Author Topic: Mandello Anniversary stuff..(then the trip)  (Read 11245 times)

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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #60 on: August 03, 2022, 10:53:15 AM »
Thanks for the programme, Nick!

I thought I could park at the Piazza Garibaldi for the meet-up, but it looks like that won't be possible....

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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #61 on: August 27, 2022, 07:29:35 AM »
This is how it ended up.


I have put a dot above the “i” in Guzzi.
Should go well with this


Packing the bag tomorrow.
3 days to go… :clock: :clock: :clock:
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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #62 on: August 27, 2022, 10:34:27 AM »
Very very nice!

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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #63 on: August 28, 2022, 08:56:50 AM »
Peter, I wish you a safe trip Sir.
Be careful and have a great time.
Please send pictures and updates as often as possible and especially of the factory where our Guzzi’s were produced.

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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #63 on: August 28, 2022, 08:56:50 AM »

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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #64 on: August 28, 2022, 09:49:50 AM »
Peter

You are the MAN….

 Wishing you all the best and waiting on the pics.

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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #65 on: August 28, 2022, 01:11:15 PM »
It’s getting close Peter!
A friend of mine has joined me, we are both picking up Guzzis in Rome on the 1st and working our way up through Umbria and Tuscany with a potential ride to the Cinque terra before lading in Mandello. We will get in touch with you around the 6th

Cheers
Jim
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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #66 on: August 28, 2022, 01:24:16 PM »
It’s getting close Peter!
A friend of mine has joined me, we are both picking up Guzzis in Rome on the 1st and working our way up through Umbria and Tuscany with a potential ride to the Cinque terra before lading in Mandello. We will get in touch with you around the 6th

Cheers
Jim
No worries Jim.
My friend in Paris has lost his licence for doing 170 km/h so I’ll not be stopping by his apartment. The loose plan for me is to fly into Heathrow on Sep 1 and depart for Dover on Sep 2.
Turn left at Calais and up into the Netherlands to visit on 3rd and 4th, then down through Mt Blanc tunnel via Chamonix, up and over Simplon Pass and drop into Mandello.
I’ll probably arrive Mandello around the 6th.

Or something similar.

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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #67 on: August 28, 2022, 01:26:22 PM »
Peter

You are the MAN….

 Wishing you all the best and waiting on the pics.

Mark
Thanks mate, but there will be quite a contingent there from WG as well…

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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #68 on: August 28, 2022, 01:48:02 PM »
Hi Peter,
Only just seen this thread.  I won't be in Mandello as we already made a visit there in July.  I'm available in UK if you need any help for your trip or somewhere to doss on the way back.
Cheers,
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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #69 on: August 28, 2022, 04:14:15 PM »
Hi Peter,
Only just seen this thread.  I won't be in Mandello as we already made a visit there in July.  I'm available in UK if you need any help for your trip or somewhere to doss on the way back.
Cheers,
Derek
You beauty Derek..!





That was a beaut day… :thumb:
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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #70 on: August 28, 2022, 05:36:03 PM »
Huzo, if for whatever reason you need any help with the bike in London, just PM me. Have a fully kitted out workshop and would be happy to help.

Hope you have a great trip to Mandello

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #71 on: August 28, 2022, 07:01:46 PM »
Huzo, if for whatever reason you need any help with the bike in London, just PM me. Have a fully kitted out workshop and would be happy to help.

Hope you have a great trip to Mandello
Wow Laz…Thank you.
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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #72 on: August 28, 2022, 07:18:12 PM »
I'm flying Wednesday to Venice for a week of Dolomiti/Veneto  touring with Falcone friends before moving on to Mandello.  Alas, Regina's mother (97) has become very frail and requires daily care so Regina must remain home.  People generally prefer to meet her rather than me.  :-(

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #73 on: August 29, 2022, 12:45:34 PM »
Plan to arrive in Mandello on the 7th.

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #74 on: September 02, 2022, 07:04:43 AM »
Not much yet, but I got into Heathrow@ 4:30 am as it said on the tin.
Straight through the formalities like a rat up a drainpipe and got to the depot @ 6:15… only to be greeted by a closed door, they open at 8:30….. :sad:
Went for breakfast and came back at 8:00 am and the door was opening…. :thumb:
The guy who runs the show had inflated the tyres to spec and test fired the red rattler……..Boom…! :bow: :thumb:
This is the action around that.






So now I’m parked up in Sarf London and will head for Dover either tomorrow morning or Sunday morning, but no later.
The plan is to cross to Calais then up to the Netherlands to visit some folk, with a bit of luck maybe Frans Belgium.
After that it’s Mandello in the Tom Tom and no more buggerising around.
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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #75 on: September 03, 2022, 02:01:19 AM »
Next couple of days.










We have a new member who contacted me with an offer of a stopover in Switzerland on the way down from Holland. It’s a wonderful gesture which I will avail myself of.
Thank you to all who make these offers, they are like gold….. :bow: :thumb:

Sorry about the error in the departure point on the English coast.
It’s obviously Dover, not Folkestone.
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Re: Mandello stuff
« Reply #76 on: September 03, 2022, 02:11:09 AM »
It’s getting close Peter!
 We will get in touch with you around the 6th
Will be a highlight for me, much anticipated.

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #77 on: September 03, 2022, 04:14:31 PM »
Hoping that the rain in the Alps isn’t as per the current forecast.  What does 60% chance of rain mean exactly anyway?  :grin:

I’m sitting in 104 F/40 C heat now, and will be flying to Europe tomorrow night.  Cooler weather doesn’t sound so bad today.

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #78 on: September 03, 2022, 04:47:05 PM »
Hoping that the rain in the Alps isn’t as per the current forecast.  What does 60% chance of rain mean exactly anyway?  :grin:

I’m sitting in 104 F/40 C heat now, and will be flying to Europe tomorrow night.  Cooler weather doesn’t sound so bad today.
Hmmmmm…

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #79 on: September 04, 2022, 11:44:51 PM »
A nice quiet ride up to Peize in the Netherlands today in 28 deg C…
The Norge ran typically beautifully and it’s good to have the long legs back again. I was surprised to encounter this.. https://youtu.be/Wj-5-kg-0xM
I have never seen one before.
On the 18 hour (non stop…!) leg of the flight from Perth to London, I watched Blues Brothers #1 (again), and yesterday reminded me of the leap over the tilt bridge in the movie.
I didn’t try it…. :undecided:
Anyway.
A short (ish) ride today down to Neiwhuisen then on the morning of the 6 th, down into Switzerland to the home of a brand new WG member who lives 3 hrs from Mandello. He he’s offered to put me up and I really appreciate it..
I won’t mention his name yet because permission is pending..
Here is the journey thus far..


The mountains start tomorrow… :azn: :bike-037:
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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #80 on: September 04, 2022, 11:57:36 PM »
Hoping that the rain in the Alps isn’t as per the current forecast.  What does 60% chance of rain mean exactly anyway?  :grin:
On an aviation forecast it means that there is 60% chance of significant rain in the forecast period.
Not as I used to think, that it will rain 60% of the time…
But good point Tus.

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #81 on: September 05, 2022, 01:03:30 AM »
Well, the Dolomiti have pretty much look like this yesterday at Sella Pass.


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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #82 on: September 05, 2022, 10:29:53 AM »
Well, the Dolomiti have pretty much look like this yesterday at Sella Pass.


That’ll do every time.

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #83 on: September 05, 2022, 11:19:28 AM »



Almost packed and ready to roll.  Be in Liechtenstein tomorrow night and Lierna Wednesday.
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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #84 on: September 06, 2022, 04:56:58 AM »
Mandello tomorrow!

Road from Genoa north on the tiny twisty roads, lovely mountain pass, roads made for motorcycles! Narrow, steep, hairpins all along the way.



Visiting the MV Augusta Museum this afternoon, went up to the factory at Varesse but couldn’t get past reception, they felt sorry for me and tossed me a keychain, one takes what one can get.

 I did walk around the outside of the old Aero Macchi sea plane factory that became Aermacchi and then Cagiva. Amazing that after all these years motorcycles are still being made in the picturesque lakeside factory surrounded by such beauty.

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #85 on: September 06, 2022, 04:01:31 PM »
A few delays today as product of a late getaway from Holland and lots of time searching for Wi Fi to load maps.
A couple of young guys on bikes let me search using their “hot spot”……
They are trying to get an association together, their e mail is..

Thundertribe2020@gmail.com

They were great young guys and were well pleased to hear that I would give them a mention here.
The upshot is that I’m currently in Saarbrucken and I’ll do the 500 k to Christoph Steiner’s place in Switzerland tomorrow.
That’ll put me in Mandello early on the 8 th…..That’ll do.
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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #86 on: September 06, 2022, 07:27:57 PM »
I heard today from my friend Lorenzo from Galatina in (deep southern) Italy. He's riding his Norge to Mandello but was in Austria today at the Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum (a bit south of Innsbruck). It looks fantastic and not that far from Mandello in case any of you in the general area might be interested.


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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #87 on: September 07, 2022, 09:11:35 AM »
Got here today


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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #88 on: September 07, 2022, 10:12:05 AM »
have fun Nick

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Re: Mandello Anniversary stuff
« Reply #89 on: September 07, 2022, 02:59:01 PM »
Nick you are one lucky boy!
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