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MotoGoosy's "Did You Know" merged threadfest...
« on: March 19, 2015, 06:43:38 PM »
That Moto Guzzi developed the first wind tunnel for motorcycles?  No, you didn't know that.  I have to tell ya everything.

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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2015, 06:45:27 PM »
Did you know that Saddam is dead?  ;D
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2015, 06:48:56 PM »
and......the Moto Guzzi V engine is not a tractor engine.
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2015, 06:59:18 PM »
Did you know that Saddam is dead?  ;D

... and that September 19, 2014 is now designated as "Troll Day" in and around Wild Guzzi-dom?

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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2015, 06:59:18 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2015, 07:01:09 PM »
Osama is dead as well...pretty cool about the wind tunnel
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2015, 07:02:25 PM »
and......the Moto Guzzi V engine is not a tractor engine.
Its not......?

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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2015, 07:06:06 PM »
And loud pipes don't really save lives. ;D

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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2015, 07:11:07 PM »
Its not......?

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Well, duh. It's a ditch pump engine..
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2015, 07:14:42 PM »
Wanna bet??? Check yer history.  It was originally developed and used in a tractor.  A momomoomoo-something.

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Re: MotoGoosy's "Did You Know" merged threadfest...
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2015, 07:15:34 PM »
That Moto Guzzi developed the first wind tunnel for motorcycles?  No, you didn't know that.  I have to tell ya everything.
we knew..
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2015, 07:20:04 PM »
I understand that the Guzzi wind tunnel vibrates a lot more than the Harley wind tunnel.
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2015, 07:21:30 PM »
Nope .

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He KNOWS that it wasn't a tractor engine.

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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2015, 07:21:55 PM »
Don't know about the tractor thing but in the dairy producing regions of Italy they call the bikes Moto-Guernsey ;)
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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2015, 07:22:52 PM »
did you get a new book?

actually the only thing in common with the 3x3 Mule is they both have a 90 degree twin.. the tractor motor was designed by Micucci and the v700 by Carcano and Todero.

so sure I'll bet...


I understand that the Guzzi wind tunnel vibrates a lot more than the Harley wind tunnel.
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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2015, 07:24:23 PM »
 ;-T  FG
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« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2015, 07:26:56 PM »
Fringe  ???

LMAO
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« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2015, 07:28:38 PM »
I understand that the Guzzi wind tunnel vibrates a lot more than the Harley wind tunnel.

 :D  :+1

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« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2015, 07:29:21 PM »
Fringe  ???

LMAO

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« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2015, 07:31:53 PM »
SO friggin' cool
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« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2015, 08:05:07 PM »
Yeah , like anyone at the MoCo knows what a wind tunnel is  :D Oh , wait , they gotta test all of that fringe  ::)

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« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2015, 08:35:12 PM »
No, really!!!!

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« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2015, 01:23:42 AM »
Much like humans ... the hotter cylinder is at the rear ...

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« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2015, 08:49:52 AM »
Read it in CycleWorld's "365 Motorcycles You Must Ride", while sitting in the repair shop yesterday.

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« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2015, 09:08:47 AM »
Hmm , thinking back to an article in one of the big mags where a famous rock musician was talking about not having any metric tools to work on his
'60S Triumph  ::) They don't always get stuff right , and this is a case of that  :o

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« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2015, 09:24:38 AM »
Hmm , thinking back to an article in one of the big mags where a famous rock musician was talking about not having any metric tools to work on his
'60S Triumph  ::) They don't always get stuff right , and this is a case of that  :o

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 But some metric wrenches can be " close enough" for those Whitworthless fasteners... ;)

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« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2015, 09:36:14 AM »
 And Whitworth screw drivers!!!  I have Whitworth wrenches but  my piles are late 60's when they became US sizes...

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« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2015, 09:48:26 AM »
And Whitworth screw drivers!!!  I have Whitworth wrenches but  my piles are late 60's when they became US sizes...

 Yeah , the gradual move to SAE fasteners was odd , never understood why they didn't just go metric  ??? Damn , I had several disagreements with some ignorant owners when replacing certain pieces on Triumphs in the '70s . "It must be metric , I can't get Whitworth bolts to work" or conversely ,"Why did you buy American nuts for that rocker box ?"  ::) The English used what , 3 or 4 different threads over a 40 year span ? However , to the best of my knowledge , there was only one tractor engine that found its way into a car  ~;

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« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2015, 10:21:58 AM »
  :D :D :D :D

 Self actuating fringe  ;D

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Taken on a calm day in Oklahoma..
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« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2015, 10:28:52 AM »
Taken on a calm day in Oklahoma..

  :D :D :D :D

 Yeah , and lately Oklahoma has been vibrating worse than Indiana . The central Okie HD rider's club hasn't noticed  ~; Hmm , how does one make this emo shake a bit more ?  :bike

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« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2015, 10:37:24 AM »
Yeah , the gradual move to SAE fasteners was odd , never understood why they didn't just go metric  ??? Damn , I had several disagreements with some ignorant owners when replacing certain pieces on Triumphs in the '70s . "It must be metric , I can't get Whitworth bolts to work" or conversely ,"Why did you buy American nuts for that rocker box ?"  ::) The English used what , 3 or 4 different threads over a 40 year span ? However , to the best of my knowledge , there was only one tractor engine that found its way into a car  ~;

  Dusty
Yeah, three different threads types.And there was no consistency on any of if. When messing with older Triumphs I usually Helicoil engine case/ head  thread holes.   Was the tractor engine in Triumph cars?
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