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Title: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 12, 2015, 12:56:21 PM
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F%#&*^@* Doug............... ....

Nick
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: davedel44 on January 12, 2015, 01:01:20 PM
SWEEEEEEEET ;-T

Dave
Galveston
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: normzone on January 12, 2015, 01:02:28 PM
Did it follow you home? Can you keep it? Envious...
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 12, 2015, 01:07:53 PM
Did it follow you home? Can you keep it? Envious...

Actually it used to be my bike and sidecar.  I sold them separately to Doug.  He's been riding, even when the temperature is down at ridiculous temperatures.

Nick
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: Bill Havins on January 12, 2015, 01:24:21 PM

Now that's "air-cooled" taken to the extreme.  ;)

Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: guzzi ride on January 12, 2015, 01:52:11 PM
HARD CORE!
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 12, 2015, 02:03:33 PM
I should perhaps add that:

It's about 45 miles from Doug's place to mine
He's been using a set of light chains (hardware store chain wrapped around the tyre) but wore them out over the last few days
He's been riding almost every day, even when the temperature was below -20c
The 74 Eldofornia starts easily, even when it's really cold
He's the only person I know who's a dafter bugger than me!  (JB doesn't count - different league)

Nick

and I guess we should have trimmed the chains better............. ....

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Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: arveno on January 12, 2015, 02:48:03 PM
 ;-T ;-T
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Post by: Penderic on January 12, 2015, 02:52:15 PM
 :bow
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Post by: Mayor_of_BBQ on January 12, 2015, 02:55:49 PM
Damn, isn't that hell on the rims spokes and nipples?

I'd make sling pieces with chain & leather, tow strap, or rubber bungee bits...

Fit them tight on the tire slightly under inflated.. Then top off the air to semi-hold them in place


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Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: oldbike54 on January 12, 2015, 03:09:23 PM
Spikes  :D

  Dusty
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Post by: MotoGuzzi on January 12, 2015, 03:27:41 PM
 :bow Nice rig!
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: mgfan on January 12, 2015, 03:38:29 PM
Any Guzzistas in Ontario that don't have a grey beard?   :BEER:
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 12, 2015, 04:05:19 PM
Any Guzzistas in Ontario that don't have a grey beard?   :BEER:

Are there any Guzzisti anywhere that don't have a grey beard?  ~; (it's also effective insulation.....) ;-T

Nick
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Post by: sturgeon on January 12, 2015, 05:11:38 PM
I'm in Ontario. My beard is white. Hasn't been grey since I was about 35  :D
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: oldbike54 on January 12, 2015, 05:28:43 PM
I just thought that is the way all Canadians looked  :o ;D

  Dusty
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on January 12, 2015, 05:41:58 PM
Are there any Guzzisti anywhere that don't have a grey beard?  ~; (it's also effective insulation.....) ;-T

Nick

Can't grow a beard. Too much Indian blood..
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: double.d on January 12, 2015, 05:51:29 PM
I'm more surprised by the dog relaxing in the snow as if it were a warm sunny day  ;D
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Post by: lucydad on January 12, 2015, 06:29:11 PM
Dang that is a "cool" rig.  Ride safe, turn into the skids?
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: zedXmick on January 12, 2015, 06:38:48 PM
HARD CORE!

 :+1


I won't even bother to take my friends snowmobile out in the winter time.

You are the definition of HARD CORE!   :bow 


Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: cloudbase on January 12, 2015, 06:44:53 PM
I just thought that is the way all Canadians looked  :o ;D

  Dusty

It is!

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Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 12, 2015, 06:59:02 PM
I'm more surprised by the dog relaxing in the snow as if it were a warm sunny day  ;D

I'm guessing you don't spend much time in the cold.  Our dogs love it.  Jenny (our previous dog) isn't looking to come in, this look says 'Please don't make me come in!"

Nick

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Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: oldbike54 on January 12, 2015, 07:03:42 PM
It is!

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:D :D :D :D :D :D
Steve Smith (Red) was exactly the image that came to mind  ;D

  Dusty
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: LowRyter on January 12, 2015, 07:10:12 PM
so was Nick wearing a red hat to green?    :D



 :winer
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: jabberwocky on January 12, 2015, 07:46:30 PM
Are there any Guzzisti anywhere that don't have a grey beard?  ~; (it's also effective insulation.....) ;-T

Nick

I don't have a beard, and if I did, it wouldn't be grey or white. Well, maybe a few grey flecks, but not many…….yet.
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: lucian on January 12, 2015, 07:56:33 PM
Does he ever show up in the summer on his snowmobile?
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 12, 2015, 08:05:29 PM
Does he ever show up in the summer on his snowmobile?

Nah.............he's far too normal for that!

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Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: Waterbottle on January 12, 2015, 08:13:24 PM
I would love to have a go at chains in the snow, looks like a lot of fun. ;-T.  On someone else's bike though ! I nearly pee'd blood when they scratched the rim of Griso's wheel putting on a new tire  ::(
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: Tinkerfreak on January 12, 2015, 08:20:07 PM
Any Guzzistas in Ontario that don't have a grey beard?   :BEER:

Yeah there are a few but we don't take them all that seriously
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: smdl on January 12, 2015, 09:04:08 PM
You're a bad influence,  Nick!   ;D

Cheers,
Shaun
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: Tom on January 12, 2015, 11:46:01 PM
I have one of those.  No windshields, no snow and the sun is out.  Sorry couldn't resist. :-*
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 13, 2015, 10:54:48 AM
Postscript: Doug made it half way home before the chains let go again.  There was no damage to the bike (well, perhaps a little paint loss), and he was able to make the rest of the trip safely, although, with fresh, falling snow, it was a bit squirrelly......... ...  The chains are now ballast until he comes up with a new 'fix'.

Nick
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: Late to the party on January 13, 2015, 11:10:49 AM
Be damned if that doesn't make me feel like a little girl.

Lateness.
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Post by: normzone on January 13, 2015, 11:32:39 AM
I like the garden hose idea - I knew a guy who did his with rope.
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Post by: mtiberio on January 13, 2015, 11:38:38 AM
at least put a piece of plastic hose over the chains to keep from buggering the rims
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: arveno on January 13, 2015, 12:29:53 PM
I like the garden hose idea - I knew a guy who did his with rope.


 ;-T
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: mgfan on January 13, 2015, 12:33:42 PM
I have one of those.  No windshields, no snow and the sun is out.  Sorry couldn't resist. Kiss
 The beard?   :BEER:
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: acogoff on January 13, 2015, 04:09:48 PM
     Yup, the sight of chains on those knife edge flanges of those beautiful Borrani rims makes me cringe, but it's your dime.  
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: rodekyll on January 13, 2015, 05:12:35 PM
Nah.............he's far too normal for that!

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Looky there -- a bridge to nowhere!
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: double.d on January 13, 2015, 11:36:03 PM
I'm guessing you don't spend much time in the cold.  Our dogs love it.  Jenny (our previous dog) isn't looking to come in, this look says 'Please don't make me come in!"

Nick

(http://www.adamsheritage.info/images/jenny_winter.jpg)

My dogs and myself have never experienced that alien white stuff  :-[
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: dan_s on January 14, 2015, 12:27:50 AM
That's a nice find!

From Joe Bar Team
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Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 14, 2015, 06:18:02 AM
My dogs and myself have never experienced that alien white stuff  :-[

It gets stale fairly quickly (-25c here this morning), but I'll take it any time over excessive heat (ie. anything over about 23c!)

Nick
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: sturgeon on January 14, 2015, 08:40:27 AM
My Ontario morning yesterday at -24C. I actually used chem warmers in my mitts, first time this year. And no, I didn't ride the bike there; the garage door was frozen shut  :D

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Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: nick949 on January 14, 2015, 08:54:04 AM
My Ontario morning yesterday at -24C. I actually used chem warmers in my mitts, first time this year. And no, I didn't ride the bike there; the garage door was frozen shut  :D

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Nice cross-country ski trail though.

Nick
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Post by: sturgeon on January 14, 2015, 06:56:51 PM
Wonderful trails. All on privately owned hilly wooded terrain that the owners keep open so locals can ski there. And hike in summer. And f'in cold this week!
Title: Re: Look what just turned up at my house!
Post by: balvenie on January 14, 2015, 11:10:48 PM
It gets stale fairly quickly (-25c here this morning), but I'll take it any time over excessive heat (ie. anything over about 23c!)

Nick

Excessive heat=mouse over Maroochydore
      www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR503.loop.shtml#skip
Went riding this am. Didn't know it was this bad