Almost that time again !

[Ozrider58]

We'll be bloody lucky not to crash into each other ! Also, have you seen how close to the Emmosson Dam you are? Check this...

This is helping me find my way around the Alps and some local advice

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[Huzo]

Yeah, but still ok, in a highly affordable WW2 sort of way..

[Huzo]

And the rain fell upon the Earth for 20 days and 20 nights,
And the intrepid foreign traveller on his way to Italy, looked to the Heavens and exclaimed !
Lord, if this truly is the wayeth to Mandello, the promised land
Why have you apparently forsaken me ?
Truly if this is the righteous path, send me a sign, like that one (pointing to a small roadside offering)
And the Lord looked down upon Huzo and said, (rather intimidatingly and unnecessarily volumously)
(Admittedly feeling a bit sorry for him)
"THAT'S NOT A SIGN" and reached into his white robe, "THAT'S A SIGN"
Sorta' like a heavenly Crocodile Dundee
"IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YA ?" (Correct English was not his first language as you may recall)
Producing a suitably impressive piece of kit 50' high !



and our insignificant little friend had to admit that it probably was....

[Ozrider58]

And the rain fell upon the Earth for 20 days and 20 nights,
And the intrepid foreign traveller on his way to Italy, looked to the Heavens and exclaimed !
Lord, if this truly is the wayeth to Mandello, the promised land
Why have you apparently forsaken me ?
Truly if this is the righteous path, send me a sign, like that one (pointing to a small roadside offering)
And the Lord looked down upon Huzo and said, (rather intimidatingly and unnecessarily volumously)
(Admittedly feeling a bit sorry for him)
"THAT'S NOT A SIGN" and reached into his white robe, "THAT'S A SIGN"
Sorta' like a heavenly Crocodile Dundee
"IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YA ?" (Correct English was not his first language as you may recall)
Producing a suitably impressive piece of kit 50' high !



and our insignificant little friend had to admit that it probably was....

A certain sign. This has been my Alps guide

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[Huzo]

Hi Ozrider. Currently a couple or three hours from Brerchsgaden. Looking at it, I reckon Berky tonite, tour Eagles Nest Tuesday and can shit Andermat in Wednesday,  so how would that work for you ? Could maybe do the tour early Tues and scarper over to Andermat in the arvo. Then off South to Milan etc...What say you ?

[Ozrider58]

Hi Ozrider. Currently a couple or three hours from Brerchsgaden. Looking at it, I reckon Berky tonite, tour Eagles Nest Tuesday and can shit Andermat in Wednesday,  so how would that work for you ? Could maybe do the tour early Tues and scarper over to Andermat in the arvo. Then off South to Milan etc...What say you ?

Hi Huzo, I'm out of action today and tomorrow (Wed) and so it the bike. Doing some service work. Thurs I will be on the move again. I'm now staying in a little village near Aarau. Thurs will be heading back up into Germany. If your still around Thurs that's great but if you have moved on that's OK.

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[Huzo]

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Hi Huzo, I'm out of action today and tomorrow (Wed) and so it the bike. Doing some service work. Thurs I will be on the move again. I'm now staying in a little village near Aarau. Thurs will be heading back up into Germany. If your still around Thurs that's great but if you have moved on that's OK.

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Yeah mate. I've just done the Eagle's Nest tour and will be moving in about an hour. It's 500 k from here to Arau, if you had the kettle on, I could whiz down there this afternoon and have a Vegemite sandwich and an iced vo vo! If you respond before I close the pad I'll see what's up, but will enter that destination anyway and have a look in a couple of hours.
Check this out!

[Huzo]

Will be there for tea Oz.

[Huzo]

Ok Oz. Got there as predicted. Don't know where you are, so going to find camping, getting dark 8.28 pm

[Huzo]

This place.


Giz an e mail or forum post, and I'll see you for brekky!

[Huzo]

Hi Huzo, I'm out of action today and tomorrow (Wed) and so it the bike. Doing some service work. Thurs I will be on the move again. I'm now staying in a little village near Aarau. Thurs will be heading back up into Germany. If your still around Thurs that's great but if you have moved on that's OK.

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But Oz.... WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE "LITTLE VILLAGE" and maybe an address and I would have ridden to the door... Anyway I'm in Blick at the camping.

[BAT 11]

Hi Huzo, hope you are having a ball over there. Great scenery and windy roads.  Re the oil sensor issue , I have a spare nailhead one  new if you want it when you return. I have converted mine to the upgraded one.  Can post it to you or you may want the upgraded one. Enjoy your time over there. Get lost in Italia time.    Ian

[Huzo]

Hi Huzo, hope you are having a ball over there. Great scenery and windy roads.  Re the oil sensor issue , I have a spare nailhead one  new if you want it when you return. I have converted mine to the upgraded one.  Can post it to you or you may want the upgraded one. Enjoy your time over there. Get lost in Italia time.    Ian

Jeez Ian, that's a good offer. Mine is the coarse threaded one so if that's the go, I'll ride over and get it. It'd be at least $6.00 to post it, I'll go broke! Leaving for the Emmosson Dam in Switzerland, then down to Mandello del Lario to get the oil changed (as one does!). Wonder if I can find a bike shop near the factory with a famous name? Thanx again, will talk at home (or before)

[Huzo]

Well Oz, it's brekky now then off..  Woulda' been good but giz a shout if you can in next hour, then it's..........!

[kidneb]

Don`t miss out on visiting Norge now you`re entering Italy ! Maybe spend a night at Hotel Norge ? Not the cheapest accommodation you can find, but if you tell the staff that you`ve been riding all the way from Nordkapp to Norge on your Norge - maybe you can charme them to give you a discount ? 

[Huzo]

Today so far.

lucky you couldn't see all of the first word, a handy facility none the less, the "w" at the start got cut out !!

[Ozrider58]

Today so far.

lucky you couldn't see all of the first word, a handy facility none the less, the "w" at the start got cut out !!

Hi Huzo, sorry we didn't connect. But for me it worked out. Rear brake problem was at the brake pedal end. Inside plugs I don't think had ever been replaced nor the fuel filter. Outcome the bike is running a hell of a lot better. I'm up in Germany. Great pictures mate

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[Huzo]

Okay then. Now 10,000 k's rolled around so got the oil changed at Agostini's. As usual just walked in and at 4.45 in the afternoon the guy on the desk tells me that tomorrow is "for sure very full up", so being a Thursday thought , I'm gunna be "stuck" in Mandello.. Bastard !!!
But then as if on cue, he says "is no big problem", you give key to (mechanic) and he do now for you, bloody fantastic ! Funny how an Italian can say to you in Agostini's, is no problem" and it sounds different to a Lithuanian/ Latvian/ Estonian saying "OKAAAY, IS NO PRROBBLEMMMB".... Perception I guess.
So today might do a lap of the Lago, (Lake).
Here's some stuff, better to come later.










Sorta' better when you're there.

[Huzo]

Well goodness me, I thought I'd been on some beautiful (hazardous) roads, but Como to Bellagio is IT !
There just wasn't anything I could have conceived that would have made it more....."right".
Check this out..


The two old men made me an awffer I couldn't refuse !

[PJPR01]

If you get a chance to ride Mandello, Lecco, Bellaggio and then to Onno and back, you'd be in for a treat!

[Huzo]

If you get a chance to ride Mandello, Lecco, Bellaggio and then to Onno and back, you'd be in for a treat!

Yeah mate I don't doubt that for one moment...
But just to lower the tone for a second, what's the deal with Italian riders, they CANNOT see someone in front and not pass, and although their skills seem good in the main, they are SUICIDAL ! Most times it works out but sheesh!
Reality is that I probably won't, and I tend to ride pretty conservatively being alone and in a foreign country. The consequences of a crash would be severe..

[PJPR01]

Driving is a "fluid" exercise...open spaces must be filled in naturally.  Lanes painted on the ground are merely suggestions...

Forget the "rules" and drive with the flow and you'll feel liberated!

[Huzo]

Driving is a "fluid" exercise...open spaces must be filled in naturally.  Lanes painted on the ground are merely suggestions...

Forget the "rules" and drive with the flow and you'll feel liberated!

Yes mate but often that "flow" is in the opposite direction to you and on your side of the road !

[oldbike54]

 So much for the legend that Ozzies can find each other anywhere anytime 

 Dusty

[Huzo]

So much for the legend that Ozzies can find each other anywhere anytime 

 Dusty

Ummm, Dusty. I was there as predicted by the Tom Tom within 8 minutes...

[Huzo]

Hey Oz. I've given Sicily the arse and have crossed into France. Staying at Grenoble tonite with a pretty flexible schedule. Do you know where you'll be tomorrow (Sunday) night or Monday etc...?

[Huzo]

The new Guzzi riders are a different bunch. I was leaving a town somewhere on my way to somewhere and stopped at some lights.
A young perfumed guy with immaculately clean shorts and white socks and runners, on a new looking V7 something or other pulled up next to me with a GIRL on the back wearing bugger all, he didn't put his feet down because her legs reached the road and still had 90 deg bend in them !!! (joke)
Anyway I digress, (understandably). I didn't expect any acknowledgement but it's odds on that with the plate and the general look and being a Guzzi, it would not have been a big surprise to get a nod in return.
The guy did not even look sideways from 2' away and the opposite light was still green as he whipped the clutch in, and within a microsecond, CRASHED the poor thing into gear. Realising he still had to wait some time he began to get a bit jumpy and started dragging the clutch to hold the bike on the hill, not content with that, as the latent aggression built and the need to appear dominant in front of his girl grew greater, he HELD ON SOME MORE FRONT BRAKE AND UPPED THE REVS WHILE LETTING OUT SOME CLUTCH!!! Eventually the torture session was over for the poor thing and the light went green. A gut full of revs and an uncoordinated release of the clutch, saw the whole she-bang launch off down the road with him casting furtive glances in the mirror to see if I was "in pursuit"....
Why the bloody hell didn't he just buy a damn R1 and order would have been restored. Why do they want these bikes if they're gunna indulge in drags at stop lights? Although, I gotta say, that considering it had his weight and the little "prize" on the back, it was none too tardy getting away...

[Huzo]

Lol was anyone there to meet you then ???


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Sorry Kev, missed your post.
Nah, and I was so sure I'd have to buy 8 cappuccino's.
Boy was that ever a relief !!! Was worried sick !

[KiwiKev]

Sorry Kev, missed your post.
Nah, and I was so sure I'd have to buy 8 cappuccino's.
Boy was that ever a relief !!! Was worried sick !

Lol, sounds like you're having a great time anyway mate. We are all jealous and following your progress with interest.


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[Huzo]

Crossing through France toward Toulouse, maybe tour Airbus factory, wanted to stay in Como.
Here's something...