A tale of two horns

As a motorcyclist, I am vigilant about the hazards around, which could easily do me harm or worse yet accelerate my voyage to being buried under 6 feet of terra firma.

I speak mostly about other vehicles...cars, trucks, etc. that may not see me as readily because a motorcycle is comparatively small.

With that in mind I was lucky enough to be given something by my pal Andrew which will help to make my presence known...a FIAMM horn!

The horn which was delivered on my Guzzi Stelvio is a rather anemic sounding little chirper. I'd be surprised if another vehicle could even hear it.

The FIAMM on the other hand is much more bold and brash.

So this morning I swapped the horns and here are little vid clips displaying the difference in their tooting power :)

Stock horn


FIAMM horn

1986 ALFA Romeo Spider Graduate - 25 years old

Well just a few pics of my little Spider after I gave her a washing today. She still looks pretty good. One of these days I need to give her a new paint job, back to the original ALFA Romeo red.

Here's a link to all the pics on Facebook

2011 Guzzi Beach Bash pictures

I rode down to Melbourne Beach on my Moto Guzzi Stelvio today to attend the Annual Moto Guzzi Beach Bash. A pretty good turnout with about 25 bikes or so I guess.

Here are a few pics. Click the pics to enlarge them.

Guzzi Beach Bash

I think I will fire up my Moto Guzzi Stelvio today and head south about 100 miles to Melbourne Beach, FL.

It's the annual Moto Guzzi August Beach Bash at the historic Sebastian Beach Inn. Looking forward to a nice ride down historic Hwy 1 and coastal highway A1A.

Fizzled

Well Tropical Storm Emily faded away well before reaching Florida. The most we got out of it was some decent waves on the east coast beaches, which I took advantage of over the weekend with some great body surfing.

So now time to wait for the next one to appear. Hurricane season is always interesting here in the Sunshine State.

TS Emily

Florida's first tropical storm threat of the season looks like it might arrive this upcoming weekend.

Tropical storm Emily is on a northwest path and may make a little noise in Florida if things pan out.

Always exciting to go to the beach when these storms approach as the surf gets really crazy.