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Offline Tom

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We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« on: October 18, 2020, 09:26:08 PM »
If you don't something's wrong.   :grin:  Put your own caption in.   :grin: :grin:

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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2020, 11:17:01 PM »
“Mother******r! Where did that Allen bolt go!?”

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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2020, 01:09:48 AM »
Wait......what?  Still no grease on the steering neck bearings???? :embarrassed:
« Last Edit: October 19, 2020, 01:10:27 AM by Tom »
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2020, 02:18:29 AM »
And then the wire to the starter relay..... yes the one that is almost the same colour as the other wire..... where does it go next??  :violent1:
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2020, 03:58:26 AM »
“Mother******r! Where did that Allen bolt go!?”
I thought I knew what word you bleeped out, but then I counted the stars and it couldn’t be.
Unless it ends with two “r’s”..

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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2020, 07:31:29 AM »
I could of had a Harley like everyone else with a dealer on every corner, what was I thinking?
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2020, 07:52:10 AM »
What are these left over bolts for?
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2020, 08:03:58 AM »
"Luigi! Did you you forgot the grease again?"
"Piaggio! We need a full model range!"

and the one from Kiwi Roy
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2020, 08:43:43 AM »
I thought I knew what word you bleeped out, but then I counted the stars and it couldn’t be.
Unless it ends with two “r’s”..

I used my creative license and used “ph” in order to stand out!

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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2020, 01:18:34 PM »
I have to put tubes in my mag wheels???  (SP1000NT)   :cry:
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2020, 01:25:54 PM »
How many bolts do I have to remove to change the oil filter? :evil:

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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2020, 03:19:30 PM »
I'm going to print out a couple of copies of the eagle cupping his forehead and place them in the cover of the tool box and in the office to keep me grounded and and have a sense of humor. :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2020, 04:30:23 PM »
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2020, 07:23:14 PM »
Another TPS failure, you got to be &#|++!ng me!!!!

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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2020, 08:26:44 PM »
Ok, I have got to pull the flat tappets out and replace them with roller tappets.
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2020, 08:39:10 PM »
HOW ON EARTH DO THESE PEOPLE EVEN GET DRESS BY THEM-SELFS ! 
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2020, 09:45:56 PM »
The oil streaks on the rear wheel, yea that’s just “character“.
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2020, 12:30:43 AM »
     "It's an interesting design how the Italians managed to build a motorcycle around the air filter"   :evil: :violent1: :undecided: :rolleyes:(especially old Tonti frames)
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2020, 05:30:33 PM »
First week I owned my first Guzzi back in 1998. My 850 T3 had a spin on oil filter............. but inside the fricking oil pan!!!!!
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2020, 05:57:06 PM »
My first Moto Guzzi, an Eldo.......no oil filter. :shocked:
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Re: We all feel this way sometimes with Moto Guzzi!
« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2020, 06:59:35 PM »
First week I owned my first Guzzi back in 1998. My 850 T3 had a spin on oil filter............. but inside the fricking oil pan!!!!!
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