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Moto Grappa Tech Days 2024

Bill Hagan

Bill Hagan

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Good morning from the Moto Grappa at the top of Virginia!

Here is the slideshow I made of last weekend’s Moto Grappa Tech Days 2024 [MGTD ’24], the seventh in the MGTD series.

Inasmuch as Scott is a “star” in this slideshow, it seemed fitting to post this here.

So, I took 800+ pix; yes, really. :eek:

On the merciful side, while, of course, there are still too many, there are fewer than 1/4 of that original number of this weekend of aging Moto Guzzi enthusiasts (sans spousal units) reliving frat house days of debauchery under the guise of working on their Italian mounts. :giggle:

No dummy and experienced in the squalor that follows in a MGTD’s wake, Kathi, my Perfect Pillion & Polish Princess, flew to Seattle just before the event, and — aside from a cameo to swap the “airport car" for a better one — returned after the follow-on HAZMAT team left. 😄

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For anyone still reading, the link opens in landscape collage, thus allowing you to look at all at once rather than slogging through those individually.

Hover your cursor over each pic to see captions. The system truncates some of those in the collage format.

The best practice is to run the pix in slideshow form so the pix are larger, tho that can cause captions to disappear unless you keep the cursor in the lower left of each photo. Yes, I know a PITA.

Speaking of PITA, the “buy photo” option is nuts. If, for some inexplicable reason, you want any pic, simply download it. If want higher-res, let me know.

OK … at last, the link:

https://bill-and-kathi.smugmug.com/MGTD-2024/n-cRqfHF

Bill

P.S. I did not include the following “bonus pic" in the slideshow proper. One of the MGTD attendees left early to rent and ride a motorcycle in Nevada.. He took several pix of his MGTD souvenir cap — à la "Where’s Waldo?” Here’s one; read the sign! :clap:


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And it certainly looks like an Excellent time was had by all…

What was the In what i imagined to be “bread pudding” that had something added later ? What ?
I zoomed in to see the Bottle that Scott was opening, When I zoomed back he was looking at me :giggle: Caught lol
 
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I don't know who went to Vegas but did he rent from Euro cycle? They have v85's at great rental prices. Wayne and I were thinking about renting from them for a Caali run, but my gut doesn't trust them.
 
JasonC said:
I looked and looked but there was no MGTD to be found in those pics!

Jason
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I can only assume that you are being a smartssa -- and thus get an automatic invitation to next year's event :giggle: -- by meaning not much "tech."

Actually, there was quite a bit, tho that was certainly eclipsed by the borbon, beer, food, and BS. :clap:

OTOH,maybe you couldn't light up the link -- https://bill-and-kathi.smugmug.com/MGTD-2024/n-cRqfHF -- in which case, I am, as I am often am, puzzled.

Best,

Bill
 
Bill Hagan said:
I can only assume that you are being a smartssa -- and thus get an automatic invitation to next year's event :giggle: -- by meaning not much "tech."

Actually, there was quite a bit, tho that was certainly eclipsed by the borbon, beer, food, and BS. :clap:

OTOH,maybe you couldn't light up the link -- https://bill-and-kathi.smugmug.com/MGTD-2024/n-cRqfHF -- in which case, I am, as I am often am, puzzled.

Best,

Bill
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No, I really wasn't trying to be a smart ass and I'm sorry if you took it that way.

I naively thought there might be an MG TD pic or two somewhere. I often associate MG with Morris Garages instead of Moto Guzzi.

But thank you for the invitation!

Here's my 1966 MGB Resized MG B.

Jason
 
Jason,

I wasn't the least bit offended! I have been around national-class SA's all my life and find them invigorating. :clap:

Understand the confusion about and affection for MG's. A Guzzista friend just bought an "A."

My own and exceeding limited connection with a machine as lovely as yours is sadder.

A HS friend, just back from Vietnam, took another friend, an 18-YO darling -- whom I also knew less well, but admired in all the ways that a 19-YO guy can admire a woman -- out for a spin in his brand-new B.

Tragically, he ran under a tractor-trailer rig and both died.

I miss them both.

Come visit my MG - the Moto Grappa -- sometime.

Bill
 
Bill Hagan said:
Jason,

I wasn't the least bit offended! I have been around national-class SA's all my life and find them invigorating. :clap:

Understand the confusion about and affection for MG's. A Guzzista friend just bought an "A."

My own and exceeding limited connection with a machine as lovely as yours is sadder.

A HS friend, just back from Vietnam, took another friend, an 18-YO darling -- whom I also knew less well, but admired in all the ways that a 19-YO guy can admire a woman -- out for a spin in his brand-new B.

Tragically, he ran under a tractor-trailer rig and both died.

I miss them both.

Come visit my MG - the Moto Grappa -- sometime.

Bill
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Wow--what a tragic MG story.

Jason
 
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