You have to love the Italian slant on advertisements.

[Tom]

I wish it was in color.  Usual disclaimers.  This is from looking up the wiring diagram through Carl Allison and Greg's Bender's This Old Tractor" website.


http://www.thisoldtractor.com/guzzi007/sportissimo.html"

[ITSec]

Is that what they mean by 'product placement'? 

[Tom]

Different product line.  Cost way more in the long run than the initial price. :-0

[twowings]

Classic styling all 'round...

[Tom]

On the other product line.  If you have to ask.  You can't afford it. :-)  I already have one of those.

[blackcat]

No Guzzi content but Perone did a series of these commercials that I always enjoy viewing:

https://youtu.be/FEOjnK7YOAU

Well, it is Lake Como.

[Tom]

Good one! 

[rboe]

Damn! Nice!

Full version of the song.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCk_wUMdS6w

[sign216]

No Guzzi content but Perone did a series of these commercials that I always enjoy viewing:

https://youtu.be/FEOjnK7YOAU

Well, it is Lake Como.

Great commercial.  Tremendous old-school programming.  Interesting that they used an American song in their ad.
Is the world really just one big culture?

[pyoungbl]

Yes, the Italians really know how to infuse...sex...into advertising.  The Brits did a pretty darn good job too:
http://www.andover-norton.co.uk/Norton%20Girls.htm

motorcycle advertising has never been the same

[sign216]

Yes, the Italians really know how to infuse...sex...into advertising.  The Brits did a pretty darn good job too:
http://www.andover-norton.co.uk/Norton%20Girls.htm

motorcycle advertising has never been the same

The Norton girls are tame.  Here's some moped girls.


 

[Huzo]

Is the world really just one big culture?

No, but it will be soon. In Oz now some large tyre companies advertise "Tires," and aircraft are made of "Aluminum"according to a young "guy" I overheard yesterday....

[tris]

No, but it will be soon. In Oz now some large tyre companies advertise "Tires," and aircraft are made of "Aluminum"according to a young "guy" I overheard yesterday....

Bo??ocks too that.

Happily Mr Gates puts UK and US English spell checkers into his products 

[oldbike54]

Bo??ocks too that.

Happily Mr Gates puts UK and US English spell checkers into his products 

 One Yank who agrees Trys    I prefer the English pronunciations of many words also , such as "for MID able" .

 Dusty

[Huzo]

Yeah Dusty, I used to get the grumps up when I would hear and see young Aussie kids imitating American culture, but now they don't even know they're imitating, so that's kinda worse,it's just the norm, and worse still Dusty, sometimes things don't sound as legitimate if they're Aussie as they do with an American tilt. Best example is country music, an Aussie accent sounds lame, even to me? Here's a beauty, the other day I was watching a cop show produced in Australia, and I couldn't tell why the in-car scenes looked odd, then I realised it was 'cos the steering wheel was on the RIGHT side!!!, and I was born and bred here ! We feast on so much American programming,( most of it damn good)here, that left hand drive vehicles look odd when I sit in one but OK on TV. Yeah I think we're becoming one big culture, but I guess as long as a goodly percentage of us are on Guzzis then that'll still be ok 'till I carc it ! ( Attempted humour ). Huzo.

[oldbike54]

 The impact of American culture on the world is kind of unfortunate . Of course in the 1980's Ozzie culture was being exported in movies and music . Or at least pop Ozzie culture , we got really tired of hearing "shrimp on the barbie" , and watching all of those Crocodile Dundee movies , not to mention being forced to listen to Air Supply    It will eventually come full circle and Kiwi culture will dominate the world , which we all know you Ozzies are looking forward to 

 Dusty

[giusto]

No Guzzi content but Perone did a series of these commercials that I always enjoy viewing:

https://youtu.be/FEOjnK7YOAU

Well, it is Lake Como.

Nice...thanks for that...I like Peroni...Mi Piaci Lago di Como...ti adoro italiano bella donne!!

[Tom]

Huzo.....MotoGuzzi's operate the same on the left or right side of the road. :-)

[Huzo]

The impact of American culture on the world is kind of unfortunate . Of course in the 1980's Ozzie culture was being exported in movies and music . Or at least pop Ozzie culture , we got really tired of hearing "shrimp on the barbie" , and watching all of those Crocodile Dundee movies , not to mention being forced to listen to Air Supply    It will eventually come full circle and Kiwi culture will dominate the world , which we all know you Ozzies are looking forward to 

 Dusty

Yeah that's true that it's a bit unfortunate, although it came in handy when Japanese bombs fell on Darwin in WW2 ! As I recall there were a few P51's or similar operating in the Pacific War and the odd BIG battleship !

[oldbike54]

Yeah that's true that it's a bit unfortunate, although it came in handy when Japanese bombs fell on Darwin in WW2 ! As I recall there were a few P51's or similar operating in the Pacific War and the odd BIG battleship !

W/O  going into details, an SAS unit pulled my narrow ass out of harms way , so let's call it even 

 Dusty

[ITSec]

Yeah that's true that it's a bit unfortunate, although it came in handy when Japanese bombs fell on Darwin in WW2 ! As I recall there were a few P51's or similar operating in the Pacific War and the odd BIG battleship !

You're both wrong, but that's OK - it means the secret plan for Canada to quietly (oh, so quietly) take over the world is working as planned....

[oldbike54]

You're both wrong, but that's OK - it means the secret plan for Canada to quietly (oh, so quietly) take over the world is working as planned....

 Sneaky Canadians  Wait , hasn't that already happened 

 Dusty

[sign216]

Pay attention.  Moped girls are hotter than cycle girls!  For example:

 

[oldbike54]

Pay attention.  Moped girls are hotter than cycle girls!  For example:

 

 Absolutely way too much money spent on aftermarket work here 

 Dusty

[ITSec]

Pay attention.  Moped girls are hotter than cycle girls!  For example:

 

I find I must visit Tempe AZ again - and soon, based on this photo!

[Huzo]

You're both wrong, but that's OK - it means the secret plan for Canada to quietly (oh, so quietly) take over the world is working as planned....

You could do worse!

[Tom H]

What moped??   

Tom