is like a backup system if the main headlight circuit goes out. We are left with tail light, instrument lighting, and a 4 watt "headlight." Enough for a "limp home" . . .

The "lock" or "Park" ignition position turns those lights (tail, instrument, "city" light) on, yes? Yours did in the SSR garage, @Pressureangle . . .

Pray tell, what does "need" have to do with it?

FYJIMO Racing, at its best!

@Agonza5, another very coolcat that has been so determined to sort his awesome Rosso Mandello. Welldone, man!

Big "hey-up!" to Andrew who put us on to some great local routes and the "Dam Deli " at the Ocoee . . .

If the Ghost Fault doesn't clear with the Ignition Switch service, I wonder about whatever mechanical mechanism locks the steering in the Park position that, then, turns those lights on . . .

It has a Honda (automotive) part number: https://www.collegehillshonda.com/product/08798-9013.html

This kind of effort to make a South'n SpineRaid is unprecedented. What an amazing cat, @KINDOY2, and an impressive ride/bike! (Home after some 7000 miles. Success!)

Impressive! So great to meet @KINDOY2. A real honor. (The honorable @Goofman, on the left.)

So . . . It will be telling whether any (South'n) SpineRaider will ever break this record: Pretty crazy: @KINDOY2 bombs in from the Pacific Coast on his very-custom-Griso . . . Frikkin' amazing . . . The quintessential, modern, V7 Sport, some fifty years on . . .

Same neutral position added markings on my ~2002 banana plate selector . . .

That is my recollection, yet it has been a while since I was in there. Take a look at the discussion on the first page where @mznyc clarified his markings. As always, y'all check my work. . .

If I recall correctly, and per @mznyc's clarification post, this image shows the neutral position: And this is first gear:

To my eye, the lines of the bodywork flow better when the eye picks it up at the very front like the air would flow over whilst the sweet thing rips past a lazy stream in an otherwise quiet wooded hollow on the way to the next banked turn . . .

All good! Major sharing of knowledge, expertise, tools, parts, and pizza! There may have been libations involved . . . The "breakdown?" They actually had it fixed by the time the MultiMeter Response Squad arrived, but an IC ("Incident Consequence") had them flummoxed. Josh and I simply de-flummoxed the incident and we were all on our way. The SSR TechSession(s) garage? Oh, that is a world of its own . . .

The stuff of SpineRaids . . .

Our very own, personal, Carabinieri . . .

Rolling out after everyone meticulously selected their preferred routes, destinations, and derived riding partners . . . . . . our small team was fortunate to encounter a "need." I heard Josh say, "Let's try to fix it ." Having benefited from the "ideas" about the area and the lunch spot (and the lake overlook), we navigated back to The Lodge with little precip. Josh noted that our small team represented four decades of Moto Guzzi and suggested a photo op with SIX decades of Moto Guzzi at the SSR: '70s; 80s; 90s; 20s; 'teens; and 2020's . . .

Success!

That was up early. This was up late:

@Goofman says, "Here's one for @Bill Hagan ". . .

Relay fluid!