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It's not scooters but it is under powered two wheeled Italian bikes.
http://www.girodcalifornia.com/ On the 4th-6th of Oct I'll be putting about 300 miles on my '55 MotoBi competing head to head with 33 other pre '58 bikes all under 175cc. I'll have my iphone for pictures and will post as I'm able. I thought the bike was ready 4 weeks ago when disaster struck and I found I desperately needed new brakes as well as several unavailable parts. Now I've got relined shoes and new wheel bearings so it's back on the road as of today. 
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Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:00:52 +0000
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testing the email
Here's a picture of my '55 MotoBi to test the email posting.  |
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74 Rally 200
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2009 GTS, 2013 Buddy, italjet Velocifero, yamahopper
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Current: 1976 150 Sprint V Previous: VS5 GS 150, 1974 Rally 200, 2005 GT 200
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1974 Rally 200
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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:37:57 +0000
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Giro Day 1
I should have left the wine in the tool kit the night before but instead I drank it while working on my rollchart. I was hurting in the morning and it only got worse as the morning went on. Despite that the roads were great and I did well on timing. The bike got really hot heading up skaggs springs road so I stopped to rejet, we were ahead of schedule anyhow. After jetting I was running behind but I managed to catch up just as I reached the first checkpoint. The second check caught me by surprise and I was running 3 min late. Then at lunch I was 15 min in late as I made a wrong turn and just didn't feel well enough to ride faster. After lunch I started feeling much better. 5 miles out I stopped to get on time and there was an emergency check at 9 miles. I was two min early but did my best slow ride to bring it down to less than one but that was still 2 points There was long fast section after that and I was running a bit behind but was able use a scheduled gas stop to get back on track. I finished the day with 22 points and I think I'm in second for the 125 class. Feeling really good this morning and learned a lot about how the bike behaves yesterday so fingers crossed. For reference first place in the 125 class has 17 points and first over all has 6.       |
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:05:26 +0000
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Second Place, 125 class
Just got back from the awards dinner, took second place in the 125 class I had mostly given up on wining anything as my rear brakes were dragging most the day and I had to stop and roll it backward every now and then. I stopped in Calistoga for some icecream and just enjoyed the ride back. Totally thrilled that I finished and even more so that I placed. Now it's time for grappa!  |
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0:7 And counting
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1974 Rally 200
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2009 GTS, 2013 Buddy, italjet Velocifero, yamahopper
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GT200
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