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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: An Infrequent Visitor
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 08:13:16 -0400
Oops! 1940 Moto Guzzi. And it post-dated the invasion. It's what happens when 
your fingers get ahead of your brain.

--Bob


On May 8, 2012, at 6:42 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:

> They are gorgeous. But I highly recommend crash bars, as those cylinders are 
> hanging out there to be smashed if you let the bike fall over.
> 
> When I was stationed in what is now Eritrea in 1970 and '71, I had a 1945 
> Moto Guzzi that arrived with the Italian army when Mussolini invaded 
> Ethiopia. Not the same engine design, but a masterpiece nevertheless.
> 
> --Bob
> 
> 
> On May 8, 2012, at 6:08 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> 
>>> 
>>> Piaggio makes nice scooters, too. And Moto Guzzis. <g>
>>> 
>> 
>>    Those are interesting motorcycles.  I wonder if anyone else ever made
>> them with the engine turned that way so that the cylinders were ahead of
>> your shins instead of between them?  Seems that would provide better
>> cooling, especially out here.

-- 
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