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Steven M Scotten

New Hardware

Luggage Mounting Rail Closer view of the Moto Guzzi saddlebag mounting bracket [http://pics.livejournal.com/splicer/pic/0000945s/g5]Luggage Mounting Rail Another view of the Moto Guzzi saddlebag mounting bracket [http://pics.livejournal.com/splicer/pic/0000awzg/g5] They do seem sort of “extra” and take away from

My dad has good taste

Every time I see a Triumph Bonneville, I think, “Now there’s a damn fine motorcycle.” Triumph’s cruisers and the sportbikes don’t do much for me, but that Bonneville is sweet.

Luggage!

My accessories arrived today, and Tuesday night once again became Project Night at Turnsignal Tim’s Garage. This wasn’t any real wrenching, just a bit of “some assembly required” work to install my new luggage mounts and saddlebags. Turns out there was one bolt missing from the kit, but

This bike is vibrating my nuts off!

On the way home tonight, as I was almost there, I tapped the shifter and found it wasn’t there. I looked down to find my heel-toe shifter and its linkage dangling. I was just a couple blocks from home, so I kept it in second until I got in

What a difference a year makes

I just called my insurance company to let them know that my new Moto Guzzi Stone, which they had listed as a 2005 (and the State of California has it that way tooâI have to get my registration changed ugh) is really a 2004 model. Doesn’t really matter

Getting ready to tour (someday)!

I ordered 40-liter hard saddlebags and electric heated handgrips for the Moto Guzzi today. I’m still undecided about the windscreen versus touring fairing question and I don’t have any long trips planned in the immediate future, so I held off on ordering one of those. I’ve proven

On the Virago today

The Moto Guzzi is in the shop today for its 1000 mile service, so after dropping it off last night I’ve been riding the Yamaha around again. In just two weeks I’ve been thoroughly spoiled by the Moto Guzzi. It’s really rough riding this lightweight, low-powered bike