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MG say that the use by police (and military?) proves how reliable their bikes are

interesting new section on MG site

You're very naughty, holding it on same weekend as the NW 200. This was going to be the first year in recent times that I would be free to get to NW! Perhaps the Saturday ride should be via Stranraer-Larne ferry to Coleraine! It's going to be odd at the ferry terminal on the Friday (and Sunday) when hundreds and hundreds of bikes are getting the ferry in the opposite direction.

Eric Burdon is one of those voices that I had in mind. Here's another that does what you say, when the guitar comes in. Tobacco Road and here, joined by Jimi, 16 September 1970: just before he died, 18 September. On another matter: I go away for a week and come back to find that still no-one has posted anything by Van (no, not V.11 Van). How can that be?! Even 1964/65's Gloria, surely? G - L - O - R - i - i - i - A gonna shout it every day Starting up the Guzzi rhythm

Who are these fellows. I'd guess that they're Tenni guys, except that the one on the right seems to be Jaap. Is he other one Paul Minnaert? Dutch songsters This one has a rorty Solex (?) in it vrOOm More Dutchmen: Op de step!

I've said here before that I have a lasting and momentous impression of hearing a LM Guzzi traveling up a mountain valley, a long time ago. I was camping in Glen Nevis when I heard a slow thunder rumbling up the Glen. I didn't know anything much about Guzzi's but I knew it had to be one. In the distance a red machine passed by. Unforgettable and one of the reasons that I ended-up getting a Guzzi, a long time later. Yes: it's the music.

Maybe I was thinking of Thijs van Leer. Thijs van Leer / Jan Hammer / Jozef Szrek – oh I don't know. It was all so long agogo... A theme developing? Well I'm having enough trouble, trying to keep the MG-related theme in this music stuff, without you going and developing new themes! Good Peter Green Tribute, by the way.

That bike – that's Iggy, definitely

a fine new strap-line for the site

yeh, I smelt the burnt valves in that one. I'm surprised that the Tenni Guys haven't chipped in yet, with something that's hot enough to 'burn', by... Peter GREEN. Not that I'd suggest that the V.11 is a bit of an 'albatross': even if it does require you to 'shake your moneymaker' more than a little.

I agree with your emphasis there J. That quote wasn't mine. I was quoting from a YouTube comment for its general 'thrust' rather than complete endorsement. However: Iggy and the Stooges!!? Are you Belgian? ----------- OK – so here's the point and the value of the thread. I've just had a look for and a listen again to Mr Pop Stooge. I'll reassess that one. Not bad. Rather good with Kate Pierson. But perhaps he's a bit more Buell? Oh* I know – it's the Ghezzi-Brian thing! Of course!

Of course! I was trying to think of another 'MG' voice (like early Rod) and completely forgot about the Mad (Dog) Englishman. Good one. SBB – is that Jan Hammer? Suppose not, but it looks like him, or did they all look like that back then? Did you mean to post Alvin Lee instead of a jazzy Jeff Beck? No harm done anyway as TYA should always be heard, somewhere along the way. Yer man was an energetic thriller, but a bit mechanical in the repetitive fingerwork?? I guess it's gonna be Canned Heat and then maybe Butterfield Blues Band, next? Just a feeling in my bones. And Locomotive Breath, yes! I'll always remember the first time I heard that chugalug.

Try this Frank Blind Faith A nice Winwood touch to Under My Thumb And here's a restrained version of The Classic – now can someone find this from the Rainbow concert, at the point where the wah wah solo kicks in and your hair stands on end – kinda like winding the V.11 up to full chat (just stretching it, to keep this thread on track)? Here's a poor quality version from MSG

Well, let's go for the 'two is better' approach. This track is a bit modern and polished for what I'd intended in this thread, but it's still pretty good guzzi-style, I think. Twin style: EC & JB Oh, gotta admit, single is pretty fine: press start and roll the throttle – or whatever any old which way... Does Termignoni do a Jeff Beck? I'm still hoping for some clips where the leathercloth is peeling from the chipboard cabinets. Something a bit elemental yet has the essence of classic style, something where the raucous rort and blat is underlaid by a solid bed of earth hum; something a bit rickety-rackety, clackety-clanky, but sweetly chewable as Italian coffee; dark, light, flawed, perfect, always soulful. A bit big block ditch pump. A bit Rory Gallagher checked shirt and denim jacket, a bit Rory Gallagher Stratocaster. A bit Catfish, a bit Sugar Mama. Hmmm. Maybe '90s Rory is a good picture of MG? Troubled, overweight, near to death, but still capable of roaring, raging, flying: inspired and exuding spirit. And the Twin version, with equally bloated Jack Bruce, making it up as it rolls along. More twins: Pauls, Rodgers and Kossoff. I had better go to bed

The cartoon threads and such-like throw up some really interesting items that wouldn't otherwise be discovered. I'd never seen La Linea before. Maybe some nice discoveries and evocations can be had from the thousands of old music move clips out in webworld? I'm not talking glossy pop-promos here (unless it's something really special). I'm thinking more about the footage that evokes the smell of dust burning on hot 4-valve power. Quatrovalvole EL34s: swoon... Guitars with twin-pot chug and rumble, rather than the multi-cylinder squeal of shredding pyrotechnics. Marshall, Vox, Wem, Moto Guzzi v-twin – not such different worlds? And as Guzzi riders know (see the Why is Guzzi Your Beloved Bike thread) it's not all about the horsepower numbers on the dynochart. As a YouTube commenter notes: "exactly, it isn't all about musical theory. which is why i consider Hendrix and Clapton the best.. their music/riffs simply sounded better. faster is really next to never better on the guitar. After a certain point of learning how to get to any note, any time, intangibles come into play, and that separates the Hendrix's from the Malmsteen's. Music in essence, is expression of emotion through art. the way i judge the guitarists are, expression of emotion through note combo's/song concepts." To start off: here's the man with the Moto Guzzi voice Jeff Beck Group - Plynth Faces - Gasoline Alley / Around the Plynth and here, Eric demonstrates his 4 primary controls and gives a lesson on his Woman Tone

I'd prefer less pointy bits or is that just silly?

Cheers Dan Yes, the ignition light resistor (in the LR wiring diagram) would be there to keep a feed if bulb blows – so what I don't understand then is why does removing the bulb give the result I'm seeing. Oh – I think that I see what you're saying now. You mean the voltage isn't rising, with the bulb out, because the alternator hasn't started to operate. So could that mean that the resistor wiring is broken? I'll have to investigate that. Running off the battery could be right, as the meter stayed fairly constant around 13.6V or so, from memory. The Lucas model number is 24181A A115 - 45 It also says 423612V (

I took out the alternator this afternoon and put in a new regulator. Unfortunately the problem remains. It's still putting out 15+ volts, measured at the battery. I didn't check diodes or anything else when the alternator was out. One more thing before I order a whole new alternator. When the warning light bulb is removed, the output voltage stays low even when engine is revved. Does that signify anything or is it just what you would expect? Dan, there isn't a "warning lamp control unit". That would have been older battery-excited models. This is Lucas A115 - 45. As far as I can see, there will be a resistor connected across the bulb.

That should do the trick. If anyone advices you to go for a direct mains connection – just say no.

From the MG website. There are lots of pics / angles on there. Edit: Whoops, Paul already answered. Congrats Guy. I can see the saliva dribbles from here. Yum. But – only 4 valves? I'm getting 8!

Various videos on You Tube Fancy pants video Growly grunty video Getting excited Guy? Any sniff yet?

Yeh – good one

No major surgery required. The most difficult thing is getting to through to that nut (or bolt head – I can't remember which end is where). When you're doing this, lube everything but also loctite the nuts as the little gear change nut invariably works loose and falls off and you could be left with a bit of a problem out on the road. Checking and setting the adjustable rod can help things a lot too.

Presumably you are set to local time so you will see your posting time as 02.12 minus the difference. OK Your turn again. ~ Where's D.L.? I thought that he'd be here by now? Maybe he's gone to make a... purchase??? ~ Ahh, the power of auto-suggestion

Well now, Ratchet, YOU are the very one who created that little picture (at 02.12pm)! I only observe what I observe. Maybe you shouldn't be poking about in threads like that!