On 4/26/14, 8:06 PM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, April 26, 2014 8:59:23 AM UTC-7, F*O*A*D wrote:
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.

How often did you change the oil filters on those Hondas? 1000 or 1500 mi?



The oil filter was a strange contraption and a colossal pain in the ass.
That's about all I remember about it.