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waspmike wrote:
Alfa Guilietta many years ago glanced a wall in Italy, the chrome headlight ring popped out and all the lights went out.
That was the gods of pretty cars punishing you for scratching a Guilietta.

Mind you, Italian electrics of the 60s and 70s were well known for being, well.... a friggin mess!
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waspmike wrote:
Alfa Guilietta many years ago glanced a wall in Italy, the chrome headlight ring popped out and all the lights went out.
This is what I get for getting online pre-coffee. I took that to mean he caused a countrywide power outage. I'm sitting here thinking which wall... and what on earth was on that wall?!? Laughing emoticon
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This is what I get for getting online pre-coffee. I took that to mean he caused a countrywide power outage. I'm sitting here thinking which wall... and what on earth was on that wall?!? Laughing emoticon
THE fuse!

You know that older Italian stuff... one fuse does it all!

Probably just needed a new layer of tin foil.
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Fritz Katzenjammer wrote:
THE fuse!

You know that older Italian stuff... one fuse does it all!

Probably just needed a new layer of tin foil.
"One Fuse to rule them all, One Fuse to find them, One Fuse to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."
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Cheshire wrote:
"One Fuse to rule them all, One Fuse to find them, One Fuse to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."

So you've worked on a sixties Ducati then...
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In response to the OP. I've currently got a Suzuki V-Strom 650 that I use when I want to hit some dirt roads not quite appropriate for my current scooters.

This is one of my favorite pictures of it.
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In response to the OP. I've currently got a Suzuki V-Strom 650 that I use when I want to hit some dirt roads not quite appropriate for my current scooters.

This is one of my favorite pictures of it.
My best friend owns one of those damn things, you can't kill them!

His has been to Alaska and back, has close to 140000km on it and I think the only part thats fail was the kill switch. Other than that its oil and tire and chains. The really annoying part is that it still starts and runs and sounds like new.
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Fritz Katzenjammer wrote:
My best friend owns one of those damn things, you can't kill them!

His has been to Alaska and back, has close to 140000km on it and I think the only part thats fail was the kill switch. Other than that its oil and tire and chains. The really annoying part is that it still starts and runs and sounds like new.
And the kill switch is one of the very few issues I've had with it. It's been a great bike, although I was just in looking at the new Himalayans and I am seriously considering one.

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And the kill switch is one of the very few issues I've had with it. It's been a great bike, although I was just in looking at the new Himalayans and I am seriously considering one.

Howard
I had one of the old 350 Bullets, quite reliable if you didn't mind fiddling with it periodically, nothing ever broke, it just needed the occasional adjustment... and an annual clutch cable.

Had it for 17 years and I still wonder why I sold it.
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