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term='chiodo'/><category term='vote'/><category term='traffic'/><category term='sella'/><category term='nail'/><category term='incidente'/><title type='text'>l'Insetto Scoppiettante</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>132</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-3368631382401389614</id><published>2011-11-30T15:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T15:56:23.725+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tumble'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caduta'/><title type='text'>Una caduta fortunata - A lucky tumble</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mskw9cmnQco/TtZDApmKrrI/AAAAAAAACG0/4MzYIkCBJxs/s1600/IMG_0293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mskw9cmnQco/TtZDApmKrrI/AAAAAAAACG0/4MzYIkCBJxs/s640/IMG_0293.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Prima di tutto: sono caduto.&lt;br /&gt;La scorsa settimana, lungo un tratto urbano della Provinciale 23 privo di illuminazione, le ruote hanno incontrato una brutta spaccatura dell'asfalto appena ripartito da uno stop, la Vespa è scivolata sul fianco destro, adagiandosi a novanta gradi rispetto alla carreggiata tra le auto che sfrecciavano accanto incuranti del limite di 50 km/h.&lt;br /&gt;Antefatto: da un paio di settimane qualcosa non andava. Il motore affogava agli alti regimi fino a spengersi se affondavo il gas, la Vespa aveva una generale perdita di potenza riuscendo al più a raggiungere gli 80 km/h proprio come quando lo scorso anno si lacerò la membrana del carburatore; per questo dopo due giorni avrei dovuto portarla da Fausto per un controllo.&lt;br /&gt;Torniamo alla caduta; fortunatamente non sono stato investito. Nessun automobilista si è fermato per soccorrermi o anche solo per chiedere. Io non mi sono fatto niente, visto che indosso le protezioni. La Vespa invece si è malamente sgraffiata sul bombolone destro, sul fanale, sul cupolino e sulle pedane; inoltre ho spezzato di netto lo specchietto retrovisore destro. Era ora, del resto, che mi decidessi a portarla dal carrozziere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oMxSfcr4wGg/TtZDQYko56I/AAAAAAAACG8/fdZMqI9iWck/s1600/IMG_0292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oMxSfcr4wGg/TtZDQYko56I/AAAAAAAACG8/fdZMqI9iWck/s640/IMG_0292.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quello che ha dell'incredibile, però, è che dalla caduta i problemi al motore sono svaniti nel nulla. Non solo, dopo una settimana di utilizzo noto che il motore gira più sciolto e ieri ho raggiunto l'incredibile velocità di 105 km/h.&lt;br /&gt;Non so cosa fosse, con Fausto abbiamo ipotizzato di tutto ma nulla appare verosimile. Misteri della meccanica. Peccato per la Vespa, comunque, che dovrò far sistemare in vista della brutta stagione.&lt;br /&gt;Non tutte le cadute vengono per nuocere; non solo, perlomeno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qbJeYJ66knE/TtZDcXVJHGI/AAAAAAAACHE/08zNAPrraYc/s1600/IMG_0291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qbJeYJ66knE/TtZDcXVJHGI/AAAAAAAACHE/08zNAPrraYc/s640/IMG_0291.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLFfX2ehyYI/TnNhZaaYEWI/AAAAAAAAB-U/bgkXgLHU2eM/s1600/usa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLFfX2ehyYI/TnNhZaaYEWI/AAAAAAAAB-U/bgkXgLHU2eM/s1600/usa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;First of all: I fell.&lt;br /&gt;Last week, along an urban strech of Province Road 23 with no streetlamps, the wheels met a bad crack in the asphalt just as I left from a stop sign, the Vespa slipped on the right side lying orthogonal to the road among the cars zipping through careless of the 50 km/h speed limit.&lt;br /&gt;Flashback: something was wrong since two weeks ago. The engine was drowning at high RPM up to turn off at wide open throttle, the Vespa had an overall power loss with a maximum speed of 50 mph jusl like ast year, when a carburettor membrane got cut; that's why in a couple of days I was due to bring it to Fausto's garage for a check.&lt;br /&gt;Back to the tumble; luckily I wasn't run over. Not a single car driver stopped to help me or just ask if everything was ok. I actually wasn't hurt, as I wear protections. The Vespa, instead, suffered a serious scratch on the right side, on the front light, the windshield and the foot rest; moreover the right rear view mirror snapped off completely. After all it was time to bring the Chuggabug to the body shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v8Y4ZzCNnaI/TtZDkZVcwPI/AAAAAAAACHM/20up-xwNnBs/s1600/IMG_0296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v8Y4ZzCNnaI/TtZDkZVcwPI/AAAAAAAACHM/20up-xwNnBs/s640/IMG_0296.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what's almost incredible is that after the tumble all the engine faults have instantly vanished. More, after a week, I notice that the engine runs way more smoothly and yesterday I reached the incredible speed of 65 mph.&lt;br /&gt;I don't know what it could be, with Fausto I hypotized everything but nothing seems too plausible. Mysteries of mechanics. It's a pity for the Vespa, though, as I'll be forced to have its body fixed before the bad season comes.&lt;br /&gt;Not all tumbles are that bad; not only, at least.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-3368631382401389614?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/3368631382401389614/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/11/una-caduta-fortunata-lucky-tumble.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3368631382401389614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3368631382401389614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/11/una-caduta-fortunata-lucky-tumble.html' title='Una caduta fortunata - A lucky tumble'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mskw9cmnQco/TtZDApmKrrI/AAAAAAAACG0/4MzYIkCBJxs/s72-c/IMG_0293.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1102661486404928717</id><published>2011-09-16T16:02:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-16T17:10:49.357+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Corsica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Corse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tromba'/><title type='text'>Corsica! - Corse!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eGSIIRQ4GQ8/TnNUuJkHneI/AAAAAAAAB90/V8j8K_uE_bc/s1600/horn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eGSIIRQ4GQ8/TnNUuJkHneI/AAAAAAAAB90/V8j8K_uE_bc/s640/horn.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nuovo gadget per l'Insetto Scoppiettante: una bizzarra tromba che emette un suono ancora più strano, gentile omaggio dell'Orso Blubber (Elena) dalla fiera di S.Ermete. Verrà inaugurata con orgoglio nel viaggio che ci accingiamo a intraprendere domani: dieci giorni in Corsica! La meta è la Corsica del sud: Porto Vecchio, Bonifacio, Sartene e tutto quello splendido insieme di insenature, scogliere e mare turchese. Prometto un reportage &lt;i&gt;on the road&lt;/i&gt; al nostro ritorno, stay tuned!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLFfX2ehyYI/TnNhZaaYEWI/AAAAAAAAB-U/bgkXgLHU2eM/s1600/usa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLFfX2ehyYI/TnNhZaaYEWI/AAAAAAAAB-U/bgkXgLHU2eM/s1600/usa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;New gadget for the Chuggabug: a weird horn which blows an even weirder sound, a kind gift from Blubber Bear (Elena) from the S.Ermete Fair. We'll christen it in the trip we're going to leave for tomorrow: ten days around Corse! The goal is Southern Corse: Porto Vecchio, Bonifacio, Sartene and all that marvelous line of coves, rocks and turquoise sea. I promise I'll publish an &lt;i&gt;on the road&lt;/i&gt; reportage when we get back, stay tuned!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1102661486404928717?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1102661486404928717/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/09/corsica-corse.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1102661486404928717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1102661486404928717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/09/corsica-corse.html' title='Corsica! - Corse!'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eGSIIRQ4GQ8/TnNUuJkHneI/AAAAAAAAB90/V8j8K_uE_bc/s72-c/horn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4270665394554895340</id><published>2011-09-07T16:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:07:39.645+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Statale Aurelia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SS 1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sticker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adesivo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Route 66'/><title type='text'>Statale Aurelia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hfi1ueAdUcM/TmeEm7qmfRI/AAAAAAAAB9w/H0a8lyfq4qI/s1600/SS1_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hfi1ueAdUcM/TmeEm7qmfRI/AAAAAAAAB9w/H0a8lyfq4qI/s640/SS1_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Loro hanno la Route 66, la loro celebrata Strada Madre. Il percorso del coast-to-coast, che unisce l'est all'ovest lungo una interminabile striscia di letteratura battuta a macchina.I miti motociclistici sono solidi e spesso lasciano a disagio. Perché mai noi italiano dovremmo fantasticare su quella strada storica quando abbiamo strade con un significato ben più profondo per noi e una storia ben più antica di quanto non ne abbia una strada aperta per la prima volta nel 1926? Le strade romane hanno migliaia di anni e, beh, le percorriamo quotidianamente!Naturalmente anche io ho una maglietta col suo bello scudo R66 proprio sul cuore, gentilmente regalatami da mio cognato di ritorno da un viaggio coast-to-coast, ma non è niente più di una maglietta piuttosto bella ma con scarso significato per me.Invece percorro la SS 1 (o perlomeno un tratto di circa 150 km) molto spesso. La SS 1 è la strada che, più di duemila anni fa, collegava Roma con le province della Gallia. La nostra vera Strada Madre. La strada a cui devo rispetto, la strada a cui rendo omaggio.Non attaccherei sull'Insetto Scoppiettante un adesivo della Route 66, non avrebbe alcun senso.Ecco perché c'ho attaccato, invece, un adesivo della SS 1, per ricordarmi chi siamo e su quale strada corrono le nostre ruote. Chilometri di asfalto lungo la costa occidentale dell'Italia che serpeggiano tra boschi e dune, campagna e montagne, verso nord e poi verso ovest fino al confine francese.Giriamo in Vespa, beviamo vino, suoniamo il mandolino e mangiamo la pizza.Non siamo americani, anche se i film hanno tentato di convincerci per anni.Viaggiamo sulla nostra Strada Madre: la Statale Aurelia, SS 1.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ualvMhVH_Ys/TmeEKPf4lxI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/q9N9CMlXp_w/s1600/mother_road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="272" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ualvMhVH_Ys/TmeEKPf4lxI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/q9N9CMlXp_w/s640/mother_road.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLFfX2ehyYI/TnNhZaaYEWI/AAAAAAAAB-U/bgkXgLHU2eM/s1600/usa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lLFfX2ehyYI/TnNhZaaYEWI/AAAAAAAAB-U/bgkXgLHU2eM/s1600/usa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;They've got their Route 66, their celebrated Mother Road. The coast-to-coast path, joining east and west in a long typewrited strip of literature.Motorcycle myths are strong and often uncomfortable. Why should we Italians dream about that historical road while we have paths with a deeper meaning to us and a way older history than a route first established in 1926? Roman routes have thousands years old history and, well, we ride along them daily!Of course, I do have a t-shirt with it's nice R66 shield right above the heart, gently given to me by my brother-in-law after a coast-to-coast trip, but it's just a cool t-shirt with not much meaning to me.Instead I ride along SS 1 (or a part of it, at least, around 150 km long) very frequently. SS 1 is the road which, more than two thousand years ago, linked Rome with the Gaul provinces. Our true Mother Road. The road I owe respect to, the road I pay homage to.I wouldn't stick a Route 66 badge on the Chuggabug, it would be pure nonsense.That's why, instead, I put a SS 1 sticker upon it, to remember who we are and which road our wheels roll upon. Kilometres of pavement along the western coast of Italy, snaking through woods and dunes, countryside and mountains, northbound and then westbound up to the french border.We ride Vespas, we drink wine, we play mandolin and eat pizza.We're not americans, even if the movies tried to convince us for years.We ride along our Mother Road: Statale Aurelia, SS 1.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4270665394554895340?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4270665394554895340/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/09/statale-aurelia.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4270665394554895340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4270665394554895340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/09/statale-aurelia.html' title='Statale Aurelia'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hfi1ueAdUcM/TmeEm7qmfRI/AAAAAAAAB9w/H0a8lyfq4qI/s72-c/SS1_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-281424544020479408</id><published>2011-07-20T15:30:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:17:47.122+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wind'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vento'/><title type='text'>Regalo - Gift</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WxUy2CkoGc8/TibYIbeZw1I/AAAAAAAAB8M/IrQYy42L7QU/s1600/wind01_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WxUy2CkoGc8/TibYIbeZw1I/AAAAAAAAB8M/IrQYy42L7QU/s640/wind01_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un anticipo di Settembre. Ecco cos'è oggi. Un bel regalo.&lt;br /&gt;Il vento di libeccio che soffia forte, la temperatura finalmente accettabile, l'aria limpida, il profumo salmastro dei pini.&lt;br /&gt;Un mare forza sette, di quelli con la schiuma dei cavalloni portata via dal vento fino sulla strada, a venti metri di distanza, oltre la duna.&lt;br /&gt;Piccole cose, come il profumo degli eucalipti e l'improvvisa pioggia battente di ieri sera.&lt;br /&gt;Fosse sempre così, l'estate, sarei felice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SntXyvEoCZw/TibYP1ZYWCI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/xY83quSUChU/s1600/wind02_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SntXyvEoCZw/TibYP1ZYWCI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/xY83quSUChU/s640/wind02_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A preview of September. Here's what's today. A nice gift.&lt;br /&gt;The south west wind blowing strong, at last an acceptable temperature, the clear air, the salty perfume of pine trees.&lt;br /&gt;A force 7 sea, with the wind blowing away the foam from the rollers up to the road, twenty meters away, beyond the dune.&lt;br /&gt;Small things, like the scent of the eucalyptus trees and yesterday night's sudden downpour.&lt;br /&gt;I'd be happy, if only summer was always like this.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-281424544020479408?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/281424544020479408/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/07/regalo-gift.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/281424544020479408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/281424544020479408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/07/regalo-gift.html' title='Regalo - Gift'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WxUy2CkoGc8/TibYIbeZw1I/AAAAAAAAB8M/IrQYy42L7QU/s72-c/wind01_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5257307020862701662</id><published>2011-06-20T11:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:17:30.736+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='55555'/><title type='text'>55555,5</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xnCDx7QuZ5c/Tf8OwpRcsgI/AAAAAAAAB4c/hDwOamYVl_4/s1600/55555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xnCDx7QuZ5c/Tf8OwpRcsgI/AAAAAAAAB4c/hDwOamYVl_4/s640/55555.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pozzi, comune di Seravezza, Versilia. L'Insetto Scoppiettante raggiunge una meta numericamente significativa :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mi accorgo solo ora che al passare dei centomila chilometri non ci sarà spazio per la cifra intera...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pozzi, comune di Seravezza, Versilia. The Chuggabug reaches a numerically significant goal :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Only now I realize there will be no place to record a hundred-thousand kms...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5257307020862701662?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5257307020862701662/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/06/555555.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5257307020862701662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5257307020862701662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/06/555555.html' title='55555,5'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xnCDx7QuZ5c/Tf8OwpRcsgI/AAAAAAAAB4c/hDwOamYVl_4/s72-c/55555.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-508016905623558390</id><published>2011-06-06T11:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:18:10.803+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Montemerano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manciano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capalbio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sorano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Maremma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sovana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pitigliano'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giardino dei Tarocchi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tuscia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orvieto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bolsena'/><title type='text'>Maremma &amp; Tuscia on the road</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="480" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?hl=it&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;msid=202678159307332719145.0004a4fb8f51963567e0b&amp;amp;ll=42.690511,11.329651&amp;amp;spn=0.969028,1.757813&amp;amp;z=9&amp;amp;output=embed" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;small&gt;Visualizza &lt;a href="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?hl=it&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;msid=202678159307332719145.0004a4fb8f51963567e0b&amp;amp;ll=42.690511,11.329651&amp;amp;spn=0.969028,1.757813&amp;amp;z=9&amp;amp;source=embed" style="color: blue; text-align: left;"&gt;Maremma &amp;amp; Tuscia on the road&lt;/a&gt; in una mappa di dimensioni maggiori&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Quattro giorni per dare sfogo alla nostra voglia di un breve viaggio. Quattro giorni attraverso la Maremma toscana e laziale, fino alla Tuscia, il lago di Bolsena e Orvieto. Cinquecentosettantacinque chilometri sotto alla sella, la soglia dei 55.000 sorpassata appena giunti a casa e una forte e piacevole sensazione di accoglienza e soddisfazione.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il percorso si è snodato attraverso Capalbio, Montemerano, Sovana, Sorano, Pitigliano, Bolsena, Civita di Bagnoregio, Orvieto, Manciano e Scansano, fino al rientro per la strada delle Collacchie attraverso Castiglione della Pescaia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le foto dicono più delle parole. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Four days to satisfy our need of a short trip. Four days through Tuscany and Lazio's Maremma down to Tuscia, Bolsena's lake and Orvieto. Five hundred and seventy-five kms under the saddle, past the 55.000 kms goal and a strong and pleasant feeling of welcome and satisfaction.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We snaked through Capalbio, Montemerano, Sovana, Sorano, Pitigliano, Bolsena, Civita di Bagnoregio, Orvieto, Manciano and Scansano, and then we got back home riding on the Collacchie road through Castiglione della Pescaia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Photographs tell more than words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPzvOP9lOiE/TeyWAneZeXI/AAAAAAAAB2w/ytrri-Fa1bs/s1600/2011.06.02+-+000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPzvOP9lOiE/TeyWAneZeXI/AAAAAAAAB2w/ytrri-Fa1bs/s640/2011.06.02+-+000.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Capalbio - Giardino dei Tarocchi&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HtMGJimhcI0/TeyWClXrfZI/AAAAAAAAB20/QxSFiTi-NUg/s1600/2011.06.02+-+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HtMGJimhcI0/TeyWClXrfZI/AAAAAAAAB20/QxSFiTi-NUg/s640/2011.06.02+-+001.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Capalbio - Giardino dei Tarocchi&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L9E6VNSszFw/TeyWzHtOe3I/AAAAAAAAB38/ufEE7GhEoy0/s1600/2011.06.02+-+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L9E6VNSszFw/TeyWzHtOe3I/AAAAAAAAB38/ufEE7GhEoy0/s640/2011.06.02+-+002.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Capalbio - Giardino dei Tarocchi&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-76z2DU8_3YQ/TeyWEygFfHI/AAAAAAAAB28/POEPi4QnZTI/s1600/2011.06.02+-+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-76z2DU8_3YQ/TeyWEygFfHI/AAAAAAAAB28/POEPi4QnZTI/s640/2011.06.02+-+003.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Capalbio - Giardino dei Tarocchi&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wUPdghgiN5s/TeyWGDATMyI/AAAAAAAAB3A/Xn2YEdJSKZg/s1600/2011.06.03+-+000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wUPdghgiN5s/TeyWGDATMyI/AAAAAAAAB3A/Xn2YEdJSKZg/s640/2011.06.03+-+000.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Montemerano&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cdKUA6bSXJ0/TeyWG-J7kjI/AAAAAAAAB3E/568nKK0VF3s/s1600/2011.06.03+-+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cdKUA6bSXJ0/TeyWG-J7kjI/AAAAAAAAB3E/568nKK0VF3s/s640/2011.06.03+-+001.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Strada per Sovana - The road to Sovana&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BNMHRuhL9z0/TeyWH5TlOkI/AAAAAAAAB3I/vSM27eBXW0g/s1600/2011.06.03+-+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BNMHRuhL9z0/TeyWH5TlOkI/AAAAAAAAB3I/vSM27eBXW0g/s640/2011.06.03+-+002.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sorano&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CG_c1huQRy4/TeyWJM3LrMI/AAAAAAAAB3M/UdjbmMl8wvc/s1600/2011.06.03+-+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CG_c1huQRy4/TeyWJM3LrMI/AAAAAAAAB3M/UdjbmMl8wvc/s640/2011.06.03+-+003.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sorano&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Qui è stato buffo trovare un cartello stradale con l'indicazione "Pandino 468 km". Cos'è Pandino? Perché è importante sapere quanto dista e soprattutto a questa distanza come mai non c'è un'indicazione per una località più grande? Tornati a casa si svela il mistero: Pandino è un comune in provincia di Cremona che ha stretto un Patto d'Amicizia col comune di Sorano!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;It was funny here to find a street sign telling "Pandino 468 kms". Where's Pandino? Why is it so important to know its distance and most of all, being so far, why didn't they put directions to a bigger town? Once at home the puzzle is solved: Pandino is a town near Cremona which signed a Friendship Agreement with Sorano!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOtZhRozVw8/TeyWJ14kUiI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/inwpogm9XAE/s1600/2011.06.03+-+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOtZhRozVw8/TeyWJ14kUiI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/inwpogm9XAE/s640/2011.06.03+-+004.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;SR74 per il lago di Bolsena - SR74 to Bolsena's lake&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O-UFgZPoJVc/TeyWKpootYI/AAAAAAAAB3U/-671YO736AA/s1600/2011.06.03+-+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O-UFgZPoJVc/TeyWKpootYI/AAAAAAAAB3U/-671YO736AA/s640/2011.06.03+-+005.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8b4KsQ3SuUQ/TeyWLjaNt1I/AAAAAAAAB3Y/ncXLELTTA0g/s1600/2011.06.04+-+000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8b4KsQ3SuUQ/TeyWLjaNt1I/AAAAAAAAB3Y/ncXLELTTA0g/s640/2011.06.04+-+000.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Lago di Bolsena&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vxhttKwRJZA/TeyWM5XbI9I/AAAAAAAAB3c/XG8-K-4s3Zs/s1600/2011.06.04+-+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vxhttKwRJZA/TeyWM5XbI9I/AAAAAAAAB3c/XG8-K-4s3Zs/s640/2011.06.04+-+001.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Bolsena&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JO87o14kk1k/TeyWOQDmhgI/AAAAAAAAB3g/xhs_EbQUG5Y/s1600/2011.06.04+-+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JO87o14kk1k/TeyWOQDmhgI/AAAAAAAAB3g/xhs_EbQUG5Y/s640/2011.06.04+-+002.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Civita di Bagnoregio, la città che muore - Civita di Bagnoregio, the dying town&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6i-4v1IJurs/TeyWPXA667I/AAAAAAAAB3k/4kc65h7IE-4/s1600/2011.06.04+-+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6i-4v1IJurs/TeyWPXA667I/AAAAAAAAB3k/4kc65h7IE-4/s640/2011.06.04+-+003.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Orvieto&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I7oZHwfWsV8/TeyWRJ-kMXI/AAAAAAAAB3o/53dBIYFQ--E/s1600/2011.06.04+-+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I7oZHwfWsV8/TeyWRJ-kMXI/AAAAAAAAB3o/53dBIYFQ--E/s640/2011.06.04+-+004.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Duomo di Orvieto&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GHMziLz1pGI/TeyWSCjBrGI/AAAAAAAAB3s/7GYFTsPtUhg/s1600/2011.06.04+-+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GHMziLz1pGI/TeyWSCjBrGI/AAAAAAAAB3s/7GYFTsPtUhg/s640/2011.06.04+-+005.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ebbene sì: a Orvieto abbiamo preso un acquazzone! - That is: in Orvieto we had a shower!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6es2A9dqck/TeyWS5Uu2II/AAAAAAAAB3w/mfR7a66rgj4/s1600/2011.06.04+-+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z6es2A9dqck/TeyWS5Uu2II/AAAAAAAAB3w/mfR7a66rgj4/s640/2011.06.04+-+006.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Strade di Maremma - Maremma roads&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RTdgEBCLHns/TeyWTwBmzUI/AAAAAAAAB30/e1VXYBE7BUo/s1600/2011.06.05+-+000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RTdgEBCLHns/TeyWTwBmzUI/AAAAAAAAB30/e1VXYBE7BUo/s640/2011.06.05+-+000.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Manciano Street Music Festival&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oXV06W572Vs/TeyWU4aQlfI/AAAAAAAAB34/6RPTV3wywqk/s1600/2011.06.05+-+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oXV06W572Vs/TeyWU4aQlfI/AAAAAAAAB34/6RPTV3wywqk/s640/2011.06.05+-+001.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tornando verso casa - Going home&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-508016905623558390?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/508016905623558390/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/06/maremma-tuscia-on-road.html#comment-form' title='9 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/508016905623558390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/508016905623558390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/06/maremma-tuscia-on-road.html' title='Maremma &amp; Tuscia on the road'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s72-c/ita.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7562326200547365035</id><published>2011-05-05T11:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:18:34.767+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buon compleanno'/><title type='text'>Buon compleanno! - Happy birthday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dUAeafU5gao/TcJpFDwvc3I/AAAAAAAABy0/dVcJJTB7ZMs/s1600/fourth_birthday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dUAeafU5gao/TcJpFDwvc3I/AAAAAAAABy0/dVcJJTB7ZMs/s640/fourth_birthday.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Oggi l'Insetto Scoppiettante compie quattro anni, con oltre 53.000 km all'attivo, una sella ingrassata di fresco e - speriamo - molta strada davanti a sé. Buon compleanno!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Today is the Chuggabug's fourth birthday, with more than 53.000 kms to its credit, a freshly greased saddle and - hopefully - much more road in front of its wheels. Happy Birthday!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-7562326200547365035?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/7562326200547365035/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/05/buon-compleanno-happy-birthday.html#comment-form' title='8 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7562326200547365035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7562326200547365035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/05/buon-compleanno-happy-birthday.html' title='Buon compleanno! - Happy birthday!'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dUAeafU5gao/TcJpFDwvc3I/AAAAAAAABy0/dVcJJTB7ZMs/s72-c/fourth_birthday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-474466083989291612</id><published>2011-04-24T12:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:18:56.432+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='warm season'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stagione calda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Massaciuccoli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vecchiano'/><title type='text'>La stagione calda - The warm season</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4prThBJTKHo/TbP8GjzagnI/AAAAAAAABxc/kHtNZHa3fCA/s1600/IMG_4599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4prThBJTKHo/TbP8GjzagnI/AAAAAAAABxc/kHtNZHa3fCA/s640/IMG_4599.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E così è tornata, e con lei sono ricominciati i viaggi verso la Versilia. L'Insetto Scoppiettante ha inaugurato la stagione con un paio di pneumatici nuovi e con la vicina soglia della prima revisione. Come se non bastasse, oltre ai chilometri fatti per raggiungere Querceta e tornare a casa, sabato ci siamo goduti un giro intorno al lago di Massaciuccoli e la piana di Vecchiano. Il lago è un posto assurdo, disseminato di strade di ghiaia che solcano sterminati campi di colmata dove la terra passa repentinamente dal colore nero al bianco e dove il livello dell'acqua, a causa delle chiuse, non è mai esattamente dove si pensa che sia.&lt;br /&gt;Così il fine settimana si è concluso con un rientro con il sole appena tramontato, 365 chilometri in più sotto alla sella e una bella soddisfazione. Il prossimo fine settimana, quello a cavallo della Pasqua, si prospetta grigio e piovoso; forse, una buona occasione per pianificare qualche viaggio estivo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So it's back, and with it my commutes to and from Versilia have started again. The Chuggabug inaugurated the riding season with a new pair of tyres and moving towards its first mandatory service. As it wasn't enough, aside from the kilometers ridden to reach Querceta and come back home, on saturday we enjoyed a ride around Massaciuccoli lake and the Vecchiano flat. The lake ia a weird place, scattered with gravel roads which line infinite reclaimed land where the ground quickly changes from black to white and where the water level. because of the locks, ain't never where you might exactly think it should be.&lt;br /&gt;So the weekend ended with a return at dusk, 365 kilometers under the saddle and a nice satisfaction. It seems that next weekend, the Easter weekend, will be grey and rainy; it's maybe a good chance to plan some summer ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6eQ55nZnECU/TbP8b8vYfJI/AAAAAAAABxg/ovK4PAee8AE/s1600/IMG_4576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6eQ55nZnECU/TbP8b8vYfJI/AAAAAAAABxg/ovK4PAee8AE/s640/IMG_4576.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Vecchiano Flat ;-)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lzBn8N5E3Vc/TbP8dEsxgZI/AAAAAAAABxk/jGpn4Oa6LHI/s1600/IMG_4579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lzBn8N5E3Vc/TbP8dEsxgZI/AAAAAAAABxk/jGpn4Oa6LHI/s640/IMG_4579.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0TXpGv_UM8o/TbP8e2dr4UI/AAAAAAAABxo/D6HPwoOyZs8/s1600/IMG_4580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0TXpGv_UM8o/TbP8e2dr4UI/AAAAAAAABxo/D6HPwoOyZs8/s640/IMG_4580.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Water above the road level!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fRWewGVJhjw/TbP8ht9Wf3I/AAAAAAAABxs/2hAPxcCRST0/s1600/IMG_4583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fRWewGVJhjw/TbP8ht9Wf3I/AAAAAAAABxs/2hAPxcCRST0/s640/IMG_4583.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Borrago Officinalis&lt;/i&gt; in full bloom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i82aYr94zu8/TbP8jvOf-7I/AAAAAAAABxw/oxv4ORK6k4g/s1600/IMG_4584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i82aYr94zu8/TbP8jvOf-7I/AAAAAAAABxw/oxv4ORK6k4g/s640/IMG_4584.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Fishing cabin&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4qJ6AUqrxzc/TbP8l0LZwcI/AAAAAAAABx0/KAlAw95EU50/s1600/IMG_4594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4qJ6AUqrxzc/TbP8l0LZwcI/AAAAAAAABx0/KAlAw95EU50/s640/IMG_4594.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9SEPHouaexs/TbP8nk1_6lI/AAAAAAAABx4/F4WxYTmxZDY/s1600/IMG_4601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9SEPHouaexs/TbP8nk1_6lI/AAAAAAAABx4/F4WxYTmxZDY/s640/IMG_4601.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The marsh always wins&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xrpqdfXgYOU/TbP8p_9sRnI/AAAAAAAABx8/GgOQphb9EkE/s1600/IMG_4605.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xrpqdfXgYOU/TbP8p_9sRnI/AAAAAAAABx8/GgOQphb9EkE/s640/IMG_4605.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Aurelia, S.S. 1, if you can find it!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2_uouLkUAjY/TbP8r0J1r7I/AAAAAAAAByA/Y1kdxqSYob8/s1600/IMG_4608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2_uouLkUAjY/TbP8r0J1r7I/AAAAAAAAByA/Y1kdxqSYob8/s640/IMG_4608.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4wDQh1C4MeQ/TbP8uD4if-I/AAAAAAAAByE/Ccle-5QTuk8/s1600/IMG_4643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4wDQh1C4MeQ/TbP8uD4if-I/AAAAAAAAByE/Ccle-5QTuk8/s640/IMG_4643.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Then on the way back, in Livorno (Castello del Boccale)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O6yqFDa_sog/TbP8u-wh1kI/AAAAAAAAByI/gXxoz_3kNWA/s1600/IMG_4646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O6yqFDa_sog/TbP8u-wh1kI/AAAAAAAAByI/gXxoz_3kNWA/s640/IMG_4646.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sunset in Livorno. A nice way to end.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-474466083989291612?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/474466083989291612/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/04/la-stagione-calda-warm-season.html#comment-form' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/474466083989291612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/474466083989291612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/04/la-stagione-calda-warm-season.html' title='La stagione calda - The warm season'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4prThBJTKHo/TbP8GjzagnI/AAAAAAAABxc/kHtNZHa3fCA/s72-c/IMG_4599.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8858554825996463012</id><published>2011-03-28T11:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:19:17.306+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gomme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tyres'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michelin Pilot City'/><title type='text'>Gomme nuove - New tyres</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OF54fFJWZCU/TYOhI5es-3I/AAAAAAAABvw/fH47dtyPyL4/s1600/michelin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OF54fFJWZCU/TYOhI5es-3I/AAAAAAAABvw/fH47dtyPyL4/s640/michelin.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'inverno ci ha messi tutti a dura prova. La pioggia non ha dato tregua, il freddo e il ghiaccio sulla strada sono stati tanto intensi da fare desistere la maggior parte dei motociclisti, eppure tutto questo non avrebbe fermato l'Insetto Scoppiettante se solo non ci si fosse messa l'influenza e tutta una simpatica serie di inconvenienti stagionali che quest'anno hanno colpito ripetutamente tutti quanti. Il fatto è che io mi ero preparato alle condizioni della strada, facendo sostituire entrambi gli pneumatici con delle nuove Michelin City Pilot. La Piaggio monta gomme Pirelli come standard ma preferisco le Michelin da qualdo le ho provate per la prima volta: robuste, aderenti e con una buona resa sul bagnato. Ero stato tentato di montare un paio di Metzeler quest'anno, e la nevicata di gennaio mi avrebbe dato ragione, ma purtroppo la rinomata casa produttrice di pneumatici invernali non fornisce gomme per la Vespa, quindi ho dovuto rinunciare alle invernali e montare comunque un paio di gomme nuove che quantomeno danno un po' più di sicurezza su strade malmesse che in questo periodo dell'anno sono ben diverse dall'estate. Purtroppo l'influenza ha avuto la meglio e ho dovuto attendere la primavera per poterle provare, ma il tempo non dà tregua di nuovo: ancora giornate di pioggie e di vento forte che le previsioni prospettano almeno per un'altra settimana. Il bel tempo, quest'anno, si fa desiderare. Pianificare un giro di una giornata all'Elba, ormai, sta diventando quasi un'esigenza :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Winter stress-tested us all. The rain never stopped, cold and icy roads have been so intense to stop most bikers, but all this wouldn't have stopped the Chuggabug if only the flu and a whole plethora of other small accidents hadn't taken over everything. The fact is that I was ready to front the road because I replaced both tyres with a pair of new Michelin Pilot City. Piaggio's default tyres are the Pirelli ones but I much prefer Michelin tyres since I first tried them: strong, with a good grip and good performance on wet road. I was tempted to mount a pair of Metzeler, and last January's snowfall would have agreed with me, but unfortunately the world-famous winter tyres producer doesn't sell tyres for my Vespa, so I had to renounce to winter tyres and however get a pair of new ones which at least assure that bit more safety on uneven roads which are not exactly what they look like in summer. Unfortunately the flu got the better of me and I had to wait till spring to test them, but again the weather gives no respite: it's rainy and windy days which the forecast advances for a whole week at least. Sunny weather, this year, is playing hard to get. Planning a one-day trip to Elba island, by now, is becoming almost a need :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8858554825996463012?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8858554825996463012/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/03/gomme-nuove-new-tyres.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8858554825996463012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8858554825996463012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/03/gomme-nuove-new-tyres.html' title='Gomme nuove - New tyres'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OF54fFJWZCU/TYOhI5es-3I/AAAAAAAABvw/fH47dtyPyL4/s72-c/michelin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5410412633267890422</id><published>2011-02-23T15:11:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:20:01.778+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giappone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='[Detours]'/><title type='text'>[Detours] - Vespa in Tokyo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKRClpnFW-4/TWUVGjn3hHI/AAAAAAAABu4/lnrLVAF3wgk/s1600/2010.11.26+-+125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="430" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKRClpnFW-4/TWUVGjn3hHI/AAAAAAAABu4/lnrLVAF3wgk/s640/2010.11.26+-+125.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le uniche Vespe che ho trovato in Giappone sono state queste, a Shibuya, in vendita.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The only Vespas I found in Japan were these, on sale, in Shibuya.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5410412633267890422?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5410412633267890422/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/02/detours-vespa-in-tokyo.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5410412633267890422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5410412633267890422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/02/detours-vespa-in-tokyo.html' title='[Detours] - Vespa in Tokyo'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKRClpnFW-4/TWUVGjn3hHI/AAAAAAAABu4/lnrLVAF3wgk/s72-c/2010.11.26+-+125.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4171332097359149127</id><published>2011-01-25T18:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:20:23.815+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villa del Barone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inverno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pausa pranzo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lunch break'/><title type='text'>L'inverno è nostro - Winter is ours</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OGJfl-xI/AAAAAAAABrg/m5SRUmK4hlQ/s1600/IMG_2837_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OGJfl-xI/AAAAAAAABrg/m5SRUmK4hlQ/s640/IMG_2837_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sulla duna - On the dune&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'inverno è al culmine. E' incredibile come i motociclisti scompaiano completamente quando le temperature toccano lo zero anche soltanto ci si avvicinano. Non è certo un problema per me, che mi godo il mio trasferimento quotidiano su una distanza di venti chilometri, ma mi piacerebbe davvero allungare la mano e salutare qualche amico su due ruote, ogni tanto. Niente da fare. Cieli cristallini richiedono fotografie e qualche volta la pausa pranzo riesce a spingermi fino sulla duna e poi sulla scogliera, a picco sul mare. Capisco benissimo che sia un privilegio che tanti impiegati nella nebbiosa Milano non riusciranno mai a comprare. Una Vespa, poi, amplifica l'esperienza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OXtJ_-1I/AAAAAAAABrk/5r3-aCCqVP8/s1600/IMG_2840_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OXtJ_-1I/AAAAAAAABrk/5r3-aCCqVP8/s640/IMG_2840_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Scogliera - Cliff&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&amp;nbsp;La neve ha già coperto la baia a Dicembre ma ricordo bene che l'anno scorso è caduta anche a Marzo quindi sono pronto a fronteggiare imprevisti. La mia macchina fotografica è pronta, un nuovo duplicatore di focale e della buona pellicola per diapositive sono sempre nello zaino. Auguro a me stesso un buon viaggio; a me, felice di girare in Vespa in pieno inverno, e a tutti voi compagni motociclisti invernali del pianeta. L'inverno è tutto nostro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OiF-pR5I/AAAAAAAABro/0-4Z0mLUKtA/s1600/IMG_2853_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OiF-pR5I/AAAAAAAABro/0-4Z0mLUKtA/s640/IMG_2853_s.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Capanni sugli alberi - Shooting box over the treetops&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Winter is at its apex. Incredible how riders disappear when temperatures hit zero degrees or at least approach it. It's not an issue to me who enjoy a daily commute on a 20 km span but I'd really like to wave a V sign to some fellow riders every now and then. No way. Crystal skies claim for photographs and once in a while a lunch break can push me up to the dune and then upon the cliff, just over the sea. I understand it's a privilege that many office workers in the smoggy Milan will never be able to buy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8Or2G2naI/AAAAAAAABrs/gvbFgAxB0ek/s1600/IMG_2857_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8Or2G2naI/AAAAAAAABrs/gvbFgAxB0ek/s640/IMG_2857_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Lungo i campi - Along the fields&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having a Vespa, then, enhances the experience. Snow has already covered the bay in December but I remember that last year it fell in March so I'm ready to front surprises. My camera is ready, a new 2X teleconverter and good slide film are always in my backpack. Godspeed to myself, a lonely happy winter rider, and to all you fellow winter riders 'round the globe. Winter is ours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OzBMcfcI/AAAAAAAABrw/msLivx5KmnA/s1600/IMG_2859_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OzBMcfcI/AAAAAAAABrw/msLivx5KmnA/s640/IMG_2859_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tornando al lavoro - Back to work&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4171332097359149127?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4171332097359149127/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/01/linverno-e-nostro-winter-is-ours.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4171332097359149127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4171332097359149127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2011/01/linverno-e-nostro-winter-is-ours.html' title='L&apos;inverno è nostro - Winter is ours'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TT8OGJfl-xI/AAAAAAAABrg/m5SRUmK4hlQ/s72-c/IMG_2837_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1321136517297980897</id><published>2010-12-07T16:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T16:20:43.322+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='50.000'/><title type='text'>50.000</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TP5PqWHdpqI/AAAAAAAABnQ/ssmTQ9JMy_c/s1600/50000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TP5PqWHdpqI/AAAAAAAABnQ/ssmTQ9JMy_c/s640/50000.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c6I6XLkNFYI/TnNhYqFKBRI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/UGcyAmo6xsE/s1600/ita.jpg" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E' davvero troppo tempo che non scrivo una parola qui. Eppure ne sono successe di cose: la riparazione del faro anteriore che stavo perdendo per strada, l'installazione delle nuove staffe, la soglia dei cinquantamila... ma andiamo in ordine. Tanto per cominciare sono reduce da due settimane in Giappone, che si sono sommate al ritardo epico accumulato in questo periodo. Qualche tempo fa, in ricordo dell'incidente contro il BMW X5 avvenuto un anno e mezzo prima, il faro anteriore ha iniziato a dare segni di stanchezza. La staffa che lo tiene fissato al manubrio infatti, vittima del colpo subito ha silenziosamente continuato a correre lungo la plastica della coppa fino a spezzarsi. Ho iniziato a notarlo perché le vibrazioni erano davvero eccessive ed accompagnate da un corrispondente e fastidioso moto ondulatorio della luce che iniziava ad infastidire gli altri ad ogni buca. Una prima riparazione casalinga con nastro americano, colla poliuretanica espandente e inserti di plastica è servita a tenerlo in posizione tanto a lungo da permettere al pezzo nuovo di arrivare. Cento euro di spesa, faro cambiato completamente visto che non viene venduto in pezzi separati e un bel po' di sudore nel cercare di recuperare il controdado che - ve lo dico per avvisarvi - inevitabilmente cade nella scocca se non lo fissate con un pezzetto di nastro. Dopo una serata di officina ho finalmente sostituito il faro e l'Insetto Scoppiettante è tornato a nuova vita.&lt;br /&gt;Insieme al faro ho ordinato anche due staffe per montaggio di specchietti ausiliari che ho provveduto a fissare al manubrio in sostituzione della malandata barra di alluminio che c'era prima, ma ovviamente non ci monterò alcuno specchietto; l'idea è quella di utilizzarle come solido sostegno per accessori ausiliari e chissà, forse una radio ma per questo c'è ancora tempo.&lt;br /&gt;La notizia finale è che finalmente ho superato la soglia dei cinquantamila chilometri, proprio di fronte al bivio che, uscendo da Piombino, divide la direzione nord - e la solita strada verso lo studio - da quella sud. La tentazione di partire è stata forte, ma le risorse scarseggiano, purtroppo.&lt;br /&gt;In questi giorni di pioggia, freddo e vento la routine degli spostamenti in Vespa è davvero monotona. Spero di poter raccontare un giro invernale a breve. Ne sento la mancanza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TP5P4liGX3I/AAAAAAAABnY/fc_G90YqoaQ/s1600/5000bivio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TP5P4liGX3I/AAAAAAAABnY/fc_G90YqoaQ/s640/5000bivio.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It's been a long long time since I last wrote something here. But many things happened: the fix of the front beam which I was losing along the road, those new brackets, the goal of fifty-thousand kms... but let's proceed in order. First, I just came back home from a two weeks trip to Japan, which summed to all that epic delay I accumulated in these months. Some time ago, remembering that accident with a BMW X5 happened one year and a half ago, the front beam has started showing signs of tiredness. The bracket which fastens it to the handlebar, in fact, as a consequence of that bump has continued running along the plastic cup until it broke apart. I started noticing it because the vibrations were really excessive and the waving of the beam started annoying the others at every pothole. A first simple fix with american tape, poliurethane glue and plastic bits worked to keep it alive until the new one arrived. A hundred bucks, a whole new front beam as they don't sell the single parts, and much sweat trying to catch the lock nut which - I advice you all - inevitably falls inside the shield if you don't keep it in place with a bit of tape. After an evening at the garage I finally managed to replace the front beam and the Chuggabug was born again. I ordered a couple of additional side mirror brackets and I used them to replace that old sore aluminium bar but I obviously won't install any other mirror; the idea is that of using them as solid accessory mounts and maybe a radio in the future.&lt;br /&gt;The final communiqué is that I finally hit the fifty-thousand kms goal just in front of the fork which, going out of Piombino, separates the northbound direction - and the usual way to the office - from the southbound one. The temptation to leave was strong but I'm unfortunately lack of resources.&lt;br /&gt;In these rainy cold windy days the commute routine was realy boring. I hope to be able to tell you about a winter ride, in a few days. I miss one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1321136517297980897?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1321136517297980897/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/12/50000.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1321136517297980897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1321136517297980897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/12/50000.html' title='50.000'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TP5PqWHdpqI/AAAAAAAABnQ/ssmTQ9JMy_c/s72-c/50000.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1586730409987987701</id><published>2010-08-23T17:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-23T17:26:40.858+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stampa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guard-rail assassini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='press'/><title type='text'>Sul giornale - In the newspaper</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/THKR7vIFabI/AAAAAAAABjw/5qWLJUKge34/s1600/articolo_guardrail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/THKR7vIFabI/AAAAAAAABjw/5qWLJUKge34/s640/articolo_guardrail.jpg" width="513" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sono felice di vedere che non sono il solo ad interessarsi a questo problema dei nuovi guard-rail. A quanto pare altri motociclisti hanno manifestato disappunto e la stampa se ne è interessata contattandomi. Ringrazio ancora una volta Maila Papi de &lt;i&gt;La Nazione&lt;/i&gt; per l'opera di sensibilizzazione, sperando che sia utile a non ripetere errori del genere.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one who cares about this guard-rail problem. It seems that other riders were disappointed and the press called me. I thank again Maila Papi, a &lt;i&gt;La Nazione&lt;/i&gt;'s reporter who kept the awareness high, and I hope it will be useful to avoid such mistakes. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1586730409987987701?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1586730409987987701/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/08/sul-giornale-in-newspaper.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1586730409987987701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1586730409987987701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/08/sul-giornale-in-newspaper.html' title='Sul giornale - In the newspaper'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/THKR7vIFabI/AAAAAAAABjw/5qWLJUKge34/s72-c/articolo_guardrail.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8821104227552540426</id><published>2010-08-17T15:46:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-17T15:57:27.071+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tirli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='[Detours]'/><title type='text'>[Detours]: Strada per Tirli, Giugno 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TGqRwdDjNvI/AAAAAAAABjo/JQlAQRQ55YQ/s1600/2009.06.13+-+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="428" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TGqRwdDjNvI/AAAAAAAABjo/JQlAQRQ55YQ/s640/2009.06.13+-+004.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Strada per Tirli (GR), metà Giugno 2009&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Road to Tirli (Tuscany), half June 2009&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8821104227552540426?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8821104227552540426/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/08/detours-strada-per-tirli-giugno-2009.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8821104227552540426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8821104227552540426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/08/detours-strada-per-tirli-giugno-2009.html' title='[Detours]: Strada per Tirli, Giugno 2009'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TGqRwdDjNvI/AAAAAAAABjo/JQlAQRQ55YQ/s72-c/2009.06.13+-+004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7974018858425887492</id><published>2010-08-11T18:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T18:31:53.934+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Castiglioncello'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='membrana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Celebration'/><title type='text'>Celebration</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TGLKcgxaXRI/AAAAAAAABjg/y0IdtgldtGE/s1600/castiglioncello_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TGLKcgxaXRI/AAAAAAAABjg/y0IdtgldtGE/s640/castiglioncello_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"&gt;Castiglioncello&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Festeggiando lungo la SS1 "Aurelia Freeway". Cosa si festeggia? Ma è ovvio, l'Insetto di nuovo sulla strada. Ormai è tornato stabilmente in funzione dopo la riparazione del mese scorso, la membrana del carburatore è stata sostituita e sono tornato felicemente a toccare i 105 km/h. Oggi, con l'occasione di visitare un cantiere a Lorenzana, ho approfittato per accompagnare Elena fino a Livorno, dove ha preso il treno per tornare a casa, e da lì ho percorso l'usuale via del Littorale fermandomi di tanto in tanto per scattare una foto. Quella in apertura è Castiglioncello. 230 km totali nell'arco della giornata che sanciscono il ritorno ufficiale dell'Insetto Scoppiettante sulle strade labroniche!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TGLPcSRmuTI/AAAAAAAABjk/k4LIxhZQ1wE/s1600/membrana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TGLPcSRmuTI/AAAAAAAABjk/k4LIxhZQ1wE/s640/membrana.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr align="right"&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption"&gt;Membrana di aspirazione - Vacuum membrane&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Celebrating along SS1 "Aurelia Freeway". What do I celebrate? Obvious: the Chuggabug is back on the road. Now it's definitely in good working condition after the last fix of one month ago; the carburettor's membrane has been replaced and I happily hit 65 mph again! Today, as I had to visit a construction site in Lorenzana, I took the chance to bring Elena to Livorno, where she got on the train back home, and starting from there I rode the usual road "del Littorale" stopping now and then to shoot a photograph. The first one was shot in Castiglioncello. 230 total km in one day which ratify the official return of the Chuggabug on Livorno province's roads!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-7974018858425887492?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/7974018858425887492/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/08/celebration.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7974018858425887492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7974018858425887492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/08/celebration.html' title='Celebration'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TGLKcgxaXRI/AAAAAAAABjg/y0IdtgldtGE/s72-c/castiglioncello_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1952138800536212265</id><published>2010-07-22T17:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-22T17:49:03.881+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guard-rail assassini'/><title type='text'>Guard-rail assassini - Killer guard-rails</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TEheMeTuwgI/AAAAAAAABjI/E36Uk8owKW4/s1600/GuardRailAssassini.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TEheMeTuwgI/AAAAAAAABjI/E36Uk8owKW4/s200/GuardRailAssassini.png" width="198" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ha dell'incredibile. &lt;a href="http://piombino.blogolandia.it/2010/05/27/274/"&gt;Avevo riportato la pericolosità di alcune nuove rotatorie a Piombino&lt;/a&gt;, specialmente per i motociclisti, da appena poche settimane che sono spuntati come dal cilindro del mago quelli che non avrei voluto mai e poi mai vedere: i guard-rail più perversi che mente umana possa immaginare. Probabilmente (anzi, sicuramente direi) chi progetta questi orrori viari non solo non va in moto ma non ha nemmeno la più pallida idea di cosa implichi circolare su due ruote.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ormai sono anni che gira questo logo più che lampante per sensibilizzare le amministrazioni nei confronti dell'utenza motociclistica. Per farla breve: se un motociclista cade (specialmente su queste rotatorie con pendenza a rovescio), nell'ordine:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;ci infila sotto&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;picchia violentemente sui pali di sostegno&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;ci rimane incastrato, spesso con la parte del corpo più consistente: la testa! (per via del casco)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;c'è un caso di un motociclista che ci si è letteralmente decapitato.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Non mi dilungo poi su misure, bello o brutto, l'inutilità di metterli anche all'interno curva, costi o normativa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questi guard-rail sono pericolosi e vanno protetti. Chi viaggia su due ruote, non trovandosi all'interno di gabbie metalliche con roll-bar, rinforzi, air-bag e cinture, si meriterebbe un occhio di riguardo, non l'indifferenza.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E' del tutto personale, poi: sono orripilanti. Che bisogno c'era di farli alti un metro e mezzo? Meglio vedere la fabbrica, almeno ha una dignità storica.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TEhn_6dyY9I/AAAAAAAABjM/v9a0Zb5Vp94/s1600/gr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TEhn_6dyY9I/AAAAAAAABjM/v9a0Zb5Vp94/s640/gr.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Incredible. &lt;a href="http://piombino.blogolandia.it/2010/05/27/274/"&gt;I just finished a few weeks ago reporting&lt;/a&gt; how dangerous were some new roundabouts in Piombino, expecially for riders, when something I would never like to see emerged from the topper: the most perverse guard-rails that human mind could ever imagine. Probably (almost surely, I'd say) those who design these street horrors not only don't ride at all, but neither imagine what's the clue of two wheels riding.&lt;br /&gt;This logo has spread for years, now, and it's utterly useful to make administrations aware of the riders' dangers. Being brief: if a rider falls (especially over these roundabouts built with reversed gradients, he can:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;slide under them&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;hardly hit the support stakes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;jam in it, especially locking his head which, because of the helmet, is the widest and most stiff part of the body.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;once, a biker was literally beheaded.&lt;br /&gt;I don't dwell on measures, beautiful or ugly, the uselessness of raising them on the inside of a bend, costs or laws.&lt;br /&gt;These guard-rails are dangerous and must be protected. Two wheels rider don't ride inside a metallic cage with roll bars, reinforcements, air-bags and seat belts, and they'd deserve a special attention instead of indifference.&lt;br /&gt;Personally, then: they're awful. Did they really need to make them five feet tall? I prefer the sight of the steel plant. At least, it has historical dignity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1952138800536212265?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1952138800536212265/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/07/guard-rail-assassini-killer-guard-rails.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1952138800536212265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1952138800536212265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/07/guard-rail-assassini-killer-guard-rails.html' title='Guard-rail assassini - Killer guard-rails'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TEheMeTuwgI/AAAAAAAABjI/E36Uk8owKW4/s72-c/GuardRailAssassini.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7587898449402424563</id><published>2010-07-14T16:45:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-14T16:48:14.506+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='malato'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maintenance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ill'/><title type='text'>Ill - Malato</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Malato. L'Insetto Scoppiettante è malato. Dopo il tagliando fatto da quel sant'uomo di Fausto sembrava nuovo, come appena uscito dal concessionario. Sostituzione dei rulli, della cinghia, freni nuovi, tutto perfetto. E così la settimana successiva sono potuto andare da Elena, il consueto viaggio in Versilia, 150 km di strada ad andare e altri 150 per tornare. Nell'arco di 1500 km totali dal tagliando la Vespa ha perso potenza inspiegabilmente, faticando a mettersi in marcia e limitando la propria velocità massima a 75 km/h quando prima ne faceva 105. Chiaramente, i sintomi fanno pensare a tutto fuorché problemi derivanti dall'ultimo intervento. Sembrerebbe la membrana del carburatore, ed è così che l'ho riportata da Fausto che ha interrotto il lavoro su un altro mucchio di vespe per controllare la mia. Sfortunatamente la sostituzione della membrana non ha cambiato nulla, visto che si rifiuta di salire e in sostanza ho mezzo gas inutile. Nella speranza che non siano le fasce e che non occorra intervenire sul cilindro (ma non credo, visto che tiene il minimo e non fuma) ora è dal concessionario dove hanno la diagnostica elettronica e spero che loro riescano a risolvere qualcosa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel frattempo abbiamo svoltato insieme la soglia dei 45.000 chilometri, e in fondo è un bel traguardo. Io, lasciata la dimensione extraurbana, riscopro il piacere di passeggiare a piedi per lae vie della città: vedere la gente, i bar, i negozi, osservare i palazzi, notare cose che passando in Vespa non si notano. Tutto sommato c'è qualcosa di positivo. A presto, rimanete collegati e spero di potervi dare presto notizie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TD3FZeDYZ_I/AAAAAAAABi4/ZoaI8ZiIxtE/s1600/aurelia_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/TD3FZeDYZ_I/AAAAAAAABi4/ZoaI8ZiIxtE/s640/aurelia_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ill. The Chuggabug is ill. After the scheduled maintenance run by saint Fausto it was brand new, just like when I took it first from the seller. He replaced the rollers, the belt, brand new brakes, everything perfect. So, the following week, I could ride to Elena, the usual trip to Versilia, ninety-five miles to go and ninety-five to come back. In less than a thousand miles after this maintenance, the Vespa inexplicably started losing power and limit itself to a maximum speed of 45 mph instead of 65 as before. Obviously, the symptoms make me think of everything except something due to the last fix. It seemed a fault of the vacuum membrane, so I brought it back to Fausto's and he stopped working ona a huge heap of Vespas to check mine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Unfortunately, replacing the membrane didnìt solve the problem, as it refuses to rise and, to sum up, my throttle is useless for a good half of its run. Hoping it's not a piston ring's fault and that I haven't to open the cylinder (but I don't think, as it runs fine at idle and doesn't smoke at all) now it's at the seller's garage, where they can check it electronically and try to fix the problem.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Meanwhile, we just turned over 45.000 kilometres, and at last it's a good goal. I left the out-of-town dimension and rediscovered the pleasure of walking through my hometown's streets: watching people, bars, shops, looking at buildings, noticing things that I couldn't notice riding. After all there's something positive. See you soon, stay tuned and I hope to bring you soon good news.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-7587898449402424563?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/7587898449402424563/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/07/ill-malato.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7587898449402424563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7587898449402424563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/07/ill-malato.html' title='Ill - Malato'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s72-c/ita.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1608617211469040271</id><published>2010-05-21T15:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T15:08:12.060+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maintenance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tagliando'/><title type='text'>Fausto's garage</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S_Z-G4q_6nI/AAAAAAAABdg/SV8i7yRf-Uk/s1600/campinoti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S_Z-G4q_6nI/AAAAAAAABdg/SV8i7yRf-Uk/s640/campinoti.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'Insetto Scoppiettante è dal dottore.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;No, non che sia malato, è che lo scorso 5 Maggio ha compiuto tre anni oltre la soglia dei 43.000 chilometri e un tagliando se lo meritava tutto. Fausto, il meccanico del Poggetto, m'ha fatto un'ottima impressione. Il fine settimana lo passerò esattamente nello stesso posto in cui un anno fa feci quel piccolo incidente con un BMW X5, stavolta in auto, mentre l'Insetto se ne sta tra le mani del dottore a farsi rimettere in forma. Lo riprenderò la prossima settimana con un cambio d'olio, la sostituzione dei rulli del variatore e della cinghia, la regolazione dei livelli, dei freni, una controllata seria al cuscinetto dello sterzo e alla forcella e tutta una serie di controlli standard. La scorsa settimana ho fatto sostituire anche la gomma posteriore; la stagione dei viaggi lunghi non può farci paura. A presto!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Chuggabug is at the doctor's.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;No, it's not ill, but last May 5th it turned three years old over the edge of 43.000 kilometers and it really merited good maintenance. Fausto, the mechanic at Poggetto (one of my hometown's suburbs) positively impressed me. I'll drive by car this weekend to the very same place where exactly one year ago I hit that BMW X5 while the Chuggabug rests under the doctor's hands to be put in good shape. I'll get it back next week with new oil, new belt and rollers, every level set, checked brakes, a serious check at the steer bearing and at the fork as well as a whole series of standard checks. Last week I also substituted the rear tire; the long rides' season can't frighten us! See ya, folks!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1608617211469040271?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1608617211469040271/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/05/faustos-garage.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1608617211469040271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1608617211469040271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/05/faustos-garage.html' title='Fausto&apos;s garage'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S_Z-G4q_6nI/AAAAAAAABdg/SV8i7yRf-Uk/s72-c/campinoti.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5182198926921731388</id><published>2010-05-04T16:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T16:19:11.532+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='[Detours]'/><title type='text'>[Detours]: Palude - Swamp</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S-Aq-tfzygI/AAAAAAAABbo/kdqYNUE8Q9k/s1600/isnatale_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S-Aq-tfzygI/AAAAAAAABbo/kdqYNUE8Q9k/s640/isnatale_s.jpg" width="636" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Orti del Bottagone&lt;/b&gt;, Shot on Fuji Superia Reala 100 medium format film with my YashicaMat TLR, early December 2008&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inauguro con questo post una nuova rubrica intitolata [Detours] (deviazioni) per raccontare con un'immagine tutto quello che si incontra lasciando anche per un momento le strade consuete, le vie principali, i percorsi abituali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Launch with this post a new column called [Detours] to tell by pictures everything one can meet leaving just for a moment the usual roads, main streets, familiar paths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5182198926921731388?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5182198926921731388/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/05/detours-palude-swamp.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5182198926921731388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5182198926921731388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/05/detours-palude-swamp.html' title='[Detours]: Palude - Swamp'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S-Aq-tfzygI/AAAAAAAABbo/kdqYNUE8Q9k/s72-c/isnatale_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7410429199881476445</id><published>2010-04-20T18:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T18:47:57.614+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chimay'/><title type='text'>Chimay!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S83aRZUkrTI/AAAAAAAABaU/XGoqvPYkOb4/s1600/chimay_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="482" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S83aRZUkrTI/AAAAAAAABaU/XGoqvPYkOb4/s640/chimay_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Magari non è la qualità migliore del mio mezzo di trasporto preferito, ma scommetto una pizza che a molti motociclisti piacerebbe poter portare così tanta birra, e senza la capiente sella della LXV la vedo molto dura! La scorsa settimana c'era una buona offerta per esaurimento scorte, come non approfittarne?&lt;br /&gt;E mi raccomando, guidate &lt;b&gt;sobri&lt;/b&gt;. Non è solo una questione di punti e multe. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;It might not be the best quality of my favorite means of transportation,  but I bet a pizza that many bikers would like to be able to carry so  much beer, and without the roomy saddle of the LXV I think it's really  hard! Las week I found a good price due to a sell out, I just had to  take advantage of it.&lt;br /&gt;And I beg you to ride &lt;b&gt;sober&lt;/b&gt;. It's not just matter of score and fines.  :-)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;guidate responsabilmente :-)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;drive responsibly :-)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-7410429199881476445?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/7410429199881476445/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/04/chimay.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7410429199881476445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7410429199881476445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/04/chimay.html' title='Chimay!'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S83aRZUkrTI/AAAAAAAABaU/XGoqvPYkOb4/s72-c/chimay_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-552695561763958118</id><published>2010-04-09T19:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-09T19:29:07.139+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Primavera - Spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S79fVJTJfYI/AAAAAAAABXQ/diITCV5ra3E/s1600/2010.03.23+-+000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S79fVJTJfYI/AAAAAAAABXQ/diITCV5ra3E/s640/2010.03.23+-+000.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La primavera finalmente arriva, la pausa pranzo può essere vantaggiosamente messa a frutto spostandosi di qualche chilometro per andare a raccogliere asparagi. Un giretto sulle colline aiuta ad affrontare la giornata e a procurare qualcosa per la cena. Sono queste piccole cose che mi tengono vivo.&lt;br /&gt;E domani si va all'Elba, per un giro di una giornata. Stay tuned!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S79jw8gx05I/AAAAAAAABXY/IBkRXP1yGe4/s1600/2010.03.23+-+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S79jw8gx05I/AAAAAAAABXY/IBkRXP1yGe4/s640/2010.03.23+-+001.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Spring is finally here, and I can usefully spend my lunch break riding for a few kilometers and look for asparaguses. A short ride on the hills helps me to face the working day and find something for dinner. It's this tiny things to keep me alive.&lt;br /&gt;And we're going to Elba island, tomorrow, for a one day's ride. Stay tuned!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-552695561763958118?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/552695561763958118/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/04/primavera-spring.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/552695561763958118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/552695561763958118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/04/primavera-spring.html' title='Primavera - Spring'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S79fVJTJfYI/AAAAAAAABXQ/diITCV5ra3E/s72-c/2010.03.23+-+000.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4512186453829854803</id><published>2010-03-09T18:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T18:00:06.663+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snowstorm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neve'/><title type='text'>Qui non nevica mai - It never snows here</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S5Z9Tp6zL1I/AAAAAAAABTw/3gsK9AUtQlM/s1600-h/diaccioni_neve_bn01_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="340" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S5Z9Tp6zL1I/AAAAAAAABTw/3gsK9AUtQlM/s640/diaccioni_neve_bn01_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;A casa mia non nevica mai.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tranne oggi...&lt;br /&gt;Alla radio leggevano messaggi degli ascoltatori e uno diceva che a Piombino nevicava. Io non avevo neanche messo la testa fuori dalle coperte e sono balzato fuori.&lt;br /&gt;E il mondo era bianco. Non lo è mai.&lt;br /&gt;Ora la tempesta dura da un giorno intero, soffia un grecale fortissimo e speriamo che si calmi.&lt;br /&gt;Ma è così bello, però...&lt;br /&gt;L'Insetto Scoppiettante è al sicuro, ed è stato protagonista di un buffo esperimento fotografico collettivo; presto ve ne parlerò. Stay tuned!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S5Z9zNCUqxI/AAAAAAAABT4/x5gJSXFpPMM/s1600-h/DSC00872B_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="440" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S5Z9zNCUqxI/AAAAAAAABT4/x5gJSXFpPMM/s640/DSC00872B_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;It never snows in my hometown.&lt;br /&gt;Except for today...&lt;br /&gt;On the radio the speaker was reading some listeners' messages and one told it was snowing in Piombino. I still hadn't put my head out of the blanket so I jumped off.&lt;br /&gt;And the world was white. It never is.&lt;br /&gt;Now the snowstorm hasn't stopped, in a whole day, a killer north-east wind is blowing and I hope it will calm down.&lt;br /&gt;But it's so beautiful, however...&lt;br /&gt;The Chuggabug is safe, and it was involved in a funny photographic collective experiment; I'l tell you about it soon. Stay tuned!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S5Z98fbG8QI/AAAAAAAABUA/wqaw9JH9UKs/s1600-h/DSC00871B_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="448" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S5Z98fbG8QI/AAAAAAAABUA/wqaw9JH9UKs/s640/DSC00871B_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4512186453829854803?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4512186453829854803/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/03/qui-non-nevica-mai-it-never-snows-here.html#comment-form' title='6 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4512186453829854803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4512186453829854803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/03/qui-non-nevica-mai-it-never-snows-here.html' title='Qui non nevica mai - It never snows here'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S5Z9Tp6zL1I/AAAAAAAABTw/3gsK9AUtQlM/s72-c/diaccioni_neve_bn01_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-885510306607847655</id><published>2010-02-02T16:42:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T16:49:42.760+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frost'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ghiaccio'/><title type='text'>Gelo - Frost</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S2hHFvgkuaI/AAAAAAAABMU/EGA-1eiQSeQ/s1600-h/mastic_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="482" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S2hHFvgkuaI/AAAAAAAABMU/EGA-1eiQSeQ/s640/mastic_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Forse aver citato Robert &lt;b&gt;Frost&lt;/b&gt; (Frost significa "gelo" in inglese) nello scorso post e aver scritto in un commento sul &lt;a href="http://www.vespalx150.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog di Steve&lt;/a&gt; che dalle nostre parti non gela mai ha generato questa situazione. Stamani, tutti i 20 chilometri tra casa e lo studio erano cosparsi di ghiaccio; ghiaccio sui rettilinei, ghiaccio dietro alle curve, ghiaccio a bordo strada e perfino sulla spiaggia. Un'ottima occasione per provare l'Insetto Scoppiettante in condizioni estreme e vedere come si comporta. La prossima volta, se dovesse capitarmi inaspettatamente, saprò cosa fare. Bassa velocità, basso baricentro, attenzione ed equilibrio.&lt;br /&gt;Per il resto, beh, lo spettacolo è stato impagabile. L'erba cristallizzata, la spiaggia imbiancata, gli alberi e i cespugli che fumano e tutto che scintilla sotto a un sole e un cielo azzurro che sembrano dipinti. Mai visti i lentischi ghiacciati e peccato non aver avuto con me una Fuji Velvia per fare foto un po' più belle ma non mi importa più di tanto. E' esperienza acquisita e questo è quanto basta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S2hHXGKFb3I/AAAAAAAABMc/uOPhCwhPvu4/s1600-h/frost_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="482" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S2hHXGKFb3I/AAAAAAAABMc/uOPhCwhPvu4/s640/frost_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;It might have been mentioning Robert &lt;b&gt;Frost&lt;/b&gt; in my last post and commenting on my fellow rider &lt;a href="http://www.vespalx150.blogspot.com/"&gt;Steve's blog&lt;/a&gt; about our weather which never freezes, to generate this situation. This morning every single kilometer between home and the office were covered with frost; frost on the straight lines, frost on the bends, frost on the side of the road and also on the beach. A perfect occasion to ride the Chuggabug in extreme conditions and see how it behaves. Next time if I'd happen to unexpectedly find a frozen road, I'll know what to do. Low speed, low center of mass, carefulness and balance.&lt;br /&gt;As for the rest, well, the show was priceless. Crystallized grass, the snowy beach, the steaming trees and bushes and everything glittering under such a sun and a blue sky which seem to be painted. I've never seen mastics frozen and it's a pity I hadn't a Fuji Velvia roll with me to shoot some better photographs but I actually don't care much. This is acquired experience, and it's enough.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S2hH2ZME1hI/AAAAAAAABMk/kXqaRJ60bwM/s1600-h/prima_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="332" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S2hH2ZME1hI/AAAAAAAABMk/kXqaRJ60bwM/s640/prima_s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-885510306607847655?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/885510306607847655/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/02/gelo-frost.html#comment-form' title='7 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/885510306607847655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/885510306607847655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/02/gelo-frost.html' title='Gelo - Frost'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S2hHFvgkuaI/AAAAAAAABMU/EGA-1eiQSeQ/s72-c/mastic_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5034475685836437484</id><published>2010-01-18T17:41:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T17:47:04.226+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deviazioni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='detours'/><title type='text'>The road not taken</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="527" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?hl=it&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;msid=102627592252134988756.0004791f00fe0f7eb729b&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;ll=42.954262,10.519671&amp;amp;spn=0.035474,0.024836&amp;amp;output=embed" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;Visualizza &lt;a href="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?hl=it&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;msid=102627592252134988756.0004791f00fe0f7eb729b&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;ll=42.954262,10.519671&amp;amp;spn=0.035474,0.024836&amp;amp;source=embed" style="color: blue; text-align: left;"&gt;The road not taken&lt;/a&gt; in una mappa di dimensioni maggiori&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;I took the one less traveled by,&lt;br /&gt;And that has made all the difference.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;[Robert Frost] &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600-h/ita.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s1600/ita.png" width="21" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S1SKuCKAPkI/AAAAAAAABKQ/vJ1GBP9S83k/s1600-h/detours+-+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S1SKuCKAPkI/AAAAAAAABKQ/vJ1GBP9S83k/s200/detours+-+001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Settimane di freddo ma soprattutto di incredibile pioggia che ha causato allagamenti in vaste aree hanno limitato molto anche la libertà di girare a bordo dell'Insetto Scoppiettante. Ora che il sole è tornato a splendere, e come buon auspicio per i giorni a venire, mi piace postare qualche foto di una piacevole variazione di percorso che, tagliando parzialmente attraverso il promontorio su strade sterrate, offre un piacevole diversivo alla provinciale, almeno per un tratto.&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S1SOBblEekI/AAAAAAAABKY/RXySCZnpC60/s1600-h/detours+-+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S1SOBblEekI/AAAAAAAABKY/RXySCZnpC60/s200/detours+-+002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Piombino si trova su un promontorio che si distacca dalla linea costiera pianeggiante elevandosi di qualche centinaio di metri; la strada di ingresso e uscita dalla città ne segue il profilo, quelle interne (perlopiù sentieri nel bosco) si contorcono in curve dentro alla macchia con pendenze impegnative che a tratti sfiorano il venti per cento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ora non attendo che la primavera per tornare a fare qualche deviazione e qualche foto, godermi un caffè e due parole con il barista. Tutto un'altro modo di affrontare le giornate di lavoro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S1SOJ7cpOpI/AAAAAAAABKg/O5eWCDE-B20/s1600-h/detours+-+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S1SOJ7cpOpI/AAAAAAAABKg/O5eWCDE-B20/s200/detours+-+003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600-h/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="14" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G74fxdrI/AAAAAAAABKM/OYUZiy2KhfY/s1600/usa.png" width="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cold weeks and an unbelievable rainy season which caused floods in vast areas limited my freedom of riding the Chuggabug as well. Now that the sun is shining again, and as a good omen for the forthcoming days, I'd like to post some pictures of a pleasant detour which, partly cutting short through the promontory on unpaved tracks, offers a lovely diversion from the province road, for a part at least.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S1SOS9qC5jI/AAAAAAAABKo/gL3BeLG-uPo/s1600/detours+-+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S1SOS9qC5jI/AAAAAAAABKo/gL3BeLG-uPo/s200/detours+-+004.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Piombino lies on a promontory which detaches from the flat coastline rising for nearly a thousand feet; the main inward road follows the outline of the hill, the inner tracks (mainly paths in the wood) twirl in a dense scrub with steep slopes which sometimes approach twenty per cent.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Now I'm just waiting for spring to come to be able to detour again, shoot some pictures and enjoy a coffee and some chat with the bartender. A whole different way to front a working day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5034475685836437484?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5034475685836437484/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/01/road-not-taken.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5034475685836437484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5034475685836437484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2010/01/road-not-taken.html' title='The road not taken'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/S08G73flxjI/AAAAAAAABKI/S-woR513JQg/s72-c/ita.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-9061256179846143412</id><published>2009-12-21T22:39:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T22:40:05.501+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='san vincenzo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='michele biagi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sindaco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='temporale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chugganews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pista ciclabile'/><title type='text'>Chugganews - Notizie Scoppiettanti</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sy_qh8h0vmI/AAAAAAAABIw/k86VKoqut7U/s1600-h/chugganews.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sy_qh8h0vmI/AAAAAAAABIw/k86VKoqut7U/s200/chugganews.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Una nota veloce, solo per dire che infuria la bufera e che stasera mi sono fatto venti chilometri sotto questa tremenda sciroccata, acqua a non finire e raffiche di vento da venti metri al secondo. Cinquanta chilometri orari, stronzi col SUV che ti sorpassano a novanta e un poveraccio che slittando con l'auto su una pozza creata da quella schifosa pista ciclabile di San Vincenzo ha picchiato nel cordolo e spezzato il semiasse anteriore. Grazie, sindaco. L'idea meravigliosa di prolungare questa pista assassina lungo tutta la provinciale si merita il Premio Nobel per la Fisica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A quick note just to say there's a storm and this evening I rode my usual twenty kilometers under this tremendous tempest, a huge rainfall and twenty meter-per-second south west wind blows. Thirty mph, motherfuckers on SUV's overtaking me at fifty-five mph and a poor guy who, slipping with his car on a puddle created by that damn bicycle lane in San Vincenzo hit the riddle and broke the front axle shaft. Thank you, major. The marvelous idea of extending this killer lane all along the province road deserves a Nobel Prize for Physics.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-9061256179846143412?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/9061256179846143412/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/12/chugganews-notizie-scoppiettanti.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/9061256179846143412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/9061256179846143412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/12/chugganews-notizie-scoppiettanti.html' title='Chugganews - Notizie Scoppiettanti'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sy_qh8h0vmI/AAAAAAAABIw/k86VKoqut7U/s72-c/chugganews.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8590187814283314851</id><published>2009-12-02T18:56:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T19:00:38.616+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ragnola'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Guzzi'/><title type='text'>Back from Nevada</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SxaDRtdDkHI/AAAAAAAABH4/rhKW9izUOR0/s1600-h/ragnola01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SxaDRtdDkHI/AAAAAAAABH4/rhKW9izUOR0/s640/ragnola01.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;No, non lo stato ma &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com/"&gt;il Guzzi Nevada 750 di Junior&lt;/a&gt;, per gli amici &lt;b&gt;Ràgnola&lt;/b&gt;. Che è stato sfortunatamente posseduto dalle Forze del Male e bruciava fusibili come fossero fiammiferi. Dovete sapere che&amp;nbsp; Ràgnola e l'Insetto Scoppiettante condividono il garage, pertanto qualsiasi intervento debba essere effettuato su uno dei due mezzi viene fatto lì, secondo le competenze e la disponibilità. Qui si trattava di problemi elettrici e la competenza è mia per due buone ragioni: a) sono radioamatore con patente ministeriale e b) da piccolo, all'età di quattro o cinque anni, sono rimasto folgorato dalla 220 V e ne porto ancora le cicatrici sulle mani. Ecco fatto; compito assegnato: riportare in vita le luci di posizione del Nevada. Ovviamente a complicare le cose si è presentata tutta una serie di problemi ignobili, come un impianto elettrico totalmente rifatto dal precedente proprietario, forse sotto l'influsso di droghe pesanti, con cavi e connettori fissati un po' ovunque con fascette e nastro adesivo e in maniera del tutto diversa dall'impianto originale; il fatto di dover smontare sella e serbatoio per accedere alla maggior parte dei connettori; l'esplosione del fusibile del tester che, in assenza di nuovi fusibili, è stato sostituito temporaneamente da un McGyveriano bullone, sperando che non si riscontrassero sovracorrenti. L'intervento di individuazione delle linee con il tester ha fortunatamente condotto verso il vano luci posteriore dove, appena smontato, il problema è venuto subito a galla: la lampada, scaldando, aveva fuso il rivestimento del connettore faston della massa, cortocircuitandolo col polo caldo della luce di posizione. Pinze, nuova piega, disossidante, nuovo rivestimento e ulteriore isolamento col nastro, pulizia generale, sistemazione delle guarnizioni e riassemblaggio veloce. Si accende il quadro, poi una freccia, poi l'altra, si tira il freno e lo stop si accende. Ok, è il momento di accendere la luce di posizione. Tre, due, uno, contatto: la luce si accende, il fusibile sacrificale da 10A (sottodimensionato, oltretutto) non accenna a saltare. E' fatta! Il resto è solo un euforico riassemblaggio della moto con l'accompagnamento di Alchemy dei Dire Straits, buoni vecchi Straits. E un brindisi di travarica, la grappa d'erbe croata. Cena alle 23.00, mani sporche di grasso ma chi se ne frega. La Bislacca Officina Melillo ha vinto sulle Forze del Male; un neo-guzzista e un neo-vespista, alla faccia di quelli che dicono che le nuove Vespe non siano vere Vespe, con la presunzione da re dell'officina, come se il fatto di avere un quattro tempi CVT fosse un marchio di infamia e inettitudine. Ecco cosa ci vuole: chilometri sotto al culo e un po' di cervello.&lt;br /&gt;Su due ruote almeno, siamo tutti uguali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SxaXc8IfOYI/AAAAAAAABIA/liT4KJYWM7Q/s1600-h/ragnola02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SxaXc8IfOYI/AAAAAAAABIA/liT4KJYWM7Q/s200/ragnola02.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;No, not the state but &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com/"&gt;Junior's Guzzi Nevada 750&lt;/a&gt; also known by friends as &lt;b&gt;Ràgnola&lt;/b&gt; (i.e. she-spider). Which was unfortunately owned again by the Evil Forces and burned fuses as if they were matches. You gotta know that Ràgnola and the Chuggabug share the same car-box, so any repair one of the two should need is done there, according to competence and availability. There were electric problems, so the proficiency is mine for two good reasons: a) I'm a licensed ham-radio operator and b) when I was a child, say four-five years old, I was severely shocked by 220 V AC and you can still easily see scars on my hands. That's all; the task has been assigned: bring those Nevada's low beams back to life. Obviously, just to complicate everything, a whole bunch of damn accidents occurred, as an electrical system completely replaced by the previous owner under the evident influence of heavy drugs, with cables and connectors trown almost everywhere and fastened with tape and cable straps in a completely different layout from the original one; we had to disassemble the saddle and the fuel tank just to get to most of the connectors; the tester's fuse blew away and as I missed a new one I had to replace it with a McGyverish bolt, hoping not to find any excessive current. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;The test search for each line actually led us to the rear lights'case where, as soon as we opened it, the problem was immediately detected: the heated lamp had melted the insulating jacket of the faston ground connector thus short-circuiting it with the hot pole of the rear low beam's lamp. Pliers, a new bend, oxide remover, new jacket and some extra insulating tape, general cleaning, a fix to the gaskets and quick assemblage. We switch the panel on, an indicator, the other one, we pull the brake and the stoplight shines.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SxaXwAp5AzI/AAAAAAAABII/uyWMg4wUr4U/s1600-h/ragnola03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SxaXwAp5AzI/AAAAAAAABII/uyWMg4wUr4U/s200/ragnola03.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt; Ok, it's now time to turn the low beams on. Three, two, one, contact: the lamp shines, the sacrificial 10 A fuse (even smaller than it needs) shows no signs of blowing. Done! The rest is just an euphoric reassembly of the bike, with Dire straits' Alchemy in the background, good old Straits. And we toast with travarica, the Croatian herbal clear spirit. We have dinner at 11 PM, our hands are greasy but who cares. The Melillo's Weird Garage defeated the Evil Forces; a new-Guzzi-rider and a new-Vespa-rider, in spite of those who say new Vespas aren't real Vespas, posing like the king of the garage, as if the fact that I ride a four-stroke CVT was a brand of infamy and clumsiness. Here's what's needed: miles under the butt and some brain.&lt;br /&gt;On two wheels, at least, we're all equal.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8590187814283314851?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8590187814283314851/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/12/back-from-nevada.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8590187814283314851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8590187814283314851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/12/back-from-nevada.html' title='Back from Nevada'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SxaDRtdDkHI/AAAAAAAABH4/rhKW9izUOR0/s72-c/ragnola01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-414382511677435272</id><published>2009-11-12T14:29:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T14:31:48.941+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funghi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mushrooms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freddo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cold'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scarponi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boot'/><title type='text'>Reboot</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SvwMorIlx6I/AAAAAAAABGs/EiGq3dauoPk/s1600-h/boots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SvwMorIlx6I/AAAAAAAABGs/EiGq3dauoPk/s640/boots.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ho un nuovo paio di scarponi. Sì, effettivamente dopo tutto questo tempo avrei potuto esordire con qualcosa di più divertente, ma in realtà il lato divertente c'è e si traduce in: la stagione fredda è arrivata e sono felice. Si sta sotto ai 10°C ma al mattino non ho ancora bisogno dei sovrapantaloni e la sera solo raramente, secondo l'umidità. Però è un piacere. Le ruote corrono sull'asfalto nell'aria limpida, ogni tanto si apre qualche scorcio brillante, le strade sono quasi deserte. Certo, non vicino alla città, dove stanno lavorando agli svincoli, ma la Provinciale 23 è vuota. Soprattutto, non si vede neanche un motociclista. Che è successo? Hanno passato l'Agente Orange? Se c'è una cosa che mi piace è girare in vespa nel freddo e fermarmi per un caffè e una pasta; un piacere che, temo, molti motociclisti estivi non hanno mai gustato. E poi c'è il bello dei colori vivi, delle foglie che ingialliscono, i verdi carichi, lo scintillio della rugiada; il bello di avventurarsi un po' per strade secondarie e scoprire un mondo diverso a pochi metri dalle strade di tutti i giorni. Puoi uscire un po' prima, la mattina, e prima di andare al lavoro fermarti a raccogliere dei funghi. Stamani, per esempio, ho fatto una cartocciata di Giallarelli (il &lt;i&gt;Cantharellus Cibarius&lt;/i&gt;) e la cena è assicurata. E gli scarponi vecchi, che erano letteralmente esplosi, hanno lasciato il posto a nuovi scarponi da roccia, che con il giacchetto di pelle, i guanti spessi e i soliti jeans costituiscono il mio abbigliamento invernale. Amo il freddo, incondizionatamente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SvwOEktDLSI/AAAAAAAABG8/QMh52ilh3TU/s1600-h/shrooms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SvwOEktDLSI/AAAAAAAABG8/QMh52ilh3TU/s640/shrooms.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I got a new pair of boots. Yes, at least after all this time I could even start with something more hilarous, but the funny side is here as well, translating in: cold weather has come and I'm happy. Temperatures stay under 50°F but in the morning I still don't need my overpants and the're needed just rarely in the evening, depending on how wet is the weather. But it's a pleasure. The wheels flow on the tarmac in the clear air, sometimes you see a sparkling panoramic view, the roads are almost desert. Yes, not near the city, where they are building those new junctions, but Province Road #23 is empty. In particular, there's not a single rider. What happened? Did they spray Agent Orange? One thing I like and it's riding in cold weather and stopping for a coffee and some pastry; a pleasure, I fear, some summer-only riders never enjoyed. And there's those vivid colors, leaves which turn yellow, those intense greens, the sparkling dew; the joy of venturing a bit along secondary roads tto discover a different world just a few meters apart from the everyday commute. You can leave home a bit earlier and stopping to pick up mushrooms before going to the office. Today, for example, I picked a full bag of Golden Chanterelles (i.e. the Cantharellus Cibarius) and here's my dinner. And my old boots, which literally exploded, left some place for these new rock hiking boots which, along with a leather jacket, thick gloves and my usual jeans, make my winter riding clothes. I love cold, unconditionally.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-414382511677435272?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/414382511677435272/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/11/reboot.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/414382511677435272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/414382511677435272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/11/reboot.html' title='Reboot'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SvwMorIlx6I/AAAAAAAABGs/EiGq3dauoPk/s72-c/boots.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1012844776940090675</id><published>2009-09-22T17:25:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T23:35:08.571+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='orciano'/><title type='text'>Orciano</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Srjrzp9TyuI/AAAAAAAABFI/vBjsI8hPhhg/s1600-h/orc01_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Srjrzp9TyuI/AAAAAAAABFI/vBjsI8hPhhg/s320/orc01_s.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;C'è del marcio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a Orciano Pisano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;[Daniele Caluri, esimio fumettista]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo post è per smentire. Per far vedere che nonostante siano le colline pisane non c'è niente di marcio, specialmente a inizio settembre, con i campi asciutti e coltrati, con tutte quelle sfumature dell'ocra, beige e bianco che tolgono il fiato. E allora, quando ti dicono che c'è da andarci per lavoro, un'ora di viaggio per raggiungere un paesino dove sai già che litigherai con i tecnici del settore urbanistico, come puoi fare a meno di andarci in Vespa? E il viaggio acquista un senso fotografico e vespistico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SrjpmmkSMnI/AAAAAAAABFA/njGpuWlQ-A0/s1600-h/orciano.pano_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SrjpmmkSMnI/AAAAAAAABFA/njGpuWlQ-A0/s640/orciano.pano_s.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SrjsKXidUgI/AAAAAAAABFQ/weESo17vgZg/s1600-h/orc02_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SrjsKXidUgI/AAAAAAAABFQ/weESo17vgZg/s320/orc02_s.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Something is rotten&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;in the town of Orciano Pisano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;[Daniele Caluri, distinguished cartoonist]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This post is to  deny. Just to let you see that though these are Pisa's hills [note: there's a historical and playful rivalry among people living in Leghorn's province, as I am, and Pisa's citizens] there isn't anything rotten, expecially at the beginning of September, when the fields are dry and ploughed, showing all those breathtaking shades of ocre, beige and white. So, when they tell you that you have to go there for business, an hour's trip to reach a village where you already know you're gonna battle with the building section's technicians, how can you give up the idea of going there riding your Vespa? Here's that the trip gains some sense to a Vespa rider and a photographer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1012844776940090675?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1012844776940090675/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/09/orciano.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1012844776940090675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1012844776940090675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/09/orciano.html' title='Orciano'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Srjrzp9TyuI/AAAAAAAABFI/vBjsI8hPhhg/s72-c/orc01_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-6523540384756929242</id><published>2009-09-07T18:35:00.016+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-08T13:54:13.973+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Almost In the Sticks</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://quikmaps.com/ext2/114285?t=0&amp;amp;ln=0&amp;amp;sn=0&amp;amp;zb=1&amp;amp;d=1&amp;amp;o=0&amp;amp;lat=44.0031874102159&amp;amp;lng=10.207328796386719&amp;amp;zl=12&amp;amp;mt=0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" height="480" scrolling="no" width="640"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Dì la verità, non ti senti un po' come Steve Williams?"&lt;br /&gt;Ecco, è questo che mi ha detto Elena ieri, mentre a bordo dell'Insetto Scoppiettante attraversavamo una zona delle Alpi Apuane compiendo un anello che da Seravezza passa per il Malbacco, arriva ad Azzano e via Basati torna giù a Ruosina e si chiude nuovamente a Seravezza. Un piccolo giro fatto di strade che serpeggiano in mezzo al bosco in un'aria insolitamente fresca che questo settembre si è finalmente deciso a regalarci. Steve Williams di "Scooter in the Sticks", per chi non lo conoscesse, è un collega blogger e vespista della Pennsylvania con una gran competenza fotografica - è il suo lavoro del resto - e una particolare abilità con le parole; le descrizioni dei suoi giri, le sue foto e le immagini delle sue soste per la colazione mi hanno sempre affascinato e visto che condivido con lui il piacere di girare quando inizia a non essere più tanto caldo, verso settembre inizio a fantasticare su come sarebbe girare per le stesse strade tra i boschi. Le Apuane offrono questa possibilità e lo scorso fine settimana è stato bello godersi un po' di strada a bassissima velocità, così come tornare verso casa per i consueti centocinquanta chilometri che si concludono all'ora del tramonto. Tempo da Vespa, finalmente.&lt;br /&gt;Per chi si fosse perso l'intervista reciproca che facemmo con Steve qualche tempo fa, agli inizi della mia carriera su due ruote, &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2007/08/reciprocal-interview-with-steve.html"&gt;il link è QUI&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Tell me the truth, don't you feel a bit like Steve Williams?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;That's it, this is what Elena told me yesterday, while on the Chuggabug we were riding through Apuane Alps tracing a ring which from Seravezza passes through Malbacco, reaches Azzano and via Basati gets to Ruosina and then Seravezza again. A small ride along curly roads among the woods into an unusually cool air which September has finally decided to give us. Steve Williams of Scooter in the Sticks, for those who don't know him, is a fellow blogger and Vespa rider from Pennsylvania with great photographic competence - and it's his job after all - and a particular skill with words; I was always fascinated by the descriptions of his wanderings, his photographs and the pictures of his breakfasts and, as I share with him the pleasure of riding when the weather starts becoming not so warm, when september comes I start daydreaming about a ride through those very same roads and woods. Apuane mountains offer this choice and this last weekend it was nice to enjoy some tarmac at a very low speed and also riding those usual hundred-and-fifty kilometers back home, ending at sunset. Finally, Vespa weather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;For those who missed the reciprocal interview I had with Steve some time ago, when my riding career was just starting, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2007/08/reciprocal-interview-with-steve.html"&gt;HERE's the link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-6523540384756929242?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/6523540384756929242/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/09/almost-in-sticks.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6523540384756929242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6523540384756929242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/09/almost-in-sticks.html' title='Almost In the Sticks'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-3627251892228920464</id><published>2009-08-27T17:54:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T18:44:12.073+02:00</updated><title type='text'>On the road again</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Spa1D5IBnEI/AAAAAAAABDI/Wj2H9M3RLWE/s1600-h/otr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Spa1D5IBnEI/AAAAAAAABDI/Wj2H9M3RLWE/s320/otr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374682283791981634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;[Well, I'm so tired of crying&lt;br /&gt;but I'm out&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; on the road again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm on the road again]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;On the road again - Canned Heat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E così sono di nuovo sulla strada, dopo quindici giorni d'assenza durante i quali ho percorso mezza Italia e tutta la costa della &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Croazia&lt;/span&gt; lungo le statali e a bordo della &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Citroen C2&lt;/span&gt; verde acido dell'&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Orso Blubber&lt;/span&gt; a.k.a. Elena, ovvero il passeggero del sedile posteriore dell'Insetto Scoppiettante. Purtroppo ho smarrito la mia &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Canon G9&lt;/span&gt; durante il viaggio, &lt;a href="http://lightwasenough.blogspot.com/2009/08/la-pellicola-ti-salva-il-culo-film.html"&gt;come racconto QUI&lt;/a&gt;,  quindi sarò limitato nel raccontare fotograficamente nuovi avvenimenti a bordo dell'Insetto ma ho una discreta quantità di foto d'archivio e conto di trovare una soluzione in tempi brevi.&lt;br /&gt;Nel frattempo settembre è quasi arrivato e mi sento elettrizzato; le giornate si stanno accorciando e i tramonti si fanno ogni giorno più belli. Inizia a profilarsi il rischio di acquazzoni e la cosa invece di preoccuparmi mi emoziona.&lt;br /&gt;Durante la mia assenza &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;questo esserino&lt;/span&gt; a cui hanno finalmente restituito una Guzzi Nevada 750&lt;/a&gt; funzionante si è preso cura dell'Insetto Scoppiettante portandolo in giro e non facendolo sentire abbandonato oltre che sfogando la propria voglia di due ruote castrata troppo a lungo da guasti e da forze dell'ordine ottusamente zelanti. Grazie mille. E' giunto il momento di ingrassare la sella e ricominciare a macinare chilometri!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So I'm on the road again, after a fifteen days' vacation during which I drove along half Italy and the entire &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Croatia&lt;/span&gt;'s coastal line along state roads on an acid green &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Citroen C2&lt;/span&gt; belonging to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Blubber Bear&lt;/span&gt; a.k.a. Elena, the passenger usually sitting on the rear seat of the Chuggabug. I unfortunately lost my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Canon G9&lt;/span&gt; during this trip, &lt;a href="http://lightwasenough.blogspot.com/2009/08/la-pellicola-ti-salva-il-culo-film.html"&gt;as I tell HERE&lt;/a&gt;, so i'll be limited in telling photographically new events upon the Bug but I have a huge archive and I hope to find a solution in a short time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Meanwhile September has nearly come and I feel dizzy; days are getting shorter and every evening the sunset is nicer. It starts to loom the risk of sudden showers and this excites me instead of worying me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;During my vacation &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;this critter&lt;/span&gt; who now finally got back and in good working order his Guzzi Nevada 750 &lt;/a&gt;took care of the Insetto Scoppiettante riding on it and making it feel less lonely, while giving vent to his desire of two wheels too long castrated by failures and too zealant and blunt policemen. Thanks a lot. It's time to grease the saddle and start crunching kilometers again!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-3627251892228920464?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/3627251892228920464/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-road-again.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3627251892228920464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3627251892228920464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-road-again.html' title='On the road again'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Spa1D5IBnEI/AAAAAAAABDI/Wj2H9M3RLWE/s72-c/otr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1145917888419758045</id><published>2009-08-10T19:00:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-10T20:10:37.414+02:00</updated><title type='text'>(quasi) chiuso per ferie in Croazia - (almost) closed for vacation in Croatia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div face="verdana" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il mi' fratello se n'è andato in ferie in Croazia a gonfiarsi di Raki e probabilmente a comprare l'ennesimo &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_Tamburitza"&gt;strumento inutile&lt;/a&gt;. In attesa del rientro, e della riparazione del mio Guzzi Nevada, &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkogpiKmLPY/SoBCDacjNEI/AAAAAAAAAXI/AvyL-FKNRqc/s1600-h/sloga.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkogpiKmLPY/SoBCDacjNEI/AAAAAAAAAXI/AvyL-FKNRqc/s320/sloga.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368363382231741506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;l'Insetto Scoppiettante mi è stato affidato in custodia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prometto di non sfocare troppo, di rimetterlo in garage tutte le sere, e se cela faccio di buttar giù due righe sul &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com/"&gt;mio blog&lt;/a&gt; tanto per tranquillizzare il legittimo proprietario, sull'altra costa del mare sbagliato.&lt;br /&gt;In italiano, perché sono un pigro.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qkogpiKmLPY/SoBDGS4CrQI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/JLsf1FDQ24A/s1600-h/Prim_tambura.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qkogpiKmLPY/SoBDGS4CrQI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/JLsf1FDQ24A/s320/Prim_tambura.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368364531250801922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Non vi allarmate: l'autore del blog torna a breve)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My brother went to Croatia on vacation, to get drunk with raki and - probably - to buy the next &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_Tamburitza"&gt;useless musical instrument&lt;/a&gt;. Waiting for him to come back, and waiting for my Guzzi Nevada being repaired, the Arkansas Chuggabug has been consigned to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I promise I won't go fast. I promise to put it back in the garage every night. And I promise to write a few lines on &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com/"&gt;my blog&lt;/a&gt;, just to calm down the Owner while he's on 'the other coast of the wrong sea'. In Italian (sorry), 'cause I'm lazy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(don't worry: the right blogger will be back shortly)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1145917888419758045?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1145917888419758045/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/08/quasi-chiuso-per-ferie-in-croaziaalmost.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1145917888419758045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1145917888419758045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/08/quasi-chiuso-per-ferie-in-croaziaalmost.html' title='(quasi) chiuso per ferie in Croazia - (almost) closed for vacation in Croatia'/><author><name>marco melillo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03136527911121312200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qkogpiKmLPY/SnXuqicWMSI/AAAAAAAAAWU/x-TYJVuVqU0/S220/logoblog1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkogpiKmLPY/SoBCDacjNEI/AAAAAAAAAXI/AvyL-FKNRqc/s72-c/sloga.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-3630599148597302373</id><published>2009-07-10T17:43:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T17:57:52.446+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pausa pranzo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lunch break'/><title type='text'>Questa è una pausa pranzo - This is a lunch break</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldiqfYrD2I/AAAAAAAABBw/v5OxRTuvO9I/s1600-h/baratti_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldiqfYrD2I/AAAAAAAABBw/v5OxRTuvO9I/s640/baratti_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356858763899506530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Avere una Vespa o un qualsiasi altro mezzo motorizzato a due ruote permette una gran libertà. Quella di farsi agevolmente anche dieci chilometri per raggiungere un posto dove passare l'ora della pausa pranzo in completa tranquillità, godersi il mare, fare il bagno se ne hai voglia, prendere il caffè al fresco, vedere un po' di gente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldjMb1tr8I/AAAAAAAABB4/RYE4C1_sThE/s1600-h/vespa.pini_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldjMb1tr8I/AAAAAAAABB4/RYE4C1_sThE/s640/vespa.pini_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356859347063123906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A volte tira vento e ti godi il profumo dei pini e gli spruzzi delle onde, altre volte invece senti solo le cicale e vorresti avere almeno un'amaca da stendere tra gli alberi se solo non dovessi tornare in ufficio.&lt;br /&gt;Ma almeno ti senti vivo. Questo è ciò che conta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldkZCd9f2I/AAAAAAAABCA/LG8GyFQ8vmE/s1600-h/vento.baratti_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldkZCd9f2I/AAAAAAAABCA/LG8GyFQ8vmE/s640/vento.baratti_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356860663102537570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Owning a Vespa or some other sort of bike leaves a great freedom. The freedom of riding easily those ten kilometers to reach a place to spend that one hour lunch break in whole quiet, enjoy the seaside, bathing if you like to, having a coffee in the open air, meeting some people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldkuMaBWpI/AAAAAAAABCI/eZDFp4wa4_U/s1600-h/populonia_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldkuMaBWpI/AAAAAAAABCI/eZDFp4wa4_U/s640/populonia_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356861026547620498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sometimes it's windy and you enjoy the smell of those pine trees and the waves' sprinkles, some other time instead you only hear cicadas and you'd really like at least a hammock to tie between the trees if only you hadn't to go back to the office.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;But you feel alive, at least. That's what really matters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-3630599148597302373?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/3630599148597302373/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/07/questa-e-una-pausa-pranzo-this-is-lunch.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3630599148597302373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3630599148597302373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/07/questa-e-una-pausa-pranzo-this-is-lunch.html' title='Questa è una pausa pranzo - This is a lunch break'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SldiqfYrD2I/AAAAAAAABBw/v5OxRTuvO9I/s72-c/baratti_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-679921808123393165</id><published>2009-07-06T14:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T14:12:03.399+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manifold'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collettore'/><title type='text'>Collettore d'aspirazione - Intake manifold</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SlHpfYrJuBI/AAAAAAAABBo/qbhFb8eoP-M/s1600-h/collettore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SlHpfYrJuBI/AAAAAAAABBo/qbhFb8eoP-M/s640/collettore.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'Insetto Scoppiettante è tornato. Dopo dieci giorni tra le mani dei meccanici all'officina mi è stata restituita una Vespa in perfette condizioni. Il ritardo è da imputare interamente al ricambio del collettore di aspirazione spaccato in più punti, motivo per cui non riuscivo più a regolare correttamente il minimo. Il collettore di aspirazione - per chi fosse meno ferrato in materia - costituisce una sorta di polmone di accumulo per la miscela aria-benzina prima che questa venga aspirata nella testata e se sono presenti delle lacerazioni l'aria entra forzatamente smagrendo la miscela, causando una combustione irregolare ai vari regimi, aumentando i consumi e diminuendo le prestazioni. Ora che è stato sostituito, assieme alla cinghia e vari altri interventi, l'Insetto viaggia scattante più che mai. Certo, se invece di farli di NBR-PVC (ovvero una miscela di gomma e plastica) li facessero di alluminio come ai vecchi tempi, durerebbero senz'altro di più...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E come sostengo sempre, meglio la manutenzione programmata che un guasto inaspettato.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Chuggabug is back. After ten days in the hands of the mechanics at the garage I had my Vespa back in perfect shape. They were late because of a missing intake manifold, due to be changed because it was broken in several points, reason why I couldn't correctly set the minimum. The intake manifold - for those who don't know much about it - is a sort of lung holding the air-fuel mixture before it's sucked into the cylynder's head and if it's cracked an excess of air gets in, leaning the mixture and causing an irregular combustion at various rpms, raising consumption and lowering its general performance. Now that it has been replaced, together with the belt and other fixes, the Bug is snappy as never before. Sure, if they made them out of aluminium like in those good old times instead of NBR-PVC (a rubber and plastic blend) they sure had a longer life cycle.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;And as I always state, it's better a scheduled maintenance than a sudden failure.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-679921808123393165?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/679921808123393165/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/07/collettore-daspirazione-intake-manifold.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/679921808123393165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/679921808123393165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/07/collettore-daspirazione-intake-manifold.html' title='Collettore d&apos;aspirazione - Intake manifold'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SlHpfYrJuBI/AAAAAAAABBo/qbhFb8eoP-M/s72-c/collettore.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1101864857280382272</id><published>2009-06-18T10:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T10:07:34.815+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notizie scoppiettanti'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chugganews'/><title type='text'>Notizie Scoppiettanti - ChuggaNews</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sham0DjQdbI/AAAAAAAAA68/mj6R1EdTKjc/s1600-h/chugganews.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338637821530895794" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sham0DjQdbI/AAAAAAAAA68/mj6R1EdTKjc/s200/chugganews.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 136px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'Insetto Scoppiettante è fermo. Ormai da quattro giorni all'officina, i meccanici hanno constatato la rottura del collettore di aspirazione e pare che per averne uno ci voglia più di una settimana! Incredibile. La Piaggio non è mica in Alaska, è a ottanta chilometri. Dovrò aspettare come minimo martedi prossimo prima di rimontare in sella...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Chuggabug is idle. It's been at the garage since monday, now, the mechanics discovered a broken intake manifold and it seems that to get a new one it will take more than a week! Incredible. Piaggio isn't in Alaska but just 80 kms away from me. I'll have to wait at least till next tuesday to get on the saddle again...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1101864857280382272?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1101864857280382272/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/06/notizie-scoppiettanti-chugganews.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1101864857280382272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1101864857280382272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/06/notizie-scoppiettanti-chugganews.html' title='Notizie Scoppiettanti - ChuggaNews'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sham0DjQdbI/AAAAAAAAA68/mj6R1EdTKjc/s72-c/chugganews.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-2792068379313607927</id><published>2009-06-15T12:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T12:44:04.583+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ride to work day'/><title type='text'>Ride to Work Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SjYkUbjRZNI/AAAAAAAABAc/k2YDLRGJrb0/s1600-h/rtw09banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SjYkUbjRZNI/AAAAAAAABAc/k2YDLRGJrb0/s400/rtw09banner.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Oggi e' il Ride to Work Day. Ironia della sorte, l'Insetto Scoppiettante e' in officina per un tagliando, visto che ormai ha passato i 31.000 km e &lt;a href="http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/eccheccazzo-what-fuck.html"&gt;ha anche avuto un incidente&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ridetowork.org/"&gt;L'associazione senza fini di lucro&lt;/a&gt; che negli Stati Uniti promuove il Ride to Work Day si prefigge di incentivare l'utilizzo dei mezzi a due ruote per gli spostamenti quotidiani da casa al lavoro, minimizzando il traffico e l'inquinamento.&lt;br /&gt;Beh, poco importa se oggi non posso celebrare; sono lieto di poter dire che l'Insetto Scoppiettante viene usato &lt;b&gt;tutti i giorni dell'anno&lt;/b&gt; per percorrere i ventuno chilometri che mi separano dal posto di lavoro, per un totale di quarantadue chilometri al giorno!&lt;br /&gt;Usate le vostre dueruote, siate felici! :-)&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Today it's Ride to Work Day. Irony of fate, the Chuggabug is at the garage for scheduled maintenance, as it's well over 31.000 kms and it &lt;a href="http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/eccheccazzo-what-fuck.html"&gt;also recently crashed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ridetowork.org/"&gt;The non-profit association&lt;/a&gt; which promotes the Ride to Work Day in the US advocates the use of two-wheelers for daily commute between home and the workplace, thus reducing traffic and pollution.&lt;br /&gt;Well, it's not important if I can't celebrate today; I'm happily proud to tell that I use the Chuggabug &lt;b&gt;everyday all-year-round&lt;/b&gt; to ride the twenty-one kms which separate my home from my workplace, for a total of forty-two kms a day!&lt;br /&gt;Use your two-wheelers, be happy! :-)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-2792068379313607927?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/2792068379313607927/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/06/ride-to-work-day.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2792068379313607927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2792068379313607927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/06/ride-to-work-day.html' title='Ride to Work Day'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SjYkUbjRZNI/AAAAAAAABAc/k2YDLRGJrb0/s72-c/rtw09banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-6970488896728272017</id><published>2009-05-25T17:08:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T22:05:11.252+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='30.000'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sarzana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='incidente'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='accident'/><title type='text'>Eccheccazzo! - What the fuck!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ShqHO6_gDgI/AAAAAAAAA7c/1UuQY3WIJVE/s1600-h/scratch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ShqHO6_gDgI/AAAAAAAAA7c/1UuQY3WIJVE/s320/scratch.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un fine settimana intenso, non c'e' che dire. L'inizio non è stato dei più piacevoli, motivo per cui lo racconto subito e lo elimino dalla memoria; già mi stavano sul culo i SUV, non avevo bisogno di conferme. Invece sulla statale Aurelia un genio del male alla guida di un BMW X5 ha avuto la brillante idea di svoltare a sinistra e mettere la freccia nel momento in cui svoltava. Immaginatevi il preavviso che posso aver avuto: inchiodata, impennata sulla ruota anteriore e rotazione di 180 gradi, eppure non siamo caduti ne' ci siamo fatti granche'. Purtroppo ho dovuto appoggiare la Vespa in terra graffiando nuovamente il bombolone destro e, puntualizzo, il fatto che in giro ci siano dei personaggi alla guida di enormi e disgustosi scatoloni privi di alcun interesse per chi gli sta intorno non mi esime dal prestare attenzione e tenere la distanza di sicurezza corretta. Insomma, se uno si comporta da scemo non significa che lo debba poter fare anche io.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Shp5f08dIDI/AAAAAAAAA7E/3CvHH5GTvR8/s1600-h/30000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Shp5f08dIDI/AAAAAAAAA7E/3CvHH5GTvR8/s320/30000.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Archiviata la questione la notizia principale e' che l'Insetto Scoppiettante ha oltrepassato la fatidica soglia dei &lt;b&gt;trentamila chilometri&lt;/b&gt; in poco piu' di due anni e nonostante tutto e' in forma smagliante. I due viaggi di andata e ritorno sono stati veloci e piacevoli, così come la breve gita a Sarzana, poco oltre i confini regionali, per andare a Sarzana Acoustic, dodicesima edizione della manifestazione dedicata alle chitarre e alla liuteria. Manifestazione, quest'anno, dedicata alla memoria di Woody Guthrie, alla presenza della figlia Nora e della nipote Sarah Lee oltre che di ospiti di grosso calibro come David Bromberg, Bob Grozman, Joel Raphael e altri nomi italiani e internazionali che hanno animato l'incredibile concerto serale di cui potete vedere alcune foto su &lt;a href="http://lightwasenough.blogspot.com/2009/05/for-woody-guthrie.html"&gt;Light was enough.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Shp5uAA5-xI/AAAAAAAAA7M/_4iITqH3YZc/s1600-h/luthery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Shp5uAA5-xI/AAAAAAAAA7M/_4iITqH3YZc/s320/luthery.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;An intense weekend, really. It started not so pleasantly, reason why I'm gonna start telling about it and then remove it from my memory; I already hated SUV's and I didn't need any confirmation. But riding along State Road 1 "Aurelia" an evil genius driving a BMW X5 had the brilliant idea to turn left and signaling it while he was already turning. Try to imagine how much could I have been forewarned: a grinding halt, a wheelie on the front tire while pivoting 180 degrees horizontally but we didn't fall and didn't get much injured. Sadly I had to lean my Vespa on the tarmac, scratching it again on the right side and, I point it out, the fact that you may find around people driving huge disgusting boxes who don't mind anything about what's around them doesn't release me from paying attention and keep the correct safety distance. That is, if someone behaves stupidly itr doesn't mean that I can be stupid too.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Shp6C5m0_GI/AAAAAAAAA7U/AlaU5Xj0QSg/s1600-h/gig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Shp6C5m0_GI/AAAAAAAAA7U/AlaU5Xj0QSg/s320/gig.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Now that this question has been archived the main news is that the Chuggabug has gone beyond the fateful limit of &lt;b&gt;thirty thousand kilometers&lt;/b&gt; in little more than two years and regardless it's in great shape. The tho trips to go an come back were quick and pleasant just like the short trip to Sarzana, just beyond the regional border, to go and visit Sarzana Acoustic, the twelfth edition of&amp;nbsp; a guitar and lutherie fair. This year the event is dedicated to the memory of Woody Guthrie, being there his daughter Nora and his grandchild Sarah Lee other than big guns like David Bromberg, Bob Grozman, Joel Raphael and many other italian and international guests to enliven the incredible night gig; you can see some photographs on &lt;a href="http://lightwasenough.blogspot.com/2009/05/for-woody-guthrie.html"&gt;Light was enough.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-6970488896728272017?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/6970488896728272017/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/eccheccazzo-what-fuck.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6970488896728272017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6970488896728272017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/eccheccazzo-what-fuck.html' title='Eccheccazzo! - What the fuck!'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ShqHO6_gDgI/AAAAAAAAA7c/1UuQY3WIJVE/s72-c/scratch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5564256245173597855</id><published>2009-05-22T15:06:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T15:22:03.512+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notizie scoppiettanti'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chugganews'/><title type='text'>Notizie Scoppiettanti - ChuggaNews</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sham0DjQdbI/AAAAAAAAA68/mj6R1EdTKjc/s1600-h/chugganews.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sham0DjQdbI/AAAAAAAAA68/mj6R1EdTKjc/s200/chugganews.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338637821530895794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Inauguro una nuova rubrica; messaggi brevi e note informative, per quando le cose si accumulano e non c'e' modo di commentare tutto fotograficamente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Riprendono i viaggi in &lt;b&gt;Versilia&lt;/b&gt;. Stasera l'Insetto Scoppiettante parte alla volta delle Alpi Apuane e domani verso Sarzana. A questo giro, prima di essere tornato a casa, passero' il traguardo dei &lt;b&gt;trentamila chilometri&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I introduce a new column; short messages and info news, for busy times when I can't shoot photographs to comment everything.&lt;br /&gt;Trips to &lt;b&gt;Versilia&lt;/b&gt; start again. Today the Chuggabug is leaving to Apuane Apls and tomorrow will head to Sarzana. This time, before I'm home again, I'll cross the &lt;b&gt;thirty-thousand kilometers&lt;/b&gt; goal!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5564256245173597855?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5564256245173597855/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/notizie-scoppiettanti-chugganews.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5564256245173597855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5564256245173597855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/notizie-scoppiettanti-chugganews.html' title='Notizie Scoppiettanti - ChuggaNews'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sham0DjQdbI/AAAAAAAAA68/mj6R1EdTKjc/s72-c/chugganews.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1355389327276511661</id><published>2009-05-12T16:18:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T22:17:03.399+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='on the street'/><title type='text'>Scompiglio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SgmEp7JfxwI/AAAAAAAAA4w/3R4PKI58PFo/s1600-h/vesperiotorto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SgmEp7JfxwI/AAAAAAAAA4w/3R4PKI58PFo/s640/vesperiotorto.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questo e' il titolo della &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81313152401"&gt;manifestazione&lt;/a&gt; in cui abbiamo suonato e cantato con la &lt;a href="http://www.patchworld.it/"&gt;Tribu Vocale Patchworld&lt;/a&gt;. E per le strade del paese, in esposizione, una bella schiera di Vespe d'epoca.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;This was the title of &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81313152401"&gt;the fair we played and sung&lt;/a&gt; within with &lt;a href="http://www.patchworld.it/"&gt;Tribu Vocale Patchworld&lt;/a&gt;. And on the street of this village, a show of beautiful vintage Vespas.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1355389327276511661?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1355389327276511661/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/scompiglio.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1355389327276511661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1355389327276511661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/scompiglio.html' title='Scompiglio'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SgmEp7JfxwI/AAAAAAAAA4w/3R4PKI58PFo/s72-c/vesperiotorto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-2469955194478296248</id><published>2009-05-05T16:03:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T16:03:49.141+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='happy birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buon compleanno'/><title type='text'>Happy Birthday!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SgBHEylb0kI/AAAAAAAAA4g/XaYTjDmrq1A/s1600-h/hb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SgBHEylb0kI/AAAAAAAAA4g/XaYTjDmrq1A/s320/hb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Buon Compleanno, Insetto Scoppiettante! Oggi l'Insetto compie due anni e il contachilometri segna piu' di ventinovemila. Una bella soddisfazione.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Happy Birthday Insetto Scoppiettante! Today is the Bug's birthday and the odometer is over twenty-nine thousands. A huge satisfaction.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-2469955194478296248?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/2469955194478296248/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-birthday.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2469955194478296248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2469955194478296248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-birthday.html' title='Happy Birthday!'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SgBHEylb0kI/AAAAAAAAA4g/XaYTjDmrq1A/s72-c/hb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-3982893143006741895</id><published>2009-04-08T11:18:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T12:09:40.195+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='san vincenzo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='road hump'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='attraversamento pedonale rialzato'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dossi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pista ciclabile'/><title type='text'>Una pericolosa furbata - Trying to be dangerously clever</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sdxp8Ui8d4I/AAAAAAAAA2w/7DzK6Nr7ArI/s1600-h/IMG_1953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sdxp8Ui8d4I/AAAAAAAAA2w/7DzK6Nr7ArI/s320/IMG_1953.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dopo la geniale invenzione della pista ciclabile fantasma, l'ultima favolosa impresa del Comune di San Vincenzo e' stata la realizzazione dei rallentatori di velocita' in betonelle. Certo, se si trattasse di dossi sarebbero del tutto fuori norma: un'altezza di dodici centimetri (misurati, lo vedete nelle foto) quando il limite massimo e' sette, l'assenza delle strisce gialle e nere e della segnalazione con apposito cartello ad almeno venti metri prima dell'ostacolo, oltre al fatto che tali dossi si dovrebbero configurare come ondulazioni della pavimentazione e non come gradini a spigolo vivo alti quanto una moneta da due euro. E le ambulanze? Non si potrebbero fare dei dossi dove passano le ambulanze, quelle devono correre e hanno una deroga per farlo.&lt;br /&gt;Se solo si trattasse di dossi, pero'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdxqDYUZInI/AAAAAAAAA3A/JN5wiL3y8W8/s1600/IMG_1955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdxqDYUZInI/AAAAAAAAA3A/JN5wiL3y8W8/s200/IMG_1955.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Peccato che, in perfetto &lt;i&gt;italian style&lt;/i&gt;, a questo giro si e' voluto &lt;b&gt;fare i furbi&lt;/b&gt; ed aggirare l'articolo 179 del decreto attuativo del Codice della Strada (D.P.R. 495/1992), quello che norma appunto questo genere di manufatti stradali. Come si fa a fare un dosso senza dire che e' un dosso? Semplice: ci si disegnano sopra le strisce pedonali e si dice che quello e' un &lt;b&gt;Attraversamento Pedonale Rialzato&lt;/b&gt;. Ecco fatto. Niente regola gli attraversamenti pedonali rialzati, quindi se sono piu' alti di sette centimetri vanno bene, se non sono segnalati vanno bene, se a malapena si vedono al buio vanno bene lo stesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdxqDYUZInI/AAAAAAAAA3A/JN5wiL3y8W8/s1600-h/IMG_1955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sdxp4BZBmiI/AAAAAAAAA2o/CF0G93ICq7U/s200/IMG_1952.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ma almeno la si poteva fare pulita. La piu' diffusa letteratura tecnica sull'argomento spiega che gli attraversamenti rialzati sono tali se hanno una profondita' di almeno una decina di metri, ovvero riescono a contenere l'interasse della maggior parte dei veicoli, altrimenti sono riconducibili a dossi e come dossi vanno trattati. Uno che sa fare il suo mestiere sa che il raccordo con la strada deve avvenire in modo da minimizzare le sollecitazioni, e non da tagliare gli pneumatici. E la coscienza cosa dice a chi ha voluto fare il finto tonto? Se un'ambulanza deve transitare da quella strada - cosa che peraltro accade di frequente - avra' modo di farlo in sicurezza? &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdxqAV6VtOI/AAAAAAAAA24/Po3T_dVL1u8/s1600-h/IMG_1954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdxqAV6VtOI/AAAAAAAAA24/Po3T_dVL1u8/s200/IMG_1954.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Non bastavano la dannata pista ciclabile e l'inutile restringimento della carreggiata a moltiplicare il rischio che qualcuno non ce la faccia ad arrivare in tempo all'ospedale e &lt;b&gt;tiri le cuoia&lt;/b&gt; sulla Provinciale 23? Certo, se l'ambulanza arriva a tutta velocita', sempre che non abbia gia' lasciato le gomme sulle decine di buche e toppe, puo' anche darsi che salti e nell'atterraggio il poveraccio sulla barella si spezzi il collo. Almeno non ci pensa piu'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdxqIvH5EPI/AAAAAAAAA3I/2xKIiy-_jck/s1600-h/IMG_1956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdxqIvH5EPI/AAAAAAAAA3I/2xKIiy-_jck/s200/IMG_1956.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ma qui si dipana la questione: se non e' un dosso ma un attraversamento, l'ente gestore della strada si assume tutte le responsabilita' di danni ai veicoli e persone che dovessero derivare dalla modifica della carreggiata. Capito? Non e' che ci si preoccupa della tutela del cittadino, si aspetta che spezzi il semiasse e investa qualcuno per dirgli poi che aveva ragione, e "ci scusi tanto se abbiamo fatto quel trampolino, ci dispiace moltissimo".&lt;br /&gt;Io non so in che direzione ci si stia muovendo, ma una cosa la so per certo: qualsiasi sia la direzione, la strada sara' un inferno.&lt;br /&gt;Chissa' se prima o poi trovero' delle griglie chiodate sull'asfalto. "Sai, e' per tutelare i bambini", mi diranno.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;It will be a hard work but I try to translate shortly. After the infamous bicycle lane I talked about some months ago, the municipality decided to build a series of four road humps. They are way too high on the ground, i.e. twelve centimetres instead of a maximum of seven set by the law, their slopes end with a one inch step and a sharp edge and what's worse is that if an ambulance should pass there, it would either jump and crash or terribly slow down thus losing precious minutes. This is &lt;b&gt;illegal&lt;/b&gt;. I mean You can't build them this way. They should be lower, painted in black and yellow stripes, you should warn with a signpost at least 20 m before them but what's worse is that for safety reasons you can not build road humps on an ambulance's preferential route. In a perfect italian style they solved the question officially writing that those ain't road humps but "raised crosswalks", and this kind of crosswalk isn't ruled anywhere. We just have European directives which show the right and the wrong way to design such raised crosswalks, and the main concerns, namely their height and length or the way they connect to existing paving, have been clearly ignored. The only fact is that acting this way they take the whole responsibility for damage to vehicles or people which derives from this modification of the road. It's like saying &lt;b&gt;"break your neck before, and we'll agree that you was right, man"&lt;/b&gt;. I'm worried about my tires, my bones, my lovely Vespa; I'm worried about people who might need to reach the hospital before they die. I'm totally upset because I can't suffer this behaviour. Would you blame me?&lt;br /&gt;I might find hooked grids on the tarmac, someday, and hear someone say that's "for the children's sake".&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-3982893143006741895?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/3982893143006741895/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/04/una-pericolosa-furbata-trying-to-be.html#comment-form' title='8 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3982893143006741895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3982893143006741895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/04/una-pericolosa-furbata-trying-to-be.html' title='Una pericolosa furbata - Trying to be dangerously clever'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/Sdxp8Ui8d4I/AAAAAAAAA2w/7DzK6Nr7ArI/s72-c/IMG_1953.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4986323090651058312</id><published>2009-04-06T12:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T12:52:21.307+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='McKinley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hooked net'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ragnola'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coprizaino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='backstage'/><title type='text'>A homebrew globetrotter - Backstage</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdndOFSEEtI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/4fEvUNtWClk/s1600-h/torraccia03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdndOFSEEtI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/4fEvUNtWClk/s320/torraccia03.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Foto di backstage. L'Insetto Scoppiettante sulla striscia di vecchio asfalto in cima alla duna; si vede con maggiore chiarezza come fisso lo zaino con il coprizaino McKinley sul sedile del passeggero. Prima o poi faro' un post sul ragno elastico per spiegare quanto possa essere utile un oggetto da cinque euro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;Backstage shot. The Chuggabug upon the old tarmac strip above the dune; you can easily see the way I tie my backpack and its McKinley cover upon the passenger's seat. Sooner or later I'm gonna post about the elastic hooked net to explain how useful can be a five bucks item.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4986323090651058312?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4986323090651058312/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/04/homebrew-globetrotter-backstage.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4986323090651058312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4986323090651058312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/04/homebrew-globetrotter-backstage.html' title='A homebrew globetrotter - Backstage'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdndOFSEEtI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/4fEvUNtWClk/s72-c/torraccia03.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-2375235697284313097</id><published>2009-04-01T17:35:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-05T01:41:03.932+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='torraccia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rainsuit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>A homebrew globetrotter</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdOIMf6chSI/AAAAAAAAA14/gu8Pjg9lPFQ/s1600-h/rainsuit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdOIMf6chSI/AAAAAAAAA14/gu8Pjg9lPFQ/s320/rainsuit.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;C'era da aspettarselo; la primavera doveva giocare ancora qualche stupido scherzo e quando sono uscito di casa la mattina non potevo immaginare che avrebbe piovuto cosi'. Tanto da costringermi - anche se al momento del ritorno la pioggia era diminuita parecchio - a vestirmi per precauzione con l'abbigliamento completo da pioggia. Casco e sottocasco completo in cotone, guanti impermeabili, sovrapantaloni, scarponi da roccia (che porto normalmente in questa stagione) e per l'Insetto il coprisella per proteggere la pelle che, nonostante sia stata ingrassata da meno di una settimana, rischia di ritrovarsi macchiata dal fango che alzano gli idioti in auto che ti sorpassano a tutta velocita'. Infine, per evitare scherzi, avvolgo lo zaino nel coprizaino rosso McKinley e lo fisso sul sedile del passeggero col ragno. Pero', faccio anche una certa impressione; se dicessi che la foto e' scattata durante l'attraversamento della steppa mongola sarei quasi credibile! E invece sono sulla via di casa; arrivato alla Torraccia mi rendo conto che la pioggia ha compattato la sabbia a sufficienza perche' possa svoltare fuori strada e raggiungere la vecchia striscia di asfalto in disuso sulla duna. E' poca cosa, ma per una decina di minuti mi posso godere il giro, prima di rientrare e soprattutto prima che inizi di nuovo a piovere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdOIggYsvWI/AAAAAAAAA2A/1oe8BbWBO3o/s1600-h/rainsuit02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdOIggYsvWI/AAAAAAAAA2A/1oe8BbWBO3o/s320/rainsuit02.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I should have expected; spring had to trick me again and when I got out of home in the morning I could't imagine it would have rained this much. So much that I had - even if at the time of going back home it had nearly stopped - to dress myself in complete rainsuit. Helmet and full cotton balaclava, waterproof gloves, overpants, rock hiking boots (which I usually wear during this season) and a seat cover for the Bug, to protect its leather which, though I greased it a week ago, could be damaged by the mud lifted by high speed overcoming idiot drivers. Then, to be safe, I wrap my backpack in a specific red McKinley waterproof cover and I tie it on the back seat with my elastic hooked net. Man, I'm quite impressing; if I told people this photograph was taken during a mongolian border-to-border trip someone could easily believe it! But I'm on the way home, instead; when I reach the Torraccia (a local beach at the municipality border) I realize that the rain has made the sand compact enough for me to let me turn off-road and reach the old worn tarmac strip above the dune. It's a small thing, but for a couple of minutes I can enjoy the ride, before going back home and most of all before it starts raining again.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-2375235697284313097?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/2375235697284313097/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/04/homebrew-globetrotter.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2375235697284313097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2375235697284313097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/04/homebrew-globetrotter.html' title='A homebrew globetrotter'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SdOIMf6chSI/AAAAAAAAA14/gu8Pjg9lPFQ/s72-c/rainsuit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-6512855514965232540</id><published>2009-03-19T13:45:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T14:10:57.615+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='abbagliamento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='luci'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dazzle'/><title type='text'>Luci - Lights</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScI_OqcqAZI/AAAAAAAAA0o/j9MR0XgmjT8/s1600-h/IMG_1775.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScI_OqcqAZI/AAAAAAAAA0o/j9MR0XgmjT8/s400/IMG_1775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314880031395807634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Non ne posso piu'. Ogni volta c'e' qualcuno che mi pianta gli abbaglianti in faccia, per farmi abbassare le luci. Peccato che io abbia &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;gia'&lt;/span&gt; gli anabbaglianti, e mi aspetto che quando alzo i fari a mia volta per far loro capire che il problema e' tutto loro, esplodano in mille pezzi, come se il pollice sinistro avesse premuto sul pulsante del laser.&lt;br /&gt;Il problema si divide in due punti: il primo e' che la mia Vespa ha il faro al manubrio, che significa all'altezza della faccia dell'automobilista medio. Lui non se lo aspetta e crede che le luci siano alte. Non sono alte, sono loro che sono bassi. Io non posso spostare il faro sul parafango; il secondo punto e' che il novanta per cento degli stramaledetti automobilisti &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;non pulisce il parabrezza&lt;/span&gt;. Mai. E lo strato di sporco a cui la loro vista si e' ormai abituata quando incontra il fascio di luce della Vespa lo rifrange su tutto il vetro, abbagliandoli. Io pulisco molto spesso la visiera del casco, non per diligenza ma perche' quando guido voglio vedere dove vado. Come mai gli automobilisti non lo fanno? O meglio, come mai lo fanno &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;solo quando sono dietro di loro&lt;/span&gt; senza guardare nello specchietto e inondandomi di liquido tergicristalli?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;_&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;I'm over. Everywhere someone shoots me with full beams, to make me dim mine. It's a pity I &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;already&lt;/span&gt; have dipped headlights on, and I expect that when I rise mine to let them understand that the problem is theirs, they explode in shards as if my left thumb pressed the laser button.&lt;br /&gt;The problem has two points: the first is that my Vespa has a handlebar light, that means at the face height of the average driver. He doesnt' expect that and believes I have full beam on. It's not full beam, it's them to be low. I can't move my headlight on the front fender; the second point is that ninety-per-cent of the damned car drivers &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;never clean their windshields&lt;/span&gt;. Never. And the layer of dirt which their sight has accustomed to, refracts my Vespa's light beam above the entire surface of the windshield when they meet, dazzling them. I often clean my helmet's visor, not because I'm clever but because I wanna see where I'm going when I ride. Why the car drivers don't do that? Better, why do they clean their windshield without looking into the rear-view mirror &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;only when I am behind them&lt;/span&gt;, flooding me with screen wash?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-6512855514965232540?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/6512855514965232540/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/03/luci-lights.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6512855514965232540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6512855514965232540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/03/luci-lights.html' title='Luci - Lights'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScI_OqcqAZI/AAAAAAAAA0o/j9MR0XgmjT8/s72-c/IMG_1775.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-9038664259427060899</id><published>2009-02-09T13:41:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T12:09:40.196+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pioggia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='allagamento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pista ciclabile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>allagamento inaspettato (?) - unexpected (?) flood</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SZFfFiKSuGI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/5Fnxuzvi8qs/s1600-h/mota03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SZFfFiKSuGI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/5Fnxuzvi8qs/s400/mota03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301122785065744482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Indovinate? Piove. Piove maledettamente da troppo tempo. Tuttavia l'Insetto Scoppiettante non si arrende; stamani la provinciale 23 "Della Principessa" era interrotta all'altezza di via del Lago. Il motivo? I vigili mi hanno detto che per proseguire ci sarebbe voluta una barca! Cosi' ho dovuto imboccare la via del Lago, constatando come anche i campi fossero allagati; passare per la Caduta fino a incontrare la Statale 1 e raggiungere San Vincenzo da li'. Ovviamente non potevo non andare a dare un'occhiata e cosi', passando da Podere S.Luigi, mi sono portato fino al luogo del misfatto. Lo vedete da soli, nelle foto. Un lago di fango invade la carreggiata e pare che fosse molto peggio. D'altra parte che ci si doveva aspettare? C'e' un'unica via di deflusso dell'acqua ed e' interrotta da un muretto di cemento e ora anche dal bellissimo cordolo della pista ciclabile, la bellissima e utilissima pista ciclabile che il novanta per cento delle persone a cui la sento nominare vorrebbe far brillare con numerose cariche di trinitrotoluene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Non e' certo la prima volta che la strada si allaga in quel modo e la colpa e' da imputare esclusivamente alle condizioni delle fosse, alle pendenze sbagliate, alla cecita' di chi continua a non vedere che quel benedetto cemento blocca il deflusso dell'acqua. Ma se c'era da investire del denaro in lavori pubblici, prima di realizzare un'inutile e costosa pista ciclabile, prima ancora di fare quegli stupidi dossi dissuasori con lo spigolo vivo che trincia gli pneumatici, non era forse il caso di livellare il terreno e regimentare le acque di scolo proprio nel punto in cui da anni la strada si allaga disastrosamente?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SZFfY8iRRQI/AAAAAAAAAyg/F-dsVR_7dsE/s1600-h/mota02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SZFfY8iRRQI/AAAAAAAAAyg/F-dsVR_7dsE/s400/mota02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301123118563149058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Certo, mi piace girare in Vespa per la campagna, ma - sembrera' buffo forse al Comune - in settimana io &lt;b&gt;LAVORO&lt;/b&gt; e non mi regalano ne' la benzina, ne' gli pneumatici, ne' il tempo che perdo per fare dei forzati giri turistici.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Guess what? It rains. It's damn been raining for too much time. Nonetheless, The Chuggabug doesn't give up; this morning the province road n.23 "Della Principessa" (it means "of the Princess") was interrupted at "del Lago" road crossroad. The reason? The police told me that to go on I needed a boat! So I had to turn into "del Lago" road, seeing that the fields were flooded as well; passing through Caduta up to reach State Road n.1 and reaching S.Vincenzo from there. I obviously couldn't but go and take a look so, passing through Podere S.Luigi, I reached the crime scene. You can see it by yourselves in the pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SZFfO4YSCHI/AAAAAAAAAyY/Rj78lsWQg24/s1600-h/mota01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SZFfO4YSCHI/AAAAAAAAAyY/Rj78lsWQg24/s400/mota01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301122945648822386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A mud pool invades the roadway and it seems it was even worse. By the way what could we have expected? There's just one way to drain the water and its flow is cut off by a concrete wall and now even by the marvelous riddle of the bicycle lane, the beautiful and most useful bicycle lane which ninety per cent of the persons I talk aboout it tell me they'd make it explode with lots of TNT.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It's not the first time at all the road is flooded that way and we can only say that it's a canal maintenance and a wrong slope fault but it's also mostly due to the blindness of those who still don't see that a blessed concrete wall is blocking the water flow. But if we had to spend public money, before building an expensive and useless bicycle lane, even before building those stupid road humps with sharp corners which cut our tires, wasn't it smart to level the ground and regulate the water flow in that very place where the road gets constantly and disastrously flooded?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Yes, I like riding through the countryside, but - the municipality might find it funny - I usually &lt;b&gt;WORK&lt;/b&gt; on weekdays and none gives me gasoline or tires for free, neither the time I waste to do forced touristic rides.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-9038664259427060899?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/9038664259427060899/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/02/allagamento-inaspettato-unexpected.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/9038664259427060899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/9038664259427060899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/02/allagamento-inaspettato-unexpected.html' title='allagamento inaspettato (?) - unexpected (?) flood'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SZFfFiKSuGI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/5Fnxuzvi8qs/s72-c/mota03.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4076349331312813895</id><published>2009-01-14T13:57:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T13:59:49.727+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='viareggio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gemello'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='insetto scoppiettante'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Gemelli - Twins</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SW3hcgNSSxI/AAAAAAAAAwg/xcoCQ0Hl2t0/s1600-h/insettoboat_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SW3hcgNSSxI/AAAAAAAAAwg/xcoCQ0Hl2t0/s400/insettoboat_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291133017028446994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La scorsa domenica passeggiavo tranquillamente per Viareggio quando, lungo il canale della darsena, il mio sguardo e' stato attratto da un'imbarcazione. Su tutta la fiancata campeggiava la scritta "L'Insetto Scoppiettante is back".&lt;br /&gt;Incredibile, un gemello! Non ho potuto fare a meno di scattare una foto. Insetti di tutto il mondo, unitevi! Ho lasciato un biglietto, spero di essere contattato e chissa', magari potremo incontrarci per scambiare qualche parola.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Last Sunday I was happily walking through Viareggio when, along the canal, my eyes were attracted by a boat. On its entire side you could read "L'Insetto Scoppiettante is back".&lt;br /&gt;Incredible, a twin! I couldn't but shooting a photograph. Bugs from all the world, unite! I left a note, hoping to be contacted and who knows, we'll maybe meet to talk one day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4076349331312813895?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4076349331312813895/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/01/gemelli-twins.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4076349331312813895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4076349331312813895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/01/gemelli-twins.html' title='Gemelli - Twins'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SW3hcgNSSxI/AAAAAAAAAwg/xcoCQ0Hl2t0/s72-c/insettoboat_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1306721493207800931</id><published>2009-01-05T14:59:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T15:02:17.667+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ragnola'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><title type='text'>Ragnola</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SWISxDMw_gI/AAAAAAAAAwY/e165rJZw5UQ/s1600-h/pano1banner.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 86px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SWISxDMw_gI/AAAAAAAAAwY/e165rJZw5UQ/s400/pano1banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287809546368122370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;buone notizie: da qualche tempo mio fratello e' il felice possessore di una Guzzi Nevada 750 diciassettenne, affettuosamente chiamata "Ragnola" ed ha avviato &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com/"&gt;il proprio blog personale&lt;/a&gt;. Sta esercitandosi per prendere la patente A (quella B ce l'ha gia') e quando abbiamo entrambi un po' di tempo si unisce all'Insetto Scoppiettante per dei giri alla scoperta della nostra zona. Se vi interessa confrontare il punto di vista di un motociclista che viaggia lungo le mie stesse strade, &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com/"&gt;puntate dritti al suo blog&lt;/a&gt; e seguitene le avventure.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Good news: since a while my brother is the happy owner of a seventeen years old Guzzi Nevada 750, nicknamed "Ragnola" (sort of "she-spider") and he started &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com/"&gt;his own personal blog&lt;/a&gt;. He's training to get a class A license (i.e. for bikes. he already has a car license) and when we both have some time he joins the Chuggabug to ride and explore the neighbourhood. If you are interested in comparing the viewpoint of a biker riding the same roads I ride, &lt;a href="http://ragnola.blogspot.com/"&gt;head right to his blog&lt;/a&gt; and follow his adventures.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(a note for English speakers: he writes only in Italian.)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1306721493207800931?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1306721493207800931/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/01/ragnola.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1306721493207800931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1306721493207800931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2009/01/ragnola.html' title='Ragnola'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SWISxDMw_gI/AAAAAAAAAwY/e165rJZw5UQ/s72-c/pano1banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-3479522056971072360</id><published>2008-12-29T13:48:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T13:50:32.654+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='night'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='notte'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='piombino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Viaggiare di notte - Night riding</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SVjHYMvxnCI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/fI4iU0AL-lE/s1600-h/2008.12.22+-+vespa+notte_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SVjHYMvxnCI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/fI4iU0AL-lE/s400/2008.12.22+-+vespa+notte_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285193381271673890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La scorsa settimana il capo, qui allo studio, ha gentilmente deciso di invitarci tutti a cena; per questo sono stato costretto a rimanere fuori fino alle undici di sera prima di poter intraprendere il viaggio di ritorno. A dicembre, con la pancia piena e un freddo intenso fuori, farsi venti chilometri di notte su strade a tratti bagnate non e' esattamente il genere di spostamento preferito di un vespista. Tuttavia girare di notte porta vantaggi e svantaggi; ai sopracitati svantaggi aggiungo brevemente quello delle macchine che alzano i fari perche' sono abbagliate dalla luce della Vespa, cosa sulla quale dedichero' un post specifico. Trovare le strade sgombre, quasi deserte, e' impareggiabile. Il silenzio fa contorno all'immobilita' del paesaggio, la strada scorre e le ruote puntano verso una meta calda e accogliente. L'abbigliamento tecnico funziona alla perfezione. Sono venti minuti di calma, di riflessione. Mi fermo per fare una foto, le luci hanno un fascino particolare. In pochi minuti sono di nuovo a casa, un sorso di porto, un letto caldo. Buonanotte.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Last week the boss here at the office kindly invited us all out for dinner; that's why I was forced to stay out up to 11pm before leaving again and go home. In December, with my belly full and an intense cold outside, twenty kilometers on partially wet roads are not a Vespa rider's favourite commute. Yet night riding has its advantages and disadvantages; to the previous ones I add the problem of cars firing up their lights because they get flashed by the Vespa's front light, but this is the argument of a specific post I'll publish in a short time. Finding the streets empty is simply unbeatable. The silence frames the still landscape, the road flows and my wheels point to a warm and friendly goal. Technical gear is in excellently working order. It's twenty minutes of peace, of insight. I stop to shoot a photograph, lights have a particular appeal. In a few minutes I'm home again, a sip of porto, a warm bed. Goodnight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-3479522056971072360?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/3479522056971072360/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/12/viaggiare-di-notte-night-riding.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3479522056971072360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3479522056971072360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/12/viaggiare-di-notte-night-riding.html' title='Viaggiare di notte - Night riding'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SVjHYMvxnCI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/fI4iU0AL-lE/s72-c/2008.12.22+-+vespa+notte_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8206222274493078606</id><published>2008-12-15T01:36:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T01:40:21.621+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marsh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swamp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='palude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Palude - Swamp</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ST21VAMZ-0I/AAAAAAAAAlo/6USNVtddXEI/s1600-h/vespa.orti_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 82px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ST21VAMZ-0I/AAAAAAAAAlo/6USNVtddXEI/s400/vespa.orti_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277573710782004034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno scatto panoramico dell'ultimo giro in palude. Quello sullo sfondo non e' la palude, ma un comunissimo campo dopo la pioggia della scorsa settimana...&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A panoramic shot of last ride around the swamp. The one in the background isn't the swamp, but a common field after last week's rain...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8206222274493078606?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8206222274493078606/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/12/palude-swamp.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8206222274493078606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8206222274493078606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/12/palude-swamp.html' title='Palude - Swamp'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ST21VAMZ-0I/AAAAAAAAAlo/6USNVtddXEI/s72-c/vespa.orti_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5332265911879438012</id><published>2008-12-12T15:50:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T16:47:59.893+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='followers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lettori'/><title type='text'>Readers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SUJ-UgVGHwI/AAAAAAAAAmA/GbleZZQVACU/s1600-h/readers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SUJ-UgVGHwI/AAAAAAAAAmA/GbleZZQVACU/s400/readers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278920603972542210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cari lettori, pubblico questo post per avvisarvi che Blogger da un po' di tempo ha attivato la &lt;a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en-ch&amp;amp;answer=104226"&gt;lista dei lettori&lt;/a&gt;, che potete trovare nella colonna di destra come mostra l'immagine. Se leggete il mio blog e vi va di farmelo sapere potete cliccare sul widget ed entrare nella lista. In questo modo, inoltre, avrete i post del mio blog sulla vostra dashboard personale su Blogger.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dear readers, I post these lines to let you know that Blogger activated some time ago the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en-ch&amp;amp;answer=104226"&gt;Followers feature &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;and you can find it in the right column as the image shows. If you are happy readers and wanna let me know you can easily click on the widget and being added to the list. This way, then, you'll get all my latest posts on your Blogger dashboard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5332265911879438012?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5332265911879438012/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/12/readers.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5332265911879438012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5332265911879438012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/12/readers.html' title='Readers'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SUJ-UgVGHwI/AAAAAAAAAmA/GbleZZQVACU/s72-c/readers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5912833857055366643</id><published>2008-12-06T11:40:00.021+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T00:47:26.388+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='25000'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marsh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='palude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='piombino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yashicamat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>The long and winding road</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/STwSIg4njUI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/Xe1e2skPl04/s1600-h/DSCN0290_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/STwSIg4njUI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/Xe1e2skPl04/s320/DSCN0290_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277112800847039810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"...the wild and windy night&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;the rain washed away&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;has left a pool of tears..."&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Beatles - The long and winding road&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cosi' cantavano i Beatles; un anno e mezzo per arrivare alla meta dei 25.000 chilometri, raggiunta in un giorno di inattesa pausa alla fine di settimane di pioggia e vento. Un sabato mattina in cui ti alzi tardi e vedi che finalmente e' uscito il sole; vuoi uscire, andare in giro a vedere come sono ridotti i campi, con tutta la pioggia che e' caduta. La luce e' meravigliosa, il cielo sempre coperto da nuvole color piombo, ma sul mare c'e' un azzurro carico. Nella palude fuori citta' gli uccelli si sono moltiplicati a dismisura e trovi aironi &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ST2xOBTNZaI/AAAAAAAAAlY/0IhqHBa2ls0/s1600-h/DSCN0262_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ST2xOBTNZaI/AAAAAAAAAlY/0IhqHBa2ls0/s320/DSCN0262_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277569192773379490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;anche al margine della strada che ti guardano passare come se sapessero che il tuo Insetto Scoppiettante sta per raggiungere una meta tanto attesa. E' una bella giornata, ho con me la Nikon con la batteria quasi scarica, ma ho portato anche la vecchia YashicaMat biottica medio formato, con una pellicola a colori da finire, e un giro di un'oretta mi dara' piu' soddisfazioni di qualsiasi altra cosa, oggi. Torno a casa per pranzo, oggi siamo tutti insieme, e la settimana che sta per iniziare sara' nuovamente cupa e piovosa, ma... &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;carpe diem&lt;/span&gt;, consigliava Orazio: non pensare troppo al futuro, e' il presente l'unico momento che esiste.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This is what The Beatles sung; a year and a half to reach the 25.000 kilometers goal, in a day of sudden relief at the end of rainy and windy weeks. A saturday morning when you wake up late and see that the sun is finally out; you want to go out, go and see how the fields have drenched, with all that rain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ST2xd624bBI/AAAAAAAAAlg/AbzsUVPH4A0/s1600-h/DSCN0271_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ST2xd624bBI/AAAAAAAAAlg/AbzsUVPH4A0/s320/DSCN0271_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277569465921858578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Light is wonderful, the sky is still covered with lead colored clouds, but above the sea it's deep blue. In the marsh just out of town the birds have excessively increased and you find herons next to the road looking at you as if they knew that your Chuggabug is going to reach a long awaited goal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; It's a clear day, I have my Nikon and its battery is running out of charge but I brought the old YashicaMat medium format TLR as well, a color film to shoot and a hour's ride will give me much more satisfactions than any other thing, today. I return home at lunch time, we're altogether today, and the week that's coming will be dark and rainy again, but... carpe diem, adviced Horace: don't think too much to the future, it's now the only moment which really exists.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5912833857055366643?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5912833857055366643/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/12/long-and-winding-road.html#comment-form' title='6 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5912833857055366643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5912833857055366643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/12/long-and-winding-road.html' title='The long and winding road'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/STwSIg4njUI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/Xe1e2skPl04/s72-c/DSCN0290_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4831977370820439407</id><published>2008-11-29T09:37:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-29T10:46:52.801+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pioggia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='piombino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>November rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/STEO-r3GOMI/AAAAAAAAAjY/uULldETwGoQ/s1600-h/DSCN0258B_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/STEO-r3GOMI/AAAAAAAAAjY/uULldETwGoQ/s400/DSCN0258B_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274013108716058818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questo mese e' stato uno schifo. Tra malattie, impegni e brutto tempo, l'Insetto Scoppiettante ha passato molto tempo in garage; a Piombino la pioggia sta creando consistenti problemi, &lt;a href="http://piombino.blogolandia.it/2008/11/28/piombino-monsonica/"&gt;come scrivo qui&lt;/a&gt; e devo decidermi a cambiare la ruota anteriore. La scorsa sera, poi, lasciata la Vespa fuori dal bar, al mio ritorno ho scoperto che aveva iniziato a diluviare, infradiciando la sella e in parte anche il casco. E' stata comunque una buona occasione per constatare che ingrassare la sella e' utile, poiche' la pelle sembrava fradicia solo all'apparenza e asciugando ha addirittura uniformato velocemente tutti i piccoli segni di bagnature parziali.&lt;br /&gt;E ora che siamo a trenta chilometri dalla meta dei 25.000 sono ansioso di raggiungerla ma non posso. Ma non lamentiamoci, "...nothing lasts forever in the cold november rain...", nemmeno la pioggia stessa!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This month has been bullshit. Among illness, work and bad weather the Chuggabug spent much time into the car box; here in Piombino the rain is causing much trouble, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://piombino.blogolandia.it/2008/11/28/piombino-monsonica/"&gt;as I write here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;, and I have to change the front tire. Last evening I parked the Vespa out of the bar and when i got back there I discovered it was showering, with the seat and partly the helmet completely drenched. Yet it was a good way to discover that greasing the saddle was useful, as the leather just looked soaked and drying, it made all the small spots disappear, uniforming its color.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And now that I miss thirty kilometers to reach the 25.000 goal, I just can't wait. Well, let's not complain, "...nothing lasts forever in the cold november rain...", neither the rain itself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4831977370820439407?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4831977370820439407/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-rain.html#comment-form' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4831977370820439407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4831977370820439407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-rain.html' title='November rain'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/STEO-r3GOMI/AAAAAAAAAjY/uULldETwGoQ/s72-c/DSCN0258B_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5747287989678258155</id><published>2008-11-10T16:40:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T16:46:52.059+01:00</updated><title type='text'>L'Insetto Scoppiettante su Facebook - The Chuggabug on Facebook</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/LInsetto-Scoppiettante/46608020029"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SRhW9XRGvjI/AAAAAAAAAjA/sa-1AAkfFy8/s400/isfb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267055376427564594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Visto che ormai la popolarita' di &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/http.//www.facebook.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Facebook&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; sta raggiungendo livelli incredibilmente alti ho deciso di realizzare anche li' una pagina di informazione per l'Insetto Scoppiettante. Chi di voi fosse un utente di Facebook puo' visitare la pagina, diventare fan, linkarla, condividerla sul profilo... siete tutti invitati!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/LInsetto-Scoppiettante/46608020029"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'Insetto Scoppiettante on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;As &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/http.//www.facebook.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Facebook&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; popularity has dramatically increased I decided to create an info page for the Chuggabug on it as well. Who among you is a Facebook user can visit the page, link to it, share it on his/her profile... you're all invited!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/LInsetto-Scoppiettante/46608020029"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;L'Insetto Scoppiettante on Facebook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5747287989678258155?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5747287989678258155/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/11/linsetto-scoppiettante-su-facebook.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5747287989678258155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5747287989678258155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/11/linsetto-scoppiettante-su-facebook.html' title='L&apos;Insetto Scoppiettante su Facebook - The Chuggabug on Facebook'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SRhW9XRGvjI/AAAAAAAAAjA/sa-1AAkfFy8/s72-c/isfb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5370937816886101095</id><published>2008-11-03T21:28:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T21:33:01.468+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grease'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saddle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inverno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grasso'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Grease</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SQ9fSPfb9iI/AAAAAAAAAhU/5_azLPlAGdg/s1600-h/saddle01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SQ9fSPfb9iI/AAAAAAAAAhU/5_azLPlAGdg/s320/saddle01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264531256420070946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Il tempo sta peggiorando e di giorno in giorno diventa imprevedibile. Una sella in vera pelle necessita di un'adeguata protezione e la crema nutriente che uso in estate per tenerla morbida e pulita non riuscirebbe ad evitare che si infradiciasse nel caso in cui un'improvviso scroscio di pioggia ci dovesse colpire. Per proteggerla dal freddo e dalla pioggia la soluzione e' una sola: ingrassarla. Un lieve strato di grasso steso direttamente con le mani in maniera uniforme e pulito adeguatamente con un panno pulito viene assorbito dalla sella durante una notte in modo tale che al mattino potremo sederci in tutta tranquillita' senza timore di sporcare i pantaloni. Piuttosto che applicare una grande quantita' di grasso in un'unica volta e' preferibile quindi procedere con piu' applicazioni leggere, due o tre a distanza di qualche giorno l'una dall'altra, per dare il tempo alla pelle di assorbire il grasso ed uniformarsi, mantenendosi brillante &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SQ9famRssWI/AAAAAAAAAhc/BMa7Dohyhw8/s1600-h/saddle02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SQ9famRssWI/AAAAAAAAAhc/BMa7Dohyhw8/s320/saddle02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264531399975416162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ma non lucida e oleosa ed evitando che un'esposizione al sole faccia tornare in superficie il grasso non ancora perfettamente assorbito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The weather is getting worse and unpredictable day after day. A leather seat needs an adequate protection and the nutrient cream I use in summer to keep it soft and clean couldn't save it from drenching in case of a sudden shower. To protect it from cold and rain there is just one solution: greasing it. A thin grease layer, directly applied with our bare hands and polished with a clean cloth is absorbed by our saddle in one night so that in the morning we'll be able to seat confidently with no fear of spotting our trousers. Instead of applying a big amount of grease in a single hand it's better to proceed with several light hands every few days to give the leather the time to absorb the grease and get uniform, staying brilliant but not shiny and oily and avoiding that a long exposure to the sun bring the grease which hasn't still been absorbed back to the surface.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5370937816886101095?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5370937816886101095/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/11/grease.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5370937816886101095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5370937816886101095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/11/grease.html' title='Grease'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SQ9fSPfb9iI/AAAAAAAAAhU/5_azLPlAGdg/s72-c/saddle01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5099913591881207965</id><published>2008-10-24T17:12:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-24T17:19:17.098+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turchia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vengo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Vengo!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SQHmlE7tB2I/AAAAAAAAAgc/vZKIYUR85kI/s1600-h/s18.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SQHmlE7tB2I/AAAAAAAAAgc/vZKIYUR85kI/s320/s18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260739364399155042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ecco quello che ho trovato durante il mio viaggio in Turchia (a proposito, &lt;a href="http://lightwasenough.blogspot.com/"&gt;potete vedere alcune foto qui&lt;/a&gt;): Un'imitazione di Vespa buffamente colorata e chiamata "Vengo"... Lascio a voi decidere a cosa si riferisca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Non ho smesso di postare, sono solo stato assorbito da lavoro, musica, fotografia, &lt;a href="http://ronje-parkour.blogspot.com/"&gt;allenamenti di parkour&lt;/a&gt; e altri weblog ma sto per postare un nuovo articolo sulla manutenzione per il quale ho gia' scattato l'immagine. Quindi restate collegati e non rattristatevi, l'Insetto Scoppiettante sta correndo spedito verso il traguardo dei 25.000 km e ci sono molte cose da raccontare!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Here's something I found during my trip around Turkey (you can&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://lightwasenough.blogspot.com/"&gt; take a look at some photographs here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;): a strangely colored Vespa imitation called "Vengo"; what's funny is that in italian it means "I'm coming"... I'll let you decide what it refers to.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I didn't quit blogging, just absorbed by work, music, photography, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://ronje-parkour.blogspot.com/"&gt;parkour training&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; and other weblogs, but I'm gonna post a maintenance article soon, I already shot its picture. So stay tuned and don't be sad, the Chuggabug is quickly riding towards its 25.000 km and many things need to be told!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5099913591881207965?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5099913591881207965/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/10/vengo.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5099913591881207965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5099913591881207965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/10/vengo.html' title='Vengo!'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SQHmlE7tB2I/AAAAAAAAAgc/vZKIYUR85kI/s72-c/s18.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8370530407852661421</id><published>2008-10-01T01:03:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T01:26:24.989+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Giorgio Bettinelli'/><title type='text'>Godspeed Giorgio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SOK1POQIA1I/AAAAAAAAAc0/72G1mZ4ceS8/s1600-h/invespa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SOK1POQIA1I/AAAAAAAAAc0/72G1mZ4ceS8/s320/invespa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251959388595815250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Con tristezza apprendo proprio ora che Giorgio Bettinelli, il nostro eroe della Vespa, ci ha improvvisamente lasciati. Era un  vespista  spontaneo, che scopri' la Vespa per caso e raggiunse poi livelli eccelsi girando tutto il mondo. I suoi libri mi hanno fatto acquistare il mio Insetto, mi hanno fatto capire che andare in Vespa puo' essere qualcosa di piu' di un semplice spostarsi, portandomi a un diverso livello di consapevolezza. I miei inutili 23.000 km sembrano una goccia nell'oceano in confronto ai suoi, ma capisco che non sono i numeri sul contachilometri ne' la strada ne' tantomeno le avventure a fare il vespista, quanto piuttosto il sapere di essere parte di un tutto, di un'anima collettiva che lega un vespista a un altro in una trama ampia come il mondo. Buon Viaggio, Giorgio, ovunque le tue piccole ruote ti stiano portando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sadly, I know just now that Giorgio Bettinelli, our Vespa hero, has suddenly passed away. He was a naive rider, who discovered the Vespa by chance and brought it to heights by riding it all around the world. His books made me buy my Chuggabug, made me understand that riding can be more than just moving, brought me to a different level of consciousness. My useless 23.000 kms look like a drop in the ocean if compared to his, but I understand that's not the number on the meter, nor the road, neither the adventures to make a rider, but knowing that you're part of a whole, of a collective soul which links a rider to another in a worldwide thread. Godspeed, Giorgio, wherever your small wheels may take you.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8370530407852661421?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8370530407852661421/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/10/godspeed-giorgio.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8370530407852661421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8370530407852661421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/10/godspeed-giorgio.html' title='Godspeed Giorgio'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SOK1POQIA1I/AAAAAAAAAc0/72G1mZ4ceS8/s72-c/invespa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7757517596951290268</id><published>2008-09-18T14:48:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T14:52:35.804+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacanza'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turkey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turchia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adieu'/><title type='text'>Adieu!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SNJNj4stXRI/AAAAAAAAAcs/UELM0hkTdZQ/s1600-h/adieu_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SNJNj4stXRI/AAAAAAAAAcs/UELM0hkTdZQ/s400/adieu_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247341794750717202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cari amici, lettori, colleghi, parenti, RonJe se ne va finalmente in ferie, purtroppo senza l'Insetto Scoppiettante - che nel frattempo verra' raddrizzato -  ma dotato di attrezzatura fotografica e fermamente intenzionato a mangiare lokum e kebap, bere chai, raki ed Efes, visitare la Hagia Sophia, Konya, Goreme, viaggiare sul Meram Ekspresi e sopravvivere al Ramadan.&lt;br /&gt;Ebbene si', avete indovinato! La meta e' la Turchia, la partenza e' Sabato, il ritorno, beh, chissa'. Sto gia' lentamente scomparendo... adieu!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;questa foto, a pare il bordo, la bandiera turca e la nota di copyright, e' il risultato di un solo scatto non elaborato al computer. Chi sa dirmi come e' stato fatto? ;-)&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dear friends, readers, coworkers, relatives, at last RonJe is leaving for a vacation, unfortunately without his Arkansas Chiggabug - which bump will be fixed in the meantime - but loaded with photographic gear and firmly willing to eat lokum and kebap, drink chai, raki and Efes, visit Hagia Sofia, Konya Goreme, travel upon the Meram Expresi and survive to Ramadan.&lt;br /&gt;That's it, you guessed it! My destination is Turkey, I'm leaving next Saturday and coming back, well, who knows. I'm already slowly fading... adieu!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this picture, apart from its border, the Turkish flag and the copyright notice, is the result of a single unprocessed shot. Who can tell how was it shot? ;-)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-7757517596951290268?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/7757517596951290268/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/09/adieu.html#comment-form' title='7 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7757517596951290268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7757517596951290268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/09/adieu.html' title='Adieu!'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SNJNj4stXRI/AAAAAAAAAcs/UELM0hkTdZQ/s72-c/adieu_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8516835751919420122</id><published>2008-09-09T16:07:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T18:51:54.998+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='southbound'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dire straits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='last summer ride'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='verso sud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Southbound Again</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMapomP3YoI/AAAAAAAAAb8/NQehlgBRSgg/s1600-h/lastride+-+00+-+vespino.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMapomP3YoI/AAAAAAAAAb8/NQehlgBRSgg/s400/lastride+-+00+-+vespino.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244065331046474370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Goin' southbound again...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...don't know if I'm going or leaving home"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Dire Straits - Southbound again]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaDYlQTI0I/AAAAAAAAAbM/jHwXNMIrO2g/s1600-h/lastride+-+01+-+fociomboli.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaDYlQTI0I/AAAAAAAAAbM/jHwXNMIrO2g/s400/lastride+-+01+-+fociomboli.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244023274460095298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quello dello scorso weekend e' stato con tutta probabilita' l'ultimo viaggio estivo in Versilia, visto che le giornate hanno cominciato ad accorciarsi drasticamente, il tempo minaccia pioggia e non posso affidarmi alle previsioni meteo a tre giorni, metteteci che il 20 me ne vado in ferie in Turchia e torno il 29 e ne risulta che la prima occasione per tornare da Elena cadrebbe in Ottobre. Troppo tardi, non c'e' dubbio; e' tempo di prendere il treno e rilassarsi con un buon libro, lasciando i giri in Vespa ai weekend in cui sono a casa e alle occasionali gite improvvisate durante la settimana. Nel frattempo pero' voglio celebrare questo ultimo intenso viaggio che ha portato l'Insetto Scoppiettante fino al Passo Croce per cercare di rintracciare - senza successo - il mio bastone di agrifoglio corso lasciato li' in occasione dell'ultima escursione sulla Pania della Croce.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Last weekend I probably did the last summer ride to Versilia, because the days are getting dramatically shorter, the weather is getting worse and I can't trust three days forecasts, then take it: I'm leaving for Turkey on September 20th and coming back on 29th so the first occasion to ride again to Elena's would be in October. Too late indeed; it's time to get on a train and read a good book, leaving my Vespa rides to those weekends I'm at home and to those random in-week moments. Meanwile, though, I wanna celebrate this last intense ride which led the Arkansas Chuggabug up to Passo Croce trying to rescue - unsuccessfully - my holly stick from Corsica which I forgot there when we last climbed the Pania della Croce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaDpD7L-4I/AAAAAAAAAbU/X2siAIH6Ri0/s1600-h/lastride+-+02+-+tazza.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaDpD7L-4I/AAAAAAAAAbU/X2siAIH6Ri0/s400/lastride+-+02+-+tazza.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244023557570952066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il fine settimana e' trascorso tranquillo, un susseguirsi di eventi piacevoli che ha condotto al viaggio di ritorno. Come affrontarlo senza aver prima preso una buona tazza di tè?&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The weekend was calm, a pleasant event after another leading to the ride back home. How could I face it without a nice cup of tea?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaEJn9V8LI/AAAAAAAAAbc/SL-6EC3LDZ0/s1600-h/lastride+-+03+-+aeroporto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaEJn9V8LI/AAAAAAAAAbc/SL-6EC3LDZ0/s400/lastride+-+03+-+aeroporto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244024116999483570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All'altezza dell'aeroporto militare la strada corre perfettamente rettilinea per un lungo tratto, la luce iniziava a farsi calda e piacevole.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Passing beyond the military airport in Pisa the road lines perfectly straight for a long distance, the light was getting warm and pleasant.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaEX8Vt4xI/AAAAAAAAAbk/gWe1wHQSjHg/s1600-h/lastride+-+04+-+boccale.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaEX8Vt4xI/AAAAAAAAAbk/gWe1wHQSjHg/s400/lastride+-+04+-+boccale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244024362988593938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dopo Livorno, il Castello del Boccale era gia' avvolto dai toni rossi del tramonto.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;After Leghorn, the Boccale Castle (i.e. "kettle castle") was surrounded by the sunset reddish tones.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaEtXaSdLI/AAAAAAAAAbs/pJpbN8ASgT8/s1600-h/lastride+-+05+-+nave.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaEtXaSdLI/AAAAAAAAAbs/pJpbN8ASgT8/s400/lastride+-+05+-+nave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244024731032777906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le navi in partenza danno il cambio a quelle in rada.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ships leave and  some other dock&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaE48nGTFI/AAAAAAAAAb0/9vAGs_NSrqM/s1600-h/lastride+-+06+-+costa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMaE48nGTFI/AAAAAAAAAb0/9vAGs_NSrqM/s400/lastride+-+06+-+costa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244024929997179986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La costa che mi rimane da percorrere, e oltre ancora. Un viaggio piacevole, costellato di profumi, sensazioni, un vento caldo alle spalle che sospinge la Vespa verso casa. Quando arrivo sono emotivamente sovraccarico e piacevolmente stordito, dovro' attendere la primavera per il prossimo viaggio a nord.&lt;br /&gt;L'Insetto, comunque, non si ferma affatto, non temete; inizia il periodo dei post curiosi!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The coast I still had to ride, and beyond. A nice trip, pointed by perfumes, feelings, a warm wind back at me pushing me and my Vespa gently home. When I arrive I'm overloaded with emotions and gently dazed, I have to wait till spring to go northbound again.&lt;br /&gt;The Bug, however, doesn't stop at all, don't be afraid; it's time for bizarre posts!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8516835751919420122?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8516835751919420122/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/09/southbound-again.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8516835751919420122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8516835751919420122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/09/southbound-again.html' title='Southbound Again'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SMapomP3YoI/AAAAAAAAAb8/NQehlgBRSgg/s72-c/lastride+-+00+-+vespino.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-185469419017515982</id><published>2008-09-02T17:00:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-02T17:01:57.745+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='settembre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='september'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Settembre - September</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SL1VPBNthvI/AAAAAAAAAa8/xw28WWruUx4/s1600-h/september.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SL1VPBNthvI/AAAAAAAAAa8/xw28WWruUx4/s320/september.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241439257841469170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Finalmente e' Settembre, finalmente le temperature sono decenti, il cielo e' limpido, il tempo perfetto per girare. Prendete le vostre Vespe, avventuratevi su strade che non avete mai percorso, prima che la pioggia inizi a scendere, prima che il freddo vi costringa a vestirvi troppo. Portate con voi qualcosa per un picnic, magari un fornellino ad alcool per il caffe' e un paio di tazze. Le colline qui sono bellissime, i campi arati, la vendemmia sta per iniziare. E' tempo di girare!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It's finally September, finally the temperatures are decent, the sky is clear, the weather perfect for a ride. Take your Vespas, venture on roads you would have never taken, before the rain starts to fall, before the cold weather forces you to be too dressed. Bring along something to picnic, a small alcohol stove for a coffee and a couple of cups. The hills are wonderful here, the fields are ploughed and the vintage is on the way. It's time to ride!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-185469419017515982?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/185469419017515982/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/09/settembre-september.html#comment-form' title='6 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/185469419017515982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/185469419017515982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/09/settembre-september.html' title='Settembre - September'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SL1VPBNthvI/AAAAAAAAAa8/xw28WWruUx4/s72-c/september.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-3776295927378275878</id><published>2008-08-13T08:44:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T08:46:30.371+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bycicle lane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chiodo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pista ciclabile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>generatore di disastri - disaster generator</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKBtVD7jgI/AAAAAAAAAYg/LhZpVh8Hbws/s1600-h/chiodo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKBtVD7jgI/AAAAAAAAAYg/LhZpVh8Hbws/s320/chiodo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233888332705664514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Che dire? Gli incubi si avverano piano piano, come profetizzato. Qualche giorno fa stavo beatamente tornando dal mio quindicinale viaggio in Versilia, 150 km di distanza su strade in differenti condizioni di usura, traffico variegato e diverse condizioni meteo senza un solo problema. E' stato, ironia della sorte, proprio all'altezza della favolosa pista ciclabile di San Vincenzo che, proprio all'ora in cui la luce inizia a calare, le mie ruote hanno sfiorato quello che da lontano sembrava l'ennesimo scoiattolo vittima delle auto ma passando oltre mi sono accorto che almeno questa volta - buon per lui - uno scoiattolo non era. Si trattava invece di un bel pezzo di legno con un chiodo solidamente conficcato e rivolto verso l'alto. Provate ora ad immaginare che significa colpirlo, agganciarlo con la ruota e schizzarlo istantaneamente contro un bersaglio casuale prima&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKB3Eh3jSI/AAAAAAAAAYo/o6TJmJnlDZQ/s1600-h/cicl01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKB3Eh3jSI/AAAAAAAAAYo/o6TJmJnlDZQ/s200/cicl01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233888500066520354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; che la gomma anteriore si sgonfi impedendoti di proseguire e senza spazio per fermarsi. Nei giorni passati la pista ciclabile e' stata rabberciata in malo modo inserendo nuovi cordoli grigi sbriciolati a suon di mazza per farceli entrare, visto che i precedenti erano stati messi a occhio; le auto continuano a colpire il cordolo lasciando vistosi segni neri; i ciclisti generano un allegro caos nel cercare &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKCB8qeVaI/AAAAAAAAAYw/h8x0IDCRLJ4/s1600-h/cicl02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKCB8qeVaI/AAAAAAAAAYw/h8x0IDCRLJ4/s200/cicl02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233888686933693858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;di entrare in strada, mettendo a repentaglio la loro esistenza e quella degli altri; un cospicuo numero di incidenti non e' ancora riuscito a far capire al Comune che questa pista ciclabile e' da smantellare. Non si tratta di stabilire se sia a norma o no, ma di rendersi conto che per quanto sia regolare resta un pericoloso generatore di disastri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;What can I say? Nightmares come slowly, as predicted. Some days ago I was nicely coming back from my bi-monthly trip to Versilia, 150 km on variously worn asphalt, fancy tr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKCPqhYNlI/AAAAAAAAAY4/c3HPhnZWJwc/s1600-h/cicl03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKCPqhYNlI/AAAAAAAAAY4/c3HPhnZWJwc/s200/cicl03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233888922581874258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;affic and different weather without a single problem. It was, ironicly, just aside the fantastic bycicle lane in San Vincenzo that, just as the light dims, my wheels grazed what seemed to be in the distance the last squirrel hit by a car but passing beyond I realized that this time - lucky him - it wasn't a squirrel. Instead it was a hard piece of wood with a solid nail, the tip facing up. Now just try and imagine what 's the matter in hitting, catching it and instantly shoot it against a random target before the front tire goes flat, not being able to proceed and without a place to stop. I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKCZlUVoiI/AAAAAAAAAZA/SD70vjunsb4/s1600-h/cicl04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKCZlUVoiI/AAAAAAAAAZA/SD70vjunsb4/s200/cicl04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233889092983693858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;n the last days the bycicle lane has been grossly integrated with new &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;grey concrete blocks, fitted with a heavy club as the previous ones had been put in place approximately; the cars still hit the blocks leaving bold black marks; the cyclists generate a happy chaos trying to enter the road and exposing their and our lives to an insane risk; a consistent number of accidents isn't enough to let the local administration understand that this lane has to be dismantled. It's not matter to decide if it's respecting the rules or not, we just have to realize that, though being regular, it's a dangerous disaster generator. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-3776295927378275878?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/3776295927378275878/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/08/che-dire-gli-incubi-si-avverano-piano.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3776295927378275878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3776295927378275878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/08/che-dire-gli-incubi-si-avverano-piano.html' title='generatore di disastri - disaster generator'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SKKBtVD7jgI/AAAAAAAAAYg/LhZpVh8Hbws/s72-c/chiodo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-2575936913791996462</id><published>2008-08-09T11:08:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-08-09T11:13:48.199+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maintenance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tagliando'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>scheduled maintenance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SJ1flyWG1rI/AAAAAAAAAX0/s38LmK1u2AU/s1600-h/maint.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SJ1flyWG1rI/AAAAAAAAAX0/s38LmK1u2AU/s320/maint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232443444848678578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;L'Insetto era fermo per il tagliando in questi giorni. Ho fatto un cambio d'olio, filtro dell'aria, cinghia e avrei dovuto cambiare entrambe le gomme ma quella anteriore mancava per cui ho cambiato solo quella posteriore e cambiero' l'altra appena possibile. Nel frattempo, questo weekend mi godo il mare!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Bug was off for scheduled maintenance in these days. I had a full oil change, air filter change, belt change and I had to change both tires, but the front one was missing so I just changed the rear one and I'm gonna change the other as soon as possible. As for this weekend, I'm going to enjoy the seaside!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-2575936913791996462?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/2575936913791996462/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/08/scheduled-maintenance.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2575936913791996462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2575936913791996462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/08/scheduled-maintenance.html' title='scheduled maintenance'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SJ1flyWG1rI/AAAAAAAAAX0/s38LmK1u2AU/s72-c/maint.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-6835689643728184854</id><published>2008-07-30T08:14:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:15.932+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='20000'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>20.000</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SJAG-LB_50I/AAAAAAAAAXk/xpAFnl5RMKY/s1600-h/ventimila.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SJAG-LB_50I/AAAAAAAAAXk/xpAFnl5RMKY/s400/ventimila.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228686832559974210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Quasi quasi lo dimenticavo, l'Insetto ha oltrepassato la barriera dei ventimila chilometri la settimana scorsa, precisamente a Solaio, in Versilia, mentre tornavamo da una "caccia al cappero" sui muretti di sasso.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I almost forgot it, the Bug passed the edge of twenty thousand kms last week, exactly at Solaio in Versilia, while going back home from a "caper hunt" along the stone walls.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-6835689643728184854?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/6835689643728184854/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/07/20000.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6835689643728184854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6835689643728184854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/07/20000.html' title='20.000'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SJAG-LB_50I/AAAAAAAAAXk/xpAFnl5RMKY/s72-c/ventimila.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4592486665015755274</id><published>2008-07-18T15:39:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T12:09:40.197+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pista ciclabile'/><title type='text'>Easy as murder</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SICe4CN06xI/AAAAAAAAAXM/Yb0BNT0dlLY/s1600-h/DSCN0026_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SICe4CN06xI/AAAAAAAAAXM/Yb0BNT0dlLY/s400/DSCN0026_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224350253254503186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Who wanted to change the world, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;What's as easy as murder?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;[Counting Crows - "Cowboys"]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lavoro nel paese vicino ormai da tre anni e non mi sono mai piaciute le politiche del traffico condotte dalla pubblica amministrazione sul suo territorio; comunque, sono ospite qui e devo rispettare le regole locali, almeno finche' sono ragionevoli. Dire "ragionevole" non significa che abbia il diritto di violare le regole se queste non dovessero essere conformi ai miei bisogni, significa piuttosto comportarsi correttamente fintantoche non mi costringono a violare altre regole piu' importanti come rimanere vivo e non uccidere gli altri. Credo che ogni essere dotato di cervello debba quantomeno essere d'accordo su questo punto. Beh, gente, e' davvero parecchio difficile rispettare le regole quando ti trovi di fronte a orribili mostri urbani come la nuovissima pista ciclabile di San Vincenzo, una cittadina a venti chilometri da casa mia con una viabilita' da montagne russe e tutta la gamma di stupidi ostacoli che non trovereste neanche in un percorso militare d'allenamento. Si tratta esattamente di tutto quello che un motociclista dovrebbe temere: un incredibile miscela di rischi su una strada sovraffollata. Ma cosa hanno fatto? Hanno ristretto la strada che lascia la citta' verso sud per fare spazio alla pista ciclabile, lasciando giusto lo spazio perche' due auto si incrocino sulla corsia stradale; questo porta a tutte le seguenti meravigliose conseguenze:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) nessuno puo' azzardarsi a sorpassare nessun'altro in alcun modo. Se trovi qualcuno che procede alla folle velocita' di 15 km/h sei costretto a conformarti a quella velocita' per chilometri.&lt;br /&gt;b) nessun ciclista sportivo utilizza la pista ciclabile poiche' non puo' preoccuparsi dei ciclisti comuni e dei loro spostamenti improvvisi, cosi' che tutti passano dalla corsia delle auto rallentando tutto il traffico.&lt;br /&gt;c) la pista ciclabile inizia e finisce improvvisamente, quindi i punti di innesto diventano dei luoghi pericolosissimi in cui il traffico auto si deve mescolare con i ciclisti a passo lento.&lt;br /&gt;d) chiunque debba svoltare verso il mare deve attraversare la pista ciclabile e quindi interrompere il flusso delle biciclette; ci sono due scelte: intimorire i ciclisti costringendoli a frenare oppure occupare la corsia delle auto e generare una fila per aspettare che siano passati.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avrebbe potuto gia' trattarsi di pura genialita', ma hanno voluto fare di piu': hanno separato fisicamente la pista dalla strada piazzando dei cordoli gialii di cemento distanziati l'uno dall'altro di poche decine di centimetri e realizzando una linea tratteggiata la quale ha moltissime altre pazze peculiarita' che passo ad elencare di seguito:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e) se un'ambulanza deve correre all'ospedale di Piombino e trova una coda non ha alcun modo di oltrepassare fisicamente la corsia neanche a bassa velocita'. Sperate di essere in salute, potreste anche morire aspettando che i turisti raggiungano la spiaggia e contemplino il paesaggio. Del resto non possono mettersi da parte e lasciar passare l'ambulanza, non c'e' alcun posto dove spostarsi.&lt;br /&gt;f) se, in barba alle norme, qualcuno che procede nel senso opposto a voi tenta un sorpasso ed e' troppo vicino a voi, non potete schivarlo. E se il vostro istinto vi porta a provarci lo stesso colpirete i cordoli di cemento, probabilmente rimbalzando o forse strappando le gomme poiche' se i fianchi di questi cordoli sono stondati le estremita' invece sono spigoli vivi fatti per poter accostare i pezzi l'uno all'altro formando una fascia continua. Questo forse e' il motivo per cui nella prima settimana di vita di questa infame pista ciclabile ho testimoniato ben quattro incidenti: una macchina in fiamme, uno scooter accartocciato (un cinquantino, quindi con tutta probabilita' un ragazzino) e due persone che colpendo i bordi dei cordoli hanno letteralmente strappato le gomme di destra. Grandioso: garantire la sicurezza dei ciclisti distruggendo ogni auto ed ogni moto. Non si potra' magari configurare il reato di apologia di nazismo?&lt;br /&gt;g) naturalmente se strappaste entrambi gli pneumatici destri dovreste quantomeno accostare e liberare la carreggiata per non divenire un ostacolo. Si', ma dove? Che succede se avete un guasto? E se finite la benzina?&lt;br /&gt;h) evidentemente si e' supposto che gli automobilisti non dovessero poter considerare l'urto con questi blocchi come una sciocchezza; dopo i primi urti infatti ci si accorse che i camion e i veicoli piu' pesanti riuscivano a spostarli colpendoli accidentalmente, per cui sono stati fissati saldamente a terra con delle lunghe viti d'acciaio. Ora non potrete piu'  aggiunngere disordine per aumentare l'entropia dell'universo. il pianeta e' salvo.&lt;br /&gt;Nonostante tutto, poi, pare che sia preferibile spendere soldi per queste cose prima ancora di fare manutenzione sull'esistente. A chi interessa se un motociclista devasta il proprio mezzo su buche e spaccature dell'asfalto? Non dico nulla poi di tutti quegli stupidi sensi unici, quei paletti a forma di spada, quelle folli rotatorie, quei dossi e tutta la stupida testardaggine nel continuare a piazzare altri moncherini di cordolo anche se l'evidenza degli schianti e delle code urla "fermate questo maledetto casino!".&lt;br /&gt;Sarebbe inutile, e' un paese di sordi.&lt;br /&gt;Piuttosto accettate un consiglio: se non avete alcun particolare motivo per entrare in paese, specialmente in estate, per favore non fatelo e continuate lungo la superstrada, in qualsiasi direzione stiate andando. Sara' piu' sicuro per voi e per chiunque viva quest'inferno quotidiano.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I've been workin' in a nearby town for three years, now, and I've never liked the traffic policies that the local administration runs on its territory; nevertheless, I'm a host here and I have to respect local rules, at least as long as they're reasonable. Saying "reasonable" I don't mean having the right to break these rules if the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SICfp6RGMmI/AAAAAAAAAXU/F84wqfgrkqw/s1600-h/DSCN0027_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SICfp6RGMmI/AAAAAAAAAXU/F84wqfgrkqw/s400/DSCN0027_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224351110114194018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;y don't fit my needs, it just means behaving correctly as long as I don't have to break more important rules such as staying alive and avoiding to kill others. I believe this is what ever&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;y brain-driven being should at least agree. Well it's hard, folks, really hard to r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;espect the rules when you find yourself in front of horrible urban monsters like the brand new bycicle lane built in San Vincenzo, 20 km from my hometown, a town with rollercoaster-planned streets and the range of stupid obstacles you wouldn't neither find on a military training course. This is exactly what riders should be scared of: an incredible mix of risks on an overcrowded road. But what did they do? They narrowed the southbound road which leaves the town to make room for the bycicle lane, leaving just the space to let two cars cross in the car lanes; this leads to all these wonderful consequences:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) no one can overtake anyone anyway. If you find someone driving at the mad speed of 15 km/h you are forced to ride at that speed for miles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;b) no pro-cyclist will ever ride along the bycicle lane, as they can't deal with common cyclists and their casual shifts, so they all ride along the car lane, slowing the traffic down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c) the bycicle lane starts suddenly and suddenly ends, so that the junctions become highly dangerous places where car traffic have to mix with them and their slow motions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;d) everyone who turns towards the seaside has to cross the bycicle lane thus crossing the bycicle flow; there are two choices: frighten the bycicles forcing them to brake or occupy the car lane and generate a queue to wait for they to pass along.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;This could have been pure genius by itself, but they wanted to do more: they physically separated the two lanes by placing yellow concrete blocks on the line, spacing them by short gaps and generating a dashed concrete line which has many many other crazy characteristics I will list here:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;e) If an ambulance has to hurry to the hospital which is in Piombino, and it finds a queue, there isn't any physical way to trespass the lane even at low speed. Hope to be healty, you might just die waiting for tourists to reach the beach and contemplate the landscape. After all they can't park aside and let the ambulance pass: there isn't any place to stop&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;f) If, despite of the rules, someone facing you attempts an overtake and he's too near, you can't shift aside to dodge him. And if your instinct tells you to dodge him, you'll find yourself hitting the concrete blocks, maybe bouncing or maybe ripping your tires because while the sides of this blocks are rounded, the ends are razor-sharp as they were built to be put in contact and form a continuous line, not a dashed one. This might be the reason why in the first week of existence of this infamous lane I witnessed at least four accidents: a burned car, a destroyed scooter (a 50cc, so it was probably a kid) and two people who, hitting those edges, literally ripped apart their right tires. This is great: granting the cyclists' safety by destroying every car and every bike. Might this configure as a nazis' apology?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;g) of course if you ripped both your right tires you should at least drive out of the lane not to become an obstacle. Where? What if your engine breaks? What if you accidentally run out of fuel?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;h) evidently, bumping against these blocks wasn't to be considered a lesser concern to drivers; after the first bumps, in fact, they noticed that trucks and heavier vehicles could actually move them by hitting them, so these blocks have been firmly held in place by long steel screws. Now you can't add disorder to this universe's enthropy. Our planet is safe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;All this said it seems that they prefer to spend money to build these facilities even before fixing what's already there. Who cares if a rider breaks his bike hitting all those holes and cracks? I won't talk about all those stupid one-way streets, those sword-like poles, those mad roundabouts, those bumps and holes and all the dumbness of going on to lay down more yellow concrete blocks even if the evidence of crashes and queues shouts out "stop this damn mess!".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It would be useless, it's a town of deafs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Listen to my advice: if you haven't any particular reason to enter the town, especially in summer, please don't do it and just drive on along the speedway, whatever direction you're facing. It will be safer, to you and to everyone who lives daily in this hell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4592486665015755274?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4592486665015755274/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/07/easy-as-murder.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4592486665015755274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4592486665015755274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/07/easy-as-murder.html' title='Easy as murder'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SICe4CN06xI/AAAAAAAAAXM/Yb0BNT0dlLY/s72-c/DSCN0026_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-715370202425405402</id><published>2008-07-10T18:22:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:16.404+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guanti'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gloves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>guanti estivi - summer gloves</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SHY3vBdWyJI/AAAAAAAAAXE/PbEI-GNPF4E/s1600-h/gloves.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SHY3vBdWyJI/AAAAAAAAAXE/PbEI-GNPF4E/s320/gloves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221422098967611538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ora che l'estate e' finalmente arrivata non sopporto piu' i guanti; non e' difficile crederlo, visto che i miei sono guanti invernali pesantemente isolati ed impermeabilizzati che hanno persino una striscia di gomma sul dorso del pollice sinistro per togliere le gocce di pioggia dalla visiera... Immaginate solo che cosa potrebbe essere indossarli sotto il sole con piu' di 30 gradi. Cosi' la scorsa settimana ho deciso di comprarne un secondo paio piu' adatto al bel tempo, che mi consentissero di non perdere una presa salda sulle manopole a causa del sudore, mi proteggessero le dita dagli urti con insetti vari e api e assorbissero parte dei colpi e delle vibrazioni che uno non nota finche' non sente un inaspettato dolore alla spalla e non sa piegarne il perche'. La scelta e' caduta su un paio di guanti Rockrider da mountain bike; non sono guanti specifici da moto ma sono comodi e leggeri, decentemente traspiranti e visto che hanno le dita tagliate non si e' costretti a toglierseli per recuperare mobilita' quando, per esempio, c'e' da prendere il portafogli per pagare la benzina. Dopo qualche tempo mi sono abbastanza assuefatto e li porterei volentieri anche per piccoli spostamenti come ad esempio andare in centro per una birra. Per non menzionare il fatto che comunque costituiscano un minimo aiuto contro i graffi nella spiacevole eventualita' di una caduta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Quello che non concorda affatto con la sicurezza e' il mio abbigliamento estivo... So che il caro Steve Williams disapproverebbe ma il fatto e' che non riesco a girare con piu' di una maglietta, dei bermuda e delle scarpe da skateboard; e' semplicemente troppo caldo per indossare qualsiasi genere di giacchetto possiate immaginare, davvero. L'Insetto non va molto veloce e quindi la ventilazione non aiuta, inotre i miei spostamenti piu' lunghi, a parte i 21 km per andare a lavorare o i 150 km che faccio ogni due settimane per andare da Elena, si riducono a brevi giri di 10 km per andare al mare. Perche' dovrei preoccuparmi? Andro' piano e mi godro' il sole.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Now that summer has come at last I can't stand wearing gloves; it isn't hard to believe, as I have winter waterproof gloves with a thick insulation and a gum strip upon the ridge of the left thumb to wipe the rain off the helmet shield... just imagine what would it be to ride wearing this gloves in sunny weather and over 30 C degrees. So last week I decided to buy another pair of gloves more suitable for summer weather which could save me from loosing grip on the handlebars because of sweat, protect me from being hitted on my fingers by flying bugs and bees and absorb some of the shocks and vibrations which one doesn't notice until he feels an unexpected pain in his shoulder and he can't explain how did it happen. The choice fell on a pair of Rockrider MTB gloves; they're not specific riding gloves but they're comfortable and light, they allow a decent transpiration and as they have cut fingers you're not forced to take them off to gain mobility and, for example, take your pocket to pay for the fuel. After a while I'm quite addicted to them and I'd likely wear them even for short commutes, i.e. going downtown for a beer. Not to mention the fact that they however constitute a miminal help against scratches in the unpleasant case of a fall.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;What doesn't match at all with safety are my summer clothes... I know that dear Steve Williams wouldn't give me his approval, but I simply can't ride with more than a t-shirt, shorts and skateboarding shoes; it's simply too hot to wear whatever kinda jacket you could imagine, really. The Bug can't ride fast so overventilation doesn't help and my longest ride, apart from the 21 km commute to work and the 150 km I ride once every two weeks to go to Elena's, is a short 10 km zip to a nearby beach. Why should I worry? I'll just slow down and enjoy this sunny weather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-715370202425405402?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/715370202425405402/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/07/guanti-estivi-summer-gloves.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/715370202425405402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/715370202425405402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/07/guanti-estivi-summer-gloves.html' title='guanti estivi - summer gloves'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SHY3vBdWyJI/AAAAAAAAAXE/PbEI-GNPF4E/s72-c/gloves.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8661863160327951833</id><published>2008-06-26T18:15:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:16.546+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='18000'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>18.000</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SGPA5p_QMHI/AAAAAAAAAWs/fG1H8007aGQ/s1600-h/diciotto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SGPA5p_QMHI/AAAAAAAAAWs/fG1H8007aGQ/s400/diciotto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216224890181398642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Diciottomila chilometri, qualche giorno fa. E visto che il danno c'e' sempre, tra poco ho l'impressione che saro' costretto a fare un viaggio e due servizi facendo il tagliando e sistemando la carrozzeria. Una bella spesa, certo, ma un solo pianto.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Eight thousand kilometers, some days ago. And as the bump is still there I feel that in a few days I'll be forced to kill two pigeons with a stone and bring it to the shop for a scheduled maintenance and a fix and re-paint. A fair amount of money, indeed, but just one cry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8661863160327951833?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8661863160327951833/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/06/18000.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8661863160327951833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8661863160327951833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/06/18000.html' title='18.000'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SGPA5p_QMHI/AAAAAAAAAWs/fG1H8007aGQ/s72-c/diciotto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-9012886689992922493</id><published>2008-06-19T17:12:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:16.694+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shower'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='risk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='temporale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>shower</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SFp3lXBgVvI/AAAAAAAAATk/sn12Puh-O6E/s1600-h/temporale.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SFp3lXBgVvI/AAAAAAAAATk/sn12Puh-O6E/s400/temporale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213611002353964786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"and accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bones..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bob Dylan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ecco come mai un paio di giorni fa sono tornato a casa dal lavoro e all'arrivo ero completamente fradicio. E quando dico "completamente" intendo proprio completamente. Si', anche le mutande.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Del resto la mattina c'era il sole, chi poteva immaginarlo? Sono i rischi del vespista, in fondo e' stato quasi piacevole!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Here's why a couple of days ago I arrived home from work completely drenched. And when I say "completely" I really mean completely. Yes, panties too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;After all it was sunny, in the morning, who could have guessed it? It's a vespa rider risk, and by the way it was nearly fun!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-9012886689992922493?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/9012886689992922493/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/06/shower.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/9012886689992922493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/9012886689992922493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/06/shower.html' title='shower'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SFp3lXBgVvI/AAAAAAAAATk/sn12Puh-O6E/s72-c/temporale.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8251341299330097272</id><published>2008-06-10T16:22:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:17.163+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asphalt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scratches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Shit.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SE6OeKqPUPI/AAAAAAAAASg/JybwpMqJLHo/s1600-h/biccio01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SE6OeKqPUPI/AAAAAAAAASg/JybwpMqJLHo/s200/biccio01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210258467822981362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Merda, appunto. Ho appena preso un buon caffe', sto tornando in ufficio quando il cellulare inizia a suonare. Mi fermo a bordo strada, c'e' una nuova piazzola per gli autobus che sembra perfetta, posso stare a bordo strada senza intralciare il traffico, quindi metto la Vespa sul cavalletto mi tolgo il casco e rispondo al telefono. In meno di venti secondi, mentre sono girato, sento uno schianto. Mi giro ed ecco che la Vespa e' sdraiata su un fianco perche' l'asfalto nuovo, troppo morbido, ha ceduto  e l'Insetto Scoppiettante si e' fracassato su una bella distesa di pietre aguzze. Come potete vedere, la parte posteriore destra e' a onde, la vernice e' saltata in piu' punti e l'adesivo casalingo, che stava iniziando a prendere un bel colore vintage - avrei fatto un post a breve, fanculo - si e' strappato. Almeno ha salvato un po' la vernice, ma ora temo che dovro' lasciare il piccolo Insetto in officina per un po', spendendo una discreta cifra... Ora aspetto solo che Big C faccia un paio di telefonate e mi trovi una soluzione rapida e indolore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SE6OsWocqBI/AAAAAAAAASo/hKb0TxJpCnA/s1600-h/biccio02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SE6OsWocqBI/AAAAAAAAASo/hKb0TxJpCnA/s200/biccio02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210258711554861074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Shit, precis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ely. I have just had a good coffee, I'm going back to the office when the cellphone starts ringing. I stop on the side of the road, there's a new bus stop that looks perfect, I can stay aside without disturbing the road traffic, so I put the Vespa on its stand and tak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;e off my helmet to answer the phone. In less than twenty seconds, while I'm looking in another direction, I hear a crash. I turn and realize that the Vespa is lying on one side because the new asphalt, too soft, subsided and the Arkansas Chuggabug crashed on a patch of sharp stone shards. As you can see, the rear right side is wavy, the paint is scratched in many points and the homemade sticker, which was starting to get a beautiful vintage look - I'd have posted shortly about it, fuck - is torn. At least it saved some scratches, but now I fear I'll have to leave the little Bug to the shop for a while, spending a good amount of bucks... Now I'm just waiting Big C to make a couple of calls and help me find a quick and dirty solution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8251341299330097272?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8251341299330097272/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/06/shit.html#comment-form' title='7 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8251341299330097272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8251341299330097272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/06/shit.html' title='Shit.'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SE6OeKqPUPI/AAAAAAAAASg/JybwpMqJLHo/s72-c/biccio01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-9174753405157146794</id><published>2008-06-06T17:38:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:17.325+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='car'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drivers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Gimme  a positron weapon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SEladEFT75I/AAAAAAAAASY/_H7IpSapCL8/s1600-h/bycar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SEladEFT75I/AAAAAAAAASY/_H7IpSapCL8/s320/bycar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208793899389415314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sunday driver never took a test&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Once upon a time in the West"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;[Dire Straits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Oggi odio tutti. Non proprio tutti, solo i guidatori di scatole; come avrete intuito ho dovuto lasciare a casa la Vespa ed andare al lavoro in macchina e questo mi provoca ogni volta crisi isteriche, rabbia smodata, scatti d'ira e ridicoli momenti in cui urlo come un forsennato nell'abitacolo con l'illusoria speranza che serva a migliorare la situazione. Non faccio in tempo ad uscire dalla citta' che un deficiente davanti a me decide di entrare in strada e subito dopo inchiodare all'inizio della corsia di accelerazione, lasciando me nel bel mezzo della carreggiata e con un'auto che sopraggiunge... primo vaffanculo. Urlato, e' ovvio. Sfanalate e insulti non lo distraggono dalla sua beata demenza. La fila per uscire sulla provinciale mi costringe a conformarmi alla folle velocita' di 25 km/h per chilometri infiniti solo perche' c'e' un rilevatore di velocita' che scatta oltre i 50. Altro vaffanculo, urlato anche questo. Sto urlando vaffanculo da solo dentro la scatola e non serve a migliorare la situazione. La gente entra in strada come fosse nel proprio maledetto salotto, e' un continuo frenare per evitare gli scontri; le buche nell'asfalto che in Vespa evito con scioltezza sono un incubo in auto perche' si presentano sempre a coppia e per schivarne una con le ruote di destra te ne prendi un'altra con quelle di sinistra. I sussulti peggiorano l'umore. Poi trovo una stronza che riesce a percorrere un'intera curva zigzagando, a prima vista perche' sta tentando di prendere degli appunti sul volante, mentre guida; solo dopo, mentre finalmente la sorpasso, mi accorgo che la povera subumana sta mangiando un'enorme pezzo di schiacciata, tentando di guidare, scartarla e masticarla allo stesso tempo, mentre curva e cambia marcia.&lt;br /&gt;AIUTO.&lt;br /&gt;Voglio distruggerli tutti, datemi un'arma a positroni. Maledetti guidatori di scatole vi voglio incenerire.&lt;br /&gt;E poi - merda - proprio oggi che sono in auto cosa incontro? Una macchia rossa viene verso di me, e man mano che si avvicina la distinguo: e' una vespa PX d'epoca, di un rosso sbiadito cosi' caratteristico. E ha un sidecar! Dannazione, e' me-ra-vi-glio-sa, e io non posso abbassare il finestrino per fargli il saluto del motociclista, un gesto di fratellanza tra vespisti, mi prenderebbe per scemo. Non doveva succedere oggi, e' una tortura, una fottutissima tortura.&lt;br /&gt;Penso che a pranzo avro' bisogno di una birra, magari una Tennents Super doppio malto; tanto non ho intenzione di guidare, almeno non questo pomeriggio. Solo gli dei sanno chi potrei investire sogghignando soddisfatto...&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Today I hate everyone. Not really everyone, just the box drivers; as you might have guessed I had to leave the Vespa at home and drive my car to work and this always provokes hysterical crisis, overbloating rage, sudden wrath and ridiculous moments during which I shout like a madman into the vehicle with the vain hope that things might get better. I still haven't left the town and a stupid before me decides to enter the road hanging immediately after having reached the speed-up lane, leaving me in the middle of the road with a car approaching... first fuck-off. I shout it, obviously. I flash the front light shouting insults but all this can't distract him from his heavenly stupidity. The queue to reach the province road forces me to drive at the insane speed of 25 km/h for infinite miles just because there's a speed meter shooting pictures over 50. Another fuck-off, shouted out loud as well. I'm shouting fuck-off alone into the box and it doesn't turn things better. People enter the road as they were into their damn living rooms, I'm continuously braking to avoid accidents; the holes in the asphalt which I usually and easily dodge when I ride my Vespa are a nightmare to a car driver because they always come in couples and to dodge one on the right you hit another one with your left tires. All these bumps help in getting me upset. Then I find a bitch who succeeds in tracing a wide carve slaloming, apparently because she's trying to take notes upon her steering wheel, while driving; it's just a few minutes after, while overtaking her, that I realize she's eating an incredibly huge piece of schiacciata (a widespread flat and salted oily bread) trying to drive, unwrap it and eat it at the very same time, while steering and shifting gears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;HELP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I wanna destroy them, give me a positron weapon. Damn box drivers I wanna burn you down to ashes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Then - shit - just today that I drive a car, what do I cross? A red spot is approaching me and as it gets closer I realize it's a vintage Vespa PX, in its so typical faded red. And it's got a sidecar! Goddamn me, it's won-der-ful and I can't lower the glass to give him the two-finger biker's salute, a friendly greeting among Vespa riders, he'd think I'm mad. It simply shouldn't have happened today, it's a torture, a damn fucking torture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I think I'll need a beer for lunch, a Tennents Super strong lager; I'm not going to drive this afternoon, that's it. Only the Gods know who I might knock down sneering terribly...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-9174753405157146794?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/9174753405157146794/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/06/gimme-positron-weapon.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/9174753405157146794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/9174753405157146794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/06/gimme-positron-weapon.html' title='Gimme  a positron weapon'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SEladEFT75I/AAAAAAAAASY/_H7IpSapCL8/s72-c/bycar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-3076955593369672364</id><published>2008-05-28T09:08:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T09:11:12.171+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogged</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Come potete vedere dal nuovo logo sulla destra, l'Insetto Scoppiettante e' stato classificato su Blogged.com e la cosa ci fa molto piacere!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a presto.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;As you may see on the upper right side of the page, the Insetto Scoppiettante has been rated by Blogged.com, and this makes us very happy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;see ya soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-3076955593369672364?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/3076955593369672364/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/05/blogged.html#comment-form' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3076955593369672364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/3076955593369672364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/05/blogged.html' title='Blogged'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8365585122815231873</id><published>2008-05-11T23:43:00.018+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:20.267+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appennini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garfagnana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='isera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apuane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corfino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='orecchiella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='campaiana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Parco dell'Orecchiella</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdpUv5rrcI/AAAAAAAAAQU/eOuWliSnrpE/s1600-h/o01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdpUv5rrcI/AAAAAAAAAQU/eOuWliSnrpE/s200/o01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199240099999231426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Con l'arrivo della bella stagione finalmente ricominciano i viaggi del fine settimana verso la Versilia e visto che stavolta c'era la possibilita' di fare un ponte lungo l'Insetto Scoppiettante ha coraggiosamente valicato le Alpi Apuane dirigendosi in Garfagnana e finalmente dentro al Parco dell'Orecchiella, proprio al confine tra la Toscana e l'Emilia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Meta di una precedente visita per lo scorso Capodanno, il Parco dell'Orecchiella e' un posto che merita di essere visitato in ogni stagione, almeno da quello che mostrano i libri. Stavolta si&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdpvv5rreI/AAAAAAAAAQk/mQEuT3YygQA/s1600-h/o02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdpvv5rreI/AAAAAAAAAQk/mQEuT3YygQA/s200/o02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199240563855699426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; sarebbe trattato di un'incursione primaverile allo scopo di fare qualche camminata sui monti e qualche giro in Vespa tra paesini e boschi, scattando foto e assaggiando del buon cibo. Campo base il Rifugio Isera, proprio sotto la Pania di Corfino, la montagna centrale del parco. Il rifugio e' molto ben tenuto ed i gestori sono cordiali; ci si arriva dalla strada principale percorrendo un breve tratto di sterrato che anticipa la strada che avremmo percorso di li' a un paio di giorni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdpg_5rrdI/AAAAAAAAAQc/GwtUaWcXNhk/s1600-h/o03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdpg_5rrdI/AAAAAAAAAQc/GwtUaWcXNhk/s200/o03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199240310452628946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Percorsa la via d'Arni e superate la Cava delle Tagliate, la Galleria del Cipollaio e la Centrale Idroelettrica di Torrite gia' tutto sembrava emozionante, l'aria fresca, il tempo bello e la Vespa carica di poco bagaglio ben distribuito; il viaggio in Sardegna e i consigli di amici biker (primo tra tutti il Carlone) ci hanno insegnato ad ottimizzare pesi, spazio e fissaggi, quindi: sacchi a pelo arrotolati, legati ed avvolti con il telo impermeabile McKinley, sul portapacchi posteriore; zaino piccolo assicurato alla sella e tenuto tra le gambe ed infine un secondo zaino piccolo in un sacchetto impermeabile &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdqb_5rrfI/AAAAAAAAAQs/F4ljgaqZog0/s1600-h/o04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdqb_5rrfI/AAAAAAAAAQs/F4ljgaqZog0/s200/o04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199241324064910834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;legato sul portapacchi anteriore. Sotto la sella, oltre a pochi oggetti comuni, ho portato una tanichetta d'emergenza per la benzina, visto che il montagna i distributori non sono affatto frequenti. Occorrerebbe utilizzare una tanica omologata per il trasporto carburanti, ma dopo alcune veloci consultazioni dei maggiori forum vespistici ho concluso che una vecchia tanica vuota per olio da un litro sarebbe piu' che bastata per un giro di tre giorni, lasciandoci un buon margine di sicurezza sia in termini di tenuta che di chilometri. In realta' non abbiamo avuto bisogno di utilizzarla perche' per pura combinazione gli incontri con i distributori hanno coinciso con i bisogni, comunque e' diventata un accessorio utile per tutti quei trasferimenti "a rischio" in cui l&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdq9f5rrgI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/IzltJt2rTTY/s1600-h/o05.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdq9f5rrgI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/IzltJt2rTTY/s200/o05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199241899590528514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;a strada da percorrere e' poco piu' lunga di un pieno.&lt;br /&gt;Il primo giorno quindi si e' diviso tra il viaggio mattutino e un giro pomeridiano in Vespa nella zona bassa del parco, dove si trovano minuscoli paesi interessanti ed il Castello di Verrucole, una fortezza medioevale piuttosto scenica.&lt;br /&gt;Il secondo giorno invece l'abbiamo trascorso percorrendo a piedi il sentiero che corre intorno alla Pania di Corfino per poi risalirla fino alla vetta e ridiscendere al rifugio, una camminata che, fatta con tranquillita', impegna per cinque o sei ore.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdr0f5rrhI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/YvKQpeMyP_0/s1600-h/o06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdr0f5rrhI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/YvKQpeMyP_0/s200/o06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199242844483333650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il terzo giorno, quello del rientro, abbiamo deciso di percorrere una strada non asfaltata che attraversa il parco tra i faggi fino a raggiungere la Sella di Campaiana a quota 1536 s.l.m. per poi riconnettersi alla strada che dal paese di Sassorosso si dirige verso il Passo delle Radici. E' una strada meravigliosa, specialmente in questa stagione in cui il verde inizia gradualmente a sprigionarsi dai rami e dal terreno; la faggeta e' alta e il sole filtra nella giusta misura; e' un'area inapettatamente ricca d'acqua, tanto che ormai come da tradizione siamo costretti ad effettuare l'attraversamento di un guado.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdsT_5rriI/AAAAAAAAARE/V6AAN6oJrSU/s1600-h/o07.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdsT_5rriI/AAAAAAAAARE/V6AAN6oJrSU/s200/o07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199243385649212962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un'altra prova divertente per l'Insetto Scoppiettante!&lt;br /&gt;Tornati sull'asfalto allarghiamo il giro fino a Castiglione, poi ancora a Castelnuovo per un gelato e per l'acquisto di salumi e dolci. Infine, sulla via del ritorno decidiamo di svoltare per Arni e salire fino al Passo del Vestito, discendendo poi dolcemente fino a Massa, l'ennesima strada panoramica e bellissima, che sale attraverso montagne selvagge per valicarle attraverso una galleria e ridiscendere tra il marmo bianco delle cave.&lt;br /&gt;L'ora del ritorno coincide col tramonto&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdtKP5rrjI/AAAAAAAAARM/SNCxvvPVBIY/s1600-h/o08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdtKP5rrjI/AAAAAAAAARM/SNCxvvPVBIY/s200/o08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199244317657116210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;; abbiamo percorso altri chilometri, visto posti bellissimi, vissuto un fine settimana come ci piacerebbe vivere sempre: in giro, su due ruote, pochi bagagli e un po' d'avventura.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;With the arrival of summer season I start again traveling towards Versilia in the weekend and as this one was a *long* weekend, the Arkansas Chuggabug bravely crossed Apuane Alps first heading to Garfagnana and finally entering the Orecchiella Park, right on the border between Tuscany and Emilia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCduMf5rrkI/AAAAAAAAARU/GeyCXQrvJ6Q/s1600-h/o09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCduMf5rrkI/AAAAAAAAARU/GeyCXQrvJ6Q/s200/o09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199245455823449666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Target of a previous visit made last New Year's Eve, the Orecchiella Park is a place that deserves to be visited in each season, at least from what the bo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;oks show. This time it would be a springtime trip in order to do some walking in the mountains and some Vespa ride between villages and woods, taking photos and tasting good food. Our base camp the Rifugio Isera, just below the Pania di Corfino, the central mountain of the park. The refuge is very well kept and the managers are nice people; to get there from the main road there's a short unpaved road that anticipates the road that we'd ride a couple of days after.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ridden the Arni road and passed by the Tagliate quarry, the Cipollaio tunn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdwZv5rrlI/AAAAAAAAARc/NlHTw7A4gbo/s1600-h/o10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdwZv5rrlI/AAAAAAAAARc/NlHTw7A4gbo/s200/o10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199247882479971922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;el and the hydroelectric power plant of Torrite, everything seemed already exciting, the air fresh, the weather beautiful and the Vespa loaded with a little and well distributed baggage; the trip to Sardinia and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;advic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;es of biker friends (first of all Carlone) taught us to optimize weight, space and hardware, so: sleeping bags rolled, tied and wrapped with my waterproof McKinley cover, on the rear rack; a small backpack tied to the saddle, held between my legs and finally a second small backpack in a waterproof bag tied on the front rack. Under the saddle, besides a few common items, I brought a small emergency tank for gasoline, since upon the mountains gas stations are not &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdwvv5rrmI/AAAAAAAAARk/Kl1GeMk2JSg/s1600-h/o11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdwvv5rrmI/AAAAAAAAARk/Kl1GeMk2JSg/s200/o11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199248260437093986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;so many. It would be better to use a certified tank for fuel transportation, but after a quick look at the main vespa forums I finished assuming that an old one-litre empty oil tank would have been enough &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;for a three days trip, leaving us a good tolerance in terms of kilometres and leaks. We actually did not use it because luckily we met gas stations just when needed; however it has become a standard accessory for all those risky commutes in which the road to ride is just more than a full tank allows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The first day was equally divided between the morning commute and the afternoon Vespa ride in the lower area of the park, where we met tiny interesting villages and the Verrucole Castle, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdxGv5rrnI/AAAAAAAAARs/fL8GHMHPRMs/s1600-h/o12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdxGv5rrnI/AAAAAAAAARs/fL8GHMHPRMs/s200/o12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199248655574085234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a  rather scenic medieval fortress.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Instead we spent the second day walking along the path that runs around the Pania of Corfino and then climbs up to the top to follow back down to the refuge, a quiet walk that took us around five/six hours to complete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The third day, that of our return, we decided to ride an unpaved road that crosses the park between beeches up to Sella di Campaiana at an altitude of 1536 meters a.s.l. and then reconnects to the road which from the village of S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdxmf5rroI/AAAAAAAAAR0/rmrfo4G2DCE/s1600-h/o13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdxmf5rroI/AAAAAAAAAR0/rmrfo4G2DCE/s200/o13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199249201034931842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;assorosso heads towards Passo delle Radici. It's a wonderful road, especially in this season when shades of green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;gradually begin to spring by branches and ground; the beech wood is high and the sun filters in the right amount; it's an area unexpectedly rich in water so that, as a tradition, we are forced to cross a ford. Another funny test for the Arkansas Chuggabug!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Back on the asphalt we ride up to Castiglione, then still in Castelnuovo for an ice cream and to buy meats and sw&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdx4f5rrpI/AAAAAAAAAR8/K1cEyYSmFgU/s1600-h/o14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdx4f5rrpI/AAAAAAAAAR8/K1cEyYSmFgU/s200/o14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199249510272577170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;eets. Finally, on the way back home we decide to turn to Arni and climb &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;up the Passo del Vestito, then gently descending down to M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;assa, on a beautiful and scenic road, which climbs through wild mountains and then crosses them through a tunnel and down in the midst of white marble quarries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The return matches with sunset; we have ridden again for kilometers , seen beautiful places, lived a weekend as we would like to live forever: on two wheels, with a light luggage and a bit of adventure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8365585122815231873?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8365585122815231873/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/05/parco-dellorecchiella.html#comment-form' title='13 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8365585122815231873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8365585122815231873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/05/parco-dellorecchiella.html' title='Parco dell&apos;Orecchiella'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SCdpUv5rrcI/AAAAAAAAAQU/eOuWliSnrpE/s72-c/o01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8864607752764194499</id><published>2008-05-06T23:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T23:38:49.940+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compleanno'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Happy birthday...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Buon compleanno. All'Insetto Scoppiettante ovviamente, e in ritardo, come al solito. Ieri il piccolo Insetto ha compiuto un anno e il contachilometri segnava 16.500 km, al ritorno da un giro memorabile nel Parco dell'Orecchiella. Ho poco tempo in questi giorni per scrivere questo singolo post ma nella tasca dei miei pantaloni ho un taccuino con molti appunti relativi a post interessanti che vedrete nei prossimi giorni, quindi pazientate ancora un po' e abbiate fiducia!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Happy birthday. To the Arkansas Chuggabug, obviously, and late as usual. Yesterday the little Bug was 1 year old and its odometer read 16,500 kms, back from a great ride into the Orecchiella Park. I haven't much time these days to write even this single post but I got a notepad filled with notes about interesting posts in my back pocket and you'll read them soon, so be patient and trust me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8864607752764194499?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8864607752764194499/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-birthday.html#comment-form' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8864607752764194499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8864607752764194499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-birthday.html' title='Happy birthday...'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-809447524237959206</id><published>2008-04-30T18:21:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:20.475+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fuel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carburante'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tanica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='orecchiella'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Destination Anywhere</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SBic2tnozgI/AAAAAAAAAQM/hMuGOeanYi0/s1600-h/or.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SBic2tnozgI/AAAAAAAAAQM/hMuGOeanYi0/s320/or.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195074633944583682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Oh, destination anywhere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;East or west, I don't care&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;[Niamh Kavanagh - The Commitments]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Si parte! Per questi quattro giorni di festa l'Insetto Scoppiettante e' diretto tra le Alpi Apuane e l'Appennino, nel Parco dell'Orecchiella, dove abbiamo trascorso lo scorso capodanno tra la neve e i cervi. Stavolta pero', complici il tempo sereno, le temperature piu' miti, la fioritura primaverile e qualche giorno festivo in piu', abbiamo deciso di andare in Vespa. Il prossimo 5 maggio compie un anno, e solo per raggiungere la Versilia oltrepassera' abbondantemente la soglia dei 16000 chilometri; ho controllato lo stato generale del mezzo, il livello dell'olio, la regolazione del minimo. Ho una tanica addizionale per il carburante da un litro, ottenuta utilizzando un contenitore vuoto per olio motore; non e' una pratica consigliabile, poiche' non si tratta di un recipiente certificato per trasporto carburanti, ma per brevi periodi e con le dovute accortezze, serve egregiamente alo scopo. non l'ho portata neanche in Sardegna, dove forse avrebbe avuto piu' ragione di servire, ma la questione e' tutta riguardo alla temperatura: in Sardegna d'agosto non e' come sull'Appennino a inizio maggio... i problemi di una tanica carburante sono essenzialmente tre: la robustezza in caso di caduta, la tenuta alla pressione in caso di surriscaldamento e l'usura per invecchiamento. Al primo problema si pone rimedio trovando una sistemazione che minimizzi il rischi di urti. Al secondo cercando di schermare il sole ed evitando di riempirla troppo o troppo poco; se e' troppo piena, infatti, non ha modo di bilanciare le variazioni di volume e richia di lasciar fuoriuscire benzina e se e' troppo vuota i vapori che riempono la parte vuota possono raggiungere pressioni troppo elevate facendola scoppiare. Il terzo problema e' soltanto dovuto all'eta', e visto che c'e' gente che usa per anni taniche a uso alimentare senza problemi non c'e' da preoccuparsi poi troppo. Per un viaggio corto va benissimo, al prossimo giro vedro' di procurarmene una specifica, magari in metallo.&lt;br /&gt;Non ho molte foto per questo post, ma si tratta anche di una scelta: le foto le vedrete dopo! Speriamo di trovare tempo buono e un'ottima luce. A presto!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Let's go! For these four bank holidays the Insetto Scoppiettante is heading to a place between the Apuane Alps and Apennines, into the Orecchiella Park, where we spent last New Year's Eve between snow and deers. This time, though, thanks to warm weather, mild temperatures, the blossoming spring and a few more free days than in an usual weekend, we decided to go by Vespa. Next May 5th i'll be one year old, and just when I reach Versilia it will have ridden more than 16,000 kilometers; I checked the bike, the oil level, the setting of the engine. I have a 1l additional fuel tank obtained reusing an empty tank for engine oil; it's not a recommended practice, because it is not a certified tank for fuel transportation, but for short trips and with all the necessary care, it's pretty good for this task. I did not even bring one in Sardinia, where perhaps I would have needed it much more, but it's all about temperatures: Sardinia in August is way hotter than Appennino in early May... The problems of a fuel tank are essentially three: the strength in the event of a fall, keeping the pressure in the event of overheating and wear because of aging. The first problem is solved by finding a location which minimize the risk of collision. The second by trying to shade direct sun and filling it neither too much nor too little; if it's too full, actually, it has no way to balance the changes in volume and this may lead to gas leaks and if it's too empty vapors that fill the empty volume can reach too high pressures making it burst. The third problem is just an ageing problem, and since there are people who use for years common wine tanks without problems there is nothing to worry about. For a short trip it's ok.  Next time I'm gonna get a proper one, maybe made of metal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I ain't got many photos for this post, but it's also a choice: you'll see them later! We hope to find good weather and nice light. See you soon!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-809447524237959206?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/809447524237959206/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/04/destination-anywhere.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/809447524237959206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/809447524237959206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/04/destination-anywhere.html' title='Destination Anywhere'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SBic2tnozgI/AAAAAAAAAQM/hMuGOeanYi0/s72-c/or.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8091179758350788052</id><published>2008-04-30T01:53:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:20.668+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pioggia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='previsioni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forecast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Never trust a forecast</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SBe3DtnozfI/AAAAAAAAAQE/vU_JzBQYI3I/s1600-h/piaggiopioggia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SBe3DtnozfI/AAAAAAAAAQE/vU_JzBQYI3I/s320/piaggiopioggia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194821969608494578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Non fidatevi delle previsioni. Ok, e' vero, le previsioni a breve termine sono particolarmente affidabili ma anche se date un'occhiata a quelle regionali sono sempre basate su un'area troppo ampia per occuparsi dei microclimi locali. E cosi' stamani aveva smesso di piovere, e sapevo che in serata sarebbe migliorato; per questo ho preso il giacchetto sbagliato e sempre per questo sono arrivato fradicio in ufficio... Fortunatamente la pioggia non era poi cosi' intensa, e' bastato dare un'asciugata alle cromature appena arrivato e parcheggiare la Vespa al coperto, sotto un portico. Questa abitudine di pulire le cromature ogni volta che si arriva e' un'azione breve, semplice ed efficace, e soprattutto evita di ricorrere a un disincrostante come il Sidol ogni volta che la ruggine o altri ossidi tentano di salire in superficie.&lt;br /&gt;Tengo sempre nella cassetta anteriore un panno di cotone per questa funzione e per altri usi occasionali e cosi' come altri tre o quattro oggetti si rivela un'ottima scelta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Never trust a forecast. Ok, it's true, short-term forecasts are particularly reliable but even if you look to regional ones, they are always based on a too large area to consider local microclimates. And so this morning rain had stopped, and I knew that in the evening the weather would have been better, so I took the wrong jacket and that's why I entered the office completely drenched... Luckily the rain was not so intense, I just had to wipe the chrome as soon as I arrived and to park my Vespa under under an arcade. This habit of cleaning the chrome every time you arrive is a short, simple and effective action, and above all it avoids resorting to a cleaner like Sidol whenever rust or other oxides try to rise on the surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I always keep a cotton cloth in the glove box for this reason and for other occasional tasks and just like another three or four items it's an excellent choice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8091179758350788052?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8091179758350788052/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/04/never-trust-forecast.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8091179758350788052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8091179758350788052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/04/never-trust-forecast.html' title='Never trust a forecast'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SBe3DtnozfI/AAAAAAAAAQE/vU_JzBQYI3I/s72-c/piaggiopioggia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4474486250900759447</id><published>2008-04-15T17:04:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:21.467+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Steve Williams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scooter in the Sticks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Di nuovo in corsia veloce - Back in the fast lane</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9khgl_ZI/AAAAAAAAAOk/GAIqWaGn1FU/s1600-h/bifl03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9khgl_ZI/AAAAAAAAAOk/GAIqWaGn1FU/s200/bifl03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189481105805671826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Come molti di voi avranno letto, il caro &lt;a href="http://vespalx150.blogspot.com/"&gt;Steve Williams di Scooter in the Sticks&lt;/a&gt; ha preso la decisione di fermare il proprio blog, suscitando il disappunto in molti altri blogger ed appassionati lettori. Anche io, in prima battuta, sono rimasto disorientato dall'improvvisa decisione, specialmente ora che ai post sulla Vespa si affiancava il suo progetto fotografico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Come sempre, dopo il primo impatto il raziocinio ha prevalso sull'impulsivita'; ho letto i numerosi e da me pronosticati commenti, ho letto post che riportavano la notizia su blog di amici e colleghi motociclisti, finche' sono arrivato a trarre una conclusione: tutti noi dobbiamo fare del nostro meglio. Non e' bloggando come appendici di Steve che creiamo qualcosa di unico, bensi' sviluppando ciascuno la propria individualita', aggiungendo il proprio contributo al consistente mondo dello scootering e del motociclismo appassionato.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9bBgl_YI/AAAAAAAAAOc/xmJEoIgO1yA/s1600-h/bifl02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9bBgl_YI/AAAAAAAAAOc/xmJEoIgO1yA/s200/bifl02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189480942596914562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Dobbiamo dimostrare di poter camminare sulle nostre gambe, o meglio, correre sulle nostre ruote, e far si' che i nostri lettori possano trovare in tutti noi quello che noi per primi abbiamo trovato in Scooter in the Sticks: un buon esempio di blogging, di approccio al mondo che ci circonda, di professionalita' giornalistica, di fotografia e composizione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per quel che mi riguarda il mio rapporto con la Vespa e' prima di tutto utilitario anche se la pura passione viaggia di pari passo, per cui non c'e' altra scelta: devo andare. Non posso decidere se fare la solita strada o deviare per i campi, non posso scegliere di prendere l'auto a meno che non si tratti di un bisogno serio poiche' la sottrarrei a casa mia. Devo andare. E vengo ripagato da giornate che si fanno sempre piu' belle, la luce tra i pini mi costringe a fermarmi. Devo andare. Devo incamminarmi nuovamente sulla corsia veloce, fermarmi nel traffico a fare rifornimento, ma la tentazione di scattare una foto e' sempre presente, e la fabbrica fa parte del paesaggio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Non vivo "in the sticks", ma in un bizzarro paesaggio ibrido tra il parco naturale e l'acciaieria, tra la campagna toscana ed il traffico cittadino. Il mio contributo puo' essere piacevole, e Steve mi ha insegnato una cosa: condividere una passione genera passione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Avanti, amici, c'e' bisogno di tutti noi!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;As many of you have surely read, our dear &lt;a href="http://vespalx150.blogspot.com/"&gt;Steve Williams of &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9NRgl_XI/AAAAAAAAAOU/QKe9Zq_pK7c/s1600-h/bifl01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9NRgl_XI/AAAAAAAAAOU/QKe9Zq_pK7c/s200/bifl01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189480706373713266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://vespalx150.blogspot.com/"&gt;Scooter in the Sticks&lt;/a&gt; took the decision to stop his blog, causing disappointment in many other bloggers and passionate readers. Me too, at first, was bewildered by this decision, especially now that his Vespa posts were alternated with his photographic project.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;As usual, after the first impact sense prevailed over feelings; I read the many comments I imagined to read, I read posts that reported these news on friends and colleagues bikers' blogs, until I drawed a conclusion: we all must do our best. It's not blogging as Steve's appendices that we create something unique, but developing our individuality, adding our substantial contribution to the world of scooteri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ng and passionate motorcycling. We must show we can walk on our legs, or better, ride on our wheels, and make sure that our readers can find in all of us what we first found in Scooter in the Sticks: a good example of blogging, approach to the world around us, professional journalism, photography and design.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;As for me, I mainly relay on my Vespa on an utilitarian basis although walkin' hand in hand with pure passion, so there's no choice: I have to go. I can't decide whether to ride the usual road or divert through the fields, I can't choose to take&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9tBgl_aI/AAAAAAAAAOs/YG3w1aSSGME/s1600-h/bifl04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9tBgl_aI/AAAAAAAAAOs/YG3w1aSSGME/s200/bifl04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189481251834559906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; the car unless it is a serious need because I'd steal it from my family. I have to go. And I am paid back by days that are becoming nicer everyday, and the light among the pines forces me to stop. I have to go. I have to ride again along the fast lane, stop beside the traffic to refuel, but the temptation to take a picture is always there and the factory is part of the landscape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I don't li&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ve "in the sticks", but in a bizarre hybrid landscape between the natural park and the steel plant, among the Tuscan countryside and the city traffic. My contribution can be nice, and Steve taught me one thing: sharing a passion generates passion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;C'mon, friends, we're needed!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4474486250900759447?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4474486250900759447/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/04/di-nuovo-in-corsia-veloce-back-in-fast.html#comment-form' title='9 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4474486250900759447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4474486250900759447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/04/di-nuovo-in-corsia-veloce-back-in-fast.html' title='Di nuovo in corsia veloce - Back in the fast lane'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/SAS9khgl_ZI/AAAAAAAAAOk/GAIqWaGn1FU/s72-c/bifl03.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4075757626308137806</id><published>2008-04-04T13:14:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:21.738+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quindicimila'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='15000'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>15.000</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R_ZH9o_heWI/AAAAAAAAAN8/PKuZAVuhUOQ/s1600-h/quindicimila.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R_ZH9o_heWI/AAAAAAAAAN8/PKuZAVuhUOQ/s320/quindicimila.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185411145265150306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;E cosi', il giorno degli scherzi del primo d'Aprile, l'Insetto Scoppiettante ha raggiunto i quindicimila chilometri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Una bella meta, in appena meno di undici mesi, ed anche una bella soddisfazione. Questi motori LEADER sono eccellenti, ed hanno bisogno di ben poche messe a punto; basta ricordarsi di aggiungere un po' d'olio quando scende sotto il livello. La primavera, come ho gia' detto qualche giorno fa, e' alle porte, e la voglia di girare si fa sempre piu' forte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Festeggiate con me?&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So, on April Fool's Day, my Insetto Scoppiettante reached fifteen-thousand kms.&lt;br /&gt;Quite a good goal. in a bit less than eleven months, and a big satisfaction as well. These LEADER engines are excellent and really need  minimal tuning; you just have to remember to add some oil when the level is too low. Spring is blooming, as I said some days ago, and the will to ride is everyday stronger.&lt;br /&gt;Wanna celebrate with me?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4075757626308137806?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4075757626308137806/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/04/15000.html#comment-form' title='11 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4075757626308137806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4075757626308137806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/04/15000.html' title='15.000'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R_ZH9o_heWI/AAAAAAAAAN8/PKuZAVuhUOQ/s72-c/quindicimila.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7188179613663487686</id><published>2008-03-31T12:40:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:22.214+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='smell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='profumi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='odori'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='perfumes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Perfumes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R_DBG4_heTI/AAAAAAAAANk/_3zokdaxfxQ/s1600-h/stitch.montioni_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R_DBG4_heTI/AAAAAAAAANk/_3zokdaxfxQ/s400/stitch.montioni_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183855495225637170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A quasi un anno di distanza dal primo viaggio posso ricordare e parzialmente riprendere uno dei primissimi post pubblicati qui su''Insetto Scoppiettante". In quel post mi riferivo con stupore al fatto che con un mezzo a due ruote si percepiscano gli odori con un'intensita' ed un'istantaneita' che con l'auto non ci si sogna neanche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Oggi posso farmi forte di un campionario piuttosto consistente, frutto di un anno di strada, ed ampliare le mie considerazioni. Innanzitutto c'e' un'ovvia stagionalita' dovuta a molti fattori: le colture, le lavorazioni, le fioriture. Non puoi sentire gli stessi odori durante tutto l'anno, e ci sono profumi che solo un motociclista invernale puo' godersi; lungo la strada il freddo punge il naso ma ci si abitua quasi subito; la pioggia ha un odore diverso in inverno, piu' crudo, piu' diretto, e ti da' il senso del pericolo; capisci quando fa piu' freddo dall'odore dei camini, della legna che viene bruciata, e talvolta un buon pezzo di pino, acceso per bruciare alla svelta e riscaldare in fretta, emana un piacevole odore di resina; quando arriva la sera e il sole scende gli odori si fanno piu' intensi, piu' drammatici; i fossi iniziano ad esalare, e puoi sentire a volte l'odore dolciastro di un fuoco di torba, mescolanza di chissa' quali altri odori visto che da noi in Toscana, la torba non si brucia affatto. Poi, quando si avvicina la primavera, sono i fiori a prevalere, mimose, ginestra, gli alberi da frutto, le piante selvatiche, fino ad arrivare gradualmente all'estate quando, passando per certe affollate localita' balneari, puoi distintamente riconoscere il buon profumo delle ragazze in bikini e delle loro creme solari. Ogni curva una diversa sensazione ed una differente emozione; incredibile quanti singoli stimoli si possano provare anche in un solo corto viaggio di venti chilometri. La sensazione e' impagabile e non si puo' neanche lontanamente pensare di provarla in auto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Non occorre necessariamente una Vespa, anche se con pochi soldi potete comprarvene una d'annata e cambiare la vostra vita.&lt;br /&gt;O meglio, almeno la vostra *percezione* della vita.&lt;br /&gt;Non e' poco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R_DBUI_heUI/AAAAAAAAANs/UWzvjxwpFGQ/s1600-h/fiorigialli_s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R_DBUI_heUI/AAAAAAAAANs/UWzvjxwpFGQ/s320/fiorigialli_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183855722858903874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Almost a year from the first ride I can remember and partly rewrite one of the very first posts here on ''L'Insetto Scoppiettante". In that post I was amazingly referring to the fact that riding a two wheeled vehicle we perceive perfumes in such an instant way that we could not even dream of, driving a car.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Today I have a fairly large amount of samples, the result of a year of road, and I can boldly extend my remarks. Firstly there is an obvious connection with the season due to many factors: crops, processing, blooms. You can't feel the same odors throughout the year, and there are scents that only a winter rider can enjoy; along the road cold bites your nose but you get used almost immediately; the rain has a different smell in the winter, more raw, more direct, and gives you the sense of danger; you understand it's getting colder by the perfume of chimneys, burned wood, and sometimes a good piece of pine, lit to burn fast and quickly heat, releasing a pleasant smell of resin; then the evening comes, the sun goes down and smells are more intense, more dramatic; ditches start to exhale, and sometimes you can hear the sweet smell of a turf fire, a mixture of  who knows what kind of smells, as in Tuscany we don't burn turf at all. Then, as spring approaches, the flowers prevail, mimosa, broom, fruit trees, wild plants, gradually until summer when, riding through some crowded seaside towns, you can distinctly spot the fragrance of girls in their bikinis and their sunscreen. Each curve a different feeling and a different emotion; it's incredible how many individual stimulations we can get just in a short twenty kilometers ride. That feeling is priceless and it can't be felt by car in any way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You don't necessarily need a Vespa, though you can buy a vintage one for cheap and change your life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Or rather, at least your  *perception* of life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It ain't little.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-7188179613663487686?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/7188179613663487686/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/03/perfumes.html#comment-form' title='5 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7188179613663487686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7188179613663487686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/03/perfumes.html' title='Perfumes'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R_DBG4_heTI/AAAAAAAAANk/_3zokdaxfxQ/s72-c/stitch.montioni_s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-6557091990562870309</id><published>2008-03-17T16:16:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:22.307+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tool'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leatherman'/><title type='text'>Tool</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R96ML-d74iI/AAAAAAAAANc/srggTltLmoA/s1600-h/charge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R96ML-d74iI/AAAAAAAAANc/srggTltLmoA/s320/charge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178730758897656354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dovevo postare qualcosa riguardo a questo nuovo acquisto, non fosse solo che per giustificare la spesa...! Portate mai con voi degli attrezzi oltre a quei tre che vengono dati in dotazione con la nuova Vespa? Che attrezzi portano con se' i vespisti classici?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il Leatherman Charge AL rappresenta una delle ultime evoluzioni di un modello consolidato della Leatherman; e' un multiaccessorio che unisce alle classiche pinze molti altri robusti attrezzi, e costa una fortuna. E' stato piacevole comprarlo su Ebay direttamente negli Stati Uniti a un terzo del prezzo.&lt;br /&gt;Io sono orgoglioso del mio Charge, sara' una questione di sentirsi un po' nerd, ma mi sento a posto se ce l'ho in tasca.&lt;br /&gt;Sara' stato McGyver a rovinare la mia generazione?&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I had to post something about this last purchase, at least to justify the expense...! Do you bring any tool with you apart from the three which come with the new Vespa? What kind of tools do classic Vespa riders bring along?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Leatherman Charge AL represents one of the latest evolutions of a classic Leatherman model; it's a multitool combining the usual pliers with many other strong tools, and it's pricey. It was nice buying it on Ebay directly from the US for a third of its price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I'm proud of my Charge, be it a matter of feeling a little nerd, but I feel at ease when i have it in my pocket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Might it have been McGyver to ruin my generation?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Also posted on &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexmelillo"&gt;&lt;b&gt;my flickr pool&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-6557091990562870309?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/6557091990562870309/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/03/dovevo-postare-qualcosa-riguardo-questo.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6557091990562870309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6557091990562870309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/03/dovevo-postare-qualcosa-riguardo-questo.html' title='Tool'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R96ML-d74iI/AAAAAAAAANc/srggTltLmoA/s72-c/charge.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-2557899137213590201</id><published>2008-03-14T18:22:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:22.426+01:00</updated><title type='text'>giornate di pioggia - rainy days</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9q0pud74hI/AAAAAAAAANU/9sP7YfWZkw4/s1600-h/rainydays.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9q0pud74hI/AAAAAAAAANU/9sP7YfWZkw4/s400/rainydays.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177649350557032978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In questo periodo le giornate di pioggia sono piuttosto frequenti. Che fare? prendere la Vespa lo stesso oppure andare in auto?&lt;br /&gt;Talvolta la tentazione e' forte, ed avere un abbigliamento a tenuta d'acqua da' un certo senso di sicurezza. Non e' comunque possibile quando oltre a me stesso l'Insetto deve trasportare anche documenti, tavole ed attrezzatura da rilievo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;During this season rainy days are much more frequent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;What am I supposed to do? Should I ride to work or drive my car?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sometimes it's something you can't resist and if you have a weatherproof jacket and overpants you just feel at ease. It's impossible, though, if my Bug has to carry, other than me, documents, plans and measuring tools...&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Also posted on &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexmelillo"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;my flickr pool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-2557899137213590201?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/2557899137213590201/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/03/giornate-di-pioggia-rainy-days.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2557899137213590201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/2557899137213590201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/03/giornate-di-pioggia-rainy-days.html' title='giornate di pioggia - rainy days'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9q0pud74hI/AAAAAAAAANU/9sP7YfWZkw4/s72-c/rainydays.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1533277016843798523</id><published>2008-03-06T21:48:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:23.051+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='old school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>New/Old School</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9Bbk8h8JhI/AAAAAAAAAMs/RDMR7DL6L5Q/s1600-h/pxone.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9Bbk8h8JhI/AAAAAAAAAMs/RDMR7DL6L5Q/s320/pxone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174736662130599442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Non e' piu' una preoccupazione per me, ho superato la fase di incertezza e ora semplicemente faccio quello che voglio, ma a volte il quesito si ripropone. Meglio essere Old School o New School? Meglio le vecchie Vespe o le nuove? Questo genere di diatriba coinvolge molti altri campi di applicazione ed in ciascuno gli atteggiamenti assumono una particolare sfunatura caratteristica.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'altro settore in cui mi trovo spesso coinvolto e' - l'avrete senz'altro notato - quello della fotografia; un simile dibattito infiamma gli animi intenti a decretare la superiorita' del digitale o dell'analogico (del fotochimico, come preciserebbe un amico). Devo dire che senza il digitale forse questo weblog sarebbe ben meno interessante ed il ritmo ben piu' lento; tuttavia utilizzo sempre tre o quattro macchine meccaniche contro una sola digitale, traendone un gran divertimento. Il progetto "3 prints a week" di Steve e' un altro esempio di come la tecnica tradizionale possa affascinare piu' del nuovo; tuttavia quelle stampe devono essere digitalizzate per poterle mostrare sul blog, e sarebbe impensabile tenere dei ritmi anche solo decenti per un weblog del genere. Diverso e' il caso di "Light was enough." poiche' non c'e' nessun ritmo da tenere.&lt;br /&gt;Quando qualcuno mi chiede se come fotografo sono New o Old School, per tutta risposta alzo la prima macchina che trovo e scatto. Questa e' l'unica risposta: che senso ha la domanda?&lt;br /&gt;Ma tornando alle Vespe, specialmente sui forum si assiste a vere e proprie guerre di religione tra sostenitori dei vecchi due tempi ed appassionati dei moderni automatici; ai raduni capita di sentirsi spaesati perche' la percentuale di Vespe nuove e' minima.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9BqGch8JiI/AAAAAAAAAM0/KInu1Alb9gs/s1600-h/lxvino.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9BqGch8JiI/AAAAAAAAAM0/KInu1Alb9gs/s320/lxvino.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174752630819005986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Eppure tra quelle vecchie Vespe c'e' chi non la usa per piu' di mille chilometri all'anno; il buon Insetto ha dieci mesi ed ha passato i quattordicimila. Se la merita la considerazione?&lt;br /&gt;Cosa mi importa di sapere che mezzo hai, fratello? Facciamo la stessa strada, condividiamo i rischi, le gioie, il paesaggio, l'aria, i profumi, l'asfalto e le avventure.&lt;br /&gt;Non sono New School, non sono Old School.&lt;br /&gt;Vado in Vespa.&lt;br /&gt;E voi?&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;No more a concern for me, I have overcome the phase of uncertainty and now I simply do what I want, but sometimes the question recurs. Better be Old School or New School? Better the old or new Vespas? This kind of controversy involves many other fields of application and into each, attitudes assume a particular typical tone.&lt;br /&gt;The other area where I find myself often involved in - you should have already noticed - is photography; a similar debate inflames the minds of those who declare the superiority of digital or mechanical (photochemical, as a friend of mine would state). I must say that, without digital, this weblog would perhaps be much less interesting and the rythm much slower; nonetheless, I always use three or four mechanical machines against a single digital one, getting big fun out of 'em. Steve's "3 prints a week" project is another example of how the traditional technique can fascinate more than the new ones, but those prints must be however digitized to be able to show them in a blog, and it would be unthinkable to keep a decent pace for such a weblog. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9BqVch8JjI/AAAAAAAAAM8/R0fN7sMIWjo/s1600-h/pxone2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9BqVch8JjI/AAAAAAAAAM8/R0fN7sMIWjo/s320/pxone2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174752888517043762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is not the case of "Light was enough." because there's no pace to keep.&lt;br /&gt;When someone asks me if, as a photographer, I'm New or Old School my only answer is to raise the first camera that I find and click. This is the only answer: what's the meaning of the question?&lt;br /&gt;But returning to Vespas, especially in the forums there is a real religious war between supporters of the old two-stroke engines and fans of the modern automatic; at meetings I happen to feel disoriented because the percentage of new Vespas is minimal. But among those old Vespas there are guys who don't ride for more than a thousand kilometers a year; the Bug is around ten months old and it's over fourteen thousand. Does it deserve consideration?&lt;br /&gt;What do I care about what you ride, brother? We ride upon the same road, we share the risks, the joys, landscape, air, perfumes, asphalt and adventures.&lt;br /&gt;I ain't New School, neither Old School.&lt;br /&gt;I ride my Vespa.&lt;br /&gt;What about you?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1533277016843798523?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1533277016843798523/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/03/newold-school.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1533277016843798523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1533277016843798523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/03/newold-school.html' title='New/Old School'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R9Bbk8h8JhI/AAAAAAAAAMs/RDMR7DL6L5Q/s72-c/pxone.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7455408394396946696</id><published>2008-02-28T23:49:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:23.234+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='superheroes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rusty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='classic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='respect'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Supereroi Rugginosi - Rusty Superheroes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R8c7BgRtdNI/AAAAAAAAAMk/sfowjWDNnrY/s1600-h/rustysuperheroes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R8c7BgRtdNI/AAAAAAAAAMk/sfowjWDNnrY/s320/rustysuperheroes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172167594088428754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Succede talvolta che mi debba spostare per lavoro in altre citta' e non posso fare a meno di notare le Vespe parcheggiate che si distinguono sempre dalla marea di scooter indefiniti e privi di tratti caratteristici. Alcune sono piuttosto curate, pulite, con tutte le cromature e gli accessori. Altre, invece, i "Supereroi Rugginosi", sono devastate dal tempo e dalla ruggine, sporche, con adesivi strappati e scoloriti, ma sono quelle che rappresentano un'intera generazione di vespisti per convenienza e non per passione. Parlo dei cacciatori e pescatori, degli operai, di quelli che erano studenti negli anni '70, di tutti quelli che avevano una Vespa, ma senza l'orgoglio di appartenere ad un gruppo di appassionati. Era un mezzo di locomozione efficiente, comodo, robusto e tutto sommato abbastanza economico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Se non fosse per questi Supereroi Arrugginiti la Vespa non avrebbe avuto probabilmente la diffusione che ha oggi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E loro, ignari di questo ruolo, continuano a girare sulle loro incredibili Vespe, meritandosi tutto il nostro rispetto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It happens sometimes that I gotta move to work in other towns and I can't help but notice many parked Vespas always standing out of the tide of indefinite and style lacking scooters. Some are fairly tidy, clean, with all the chrome and accessories. Others, however, the "Rusty Superheroes", are devastated by weather and rust, dirty, showing torn and faded stickers, but it's those that represent an entire generation of Vespa riders, commuters and not enthusiasts. I talk about hunters and fishermen, workers, those who were students in the 70s, everybody who had a Vespa, but without the pride of belonging to a group of enthusiasts. It was an efficient vehicle, it was comfortable, tough and after all cheap enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If it wasn't for these Rusty Superheroes the Vespa wouldn't be that widespread today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And they, unaware of this role, continue to ride their incredible Vespas, deserving all our respect.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-7455408394396946696?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/7455408394396946696/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/supereroi-rugginosi-rusty-superheroes.html#comment-form' title='4 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7455408394396946696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7455408394396946696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/supereroi-rugginosi-rusty-superheroes.html' title='Supereroi Rugginosi - Rusty Superheroes'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R8c7BgRtdNI/AAAAAAAAAMk/sfowjWDNnrY/s72-c/rustysuperheroes.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5529858132067753727</id><published>2008-02-25T00:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-02-25T00:10:42.044+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='windshield'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Quando e' merda... - Shit happens...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Scusate se sono rozzo ma purtroppo non posso fare molti giri di parole. L'altra mattina pioveva discretamente ed ho dovuto lasciare l'Insetto Scoppiettante in garage per prendere la Megane Scenic. Entro in macchina, mi siedo, chiudo la portiera e guardo avanti; sul parabrezza cosa vedo? Una merda di cane da dodici centimetri almeno!&lt;br /&gt;Immaginate cosa significa iniziare la giornata cosi', doverla togliere sotto la pioggia e probabilmente il cane aveva mangiato della colla. Ma soprattutto, come diavolo c'e' finita???&lt;br /&gt;E se avessi lasciato fuori la Vespa, dove l'avrei trovata, quella merda?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Excuse me if I'm raw but I can't use too many metaphores. Last morning it was consistently raining and I had to leave the Arkansas Chuggabug into the garage to drive the Megane Scenic. I get in, sit down, close the door and look ahead; what's there in the windshield? a dog's shit, five inches at least! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Just imagine what means starting the day this way, you gotta clean the windshield under the rain and what's more, the dog had probably eaten glue. Above all, then, how did it get there??? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;And if I left my Vespa outside, where would that shit have been?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5529858132067753727?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5529858132067753727/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/quando-e-merda-shit-happens.html#comment-form' title='7 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5529858132067753727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5529858132067753727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/quando-e-merda-shit-happens.html' title='Quando e&apos; merda... - Shit happens...'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-768764720046816726</id><published>2008-02-15T09:14:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-02-15T09:25:02.213+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MBI awards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vote'/><title type='text'>MBI Awards!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ciao a tutti. E' tempo di votare per gli MBI Awards; e' molto importante ai fini della nostra reputazione nel mondo dell'industria ottenere quanti piu' voti possibile.&lt;br /&gt;Aiutateci!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.mbiweb.org/2008/vote.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.mbiweb.org/2008&lt;wbr&gt;/vote.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hello everyone. It's time to vote for the MBI Awards; It's very important for our reputation in the industry to have as many votes as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Help us!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.mbiweb.org/2008/vote.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.mbiweb.org/2008&lt;wbr&gt;/vote.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-768764720046816726?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/768764720046816726/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/mbi-awards.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/768764720046816726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/768764720046816726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/mbi-awards.html' title='MBI Awards!'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-8826636101073377341</id><published>2008-02-14T08:38:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:23.422+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='athens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tess rodriguez'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ohio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='design'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vespa retail space'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Designed by Tess Rodriguez</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R7PxrQRtdII/AAAAAAAAALw/QaLQLb63Blg/s1600-h/tech_room_behind_counter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R7PxrQRtdII/AAAAAAAAALw/QaLQLb63Blg/s320/tech_room_behind_counter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166738922930009218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tess Rodriguez mi ha contattato tempo addietro per chiedermi se potesse utilizzare alcune foto del mio weblog all'interno del suo progetto di un punto vendita ed esposizione per la Vespa ad Athens, OH, un progetto accademico che, ora che si e' concluso, Tess stessa ha pubblicato sul suo sito. Si tratta di un buon progetto, e da architetto non potevo che essere felice di vedere le mie foto all'interno di un progetto. In bocca al lupo, Tess, e continua cosi'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Se volete dare un'occhiata - specialmente al video finale - il link e' questo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://trdesign.typepad.com/trdesign/2008/01/senior-year-fal.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Tess Rodriguez Vespa retail space&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tess Rodriguez contacted me some time ago to ask permission to use some of my weblog photographs inside her academic project of a Vespa expo and retail point in Athens, OH, a project now finished and published by Tess on her website. It's a nice project and as an architect I couldn't but be happy to see my pictures inside a project. Good luck Tess, and hold on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;If you wanna take a look at it - expecially the final clip - the link is the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://trdesign.typepad.com/trdesign/2008/01/senior-year-fal.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Tess Rodriguez Vespa retail space&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-8826636101073377341?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/8826636101073377341/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/designed-by-tess-rodriguez.html#comment-form' title='8 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8826636101073377341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/8826636101073377341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/designed-by-tess-rodriguez.html' title='Designed by Tess Rodriguez'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R7PxrQRtdII/AAAAAAAAALw/QaLQLb63Blg/s72-c/tech_room_behind_counter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1415629069678758270</id><published>2008-02-05T17:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:23.578+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tips &apos;n&apos; tricks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chrome care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>[Tips'n'Tricks] cura delle cromature - chrome care</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R6iOhYc2rSI/AAAAAAAAALo/dOHonWptrJA/s1600-h/chrome01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R6iOhYc2rSI/AAAAAAAAALo/dOHonWptrJA/s320/chrome01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163533676930575650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Prendetevi cura delle cromature. In climi asciutti, caldi e zone poco polverose, le cromature troverebbero il posto ideale. Purtroppo vivo su un promontorio, il mare sta tutto intorno, il vento e' spesso forte e la salsedine vola attaccandosi ovunque. Non e' un grosso problema per le vernici metallizzate ma lo e' per le cromature. Specialmente quelle delicate, infatti, come quella del portapacchi anteriore che e' un accessorio aggiuntivo, tendono a far traspirare la salinita' restituendo piccoli granelli di ruggine che si depositano sulla superficie lucida irruvidendola.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Toglere questi depositi e' una palla mostruosa, lo si fa con prodotti specifici nauseabondi e porta via un sacco di tempo. Pertanto, se tenete alla vostra Vespa e non volete spendere centinaia di euro per ricromare o ricomprare le parti cromate, seguite queste poche ed efficaci regole:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;- quando rientrate a casa passate anche velocemente uno straccio sulle cromature per togliere loro lo sporco, l'umidita' e la salsedine&lt;br /&gt;- periodicamente passate un prodotto tipo Sidol per tenerle pulite dalle efflorescenze che si formano comunque in minima parte&lt;br /&gt;- quando le avete pulite con il disincrostante, spruzzateci un protettivo come il grasso al silicone (va benissimo il prodotto per lucidare i cruscotti) che tiene lontana l'acqua.&lt;br /&gt;La vostra Vespa vi ringraziera'... e anche il vostro portafoglio!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Take care of chrome. In dry climates, hot and non-dusty areas, chrome find the ideal place. I unfortunately live on a promontory, the sea is all around, the wind is often strong and the saltiness sticks everywhere. Not a big problem for metallic paint, but it is for chrome. Especially the delicate ones, as the front rack, that's an additional accessory, tend to let the saltiness pass, returning small grains of rust which collect on the shiny surface gloss making it become rough.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;To wipe these deposits is a pain in the ass, it's done with specific and stinky products and it takes away a lot of time. Therefore, if you care about your Vespa and you don't want to spend hundreds of bucks to re-chrome parts or buying new ones, follow these few and effective rules:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- When you return home quickly pass a rag on chrome to remove dirt, moisture 'and saltiness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- Periodically pass a Sidol-like product to keep them clean by efflorescence that minimally however generate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;- After you clean with this products, spray some protective silicone grease upon chrome (dashboards polish is a good product to accomplish this task), and it will keep away the water.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Your Vespa will thank you... And even your wallet!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1415629069678758270?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1415629069678758270/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/tipsntricks-cura-delle-cromature-chrome.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1415629069678758270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1415629069678758270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/02/tipsntricks-cura-delle-cromature-chrome.html' title='[Tips&apos;n&apos;Tricks] cura delle cromature - chrome care'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R6iOhYc2rSI/AAAAAAAAALo/dOHonWptrJA/s72-c/chrome01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4641404476882260699</id><published>2008-01-29T16:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:23.855+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='countryside'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spinaches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Field Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R59MS4c2rMI/AAAAAAAAAK0/nelUMS13ZRU/s1600-h/fieldday01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R59MS4c2rMI/AAAAAAAAAK0/nelUMS13ZRU/s320/fieldday01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160927585264643266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lo scorso fine settimana siamo tornati alle nostre esplorazioni vespistiche nella campagna circostante. Basta poco, un bivio mai imboccato, una strada bianca e di podere in podere perdersi tra gli infiniti campi di spinaci che in questa stagione sono in pieno sviluppo. Ne sono stati seminati cosi' tanti che persino i bordi ed il centro della strada sono coperti di spinaci. E la tentazione di fermarsi e riempire una borsa e' forte, sebbene ci siamo solo messi a scattare qualche foto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sta lentamente tornando la stagione perfetta per girare in Vespa, quella in cui si possono togliere i sovrapantaloni e rientrare un po' piu' tardi senza sentire troppo l'umidita'.&lt;br /&gt;Nel frattempo, godetevi anche voi gli spinaci: in questo periodo sono ottimi!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R59Ml4c2rNI/AAAAAAAAAK8/_kbEhKVne8I/s1600-h/fieldday02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R59Ml4c2rNI/AAAAAAAAAK8/_kbEhKVne8I/s320/fieldday02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160927911682157778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Last weekend we&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; went back exploring by Vespa the neighbouring countryside. It's easy, a never ridden white gravel road and you get lost between infinite spinaches fields which are now full grown. They sew so many of them that the sides and the middle of the road is fully covered by spinaches. And the wish for a stop to fill a bag is strong, though we only shot some pictures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The perfect season for riding is returning, we'll be able to take off our overpants and go home a little later without suffering too much the wet weather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;In the meantime, enjoy spinaches as well: they're yummy now!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4641404476882260699?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4641404476882260699/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/field-day.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4641404476882260699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4641404476882260699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/field-day.html' title='Field Day'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R59MS4c2rMI/AAAAAAAAAK0/nelUMS13ZRU/s72-c/fieldday01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-4061353022121309183</id><published>2008-01-21T13:16:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T22:38:27.908+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Light was enough.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sono stato tentato troppe volte di postare argomenti fotografici, attrezzatura e tutto quel genere di roba, ma questo blog non puo' occuparsene, e' una questione di coerenza.&lt;br /&gt;Quindi ho aperto un nuovo spazio per condividere la mia passione per la fotografia, grezza, spontanea e a bassa fedelta'. E' qui:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lightwasenough.blogspot.com/"&gt;Light was enough.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Date solo un'occhiata, potreste scoprire che vi piace!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I was tempted too many times to post about photography, gear and all that stuff, but this blog can't deal with it, it's a matter of coherence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So I started another website to share my love for die-hard spontaneous low-fi photography.&lt;br /&gt;It's here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://lightwasenough.blogspot.com/"&gt;Light was enough.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;just take a look, you might discover you like it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-4061353022121309183?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/4061353022121309183/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/light-was-enough.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4061353022121309183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/4061353022121309183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/light-was-enough.html' title='Light was enough.'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-6544797660314631440</id><published>2008-01-18T17:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:24.029+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='origins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blubber'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='origini'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='luke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wacky races'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Origini - Origins</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R5DXMD5oXOI/AAAAAAAAAKM/ZHu_Jygmpdg/s1600-h/originalbug.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R5DXMD5oXOI/AAAAAAAAAKM/ZHu_Jygmpdg/s320/originalbug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156858175544646882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Vi siete chiesti da dove venga il nome Insetto Scoppiettante?&lt;br /&gt;Alcuni di voi avranno immediatamente ricordato la propria infanzia. Un bizzarro carretto, un contadino americano, un orso con gli occhialoni...&lt;br /&gt;Esatto! Si tratta del cartone animato Wacky Races, quello in cui Dick Dastardly ed il suo cane Muttley tentano in tutti i modi di vincere barando! Quanti buffi personaggi... Penelope Pitstop, il Diabolico Coupe', il professor Pat Pending... un cartone meraviglioso.&lt;br /&gt;L'Insetto scoppiettante sembrava un nome perfetto: la Vespa, un "insetto che scoppietta"; due passeggeri, Luke e l'orso Blubber, uno rilassato che guida e l'altro terrorizzato sul sedile posteriore. Ogni tanto, e' proprio cosi', in fondo...!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Did you ever wonder where the name "Arkansas Chuggabug" comes from?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Some of you must have immediately remembered your childhood. A bizarre cart, an american hillbilly, a bear wearing goggles...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;You got it! It's Wacky Races, the cartoon featuring a Dick Dastardly and his dog Muttley trying to win the race gambling! How many funny characters... Penelope Pitstop, The Creepy Coupe, professor Pat Pending... a great cartoon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The italian translation for Arkansas Chuggabug seemed just perfect: The Vespa (meaning "wasp" in italian), a chugging bug; two passengers, the relaxed one driving and the other terrified on the back seat. Sometimes, after all, it's really this way...!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-6544797660314631440?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/6544797660314631440/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/origini-origins.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6544797660314631440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6544797660314631440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/origini-origins.html' title='Origini - Origins'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R5DXMD5oXOI/AAAAAAAAAKM/ZHu_Jygmpdg/s72-c/originalbug.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5035464205587032150</id><published>2008-01-10T22:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:24.161+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>MBI - Motorcycle Bloggers International - 2008 Awards</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/RzwwyUUscbI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Om1QUb0T9tA/s200/mbi.membership.png"  float=left&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sono iniziate &lt;a href="http://www.mbiweb.org/2008/"&gt;le nomination per i 2008 Awards.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inserite le vostre sceltenelle categorie preferite!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mbiweb.org/2008/"&gt;The 2008 Awards nominations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; have started.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Go insert your choices in your preferred categories!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Collegamento" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5035464205587032150?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5035464205587032150/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/mbi-motorcycle-bloggers-international.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5035464205587032150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5035464205587032150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/mbi-motorcycle-bloggers-international.html' title='MBI - Motorcycle Bloggers International - 2008 Awards'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/RzwwyUUscbI/AAAAAAAAAH8/Om1QUb0T9tA/s72-c/mbi.membership.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7059934669399590456</id><published>2008-01-08T23:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T22:38:27.921+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nikon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Gomma nuova, buone nuove - New tire, good news</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pronta. In un giorno hanno recuperato l'Insetto e sostituito la gomma posteriore. Si va che e' una meraviglia e la temperatura e' salita discretamente, per cui niente sovrapantaloni o passamontagna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le buone nuove sono che in quasi quattro ore di lavoro ho esploso la Nikon 5700 e rimosso un pezzetto di plastica da 1 mm3, parte non esattamente essenziale dell'obiettivo, per cui ora funziona di nuovo, finche' vorra'. Le moderne macchine fotografiche hanno troppa plastica, e questa e' una di quelle con il corpo in lega di magnesio...&lt;br /&gt;Comunque non disperate, le foto torneranno immediatamente.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ready. In one day they recovered the Bug and changed the rear tire. It rides perfectly and the temperature has risen a bit so no overpants or balaclava.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Good news is that I exploded my Nikon 5700 and removed a tiny 1 mm3 plastic bit, a not-so-essential part of the lens barrel, so it works again , as long as it will. Modern cameras have too much plastic, and just think this one is made of magnesium alloy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Don't despair, however, my pictures are coming back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-7059934669399590456?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/7059934669399590456/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/gomma-nuova-buone-nuove-new-tire-good.html#comment-form' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7059934669399590456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/7059934669399590456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/gomma-nuova-buone-nuove-new-tire-good.html' title='Gomma nuova, buone nuove - New tire, good news'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5029862661645615550</id><published>2008-01-07T16:59:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:24.963+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='industrial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='piombino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Industrial</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R4JMlz5oXJI/AAAAAAAAAJk/SRK4AEvksVM/s1600-h/industrial.ride.01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R4JMlz5oXJI/AAAAAAAAAJk/SRK4AEvksVM/s320/industrial.ride.01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152765136136068242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;La mia citta' e' bellissima.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il lato B, quindi, non puo' che essere degradato, sporco, cattivo e dal fascino fottutamente industriale.&lt;br /&gt;La mia citta' e' quello che e' perche' un enorme mostro di metallo che sputa fumo e vomita altro metallo l'ha sostenuta, trasformata, divorata e coccolata.&lt;br /&gt;La mia citta' e' una bestia con un cuore di ghisa che vive in un parco meraviglioso.&lt;br /&gt;Ecco perche' il giorno di Santo Stefano ero in giro, una volta tanto, non per le campagne circostanti ma in quella&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R4JNwD5oXLI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/VnRwZqxtT74/s1600-h/industrial.ride.02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R4JNwD5oXLI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/VnRwZqxtT74/s320/industrial.ride.02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152766411741355186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; nebulosa umida fascia che impasta la citta' con la fabbrica.&lt;br /&gt;Sono alcune tra le ultime foto scattate con la 5700 e chissa' se mai scattera' ancora; per questa sera e' previsto l'intervento casalingo.&lt;br /&gt;Auguratemi buona fortuna!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;My city is wonderful.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So its B-side can't be but degraded, dirty, bad and fuckin' industrial-sexy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;My city is what it is because a huge steel &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;steel-vomiting and smoke-spitting monster supported it, transformed it, devoured and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;cuddled&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R4JM0D5oXKI/AAAAAAAAAJs/fnQtj7qw8EY/s1600-h/industrial.ride.03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R4JM0D5oXKI/AAAAAAAAAJs/fnQtj7qw8EY/s320/industrial.ride.03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152765380949204130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;My city is an iron hearted beast living in an amazing park.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Here's why the day after Christmas I was riding, once at least, not among the neighbouring fields but into that foggy dew which joins the city to the steel plant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;These are some of the latest pictures shot with my 5700 and who knows if it will shoot ever again; this evening I plan a homebrew fix.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wish good luck to me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5029862661645615550?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5029862661645615550/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/industrial.html#comment-form' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5029862661645615550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5029862661645615550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/industrial.html' title='Industrial'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R4JMlz5oXJI/AAAAAAAAAJk/SRK4AEvksVM/s72-c/industrial.ride.01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5825678080096669278</id><published>2008-01-07T12:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T22:38:27.925+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>cos'altro poi? - what's next?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Una gomma a terra. Va bene, era finita e la dovevo far cambiare, ma doveva rompersi proprio durante un sorpasso???&lt;br /&gt;Ora spero che l'officina la recuperi e trovi il tempo di cambiarla, almeno domani posso usarla di nuovo.&lt;br /&gt;Sabato piovera', dicono le previsioni.&lt;br /&gt;Cos'altro poi?&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A flat tire. Ok, it was worn and I should have had it changed, but was it due to rip apart during an overtake?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Now I hope that the mechanics will recovery it and find the time to change the tire, at least tomorrow I'm riding it again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Saturday it's gonna rain, says the forecast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;What's next?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5825678080096669278?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5825678080096669278/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/cosaltro-poi-whats-next.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5825678080096669278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5825678080096669278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/cosaltro-poi-whats-next.html' title='cos&apos;altro poi? - what&apos;s next?'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-1408498111247335499</id><published>2008-01-03T00:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T22:38:27.927+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Niente foto - No pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'Insetto Scoppiettante, almeno per qualche tempo, dovra' andare avanti senza immagini. A dire il vero ho ancora un po' di immagini pronte per post che dovrei scrivere e che non ho mai scritto, ma il problema e' solo rimandato.&lt;br /&gt;La mia amata Nikon Coolpix 5700 con la quale ho scattato tutte le foto che avete visto in questi mesi e' defunta e stavolta, sembra, definitivamente. Il blocco lenti e' rientrato in obliquo e gli ingranaggi in plastica devono essersi accavallati in malo modo cosicche' l'obiettivo ora non esce affatto, neanche aiutandolo manualmente. Il problema e' che questo si era verificato gia' qualche mese fa, in garanzia, e dopo la riparazione con sostituzione del CCD il blocco lenti faceva comunque un pessimo rumore. Probabilmente effettuare la riparazione costera', tra spedizione e lavoro, piu' di quanto non valga la macchina.&lt;br /&gt;Quindi l'intenzione e' quella di smontarla da solo togliendo un milione di viti nascoste e sperare di rimettere in linea l'obiettivo, a patto che non abbia danneggiato il sensore anche questa volta. Ero sinceramente tentato di abbandonare il digitale in favore della vecchia calda pellicola ma purtroppo il blogging, la foto documentale, il lavoro, la sperimentazione, fanno si' che abbia un effettivo bisogno di una macchina digitale, e non posso accontentarmi di un'ultracompatta priva di controllo manuale e dal sensore piccolo e le lenti poco luminose. Si tratta di una spesa che ora come ora non mi sento di affrontare. Ho bisogno di alleviare il dolore.&lt;br /&gt;Probabilmente commetto un errore, ma credo che acquistero' una vecchia Pentax MX, solida, affidabile, e un po' di pellicola Ilford. Sono 200 euro, certo, ma sto affrontando dei cambiamenti, ed in questa fase ho bisogno di piu' anima.&lt;br /&gt;Ho affrontato un ultimo dell'anno in un parco naturale soltanto con la mia YashicaMat e un po' di pellicole medio formato e quello che mi e' mancato, sostanzialmente, e' stato avere qualche foto con gli amici cari in un bel momento; quando fai solo dodici pose con un rullino non puoi fare foto di svago, ed e' li' che ti accorgi di avere bisogno anche di una digitale.&lt;br /&gt;Non mi sento di dire che l'anno sia iniziato male, anzi, sono stato piuttosto felice.&lt;br /&gt;Abbiate solo pazienza, per le chiacchiere senza immagini (beh, non da subito pero'!) perche' le fotografie torneranno presto.&lt;br /&gt;Buon anno a tutti.&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Arkansas Chuggabug, at least for some time, must go ahead without images. To tell the truth I still have some pictures left for posts that I should write and that I have never written, but the problem is only postponed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;My beloved Nikon Coolpix 5700 by means of which I took all the pictures you have seen in these months is defunct and this time, it seems, definitely. The lens barrel has retracted sloping and those plastic gears must have crunched badly in place so that it now doesn't extend at all, even helping it by hand. The problem is that this had already occurred a few months ago, by the way, and after a repair with replacement of the CCD the lens cylinder made a bad noise. Probably the repair costs, including shipping and work, are more than the camera's value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So the intention is to disassemble it by myself by removing one million hidden screws and trying to realign the lens, provided it has not damaged the sensor again. I was sincerely tempted to leave digital in favor of the old comfortable film but unfortunately blogging, photo documentary work, experimentation, make me really need a digital camera, and I can't do that with an ultra-compact, having no manual control, a small sensor and non-performant lenses. This is an expense I currently can't afford. I need to relieve the pain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I'm probably going to commit a mistake, but I think I'll end up buying an old Pentax MX, solid, reliable, and some Ilford film. It's around 200 euros, but I am facing changes, and at this stage I need more soul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I spent New Year's Eve in a natural park with only my YashicaMat and some medium format film and what I essentially missed has been having some photos with dear friends in beautiful moments; when you get only twelve frames out of a film you can't shoot for fun, and it's then that you realize you also need a digital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I won't say the year has started badly, in fact, I was pretty happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Only have patience for a blog without images (well, not immediately!) Because the photographs will return soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Happy New Year to everyone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-1408498111247335499?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/1408498111247335499/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/niente-foto-no-pictures.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1408498111247335499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/1408498111247335499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2008/01/niente-foto-no-pictures.html' title='Niente foto - No pictures'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-6330632433071858261</id><published>2007-12-25T12:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T22:38:27.929+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Una breve pausa - A brief pause</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Non preoccupatevi, l'Insetto Scoppiettante non e' fermo; si tratta soltanto di una breve pausa natalizia.&lt;br /&gt;Ne approfittiamo per augurarvi un buon Natale ed un felice Anno Nuovo!&lt;br /&gt;A presto!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;Don't worry, the Arkansas Chuggabug hasn't stopped; it's only a brief pause for Christmas holidays.&lt;br /&gt;We seize the moment to wish you merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!&lt;br /&gt;See ya soon!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-6330632433071858261?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/6330632433071858261/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2007/12/una-breve-pausa-brief-pause.html#comment-form' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6330632433071858261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/6330632433071858261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2007/12/una-breve-pausa-brief-pause.html' title='Una breve pausa - A brief pause'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-5054820859742328876</id><published>2007-12-10T16:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:25.437+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ingurtosu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='su viaggiu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sant&apos;Antioco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sardinia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sardegna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Su viaggiu - episode 6: da Ingurtosu a Sant'Antioco</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11iGHW9FJI/AAAAAAAAAI8/u8ViCumAGwI/s1600-h/ingurtosu03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11iGHW9FJI/AAAAAAAAAI8/u8ViCumAGwI/s200/ingurtosu03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142374206721037458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;E' un po' di tempo ormai che non posto qualcosa sul viaggio in Sardegna, per cui riprendiamo da dove avevo interrotto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;C'e' una sola strada che porta ad Arbus e poi a Guspini, e passa attraverso la miniera abbandonata di S'Ingurtosu. L'edifico e' spettrale, affascinante, sembra quasi che sia nato in bianco e nero da tanto si presta ad essere fotografato. Posizionato su una curva polverosa, segnala come un mastodontico bastione il confine tra la strada sterrata e l'asfalto. Da li' si parte, attraversando un minuscolo villaggio di stile tirolese - eredita' dei vecchi proprietari della miniera - per giungere dopo molte curve ad Arbus e poi nuovamente a Guspini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;La strada che porta verso il profondo sud della Sardegna, in agosto, e' terribilmente calda. Le curve di Guspini e Arbus lasciano il posto a strade piu' dritte ma anche piu' monotone, che ora&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11ibXW9FKI/AAAAAAAAAJE/AieyguptuI0/s1600-h/ingurtosu02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11ibXW9FKI/AAAAAAAAAJE/AieyguptuI0/s200/ingurtosu02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142374571793257634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; avvicinandosi ora allontanandosi dalla costa portano piano piano verso l'isola di Sant'Antioco. Giungiamo sufficientemente vicini all'isola intorno all'ora di pranzo ed attratti dall'idea di avvicinarci per strade costiere ci dirigiamo verso Portoscuso dove con nostra grande sorpresa ad un centro con lungomare dall'aria di porto turistico della Cote d'Azur si affianca uno dei complessi industriali per la produzione di energia elettrica piu' grandi che abbia incontrato; a prima vista sembra quasi una raffineria. Mangiamo alla svelta e, con la ferma intenzione di raggiungere uno dei due campeggi dell'isola partiamo immediatamente dirigendoci verso la sottile lingua di terra che collega l'isola grande all'isola piu' piccola. C'e' un vento terribile poiche' ci troviamo nel bel mezzo di uno stretto, ma non e' niente in confronto a quello che troveremo al ritorno. Sembrava piu' vicina, e ora e' tardi, per cui raggiungere il campeggio e' prioritario. Arriviamo tardi ma c'e' posto. Giusto il tempo per montare la tenda, darsi una sistemata e la sera la passiamo a Calasetta, dove tra il problema di trovare un posto per mangiare e il caos per una festa di paese, finiamo per accontentarci di un po' di pizza.&lt;br /&gt;Il camping e' costoso e indecente, l'acqua dei rubinetti e' salata, i bagni sporchissimi e il personale e' il piu' scortese d'Italia. Evitate come la peste il Camping "Le Saline".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11iu3W9FMI/AAAAAAAAAJU/7nUThPOtb4w/s1600-h/calasetta01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11iu3W9FMI/AAAAAAAAAJU/7nUThPOtb4w/s200/calasetta01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142374906800706754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Fuggendo tra insulti e discussioni prendiamo il primo traghetto del mattino per la piccola isola di San Pietro dove avremo una sorpresa e passeremo una giornata un po' deludente ed impegnativa.&lt;br /&gt;Nel prossimo episodio: San Pietro e di nuovo a Sant'Antioco!&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It is a bit of time I don't post anything on the trip to Sardinia, So I resume from where I stopped.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;There is only one road that leads to Arbus and then Guspini, and it passes through the abandoned mines of S'Ingurtosu. The building is spectral, charming, it seems almost born in black and white so it can be photographed. Located on a dusty curve, it indicates as a ma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;mmoth bastion the border between the dirt road and the asphalt. From there we start, through a tiny village of Tyrolean-style heritage of the old owners of the mine, to come after many curves to Arbus and then again in Guspini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The road leading to the deep south of Sardinia, in August, is terribly hot. The Guspini and Arbus curves leave the place to straight roads but even more monotonous, which sometimes approaching and sometimes leaving the coast slowly bring to the island Sant'Antioco. We come sufficiently close to the island at around lunchtime and attracted by the idea of approaching along coastal roads, we arrive in Portoscuso where with our great surprise to a center with a waterfront Cote d'Azur style joins the larger industrial complex for the production of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11i5nW9FNI/AAAAAAAAAJc/LTyUC6XWKRg/s1600-h/calasetta02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11i5nW9FNI/AAAAAAAAAJc/LTyUC6XWKRg/s200/calasetta02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142375091484300498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;electricity I've ever met; at first glance it seems almost a refinery. We eat quickly and with the firm intention of reaching one of the two campings we leave immediately to the thin strip of land that connects the big island with the small one. There is a terrible wind because we are in the middle of a strait, but it's nothing compared to what we'll find coming back. It seemed closer, and now it's late, so reaching the camp is a priority. We arrive late, but there is a place. Just some time to assemble the tent, have a shower and we go to spend the night in Calasetta, where between the problem of finding a place to eat at and chaos for a town fair, we end to eat a bit of pizza.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The camping is expensive and indecent, salty water from the taps, very dirty toilets and the staff is the most discourteous of Italy. Avoid like the plague the Camping "Le Saline".&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fleeing between insults and discussions we take the first ferry in the morning for the small island of St. Peter's where we have a surprise and we'll pass a bit disappointing and demanding day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;In the next episode: St. Peter and Sant'Antioco again!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/750039785575650366-5054820859742328876?l=lxv125.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/feeds/5054820859742328876/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2007/12/su-viaggiu-episode-6-da-ingurtosu.html#comment-form' title='3 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5054820859742328876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/750039785575650366/posts/default/5054820859742328876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lxv125.blogspot.com/2007/12/su-viaggiu-episode-6-da-ingurtosu.html' title='Su viaggiu - episode 6: da Ingurtosu a Sant&apos;Antioco'/><author><name>Ale-</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01891362396013296565</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/ScujsOSBLRI/AAAAAAAAA04/z3-hucLPVZg/S220/icon.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R11iGHW9FJI/AAAAAAAAAI8/u8ViCumAGwI/s72-c/ingurtosu03.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750039785575650366.post-7901110125146345929</id><published>2007-12-03T21:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T13:05:26.054+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iz5imk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vespa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='country'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LXV 125'/><title type='text'>Inaspettatamente - Unexpectedly</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R1heRLSvlKI/AAAAAAAAAIk/ZcZOqrrPilg/s1600-h/unexpected01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R1heRLSvlKI/AAAAAAAAAIk/ZcZOqrrPilg/s200/unexpected01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140962623825613986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Alcuni di voi lo sapranno: sono un radioamatore con la sigla &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;IZ5IMK&lt;/span&gt;; la prossima settimana ci sara' un contest in 40-80m e io partecipero' al log di sezione come unita' QRP (stazione a bassa potenza) ma non avendo molto tempo per stare in radio occorreva che avessi delle buone antenne, cosi' stamani prima di andare a lavorare mi sarei dovuto trovare con Sauro (I5VOW) al QTH (la postazione) di sezione sopra al Poggio della Cagliana per fare il punto della situazione e preparare tutto quanto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sfortunatamente VOW si dev'essere dimenticato e questo mi ha portato ad un gir&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R1heabSvlLI/AAAAAAAAAIs/3GyPmNNRFjA/s1600-h/unexpected02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R1heabSvlLI/AAAAAAAAAIs/3GyPmNNRFjA/s200/unexpected02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140962782739403954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;o inaspettato tra Fiorentina, la Cagliana e Campo alle Fave, dove le piccole e contorte strade di campagna si intrecciano in maniera apparentemente casuale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In tempo per farmi un giro di mezz'ora prima di andare allo studio, mi sono accorto che non e' poi tanto male alzarsi un po' prima se in cambio si ha la possibilita' di esplorare i dintorni in Vespa. A patto, ovviamente, di non trovare prima del dovuto il vento che si e' alzato nel giro di pochi minuti!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Some of you might already know that I'm a Ham with the callsign &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;IZ5IMK&lt;/span&gt;; next week there will be a 40 - 80m contest  and I'm going to join the local section log  as QRP unit (low power station) but lacking time to operate I need &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;performing aerials, so this morning before going to work I should have met Sauro (I5VOW) at our section QTH (operating location) above the Cagliana hill to make the point and ready everything.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R1heiLSvlMI/AAAAAAAAAI0/GMdMjadwBq4/s1600-h/ponente.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5d_YrnZzcJk/R1heiLSvlMI/AAAAAAAAAI0/GMdMjadwBq4/s200/ponente.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140962915883390146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Unfortunately VOW must have forgotten and this led me to an unexpected ride among the Cagliana, Fiorentina and Ca
