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Yeah, but you've got... emus... and snakes... and fun stuff like that.

Has yours arrived yet? Any word on oil pump recall issue? The dealer here said that there are no recall notices.

Hmmmmmmmmm Now you've got me thinking

Look – we did Clangers and Noggin the Nog and Ivor the Engine two years ago! We never did Huck!

Ah, right. I was just about to leave the house. Well, no harm in looking I suppose. Here goes. Maybe call by the Triumph dealer on the way.

Well, Antonio. I think I'll go out to the Guzzi shop this afternoon and have another look around. Maybe a plan will come to me when I'm there.

That's nice to know, BigJ. Very nice indeed.

Huckleberry Hound singing 'Oh My Darling Clementine'. My first experience of The Great American Songbook.

Hey Scotsman McTavish, it's not all about the violence! *Whack! (with a big iron)*

*Bif bof wham (with a big frying pan)*

No he didn't!

Yes he did!

No he didn't!

When I was about 4 or 5 I listened over and over to the soundtrack of Huckleberry Hound cartoons on a long-player record. What more entertainment could be needed? I've just listened to the very thing on iTunes – and watched the moving pics too. Is this not marvellous? Huck and Dinky Dalton just like it always was!

Griso 8v Oil pump issue? http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=139026

Grief. I'll add that to the 'sorted, question mark' thread then. Good luck with the Stelvio testing.

Can you comment on a particular thing Greg? It might be of little consequence to most people, but some of us have talked about it here before. The point where the front top sub-frame bolts to the engine is, to my mind, poorly considered in the V.11, given it's structural importance. The timing case is very thin there, where it bolts to the main case, and so can crack there, at and around the bolt hole, where it thins below the bracket. Is the case below and around the bracket beefed up on the later engine design, to make it stronger? Is the hanging placement / arrangement at the front still essentially the same as it was with the V.11? I particularly wonder if they've addressed this with the Stelvio, which is made to be loaded up with gear and is intended to have some capability for a bit of rough-roading. The potential for damage from a heavy drop should surely have been taken into consideration, especially as a cracked timing chest is really not repairable on the road / on tour. I suppose you guys won't see the Stelvio for some time yet, but what about the other recent models? I forgot to look when I saw a Griso in the flesh a few weeks ago. Thanks, DB

Breva, Griso, Sport, Norge - - - Now that they've been out and about for a couple of years, some a bit less, some a bit more, what's the longer term experience of the newer generation of Guzzis? All machinery has niggles, but do they have substantially less troubles than the V.11 has had? Better fit of parts, better durability, strength and accuracy of construction, oil tightness? Better quality control? Is there more integrity to the overall machinery, a cohesive sum of parts? What about durability and resistance to corrosion? General long term satisfaction? If folk reply, you could specify which model you have.

Oh Spring must be here. The Corkman is out of hibernation and probably looking for.... a 50" plasma ...or something

I think you'd change your trousers too.

Yeah, yeah: they said that about the V.11 too.