10-05-2015, 05:37 AM
Ralph; I met a Moto Guzzi Griso rider from the Seattle area last year at the Datil New Mexico rally, ran into him again, on the same bike at our Not-a-Rally in Cottonwood Arizona. He asked me to see if I could see where the bike was scraping the ground (he could barely walk, much less bend over) as he heard something while cornering (his chicken strips were half the size of mine).
He shows up at the Datil Rally on an new Guzzi V7ii, turns out his last seven bikes have been either a V7 or the Griso - seems to alternate. But figures he may settle down with the V7. He rides all over the west using the stock seat, no windscreen and a small dry bag for his stuff.
He won the oldest rider award this year at 80. Last year the oldest was 92 (died this summer).
He shows up at the Datil Rally on an new Guzzi V7ii, turns out his last seven bikes have been either a V7 or the Griso - seems to alternate. But figures he may settle down with the V7. He rides all over the west using the stock seat, no windscreen and a small dry bag for his stuff.
He won the oldest rider award this year at 80. Last year the oldest was 92 (died this summer).