Wildguzzi.com
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Beowulf on August 05, 2025, 09:27:23 AM
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https://youtu.be/Fp4WVraRifM
Didn’t know if anyone posted this yet. Thought you might enjoy
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That is a great video.
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Narrated by the guy who made it happen. The top of the cones look like a Griso exhaust end cap.
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Makes me love my Guzzi bikes even more.
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He almost lost me at 'very unique' which he used twice. A thing either is unique or it isn't.
Other than that, an interesting look at some impressive work.
Nick
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English may not be his native language.
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He almost lost me at 'very unique' which he used twice. A thing either is unique or it isn't.
Other than that, an interesting look at some impressive work.
Nick
That made me wince a little bit too, but it's not really incorrect. Very can mean "extremely" or it can mean "truly". Here is the fourth definition from the American Heritage Dictionary entries:
4. Being precisely as stated: the very center of town.
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He almost lost me at 'very unique' which he used twice. A thing either is unique or it isn't.
Other than that, an interesting look at some impressive work.
Nick
Two people separated by a common language.
Pete
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I thought that it was a nice video and showcased the new factory. I may really try to make it over there for the opening. I visited the factory last year.
Tony C
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Great coverage of the renovations, looks awesome
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Moto Guzzi.....going out of business since 1921.
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English may not be his native language.
He's American. Piaggio Fast Forward is based in Boston.
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Having never heard of "Piaggio Fast Forward" I did a little reading about it. A subsidiary of Piaggio Italia, headquartered in Boston, of all places. Slick web site with lots of corporate double-speak and marketing mumbo-jumbo, but basically, they are a robotics company. Their "best?" invention to date seems to be a small robotic "droid" (their words, not mine) called "Gita" that can follow along behind its owner to carry stuff. 20 whole pounds! Out of curiosity, I asked if this Gita thing could navigate steps. The answer was no, not without assistance! Oh brother. At $2800, I think I'd stick to a backpack or a little red wagon.
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Thanks for posting that. Now I want to visit !
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Greg Lynn (born 1964) is an American architect, founder and owner of the Greg Lynn FORM office, a Full Professor at the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna[1] and a professor at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.[2] He is CEO and co-founder of the Boston based robotics company Piaggio Fast Forward.[3] He won a Golden Lion[4] at the 2008 Venice Biennale of Architecture. In 2010 Lynn was named a fellow by United States Artists.[5] He is a member of the board of trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture.[6]
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Great video! It makes me happy to see MG doing well. :thumb:
Rick
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Having never heard of "Piaggio Fast Forward" I did a little reading about it. A subsidiary of Piaggio Italia, headquartered in Boston, of all places. Slick web site with lots of corporate double-speak and marketing mumbo-jumbo, but basically, they are a robotics company. Their "best?" invention to date seems to be a small robotic "droid" (their words, not mine) called "Gita" that can follow along behind its owner to carry stuff. 20 whole pounds! Out of curiosity, I asked if this Gita thing could navigate steps. The answer was no, not without assistance! Oh brother. At $2800, I think I'd stick to a backpack or a little red wagon.
one of those Gitas popped up on our local FB marketplace. They've been trying to sell it forever, $600 now
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1330963884248149/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ade01bb6f-5995-4dac-b333-a84ca5a262b4
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one of those Gitas popped up on our local FB marketplace. They've been trying to sell it forever, $600 now
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1330963884248149/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ade01bb6f-5995-4dac-b333-a84ca5a262b4
Doesn't seem very practical to me. But some people like to be "early adopters" and buy these sorts of techy things. I don't see it catching on in the numbers necessary to make it profitable, but I'm just an old
curmudgeon, so what do I know?