Subject: RE: I've finally joined in!
Author: Kevin Graf
Date: Jan 22, 2002, 5:54 AM
Post ID: 1709452314
Hey John,
I was wondering where you got off to. Glad to see you signed on. I'm right
with ya on the whole protocol for the internet. I just end up saying screw
it. I can sit here for days trying to word something so someone I might
meet someday won't get bent or just spew it out.
How's that Ambo anyways? Never really got around to putting mine up with the
mild winter. It does need a new battery and rr main seal though. I guess
over 3 yrs of no maintenance will do that. Poor thing sittin, over in my
ma's garage, cold, lonely, and neglected. I have to find out where I'm
moving to before I tear into her. Hopefully that will happen soon. I also
plan on starting my Under $1000 Guzzi this year. I got lucky in the way that
a good friend of mine is opening a shop. Asked me to go work for him, All
H-D performance stuff but.... I'll have a full machine shop at my service,
and a Dyno. We both want to see what the Guzzi will do. We'll run the Ambo &
the Eldo. Should be a fun year. I'll be doing alot of experimenting on the
Under 1000 Guzzi, have to to keep it cheap.
Hope to see you out and about this year.
Kev
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Hawkes [mailto:haw-@frontiernet.net]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:45 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: I've finally joined in!
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Cool story John - welcome - Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: John Engelhard <meb-@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 10:29 PM
Subject: I've finally joined in!
| ============================================================ South's legendary Lowe Gallery presents world's greatest glass artist - Dale Chihuly - in largest show ever - January 11, 2002 thru February 23, 2002 http://click.topica.com/caaafvrb1dfltb1FlG8a/lowegallery ============================================================ Hi everyone! I've been reading this chat room for months now but not figuring out how to join in. I've finally got on board without really understanding just what it is I've been doing wrong. Let me introduce myself, I'm John, I live in the Detroit area, and actually sat on my Guzzi in the showroom before my dad bought it new in 1969. I've grown up around this bike. (I was 12 when my dad bought it) Done most of my touring on this bike in the '70's and 80's and commuted with it since. I took my girlfriend on our first date to the cider mill on this bike, later we went on trips as husband and wife and took our last tour when she was pregnent with our first dauther. Now days I ride it to work daily (weather permitting) and spend evenings and wekends having my wife and dauthers (2) fight over who's turn it is to go for a ride. I met Keven Graff and his friend Keven ____? outside of Mt Clemens last summer. They told me about this sight and I saw Keven write about that encounter in this chat room. It's funny, I've been working on the computer since 1988 using various design programs (MicroCadam, Cadam, ProCadam, AutoCAD) plus Lotus, Excell, Word and PowerPoint but the protocall of the internet is a whole different thing. None of this computer stuff really agrees with me, it's either instant axcess or total shut down. Guzzi's arn't like that, Mine likes cool weather better than hot. She likes to run fast on the highway, but doesn't much care for banging through the gears from stoplight to stoplight, but at least she'll go into "limp mode" when somethings not right. Most anything that causes problems on my guzzi is easy to figure out, and easy to fix. Parts haven't been a problem because she so seldom needs any, and when she does, my dealer in Lansing (160 miles away) can resight the part number over the phone (without looking it up) and send it to me in two days. I've experienced much worse repair problems with current model Japanise bikes under waranty. Following along in this chat room I've come to realize what a great group of people there is in the Loopframe relm. All the years I've had my Guzzi (I traded my dad a 1974 Yamaha XS500 for it in 1976) I've felt alone. If I saw another Guzzi once every two years, I felt lucky. I figured the marque only appealed to loners. But from checking out this sight and some of the great sights people here have showing the work they've done with Loopers, I realize there is a community of Guzzi people out there. The thing I like most about what I read in this chat room is that there is no putting on of airs, no attitude that to own a Guzzi is to be above all others. From what I can see people like the basic motorcycle for its ride, handling and character, but if they can cobble in some component from the auto parts store, junk yard, or a newer Guzzi and it improves their bike, it's prefectly good. Did you ever see "The Book" from HD, it's bigger than most phone books and it's full of stupid things like caps for bolts that mount brackets for covers to hide the starter. After about ten minutes of looking through that thing, I lost all intrest in that motorcycle company. Put another pin on the map. This group's found another Ambasador. I'll fill you all in on some of the things I've done with my bike over the years. John Eneglhard St. Clair Shores, Michigan 1969 Ambasador V750A ============================================================ MCM Electronics: The Easy Way to Save Big on Electronics, Hardware and Accessories! Over 25 Years in the Industry! Additional Savings and Coupons can be found online! http://click.topica.com/caaafrjb1dfltb1FlG8f/MCMElectronics ============================================================ |
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