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I just got this T500 for free!

The Bambino finally arrived and I made my first espresso's with it. Excellent! I really couldn't be happier!

Once I get my technique and grind under control I'm really going to make excellent espresso with a push of a button. Hell, the first try produced coffee better than I have bought on many occasions. It's hard to believe how easy it is. It's faster than my pod machine with only slightly more fussing. And I get coffee while social distancing, so it's a win!

It is amazingly fast, the Oracle Touch takes forever to warm up.  Are you using a pressurized or non-pressurized basket?

I went for it. My old lady gave me the thumbs up last night, not that I really care in this instance, but we were talking about putting the final touches on our bar addition and she agreed that it would be an awesome setup for that. Now I need to come up with a grinder lol.

My wife also told me to buy a lathe last night. She's asking for trouble.

The Breville Smart Grinder Pro is the perfect companion for your Bambino!  And as I mentioned in an earlier post, go ahead and order a non-pressurized basket, 54mm if I remember correctly.

I can get a Bambino Plus for $230. Does this seem like a good deal?

That's a steal!

Don't sell yourself short. Tinkering with coffee is a lot like tinkering with motorcycles.

Absolutely!

I am so far very pleased with my Bambino Plus and Smart Grinder combo.  If anyone here is going the Bambino route go ahead and get the Pro vs the Plus.  I recently added a non-pressurized basket to the Plus (the Pro comes with one), and the results are night and day better.  The pressurized basket is safe and you can get a "good" result without much worry or tinkering, but the non-pressurized basket rewards your tinkering with a "great" shot of espresso!  I'd say I'm getting results as good as the Oracle Touch we have at the office.

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I have informed it that's it an R5, but he informed me in return that he was an RD expert!

I took delivery of a Breville Bambino Plus today (and the matching Breville grinder), I'll keep you posted as to how it performs.  We have a Breville Oracle Touch at the office and it's amazing, but too pricey for your average home espresso setup!

Summit Racing has them.

Summit tells me shipping 6/12/20?  No one seems to keep them actually in stock, and Partzilla canceled my order saying that Avon is out of stock and not accepting backorders at this time.

I can't find a 90/90-18 RoadRider in stock anywhere, but I can find a 2.75x18 Streetrunner, has anyone used one of those?  Or should I go with the Bridgestone BT45?

Yep, that's mine.  Danny is building me a 27 frame and I was going to pull the banshee engine out for that build, but decided to go AC so this one has to go.

Hand guards have saved my hands several times, and haven't hurt my hands ever.  I'm not saying they couldn't hurt at some point or in some situation, but the odds seem to be that they help way more than they hurt, I won't ride off road without them.

Can't wait for mine Danny!  (Mike)

It came out with a wood screw, but it definitely didn't;t come out easy!

screw a wood screw just into the filling and use a pliers to pull it out. They come out quite easily.

Thanks!  I was thinking along those lines, but wanted to make sure I wasn't off base.