On 4/26/14, 11:25 AM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:53:46 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 4/25/2014 5:21 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 4/25/14, 2:33 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/25/2014 10:56 AM, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:
On 4/25/2014 10:49 AM, Poquito Loco wrote:
I just knew you'd want to wake up to a picture of a Moto Guzzi
crankcase.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...1/P1010107.jpg

Frameable, by the way.

Only 2 ****toons?


It's a real motorcycle, not a Honda Civic with two wheels. :-)




Right...it's a real motorcycle engine that you have to keep repairing to
keep running, and therefore NOT a honda motorcycle engine.


Hey, if you like six cylinder motorcycle engines with pistons the size
of thimbles, go for it.

My comment was just a friendly Harley jab at Jim. He knows that. I
used to comment on his two wheeled Civic when we rode together ... him
on the Goldwing and me on a potato-potato Harley. In seriousness, the
Goldwing is a very nice, refined bike but like any motorcycle or
vehicle, they have their share of problems:

http://www.faqs.org/car/honda-gl1800-goldwing/#complaints_0


I wonder how many Honda motorcycles have had *no* mechanical problems during 66.000 miles - *and*
never been in a shop?



No one said or implying whatever point it is you are trying to make.

My first Honda, the "Dream," had 30,000+ miles on it when I bought it. I
paid $50 or so for a Honda dealership shop mechanic to look it over
before I bought it and run the usual checks on it. I put another 11,000
or so miles on it before I sold it and bought an equally used "Super
Hawk," which I kept for many years and even stored for a year, and put
about 15,000 miles on. I vaguely recall replacing the brakes and the
cluch, neither of which I did myself.

Seems to me "it's always something" with that Moto Guzzi of yours. You'd
have more uptime and less downtime with a Honda.