belfastguzzi

It looks like a swanee whistle, Shirley? (Do press play.) Though why does it have someone's lower leg attached to it?

I think I'll buy Bungendore and move there.

Holiday?! Holiday!? Too much never-ending work in order to keep head just about above water, big deficit for the year, need to find new premises because current site is being 'redeveloped' like every little pocket of land and bit of building around about. Finding affordable space around Belfast these days is nearly impossible. Working on big plans though. Trouble is: big plans + no money = more big work + no free time. Bikes still sitting outside the house in wind, rain & muck, waiting for repairs. Now it's February. May will be here before we know it. Will I be mobile? Don't know. Hope so. Want to get to haggisland. Looking forward to seeing the Aultguish Refugees.

Hey! You've even got it listed as a 2002 model in your own picture gallery: http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=111939 Now, Jaap

separate post because of max upload allowance The 2001 model

What!? I was diddled? Or maybe not. I'm only aware of ever seeing the Scura referenced as 2002 and that's what it says in the log book. Here are a couple of quotes from a very quick search. Anything that I saw indicated that it was introduced in 2002. example: >>Moto Guzzi V11 Scura May 2002 The V11 Sport has been a part of the Moto Guzzi landscape since 2000, but now there's a well-credentialed sibling out to steal some short-term thunder - the Scura. Moto Guzzi has given the limited-edition theme quite a nudge in the last couple of years...blah.... and it's now continued with the unveiling of the V11 Sport Scura, an up-spec'd version of the marque's self-proclaimed "sportsbike par excellance." In my books, Moto Guzzi, which is now owned by Aprilia, has successfully trodden the fine line between limited-edition and all-new very shrewdly, and the Scura is the latest manifestation of that way of thinking. Because what we have is a bike with all the verve and character of the standard air-cooled, fuel-injected two-valve, 90-degree transverse V11, but with a few tasty extras to make the riding experience just that little bit more accommodating. Yeah, sure, the bike's a new toy, but it hasn't lost sight of its origins. But, like most things, there's a price to pay for the jump up in class - the Scura, of which only 600 will be produced, retails for $22,999, as against $19,995 for the base model (which, incidentally, has dropped by $1000 since AMCN last tested it over two years ago). ...blah blah.... I'd have to say the uprated suspension does talk a whole new V11 language, because that was probably the biggest beef on the standard bike last time out. As former staffer Martin Port noted: "The combination of a 219kg claimed dry weight, long wheelbase and radical 25-degree rake/92mm trail make for a head shaking ride if the suspenders aren't working together." ...blah blah.... In 2002, besides a claimed 221kg dry weight in Scura guise and a slightly longer wheelbase (1490mm versus 1471), not much has changed in the geometry department - but the adoption of the new suspenders has made the world of difference. The shaft-driven Scura provides quite an inspiring ride, with excellent stability and feedback all round - especially from the front end, which was accused of being a little vague in its past life. And there was nigh a hint of a wallow during the whole time I rode it - this is one Guzzi that appreciates a walloping through the twisties, and is well and truly up to the task. Picture examples of 2001 V.11 Sport with narrower wheel rim, older style brake rotors(?) etc and 2002 Scura and 2002 Le mans

QUOTE (pasotibbs @ Jan 21 2008, 01:10 PM) Well my red/grey Lemans was Registered Feb 2002 but has no front balance pipe but the silly wide rear wheel so I always assumed it was a 2001 spec machine. now I'm confused I thought all 2002 bikes (Scura being one) were the pre-balance pipe spec. including wider wheel, which had come earlier, extended spine at head but prior to header balance pipe. Wrinkly black paint – nice. If it breaks springs, spews out bits of gasket, flakes paint and leaks oil – it's Genuine 2002.

Does it have a saddle with a custom cover made by Belstaff, perchance?

Ratchet Surprise Claim Revealed – "I'm a Dutchman/woman"! Oh yeah, Im sure that Jaap will be delighted with this shocker. I can see what's coming next. Ratchet: Another Surprise Claim Revealed – "Jaap is my secret Dutch lovechild" The Guzzi fetish, the black lycra passion – it's in the genes.

Right so. To answer the question, The Real Thing is actually the Belfast Jacket. Please, no more of that other _fashion-house_mock-Royal_typographically-mistaken_retrogression_. If you insist on the rugged-retro look, ask the shop for a 'Belfast Flak Jacket'. Some other real Belfast Jacket things: Bang-bang For the Laydees Though I go for haute couture every time

On examination of the facts I see that I said_could_(never) – not_do_. I'm sure that Nagbod could formulate some sort of defence for me on that basis. Of course the Royal Family do never work without their TARTAN linings.

Exactly (and at some point, if this thread lives on, I may repost the piece that I posted here and then withdrew, which was an expanded version of this theme.

Of course wax cotton jackets could never work without their TARTAN linings.

Cos you're a yak? So allowances should be made for when you are ruminating.

Hmm. I've tried to cross-reference that Belstaff catalogue with a mineral database containing 4,442 individual mineral species descriptions. I can't come up with a match*, though despite the surfeit of oily pictures on that site (ugh!), there is no actual information that's of any use to either man or beast there. This enquiry might have to be escalated to Tech Topics. * However I do notice that the reference numbers are cod xxxxxx. This gives credence to those in The Fish Theory camp?

To be honest, I've warmed to him, a little bit.

Actually it seems that it's really the bank that is at fault and this shouldn't have been possible. In this example Clarkson should be right. Idiot bank – and that's worse!

Would a wax cotton jacket be a vegetable? Or is it some form of animal, possibly deceased?

Take your jacket off.

Wow! 2008 is going to be a great year!

Would a wasp's nest be a vegetable?

Tut, tut

–> PM me your measurements. Any colour preferences? Nogbad pretty well used up all my stock of pink and Jaap has a big order in for the black stuff, but apart from that.... most of the rainbow colours are available. Sardine fragrance is standard, but I can do tuna (for Forum members). Take two sets and I'll throw in a free blanket (Nog got the horse).

All I could afford was a bit of blanket for dashing around in

In '79, Nogbad was altogether quite dapper, BEFORE he donned the final layer of greased canvas