Origins of V11LeMans.com

[Chuck]

On 2/11/2023 at 5:49 PM, audiomick said:

I would put that differently:

We love these bikes for what they are, despite that which they aren't.

This.

Colt rode the Mighty Scura to the Indiana Guzzi lunch last week. The old girl was making her "sounds" warming up as he was putting on his gear. I had to walk over and tell him that she was a BMF. He just smiled and said, "I *like* it." (shrug)

[gstallons]

The red pill/blue pill is from the 1999 movie The Matrix . A "must see" movie.  I hope you can watch this on a large screen / HDTV. You will never be the same . 

[LaGrasta]

Being a new V11 owner, I've only been here a short time. I admit this site has a certain atmosphere, of which I'm comfortable. As for knowledge and resources, it's immeasurable. Thank you to all who participate. Thank you @Admin Jaap

[Admin Jaap]

On 2/11/2023 at 11:36 PM, al_roethlisberger said:

Are there many of us left active (or semi-active ) on the forum that met you during that cross-country trip?  

AFAIK @Mike Stewart and you are the only ones still active here. On the trip my ex-GF and I met Dave Gross and Gooddog in Seattle and on our last night in the USA we've met Don ???, Mike, Carl Allison and you of course.

On 2/11/2023 at 11:36 PM, al_roethlisberger said:

And recall that this was at least the second iteration of the forum.  As I recall in the very early days you changed software and we made some effort to copy over some of those early posts.  ...ages ago 

Completely forgot about that! The first forum ran on text-based open source software. Not very stable, but in a short time there was so much information gathered, that the migration to the software platform we still use was quite a bit of work. I do remember you being rather involved in that. 

[docc]

On 1/15/2021 at 3:57 AM, Admin Jaap said:

I had to look up when I registered the domain name: 2002-04-16 13:55:03 UTC

Happy Birthday, V11Lemans.com!

[docc]

This anecdote so informs the fact that this amazing web-place yet exists.

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          One day, an old man finished building a bridge crossing a vicious chasm.

                                       It had taken his entire life to complete.

A young fellow approached the man, now collapsed on the far bank,

"Old man, are you not going to cross the bridge you have built ?"

                                              The old man replied,

"That is not necessary. I built it for you. "

[docc]

On 1/15/2021 at 3:57 AM, Admin Jaap said:

I had to look up when I registered the domain name: 2002-04-16 13:55:03 UTC

Happy twenty-third birthday, V11LeMans.com!

[docc]

I would go so far as to say that our Chief Whip, @Admin Jaap, is one of my lifetime heroes. He has stood by us through the thick and thin, and remains at our helm. I am so very proud to call him "friend" even from this distance from middle Tennessee to Varsseveld. Cheers and best regards, my man!

Yet, beyond just the origins, here is to: Our Community.    

What an amazing and dedicated collection of individuals willing to contribute, support, and inquire. 

"We few,

we happy few,

we band of brothers."

[gstallons]

I looked on my profile & it's been 17 yrs. for me. I am just as anxious to get on here as i

 was the first week. This has not lost any of it's appeal .

[gstallons]

And you Docc , have 5 up on me !

[docc]

12 minutes ago, gstallons said:

And you Docc , have 5 up on me !

I got so lucky finding this "new" forum in February, 2003, when mySport's warranty was running out, my dealer had left Moto Guzzi, my gearbox "played-up", and the "other" US Guzzi forum pretty much rejected my inquiries.

@rocker59 sent me here, and what a treasure this community has been. No doubt mySport would not be yet carving the roads without this community's support all this time. 

For the record, I am just a participant here, with no ownership; simply a volunteer in highest hopes of sustaining this amazing community and V11 SpineFrame resource. I am fond of saying,

"We are (collectively) the world's foremost expert(s) on the V11 SpineFrame Moto Guzzi."

 

 

[Admin Jaap]

Thanks guys! I'm a bit lost for words

[guzzler]

Doc

This place was a great resource for me in the early days of trying to figure out just what the hell I'd gotten myself into too...

Still is now, and like many others it's a daily obsession..!

Great bunch of like-minded people sharing the passion of these wonderful bikes.

Jaap, many thanks mate, this place is truly unique.

Cheers 

  

[docc]

I am not, usually, behind this call to action. Yet, be it known that the only benefit I get from our donations is that this forum carries on for the benefit of all . . .

 

[Tomchri]

March .

Cheers Tom.