Here's another in my series of unsolicited ride reports/slideshows. This one is first about running up to Rose Farm Classics for Jim Barron, recently returned from the Guzzi dealer meeting in Florida, to do the first service on my new Griso. Took Thursday afternoon off and rode up to Rockford to spend night. Friday a.m., rode over to RFC in Woodstock. I managed somehow to get lost on that short hop, but enjoyed the wandering.
After Jim did his magic, I returned to Milan with 355 new miles on the odo, spent the night, and got up early Saturday a.m. to meet Matt (stormtruck2) 50 or so miles up The River. Matt rarely gets "normal weekends," i.e., on Saturday and Sunday, so this was an opportunity for us to do a quick run into the driftless country of NW Illinois, SW Wisconsin, and NE Iowa. I love that part of the world, an area and people I was absolutely ignorant of until I unexpectedly found myself in Quad Cities, USA.
For those who wonder about previous comments on the Griso, now that I have 1600+ miles on it, I'll say a few things.
I was unable to adjust the suspension for any of this 800-miler trip. I did spend some time with Jim and Bruce Blake (the guy who rebuilt the Norge HyperPro) talking about this. I dialed in those (initial testing) changes yesterday, and took the Griso on a very brief local ride. The change was astonishing. Suspect it way too soft now for serious SE USA mountain riding, but for the often-bumpy and not-so-often hard curve stuff here, very close as a start, anyway. Look forward to experimenting more before my next long ride in May when Larry LaHue flies up from Florida to tour fried-cheese-curd country with me.
The exhilaration -- uhm, I mean acceleration -- would make a statue grin. I mentioned some aspects of this in my post, I've Had It with my Griso! wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=52774.0
And, the riding comfort, even on a relatively long day ride -- 455 miles on Saturday door-to-door -- was just fine. Well, yes, I did take some Motrin, but that's my old body after parts of three days in the saddle; I'd have done the same on the Norge.
Enough. And, as the pix tell the story as well as -- OK, better -- than my (possibly :laugh: ) too-wordy narrative, go here if you care to see more.
http://tinyurl.com/Griso-800-Mile-Weekend
Bill
After Jim did his magic, I returned to Milan with 355 new miles on the odo, spent the night, and got up early Saturday a.m. to meet Matt (stormtruck2) 50 or so miles up The River. Matt rarely gets "normal weekends," i.e., on Saturday and Sunday, so this was an opportunity for us to do a quick run into the driftless country of NW Illinois, SW Wisconsin, and NE Iowa. I love that part of the world, an area and people I was absolutely ignorant of until I unexpectedly found myself in Quad Cities, USA.
For those who wonder about previous comments on the Griso, now that I have 1600+ miles on it, I'll say a few things.
I was unable to adjust the suspension for any of this 800-miler trip. I did spend some time with Jim and Bruce Blake (the guy who rebuilt the Norge HyperPro) talking about this. I dialed in those (initial testing) changes yesterday, and took the Griso on a very brief local ride. The change was astonishing. Suspect it way too soft now for serious SE USA mountain riding, but for the often-bumpy and not-so-often hard curve stuff here, very close as a start, anyway. Look forward to experimenting more before my next long ride in May when Larry LaHue flies up from Florida to tour fried-cheese-curd country with me.
The exhilaration -- uhm, I mean acceleration -- would make a statue grin. I mentioned some aspects of this in my post, I've Had It with my Griso! wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=52774.0
And, the riding comfort, even on a relatively long day ride -- 455 miles on Saturday door-to-door -- was just fine. Well, yes, I did take some Motrin, but that's my old body after parts of three days in the saddle; I'd have done the same on the Norge.
Enough. And, as the pix tell the story as well as -- OK, better -- than my (possibly :laugh: ) too-wordy narrative, go here if you care to see more.
http://tinyurl.com/Griso-800-Mile-Weekend
Bill