Speaking of "custom" (Franken-) Guzzi...

[brider]

[imghttps://images.craigslist.org/00707_bF0gEGH0Hwi_600x450.jpg][/img]

https://nmi.craigslist.org/mcy/d/harbor-springs-1972-moto-guzzi-850gt/6906575399.html

I actually stumbled across this bike a year ago and had a few conversations with the owner. I was searching "Guzzi" in MI Craigslist, and the mention of "...also an old custom Guzzi..." was in the text of an ad he was running for a Honda, so I contacted him about the old custom Guzzi, and he sent pics.

The pegs are wrong, but all-in-all it has some desirable parts (front dual discs) and there is a clean-yet-ratty appeal that I like, plus the GT fenders.

[oldbike54]

 That's really pretty nice .

 Dusty

[Tkelly]

That is my old bikecustomized by Rod Revis and cleaned up nicely by current owner.Faster and better handling /brakes than original.

[JJ]

That's really pretty nice .

 Dusty

Agreed...I have seen far worse!!  "FRANKEN-GUZZI!!" 

[brider]

That is my old bikecustomized by Rod Revis and cleaned up nicely by current owner.Faster and better handling /brakes than original.

Really? That's your old bike? what about the current owner's story about being under a tarp in a barn?

If nobody else is really interested, please send me a PM describing what you know/remember about the build, and what the heck happened to the dash.

[Toecutter]

I'm of the mindset that "whatever works" to get an old bike back on the road and running is all good, in the absence of "proper" parts.

[guzzista]

Looks like a nice rider, brake updates are a plus Could easily go back to 850 GT trim as the important bits such as toolboxes, side covers and stainless fenders  ( or was it chrome?) are all there .

[T4halo]

I’d like to have that seat. Looks comfortable.

T4

[guzzisteve]

I tuned up an Ambo over the weekend, made Oct 71. It was restored in 93-94. I was surprised to see it had no work done to it since. I remember it well from the resto. Anyone here remember the Easter-Egg bikes?

[Tkelly]

Yes it really was under a tarp in my barn.I tried to trade for a newer guzzi but got no offers until after I sold it.It has a harley seat and mufflers.Ihe dash was gone whenI bought it.I think my ad still appears in the MGNOC news.

[JJ]

Now, boys and girls...here is a genuine...under-the-tarp...BARN FRESH Guzzi...found image on the Internet...no details...

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Now, boys and girls...here is a genuine...under-the-tarp...BARN FRESH Guzzi...found image on the Internet...no details...

Hold me back, I just gotta' have it... NOT.