work trip Nero Corsa, dragon, Nashville, Knoxville, Wytheville

[ratguzzi]

I was down south a few weeks ago on another paid Guzzi trip. I had the Labor Day weekend to get from Nashville to Wytheville and had great weather.
Mostly back roads from Nashville to Knoxville and a couple days later same thing from Knoxville to Wytheville. A few pics of the Dragon, an early morning vid I did on it, surprised to have such light traffic, my route and a pic of the equipment I was was working on.
I added 12,000 miles to the Nero Corsa since the Breva trans went out earlier this year and at least half, I was paid $.575/mile for vehicle use.
The vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQgiEsID0xA

Repetitious dragon pic link:

http://s273.photobucket.com/user/ratguzzi/library/Deals%20gap%202015%20Sept

JB

[LowRyter]

wayyy cool

[rocker59]

Nice pix.  Glad to see you finally got it over to The Dragon~!   

[ratguzzi]

Nice pix.  Glad to see you finally got it over to The Dragon~!   

I was there in June of this year as well.
JB

http://s273.photobucket.com/user/ratguzzi/library/deals%20gap%20June%202015

[Lannis]

Nice pix.  Glad to see you finally got it over to The Dragon~!   

Yeah, the poor guy ... all this time and never ridden the Dragon before ....   

I'll bet he's invested in KillBoy Inc stock by now ...   

The company before last that I worked for, specifically disallowed reimbursement for motorcycles for business trips.   Might not have stood up in court, but there it was.    But for the last one, I made several reimbursed trips ... $.51 a mile will pay for a lot of gas and tires for sure, considering that depreciation is zip on a 30-year-old Guzzi!

Lannis

[rocker59]

I was there in June of this year as well.
JB

http://s273.photobucket.com/user/ratguzzi/library/deals%20gap%20June%202015

Cool.  I don't remember those, for some reason.

[ratguzzi]

Yeah, the poor guy ... all this time and never ridden the Dragon before ....   

I'll bet he's invested in KillBoy Inc stock by now ...   

The company before last that I worked for, specifically disallowed reimbursement for motorcycles for business trips.   Might not have stood up in court, but there it was.    But for the last one, I made several reimbursed trips ... $.51 a mile will pay for a lot of gas and tires for sure, considering that depreciation is zip on a 30-year-old Guzzi!

Lannis

At 40mpg and $3/gal, that's around 7.5 cents/mile. 6000 miles would be $3000 after gas. I have near $7000 into the Corsa with about $1800 of it for unimportant stuff like the Ti exhaust, seat, laminar lip, tires, oil, etc.  Another 10,000 work miles (another set of tires and oil) I could junk the bike and break even......
JB

[Lannis]

At 40mpg and $3/gal, that's around 7.5 cents/mile. 6000 miles would be $3000 after gas. I have near $7000 into the Corsa with about $1800 of it for unimportant stuff like the Ti exhaust, seat, laminar lip, tires, oil, etc.  Another 10,000 work miles (another set of tires and oil) I could junk the bike and break even......
JB

Some of my business trips were to our customer's sites or headquarters, where I was expected to be properly suited and tie'd and with shiny shoes.   For those, I'd rent a Cruze and just drive bored.

But some were to field sites and power plants, where even the site general manager was booted and spurred, and taking an 800 mile round trip through the mountains in fall weather on a Guzzi was a very pleasant adjunct to a week of work in between ... !!

Lannis

[balvenie]

Thanks John, that's a lovely ride

[elvisboy77]

Great pics, thank you!

[ratguzzi]

all in a day's work...... It's a dirty job but someone needs to do it.............
JB

[johnr]

Paid to ride a Guzzi! What a dream!

I was impressed John with the quality of the sound on the vid. Wind noise was not excessive and you could actually hear the bike as you would on board. It made for a much more pleasant watch than is often the case.

What sort of camera were you using and where/how was it mounted?

[ratguzzi]

Paid to ride a Guzzi! What a dream!

I was impressed John with the quality of the sound on the vid. Wind noise was not excessive and you could actually hear the bike as you would on board. It made for a much more pleasant watch than is often the case.

What sort of camera were you using and where/how was it mounted?

All my other vids were handheld with my left hand. I finally bought the little cube gopro and that was sort of my first real bike vid.
Just a simple clamp that didn't hold well until I drilled a hole thru it and added a screw.
JB

[johnr]

All my other vids were handheld with my left hand. I finally bought the little cube gopro and that was sort of my first real bike vid.
Just a simple clamp that didn't hold well until I drilled a hole thru it and added a screw.
JB

A go Pro. What did you screw it to John, helmet, bars?

[ratguzzi]

A go Pro. What did you screw it to John, helmet, bars?

You can see it in my top photo. Here it is close up.
JB

[krglorioso]

JB:  So, after your trip, you put the road-weary Nero Corsa in that big green thing and it comes out that clean?

Ralph