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General Discussion / Re: How old is too old for tires?
« Last post by Dr. Enzo Toma on Today at 01:30:50 AM »
How do you expect the poor helmet manufacturers to make any money?   :shocked:

Interestingly, Walmart sells full face helmets for less than 100 bucks.  They have to meet the same safety standards as a $700 Shorai/Arai/Schuberth, etc.  No, I'm not suggesting ditching the Shorai for a Walmart because I assume those big name brands (and others in the price range) far exceed those standards.  But you know what they say about assumptions. 

You could drop your Walmart helmet/replace it six times and still save money!! :thumb:

Yep. If you're in the market for a helmet and take the safety aspect of it seriously, it's worth taking a good look at those standards. DOT is a bare minimum and that's what the cheap helmets meet. Those mid range and premium helmets from Shoei/Arai/Schuberth tend to also carry ECE certification as the same helmet is sold with different marketing in Europe, and some are even Snell certified.

I sent a crashed helmet to Shoei a few years ago for them to do an impact inspection and check if the helmet had been compromised. It was an accident where I retained consciousness and had no recollection of hitting my head/helmet, but sure enough there was a scrape on the visor and EMS assured me that it's incredibly common for motorcyclists to hit their head/helmet in a crash and not have noticed it. No head injuries were found at the hospital. Anyway, Shoei assessed the helmet and gave me a report on it and shipped it back for free. Their assessment was that it was due for replacement, not from the crash's exterior impact or from the half dozen times I'd dropped the helmet which they noted tend to not compromise it, but from the inner liner, the impact absorbing styrofoam type material, being damaged in a spot from me putting my helmet over a mirror on bikes for a few years instead of setting it down flat or hanging it from a strap. So lesson learned there, propping a helmet up on a mirror can be more damaging than dropping it from seat height or rubbing it down the highway a bit.
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General Discussion / Re: Do V7s Congregate Or Just A One-off Attraction?
« Last post by DoubleGuzzi on March 26, 2026, 09:17:28 PM »
Nice!
Doesn't look sad anymore.
The pic flatters it a good amount.
A heap of rusty bolt heads and the silencers need a good scrub up. The lower engine has loads of missing black paint. The chrome of the wheel rims is nasty looking especially in the corners. Look closely at the front mudguard stays, to see corrosion on the forks. The exhaust headers have the typical (car owner) neglect and had black gunge melted to the left hand pipe: I'm working on it. You can't see it here but the rear drive is a mess with about 15-20% of the black paint flaked off. All alloy needs some Mother's attention.
Bike looks fine from 15ft away.   :wink:

I'll remove the pannier rails and perhaps the rack, until required, plus the large (for my tastes) screen, to better show off the chromed headlamp. If I decide I like the bike enough, then I'll probably replace the Oxford heated grips for my usual cheapo Chinese ones that have an integrated heat controller - much cleaner look. I may even treat it to the original style chrome mirrors.. time will tell. All depends on many pounds (bucks) I need to use, to get the bike up to a decent standard.

[Looking forward to your progress, Charlie.]
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It's that way for Loopframe Guzzis for me. This police Eldo showed up about two weeks ago. It's a bit of a "mongrel" right now, but I'll slowly put it back to original spec.











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General Discussion / New Honda Transalp
« Last post by dave1068 on March 26, 2026, 09:09:49 PM »
Hey all-

Still have my 2024 Stelvio but aging/knee issues  caused me to part with the V7 Stone and after looking for a while, added a Honda Transalp, Havent had a new;ish Honda since the Nighthawk S in the 80s.

This is a really nice bike with great features. Plus it's bullet proof as a Honda. Looking forward to riding as New England weather slowly warms up
-Dave


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General Discussion / Re: Do V7s Congregate Or Just A One-off Attraction?
« Last post by Pescatore on March 26, 2026, 08:44:34 PM »
Nice!
Doesn't look sad anymore.
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General Discussion / Re: Bulldog's V85
« Last post by Bulldog9 on March 26, 2026, 07:11:45 PM »
An exciting day today...

While I was going down to my mountain home to grab all the parts for shipping, I grabbed the package of zeta risers. I tried out on the 1200 sport but didn't work. They bolted up perfectly to the V85 and at first feel I think they're going to be perfect.





I also came home and found my my $50 chinesium LED lights on the front porch. $50 false advertising pieces of crap from Facebook. We'll see how long they hold up. But they are dual lights And match the twin headlights on the v85 which is kind of cool. They switch between yellow and white so I think I'm going to have the running lights (default with ignition on ) as yellow and then when I switch on the auxiliary lights from the handlebar switch they'll switch to White maximum blinding power. After all they are laser guns.....  :drool:





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General Discussion / Re: My new v9
« Last post by Bulldog9 on March 26, 2026, 07:00:34 PM »
I just finished my first 200 mile day on a 26 sport. I'll wait a while for a real review but if the 2016 v7II is a 62 corvette and the 17 III is a 69 Z28 the 26 is a 2015 Camaro.

LOL, that's not a good comparison  :evil: :evil: :evil:
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General Discussion / Re: Do V7s Congregate Or Just A One-off Attraction?
« Last post by Bulldog9 on March 26, 2026, 06:59:27 PM »
I don't know about V7's but I always have the sense that the GRiSO has it's way whenever it wants.............
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General Discussion / Re: Foreign object followed me home
« Last post by Turin on March 26, 2026, 06:45:01 PM »
I live 4 miles away from Reparto. Good guys over all.
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General Discussion / Re: Do V7s Congregate Or Just A One-off Attraction?
« Last post by guzzisteve on March 26, 2026, 06:39:28 PM »
They multiply, so, you must have a female in the bunch!
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