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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: not-fishing on July 18, 2016, 09:15:30 PM

Title: When I ride my Griso now I hear La Bohème - "Vecchia zimarra, senti"
Post by: not-fishing on July 18, 2016, 09:15:30 PM

It's amazing what a little shortening of the outside plug wires and new NGK plug caps do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSVwpUBu9yA

I'd forgotten that decades ago when I replaced my '79 Alfa Spyder's spark plug wires at 75,000 miles how much the engine smoothed out.

A little maintenance and he really sings....

Title: Re: When I ride my Griso now I hear La Boh�me - "Vecchia zimarra, senti"
Post by: ITSec on July 19, 2016, 12:36:58 AM

As long as it doesn't sound the way Benjamin Britten felt about Puccini - "After four or five performances I never wanted to hear Bohème again. In spite of its neatness, I became sickened by the cheapness and emptiness of the music."  :grin:

Title: Re: When I ride my Griso now I hear La Boh�me - "Vecchia zimarra, senti"
Post by: lucydad on July 19, 2016, 07:59:12 AM

Fishing-knot,

Nice simile.  Excellent. 

When I take the V7R out for a mellow cruise, it is like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVuJW3tizCA