belfastguzzi

A rider won't be seeing in the same way that the video camera did. Unless he falls asleep with his head on the tank and eyes propped open.

Heheho "a snappy comeback" "...don't come back..." "...trying to think of a snappy comeback" that was a snappy comeback, very good

...there's a guy on here called Jason, a man of astounding intellectual capacity and rugged good looks.

It used to run worse – did you get the bike new/stock condition, or did you get it with some mods already done? My 02 had a dip at close to 5,000 rpm, but not surging and coughing and worse. I then ran without airbox lid but kept paper filter. Worked ok. Now have K&N, x-over and Guzzi's Ti cans & 'race' ECU. It works well. Maybe PC would improve it more, but as I say, it goes fine, including at low revs. Maybe you've got too much uncoordinated 'tweaking', but also, what about the top-end? It seems to be the Americans who mostly find the bike spluttering and dieing when it's stopped at lights. It's often attributed to the top-end settings being too tight and the problem eases / goes away when tappets are opened to Euro settings or wider.

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Poor Douglas, too much cabbage? I suppose his system isn't used to it, what with the normal diet being cats. It's a bit cruel of the BBC to highlight the chap's plight in such a public way.

The thing he said about you in the coded writing. Something about knitting a giant pink rabbit. I don't believe gossip though, I like to see proof. Oh, what's that photo there...?

Wow! Did Jaap really do that?

You're welcome. You just gotta get here. Next year?

Absolutely. That's what Land Rovers & pre-efi Range Rovers are for. Perfect, –ish. Also what Moto Guzzis used to be for. Hope that's not changing too much and the resemblance between the Breva and the big Hum is only visual.

Gorgeous pics. 4 miles up an old logging road sounds like heaven (though I can see you had a few downsides as well)

Ok it's not MG or a bike, but it sure looks like the Breva's big fat country cousin. Someone (in North America with far too much – Rob?) posted pictures of their yellow Hummer in the snow. I saw this one in the flesh today. It couldn't do the nadgery stuff that the Land Rovers did, but still, it was impressive how six litres and xxx horsepower controlled by a bundle of electronics and compressed air powered the thing along.

Ropey gets his yella Greaso, bonks the donk, biffs the bink, T3s the pushrods and generally does the 'Final Tuning Option' then hits the Aussie dunes for some old-fashioned fun

knock up a side car pack a basket of sarnies and nice rug climb in get a young whippersnapper* to drive the two-wheeled bit – happy as Larry * ah, so that's what you meant when you said you wanted to 'get Cliff on board'

Yeah. I think the spirit of the Welsh thing is something of its own, fairly quick and simple and easy to arrange, so best not mess with it. Depending when it is, I'll go across via Holyhead and you never know, there might be the opportunity for one or two to do the trip the other way too...

I'm definitely interested. The problem will be getting the free time at the right time. From that point of view, the earlier that a date can be fixed the better. If you want to have a floating date, I'll just have to see how it goes. If extra time could be found, I'd really like some sort of 'Celtic Fringe' run and people could join as they're able. Say 2 days in Wales, cross Holyhead, up east coast of Ireland, stay on 'Ards Peninsula and have the next day around the stunning Strangford Lough then ferry from Belfast or Larne to Scotland. That could get expensive though and if there was a further trip into Scotland it would be a long way home for some folks. Another option could be to stay in N.I. and go up the Antrim Coast Road, another stunner, and back through Sperrin Mountains with a second night before returning by Holyhead. However, I don't want to complicate what you might want to keep as a simple, straightforward 2 days in Wales. So I'm just flagging it up and it could still be a second trip on another occassion. Any thoughts, any takers?

A sort of Rambo meets George Bush kinda role?

I was out and forgot to set the video recorder this morning. Was it an exciting race? Seems like there were a lot of crashes. Someone said that Richard Britton has been killed today in the road racing? Bike seized and he hit a post. I suppose it must be true. That's another big loss for all affected and also for local road racing.

Moto GP time again. Wonder who'll win that then? Do you think that Harvey will watch it still, or is he likely to be too engrossed in a video of Easy Rider?

I think we better start talking about motorbikes, or people are going to be very cross.

Yes, I was astounded by your quick-witted thinking, given that you are up to your armpits in decorating (aye right ). I just didn't want to refer to the rabbit as there was NO rabbit specifically mentioned in the story .

Nobody's stated the obvious yet. Why would anyone watch a webcam of the Isle of Man! I've got Lighthouses of the USA (Widget) on my desktop (Dashboard) and I thought that was sad. Here's Goat Island, Maine and here's Cape Hatteras. They look like the Isle of Man to me.

I have: it's a different problem. It's my memory. You messed up the url, you chump. Here, let me fix it for you: "ah Time" Oh, sorry I did now. Are you trying to get me banned from here? I don't get it No, I do have some compassion. We could call him 'The Rider Formerly Known As Guzzi' though. Or, 'The Tassled One', for short.

I don't get it? Interesting request. Want to borrow a baseball bat, Nogbad?

Yeah, N.I., I.O.M., Scotland: keeps Tech Topics busy. Check for posts like, 'help I've got a rusty axle' and 'help, I've got a rusty roller bearing'. What?! From Canada?! Did you have one of those special Pete Roper riding suits? (Certain people won't get that 'cause they don't pay attention to important posts on here.) Bet your axle was rusty by the time you reached the I.O.M. Next time you try that, please do surface in Belfast Lough and drop in for a delicious slice of carrot cake, before proceeding to the final destination. It could be your last good meal for a while, as I think they only eat cats on the Isle of Man.