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General Discussion / Re: Best looking motorcycle

« Last post by SIR REAL ED on Today at 06:34:09 PM »

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General Discussion / Re: Rides this spring/summer whos going where?

« Last post by Bill W on Today at 06:28:20 PM »

Daytona Bike week, heading down Feb 27th. Either April or May lunch meet at Suches. Robbinsville or Maggie Valley later in the year.

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General Discussion / Re: Best looking motorcycle

« Last post by SIR REAL ED on Today at 06:25:44 PM »

Always love the looks of the FJ1100

Yep.  Both the FJ1100 & FJ1200.  They even has some nice color combinations.

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General Discussion / Re: Best looking motorcycle

« Last post by TN Mark on Today at 06:18:50 PM »

This is an awesome thread. So many beautiful motorcycles are being shown.

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General Discussion / Re: Rides this spring/summer whos going where?

« Last post by flower_king001 on Today at 05:56:51 PM »

Hey Bob,

 Recently retired..sort of!

Would love to tag along on some of not all of these rides with you.

Brian

Exact Dates omitted

So far Il be riding (Tentatively) to;

March…March Moto Madness, Tellico Plains Tn or somewhere else

April….La Place Louisiana.  To a Drive In Restaurant

August Guzzi Rally in Wisconsin

April, May, Sept…Two Wheels of Suches, Suches Ga motorcycle Campground

June…Iron Horse Motorcycle Resort Robbinsville North Carolina for the Honda Chopper Rally

August…Guzzis in the Blueridge mountains rally

Got to figure out where to go in July yet.
Where are you going?

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General Discussion / Re: Best looking motorcycle

« Last post by snobear on Today at 05:15:27 PM »

Always love the looks of the FJ1100

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General Discussion / Re: Foolish idea?

« Last post by antmanbee on Today at 05:14:20 PM »

If the regulator is working fine now I wouldn't do anything. It will most likely continue to work. In the unlikely event it did fail you can order a new Shindengen or even a clone for that matter and replace it without having to do any rewiring. Save your money and don't carry a lot of extra stuff you wont use. 

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General Discussion / Re: V100 for Speed Twin 1200

« Last post by SIR REAL ED on Today at 05:10:06 PM »

2026 is going to be weird..... I've been agreeing with Huzo and KevM.......

When you guys agree, it's difficult for me to respect any of you.....   

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General Discussion / Re: Hilarious AI Moto Guzzi Cartoons

« Last post by SIR REAL ED on Today at 05:04:40 PM »

It’s all a matter of perspective.

We all take shortcuts every day. We eat out, grab cereal instead of cooking, and come to forums like this one instead of learning everything the hard way through trial and failure. That’s a shortcut too—and most of us are grateful for it.

AI is no different. It’s just another tool.

Building an old Guzzi instead of buying a new bike is harder, slower, and less efficient—but many of us do it anyway because the process has value. The knowledge, the mistakes, the satisfaction of doing it ourselves. That’s time well spent for us.

For other things, efficiency makes sense. There’s enough genuinely hard stuff in life without intentionally making everything harder just to prove a point. The key isn’t avoiding shortcuts—it’s deciding what’s worth your time and effort and what isn’t.

Use the hard road when it matters. Use the tools when they make sense. That balance is different for everyone.

well said.  IMO, an excellent summary of being "human."

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General Discussion / Re: Hilarious AI Moto Guzzi Cartoons

« Last post by SIR REAL ED on Today at 05:02:26 PM »

This piece of work was done by my sister in 1977 when her then husband bought the first Z1000 available in my home town.
He still has the bike and the memory…


Hand drawn with fine liner and countless hours…. I have it framed on the wall and I still am in awe of it. She did exactly the same thing for my Ducati Darmah.
Now THIS Gentlemen…Is art.
I once had a guy who told me that it must have been a doctored photo, until I pointed out a couple of inaccuracies in the detail that proved it couldn’t be, but you’d have to know or you’d never see them. I simply do not know if the original outline was traced or plotted, but it’s just way beyond me.

Wow!  That is impressive.  Artists are truly a different breed of human than myself!