Benelli

 

The January '25 AMA magazine has an ad for Benelli motorcycles and a tool review article of three Motion Pro motorcycle specialty tools. 

 

Benelli motorcycles have been around since 1911. They have a very rich history, but they've gone through some rough times. If I remember correctly, they were owned by HD for a while. I'm not sure what the thinking was there, from both Benelli and Harley's viewpoint. It now looks like Benelli is owned by the Chinese. Kind of hard to swallow from a guy like myself who's a fan of Italian motorcycles. They're promoting the bike in the photo as a throwback machine. It looks like a 350 Royal Enfield and is priced about the same. I think getting into the American market is going to be a tough nut to crack, but I'm a welder, not a marketing genius.

The Motion Pro tool is a swivel head tire chuck that looks like it would be handy getting to the valve stem on bikes with disc brakes - especially on the rear wheel where you're trying to work around both the sprocket and the disc. MSRP is $39.99. Not cheap but they make nice tools.

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It looks like the Missus won't have to have surgery on her wrist. We go back to the orthopedic doctor next week and if everything's still in place, just leave it in the cast and wait for it to heal.

The eye doctor needed a release from my family physician to make sure I'm up to having the surgery performed. I got that taken care of yesterday. Other than the eye surgery, I hope I can stay away from all the medical providers this upcoming year, a couple normal checkups being the exception.

Since it's now winter, I started working on getting the basement workshop back into working order. Instead of riding the recliner in the evenings, I can spend a couple hours down there and get a bit closer to finishing a couple of my long running projects. Depending on what the doctor says, I might be able to start working down the basement only a few days after the surgery.