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« Reply #2580 on: March 02, 2018, 07:51:07 AM »
Hi!

New member here. Mainly all the great info on guzzidiag and tunerpro drove me to this forum.

Name: Emil Grundstrom
Location: Sweden
I work as a PLC/DCS programmer

Bought my first Guzzi, a California SP Aluminium, almost three years ago. Also my first bike in many years. Also happened to turn 40 the same year  :shocked:

 Welcome , we seem to getting more members from Nordic countries lately , that is interesting . We need some pics from your local environs Emil .

 Dusty

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« Reply #2581 on: March 02, 2018, 10:55:06 AM »
Right now all you have to do is to stare at a blank sheet of white paper to get sense of the environs ;-)

But here's a picture from last fall. Lots of trees and a heavy sky. But a phone camera don't really make the view justice.

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« Reply #2582 on: March 06, 2018, 07:29:50 PM »
Hi All-Tom from Calgary Alberta, up north in good Canada.
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Ride a 2014/15 V7 special! That’s me!

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« Reply #2583 on: March 06, 2018, 08:30:47 PM »
 Hi Tom  :grin:

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« Reply #2584 on: March 06, 2018, 10:26:15 PM »
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« Reply #2585 on: March 07, 2018, 05:44:28 PM »
Rich Lunetta, 61, Crane Operator, Woodbridge,NJ. Hobbies: motorcycles, guns, RV's. Current rides:17 Griso, 09 Harley CVO Roadglide

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« Reply #2586 on: March 08, 2018, 04:55:57 AM »
Hey! My name is Rutger.

I'm a 21 Year old student, but I've worked as an aircraft mechanic as well.
I live in the Netherlands, and love aircraft, guns, animals and, of course, motorcycles! 
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« Reply #2587 on: March 09, 2018, 07:54:12 PM »
Hi to everyone, I'm Juan from Uruguay, 33 year's old, and like all of you a motorcycle enthusiast, in this moment I have 72 a moto guzzi V7 special 750cc, and two Ariel red hunters from the 48.

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« Reply #2588 on: March 09, 2018, 08:25:35 PM »
Hi to everyone, I'm Juan from Uruguay, 33 year's old, and like all of you a motorcycle enthusiast, in this moment I have 72 a moto guzzi V7 special 750cc, and two Ariel red hunters from the 48.

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 Cool , start a thread with some pics of the bikes and your local area . Uruguay , I do believe you are our first member from there  :thumb:

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« Reply #2589 on: March 09, 2018, 08:53:54 PM »
Cool , start a thread with some pics of the bikes and your local area . Uruguay , I do believe you are our first member from there  :thumb:

 Dusty
Hi Dusty, if you Google "Punta del Este" that is were I live you can see some of our land scapes, Uruguay is a small country but very beautiful, know for his beaches and his countryside, many years ago was know as the Swiss of America, and that's why here you can find a lot of classic motorcycles and cars, that were bring to the country in his majority by europeans, here you can find , ariels, triumphs, panther, matchless, norton, ajs, bsa, bmw, Royal enfield, horex, zumbean , guzzi etc etc, the negative of this is that now a days it's more difficult to find the good ones because the majority are being sell internationally, well sorry for any grammatical error but English is not my best language.

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« Reply #2590 on: March 09, 2018, 09:39:51 PM »
^^^ Don't worry about your English my friend , just keep those pics and reports coming . Lovely Loop Frame , and nice collection  :bow:

 Uruguay looks beautiful  :thumb:

 Dusty

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« Reply #2591 on: March 13, 2018, 08:37:52 PM »
Hi, my name is Jim Eichhorn. I live in East Central Indiana and operate a municipal recycling facility. I’m 45, and have recently purchased an ‘02 California Stone. Needs everything! I have a half dozen other bikes and enjoy a bit of dirt with my son and other family and friends as well as some spirited road riding whenever possible. Excited to get the Cali back on the road!
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« Reply #2592 on: March 17, 2018, 07:18:43 AM »
Good morning.
David, middle aged school teacher who just got his first Moto Guzzi, a 1978 convert.
Previous rides include
1974 Kawasaki 90
1984 Jawa350 semi with side car
1969 Triumph Daytona 500
1957 HD K
1978 Honda Hawk 400

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« Reply #2593 on: March 17, 2018, 08:04:59 AM »
Good morning.
David, middle aged school teacher who just got his first Moto Guzzi, a 1978 convert.
Previous rides include
1974 Kawasaki 90
1984 Jawa350 semi with side car
1969 Triumph Daytona 500
1957 HD K
1978 Honda Hawk 400

 You're gonna fit right in here  :thumb:

 Dusty

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« Reply #2594 on: March 20, 2018, 05:43:53 AM »
Ciao Guzzisti!
New on the board.
I am Hans Barnar almost 72 years of age and living in The Netherlands.
Started my career on 2 wheels in 1965 on a Ducati 200 Elite and had several Ducati's till now.
The last one I bought is a 860GTS in 1976 still in my possession.
In 1987 I switched to the Guzzi and bought a 1976 Idroconvert. The 2nd Convert came on my way in 1978,
bought as a parts spender, but did a full restoration on this bike.
In 1998 I bought a California 1100i and having so many Convert parts I converted this bike 3 years ago into
a Caliconvert 1100i and riding this one with great pleasure.
Hope to contribute to the discussion board.
So far.

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« Reply #2595 on: March 21, 2018, 04:40:33 PM »
Erm. Been in here a while but I don't think I did this.

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If it moves I've probably worked on one except for Helicopters and Jets.

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« Reply #2596 on: March 25, 2018, 09:17:36 PM »
FNG Marduki!!!!  Railroad MOW Superintendent
Guzzi, BMW, Triumph old bike enthusiast.
1971 Ambo
1974 Eldorado
1974 Robyn
1991 Cali III
2000 jackal
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Want to say hello to all here!


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« Reply #2597 on: April 03, 2018, 02:57:02 PM »
Hello all,

For some reason I thought I had joined the group a long time ago, but I realized I had not, so please accept my warmest hello. I look forward to talking with all the other Guzzi people out  there.

I have a 2015 V7 stone in a brilliant red. I have had the bike for two years but this last year's work slowed me down deeply, and so I the bike sits with 7K miles on it.

Here it is with the new exhaust I put on last year - https://streamable.com/h6nll. The bike has been a dream and an experience of it's own. I just got new Continental Road Attack 3s on it and boy did that change everything.

Thanks!

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« Reply #2598 on: April 03, 2018, 07:16:08 PM »
Hello all,

For some reason I thought I had joined the group a long time ago, but I realized I had not, so please accept my warmest hello. I look forward to talking with all the other Guzzi people out  there.

I have a 2015 V7 stone in a brilliant red. I have had the bike for two years but this last year's work slowed me down deeply, and so I the bike sits with 7K miles on it.

Here it is with the new exhaust I put on last year - https://streamable.com/h6nll. The bike has been a dream and an experience of it's own. I just got new Continental Road Attack 3s on it and boy did that change everything.

Thanks!

Sweet bike.  Just gotta love that red.  Enjoy the ride.

Here's my 2015.






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2015 Guzzi V7 Stone - Gloss Red

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« Reply #2599 on: April 03, 2018, 07:26:06 PM »
Hi to everyone, I'm Juan from Uruguay, 33 year's old, and like all of you a motorcycle enthusiast, in this moment I have 72 a moto guzzi V7 special 750cc, and two Ariel red hunters from the 48.

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Hi Juan,

I came to Uruguay 3 years ago for a couple weeks. I like it there very much, sorry I didn't have a motorcycle to tour with. I especially liked Minas and Taquarembo.
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« Reply #2600 on: April 03, 2018, 07:30:33 PM »
Hi Juan,

I came to Uruguay 3 years ago for a couple weeks. I like it there very much, sorry I didn't have a motorcycle to tour with. I especially liked Minas and Taquarembo.
The next time give me a call and I will borrow you a guzzi ,[emoji106][emoji106][emoji106].

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« Reply #2601 on: April 03, 2018, 07:44:50 PM »
^^^ Don't worry about your English my friend , just keep those pics and reports coming . Lovely Loop Frame , and nice collection  :bow:

 Uruguay looks beautiful  :thumb:

 Dusty

In Rocha. Every little town (and both big ones lol) has cars like this just...being there.



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« Reply #2602 on: April 04, 2018, 04:39:29 PM »
Sweet bike.  Just gotta love that red.  Enjoy the ride.

Here's my 2015.







Tha's really nice. I keep meaning to get the tank pands like that. Very nice looking. And wow on the gold/copper rims! I had been wondering how it'd look but didn't know of anyone doing it. Looks great.

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« Reply #2603 on: April 04, 2018, 07:01:40 PM »
Tha's really nice. I keep meaning to get the tank pands like that. Very nice looking. And wow on the gold/copper rims! I had been wondering how it'd look but didn't know of anyone doing it. Looks great.

Thank you for the compliments.

The accessories are a mix from Moto Guzzi, GuziTech and  AF1 racing.

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« Reply #2604 on: April 04, 2018, 11:54:00 PM »
Tom Truelock 55
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« Reply #2605 on: April 05, 2018, 03:02:12 PM »
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Welcome to the forum, Tom.  I have family in SR and they came within houses of being burned out.  Hope you fared well during the fires.
Do you currently have a Guzzi or just have Italian fever?

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« Reply #2606 on: April 06, 2018, 11:28:25 PM »
Greetings from Petaluma, California!  I caught the Guzzi bug last year around this time and bought a 2016 V7ii that I cannot stop riding, modding, and reading about.  I've logged about 5K miles in the first year of ownership.  Mods include: GT hybrid fork kit, Racetech G3-S shocks, GT Stainless Valve Cover bolts, Dart Marlin screen, Tuono mirrors, GT 2:1 exhaust (asked Todd to weld in a baffle because it was a little too loud for me), remap, and a BMC filter... and one of those super-nifty Motodemic LED lights (not the adaptive one) on the way.  And some Agostini crash bars that I haven't gotten around to installing. Like I said, I can't stop! 

I'm married with a nearly-four-year old daughter, and work in education.  Enjoy hiking, skiing (alpine and backcountry), cycling and tinkering with and riding my V7 and FJ-09.

Cheers!  I look forward to lurking, learning, and to the extent I can, contributing.





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« Reply #2607 on: April 07, 2018, 10:21:19 AM »
Hi everybody!
Nick (surprisingly, given user name) from Berkshire, UK. Now retired, 5 grand children, 1 Breva 750, and an SV650s, both 2004. Found this forum whilst searching "startus interruptus", now just got to follow the advice found in the threads, what a great resource! Hope that I can contribute in some way.

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« Reply #2608 on: April 09, 2018, 10:11:55 AM »
New guy, first post. SW Arkansas where the only curves are on the river roads. But close enough to the Ouachitas and Ozarks to get there in a hurry.  New owner of a �16 Stelvio and couldn�t be happier about it. One more airhead to finish then my T3 project goes on the lift. I�ll be mostly reading and learning until then but will surely post up for help once I get into it. In the meantime, just glad to be onboard.
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« Reply #2609 on: April 10, 2018, 02:17:48 PM »
Hello,
I am a 20 year old mechanical engineering student from Slovenia. I've owned a lot of bikes, including a few Guzzis. It was my passion for a really long time now, and I do know a lot about motorcycles despite my age (or perhaps that is my advantage?). My father is also very interested in motorcycles for most of his life, and that is how I got into this...

My first was a 77' gray V35, a brilliant bike although with many faults. Here's a photo, next to my 73' CB360 and a 77' Morini 350.

Bought it at a scrap yard for really cheap three years ago, it had around 48000km, I fixed (basically just did the maintenance and inspected everything) it up and rode it until last year. At the same scrap yard at the same time, I also bought this V35II with 98000km for spares:

It actually fired right up and ran well, but had some ridiculous whining noise from the gearbox, probably bad bearings. I also did not need and spares so I just sold it after starting it up.
Next year I found this beautiful 78' V35 in Italy (on a swap-meet) with only 3000km on the clock. After inspecting it a bit, I am certain it really did have so little kilometers, everything was original.

Other bikes on this photo are not mine. Either way, around that time I was also considering selling the V35 I was riding, and I just sold both - 350cc is just not enough for the highway and for easy overtaking. I also had a V35 Imola (unfortunately, I do not have any better photo than this one, next to my CB450):

But it was not much different from the other 350's.
I also bought two V50III's and sorted them out last winter. These are great bikes, a lot better ignition and lots of power compared to the older models:

They turned out really nice. But at that point, I already had some larger bikes to ride so I sold them too.

Just this weekend I was at a motorcycle swap meet in Reggio nell Emilia. I was looking for another project, and found a V7 Special deal that I couldn't pass by. Just sorted out the import documents today, and I am now a proud owner of a 71' Guzzi.

The double-sided double leading shoe front brake is just awesome, looks like they took it off of a 60's GP bike to me. It runs great, but unfortunately the front rim is a low-quality copy of the original. I have not found the Borrani sign on it (it is on the rear), and there are lots of little cracks around the spoke holes. So I am afraid it it not really safe to ride currently. I also hope converting it to left side shifting is not too hard or expensive.

I've also had this 3-speed Guzzi beast for some time when I was a kid. Actually quite nice as far as small 50cc Italian mopeds go.



And here is my current project. It was actually owned by my father, he bought it a few years before I bought my first V35 but now he gave it to me.

First series T5. It was dissassembled into parts some 4 years ago and left like that. Engine ran well, but it had a clutch problem. I want to build it up into a T3-ish touring bike. The T5 engine is very nice, I believe it already has most of the important upgrades and can be very reliable. I've read the T5 handling is not that good due to the 16" wheels, but I think I will let myself be surprised (I do like how large the 16" tires seem), and I think the brakes must be a lot more effective if the wheel diameter is smaller. If I will replace the piston rings, I might even round off the cylinder and head edges on a grinder to make it look a bit more like the older engine, and use the old head covers if possible.

Here are some of my other bikes and restoration projects:

R100RT

R100CS

71' CB450

75' R90S

And I've worked on lots and lots of other bikes (with my father), from pre war to modern ones. He was always a BMW guy, but after working on a few, and then going to a Guzzi, I really feel like BMW was just milking money out of an outdated design, while Guzzi really wanted to improve it (and they did). I swear even the V7 Special feels more solid and agile to ride than my 90' R100RT.
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