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General Discussion / Re: Foreign Visitors

« Last post by yrunvs on Today at 07:32:47 AM »

“The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the global body representing the Travel & Tourism private sector, today announced its latest Economic Impact Research which found that the U.S. is on track to lose a staggering $12.5BN in international visitor spending this year.“

Times 3.

Good grief, WTTC a global body. Let's hope this post is true.

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General Discussion / Re: Foreign Visitors

« Last post by Perazzimx14 on Today at 06:57:07 AM »

“The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the global body representing the Travel & Tourism private sector, today announced its latest Economic Impact Research which found that the U.S. is on track to lose a staggering $12.5BN in international visitor spending this year.“

Times 3.

I wonder how the WTTC comes up with these figures. I wonder how accurate the WTTC's previous prediction have been? I wonder what the cost is to the US per billion of international visitor spending? Is a loss a 12.5 billion a significant amount or is it a small percentage?

I heard the that international travel and visitor spending to North Korea is supposed to increase 100% in 2026. This year they are allowing 2 people to enter instead of just 1 like years prior. Like statics we can make number look as bleak or as rosy as we want by adding or omitting certain things.

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General Discussion / Re: Foreign Visitors

« Last post by blackcat on Today at 05:54:33 AM »

“The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the global body representing the Travel & Tourism private sector, today announced its latest Economic Impact Research which found that the U.S. is on track to lose a staggering $12.5BN in international visitor spending this year.“

Times 3.

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General Discussion / Re: Thousands of ancient Guzziti footprints found in Stelvio Pass

« Last post by Perazzimx14 on December 19, 2025, 05:12:31 PM »

It would be more believable if footprints were found at Golden Corral or gear was found at Goodwill.

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Bike Builds, Rebuilds And Restorations Only / Re: 1975 850T Survivor Project

« Last post by cmice on December 19, 2025, 04:30:29 PM »

Ran the heads through the ultrasonic.  Had to put the valve keepers in a press to get them to pop.  Gotta say, never had to do that before - but this motor has been a long time sitting.  Valves cleaned up nicely, valve tips looked like this:





Couldn't catch a finger on it, but still peace of mind wanted them cleaned up.  My local VW hot rod shop chucked them into the grinder, and in under a few minutes cleaned them all up up (only 2 of 4 shown of course).





The kicker, he said "have a great holiday" and sent me home f.o.c.!  Refused to take any payment despite my insistence.  Love old school places who like doing old school stuff.  Gotta figure out how to keep them in business.

Started the cylinder build up - and let me just say - when the Italians say "everything is pre-sized", what they MEANT to say is they INTEND for everything to be pre-sized.  After putting one cylinder and head together, torqed it up - engine was pretty tight with only one cylinder installed and that was not a good sign.  Pulled it back apart, and found the oil control ring gap to be 0.0025".  That's not going to work.





Now we check them all.  Luckily, no wall scoring and this should be better once I get it back together again. Thankfully I've got a spare head gasket.

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General Discussion / Re: Short video of making the Stelvio

« Last post by Bulldog9 on December 19, 2025, 04:10:57 PM »

Forget the Stelvio, I want a Galetto............ ......

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General Discussion / Re: Police Bike Data Base

« Last post by DaGootz on December 19, 2025, 04:06:53 PM »

My 77 Convert came to me in a nice shade of almost right Arctic blue with a tractor solo saddle and buckhorn bars.   I also received two big old boxes with the Police Solo Saddle, the wheelbarrow police double decker handlebars, front spotlight rack and windscreen. Oh yes, a Police radio box and mounting rack.    there was a couple old red spot lights, Law Enforcement specific saddlebags, and a Motorola radio speaker.

The fellow said they came with the bike when he got it.    That is quite a bit of period correct Police Equipment , so I sourced a siren unit and tracked down the correct police pursuit lights.   I contacted the LAPD police museum for help in proper livery and decals as well as equipment. Between what they sent me and the Police Convert in the Guzzi museum, I built a replica/tribute. I cannot prove it was in service or with what department, but Im convinced it served somewhere.   I went with LA because statically they had the most converts and the consultant that helped design the Convert Police Model was from the LAPD.

Very nice!
I LOVE this "Italian motorcycles are like Italian women,...sometimes they stab you for no reason." ....LOL!

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General Discussion / Re: Dual Point timing procedure help

« Last post by n3303j on December 19, 2025, 04:04:52 PM »

Once you get your timing where you like it you never again have to rotate your distributor (unless you change to points with a different physical configuration).

The timing will change as the rubbing block wears. That is because that wear closed the gap.

You can adjust the gap on that distributor with the engine running. Just slightly loosen the points mounting screws and use the screwdriver adjusting slot to move rhe fixed points on their mounting plate.

The tank has to be off for access. Watch the timing mark with a strobe as you tweak the points until you have correct alignment. Then snug up the points mounting screws and double check that timing is still spot on.

This method eliminates the difficulties incurred when trying to RESET a used points set gap where contacts may have humps and valleys with a feeler gage.

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General Discussion / Re: New V7 Sport

« Last post by MikeP996 on December 19, 2025, 03:31:58 PM »

"The Sport is noticeably quicker than the standard 850."

I wouldn't have thought 2HP would make any difference at all assuming the gear ratios are the same.  What is the difference in 1/4 mile or related acceleration tests?

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General Discussion / Re: Took a Moto Guzzi Ambassador to Moto Motori

« Last post by Bulldog9 on December 19, 2025, 03:04:01 PM »

Beautiful bike.............. After I settle a few more things, and sell off a few, I really want to add one of these beauties.