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RE: The 1100 got a new friend or Deb goes Retro - jimigalahad_imp - 03-09-2014
I love the look of the Bolt but I can see why she wanted to make the switch. That Guzzi is gorgeous! The coloring is perfectly retro looking.
RE: The 1100 got a new friend or Deb goes Retro - the Ferret - 03-09-2014
You know Curt, maybe it's just the angle, but those cylinders look larger in diameter than the cylinders on the Breva 750 I test rode before buying my Bonneville back in 03. One of the things I didn't care for on the Breva was the cylinders were so small, unlike the nice big cylinders on my brothers 73 Moto Guzzi 850 Eldorado ( like the one on deb's white T shirt) which was one heck of a bike in it's day. Btw...where did you find a Guzzi dealer? On their website it says there are none near me lol.
RE: The 1100 got a new friend or Deb goes Retro - rboe - 03-10-2014
My main complaint on the old V7, the motor looked like a Kohler generator motor. Bleah. New castings make it look like a proper motorcycle engine. Still is a dated design with limited (and already reached) potential performance wise; but the grin factor is still a mile high. Plus they are easy to work on and sound cool. And you can still tour on them.
RE: The 1100 got a new friend or Deb goes Retro - hondahoarder_imp - 03-10-2014
(03-09-2014, 10:59 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: You know Curt, maybe it's just the angle, but those cylinders look larger in diameter than the cylinders on the Breva 750 I test rode before buying my Bonneville back in 03. One of the things I didn't care for on the Breva was the cylinders were so small, unlike the nice big cylinders on my brothers 73 Moto Guzzi 850 Eldorado ( like the one on deb's white T shirt) which was one heck of a bike in it's day. Btw...where did you find a Guzzi dealer? On their website it says there are none near me lol.
A 74 Eldorado at Mid-Ohio last year is what sparked her Guzzi Fever. We went to Clevelandmoto, Phil Waters and has a great vintage bike podcast of the same name. Great dude a pleasure to deal with.
(03-09-2014, 10:48 PM)jimigalahad_imp Wrote: I love the look of the Bolt but I can see why she wanted to make the switch. That Guzzi is gorgeous! The coloring is perfectly retro looking.
It was a hard choice because she just got the Bolt, but her passion won out.
(03-09-2014, 07:21 PM)Mick65_imp Wrote: That beautiful little yamaha in your fireplace is awesome,
Got her cleaned up and fired up yesterday, shhh the lil 1969 Yamaha YAS1C is my favorite to look at and a ball to ride even with my big ass. Love it
[url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153298026876515&l=3447198330816202868]A little video of first kick start for the season.
Thanks P-man!
Mick65 we want to do that!
(03-09-2014, 07:21 PM)Mick65_imp Wrote: That beautiful little yamaha in your fireplace is awesome,
Mick that bike is special because of the story behind it, here is the thread [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1544]Click here for the thread when we got the bike