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Yah, Cliff's closed loop is not perfect, but I suspect with a $2000 4 gas anal-ysis to create a near perfect base map and then with the closed loop and wideband sensor to keep it near perfect, the bike will ride with the perfection of a Lexus and the soul of a Guzzi! ...albeit nearly US$3000 over stock price. Of course one could just do what Frank did, and get better than 90% improvement toward perfection for less than the cost TechnoResearch's Motorbike Diagnostic, a PCIII and a dyno tune. Either way, a great improvement to a great bike.

Because Beemers are comparatively BORRRRRING. It provides unquatifiable satisfaction in more ways than most any other bike. Insurance is very reasonable. Gas mileage varies by bike or rider from ~25 to ~50 MPG(US) I average about 35MPG....and I bet that is about the median or average, or something like that. Maintainance is hard to define. Some have had lemons and some Energizer® Bunnies. Generally there are some known bugs that would lead me to define the bike as more problematic than average. The bugs need to be gotten rid of, but the good news is that they can be gotten rid of, and once the bugs are gone, the reliability is above average, and the durability well above average. I would guess the First thirty three and a third thousand miles will cost you more than a Honda or BMW, the Second thirty three and a third thousand will be cheaper than the Honda, but more expensive than the BMW, and the Third thirty three and a third thousand miles will cost about the same as the BMW. ...but I am only guessing and humblelily opinionatin'. It is a more enjoyable bike to work on than a Beemer, and far more enjoyable to work on than a Honda....Too bad mechanics don't charge accordingly.

Sometimes, I suppose if the genders were reversed, this song fits:

I am glad to hear you are even contemplating going! Good luck with that CAT Scan.

When I broke my shoulder(and ribs) the first week was the most painful. I suspect within a week, you will have less than half as much pain. I also went for accupuncture to help with the pain. It worked a little, nothing miraculous, just enough to help me cut down on the dope. I also went to Oriental Herbalist, and they gave me some powder to make a mud pack out of to put over the area. This also reduced the pain a little and was supposed to speed the healing...it did feel a little better, but it is messy stuff. I have no idea what it was....just a blend of herbs, and who knows what else. Oh, and the fun part was that I had to mix it with Gin! But don't mix pills and alcohol.

These are the Rockers: and these must be the Mods: Except, Vespas aren't fast enough for Freeway Survival, so they ride Guzzis. Or maybe these are the real Mods: I suspect many from all three groups will be there!

Just to add to the confusion, of what bike it might be: http://www.edlis.org/twice/threads/motorcycle.html One discredited guy says Bonneville 650, but is corrected by a guy who says Tiger 500, but Joan Baez says it is a 350cc

From a Google search: July 29th, 1966 Bob Dylan crashes his Triumph 55 motorcycle while riding near Woodstock, New York. He is sent to Middletown Hospital with several broken neck vertebrae, a concussion and cuts on his face and scalp. Suffered mild amnesia, paralysis & internal injuries. He goes into 9 months of seclusion, to recover Rumor mill has him in a coma, a vegetable, never performing again, dodging the draft, passing on or losing his mind due to drug use But what the heck is a 55? I don't think it is the year. That looks like a mid sixties Bonnie. .

Here is a shot at the multi-talented Valentino Rossi, auditioning for the role of Dylan in his biography:

Let me try that, @#$$#! Nixon and @#$$#! Cheney love to @#!#$# Bush. PS thanks for the word of the day, coriolis. I thought it was a dirty word

...and toilets flush the other way, and if Antonio was raised in Oz, his would bend the other way, for sure, unless he was ambidextrous then he'd be as straight as John Wayne sans kerchief

Shush! I want him to send me the extra pills

Also, the rubber mounting is great if you take a cover on and off frequently or bump into them as I do. The OE plastic is cheap.

I got the turn signals from the Buell Blast...they may be the same that you got. They have rubber stems that droop. So, aesthetically they lose because of the droop, but the smoked color makes up for it. Also, the threaded mounting stem is larger than the OE 2000 Guzzi's, so I had to bore out the rear mount a little, which was easy. The front was a little more difficult. I should have bought a proper tap, but I just bored it out just enough to do a really crude forced threading. The right front was done well, but the left front requires me to tape the threads and re-ream it in every six months....not ideal, but I don't mind. I suppose I could just put a bolt on it...I forget why I did not.... Perhaps there was not enough room for the nut ...

Owwww! Sorry to hear about the bad news. I don't know much about broken pelvises, but if it is anything like my broken shoulder it will be a few weeks before you start physio-therapy. My only advice is to get a second opinion, or at least discuss the possibility of surgery to screw the pieces together so that you will get better alignment. And maybe they can give you a butt lift while you are under the knife. After the bone starts to mend, it will take a while to get motion back. In the mean time, try to stay off of opiates as this will make you constipated, and make what is already difficult, more difficult. Try to excercise muscles you will need later, like your feet and calf muscles as well as arms that will help you when it comes time to walk. Eat well but stay off the junk food and watch your weight, because if you put too much weight on, it will be a bigger burden on the hip. Oh, and be sure to buy some motorcycle racing movies Wishing you a speedy recovery, David

I think it is related to the physics of the bike. The crown in the road aggravates the condition. But, even when the crown shifts to the reverse condition, I notice my body is slightly to the left side of the bike. I only notice because I see more of the left fork than the right. I also notice that accelerating straightens the bike out, so maybe Guzzi engineered a turn to the right to compensate for the accelleration I have tried moving the swing arm to the right. (If you do this, I recommend you do it with the shock off, as it is possible for the swing arm to bind, and you need to put the swing arm through its motion after making the adjustment.) Moving the swing helped a little, but not much.

And it is good to know it did not grenade from using redline. Thanks for the reassurance that the redline heavy is good at that temperature. Since I noticed the light feel less than perfect when very hot,(above 100 F) and Mike says the heavy is fine at 5 Celcius, than I shall be switching to heavy.(but I'll wait through the cooler months to get my money's worth out of shockproof light)

The beauty of synthetic is that it will be the right thickness more of the time than dinolube. I was driven to chose the light because of the description that implied that it covered the performance range of 30W to 75W/140. Common sense dictates that that is the correct choice, however the sales people, pitch the Heavy, which no doubt will protect the gears better, but what about other components, like the low pressure internal shift mechanisms that require spring returns, which demand the right thickness of oil? I think only our experience riding with the ShockProof will answer that.

Then why doesn't Guzzi specify something heavier than W90, like 75W140 or 75W250? Is it only because of concerns about power and fuel efficiency? Does anyone using RedLine Heavy notice that it shifts better on a cold day after it warms up? .

What is high speed? The engine red lines at 8400 rpm which translates to 9860.87 at the shaft.(In sixth gear) The synthetic runs cooler to begin with. Put the bike in Nogbad's cool neck of the woods, and I don't thing light weight red line is too thin at all, while the heavy, may be too heavy...unless he works as a London bike messenger. Here in So-Cal, it is a different story....but I am still not sure that Heavy is preferable. Ice Racing, I'd go with Ultra-Light. Vancouver or London, I'd go with Light. NYC or Paris, I might change it seasonally. Phoenix or Madrid, I think the heavy is the ticket. Just my opinion. I may change my mind and go with the salesman's choice after I try the heavy.

Nice results! I guess you know the Stucchi Crossover is the easiest fix for the mid-range flat spot. Is there any chance you could post the map? I have similar modifications and I am about to try flashing with tune-boy.

That was cool! I really liked the tunnel ride. I just put on some music and looped it a few times.

I am using the blue LightWeight ShockProof and it seems like great stuff for me. It has minimal observable themal thinning of viscosity, so it shifts well when hot or cold. The Dino oils that I tried seemed to shift best when warmed up, but not too hot. Only once did I notice heat leading to a less sweet of shift. At that moment I thought, hmmmm? maybe the HeavyWeight is more appropriate? But even at that point it still shifted well, and now that Autumn is here, I doubt I'll see that type of heat for a while. Also, I suspect older gearboxes will do better with the Heavy weight as presumably the clearances will increase. I bet the Murray's old five speed needed Heavy, because I presume that unless it was shimmed the tolerances likely favored a heavy oil. Besides, that would be what th US HQ of Redline recommends, for better or worse. I think somebody else switched from light to heavy and was happier. I'll post my switching results by July at the latest when I switch to heavy.