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Offline dave1068

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Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« on: January 05, 2015, 10:39:28 AM »
For the slightly older rider on here, I met an older guy riding this summer and he had a funny comment about moto guzzi which I couldn't find on the internet, it was something like in business from 1921, going out of business since 1921 or something like that, perhaps someone else has heard the two-part phrase.

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Re: Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2015, 10:44:06 AM »
Is it the one about making mechanics out of riders ?
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Re: Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2015, 10:48:35 AM »
I think you got it just about right.  Something like "Moto Guzzi, going out of business since 1921."

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Re: Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2015, 11:17:25 AM »
I think you got it just about right.  Something like "Moto Guzzi, going out of business since 1921."

Hey that one was mine. Coined right here on WG.  ;D Ed Milich was going to buy Mark Ethridge a tattoo for his birthday, and there was a contest here. I proposed the red Guzzi oval logo with Moto Guzzi at the top, Going out of business since 1921 around the bottom.
Some were/are offended, but it was in jest..
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Re: Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2015, 11:27:04 AM »
I think the official saying in 1921 was "The Thinking Man's Motorcycle".


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Re: Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2015, 11:49:48 AM »
I think the official saying in 1921 was "The Thinking Man's Motorcycle".


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Re: Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2015, 05:54:50 PM »
Thanks for the replies, all good answers but Dusty had it. I was close but wasn't sure if est and out of business were the same year or one yr later...
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Re: Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2015, 06:09:54 PM »
Chocolate chip if you have one , but a good peanut butter cookie will also work  ;D

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Re: Whats the saying about moto guzzi from 1921?
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2015, 07:45:27 PM »
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