Author Topic: V9- roamer custom on bikexif  (Read 1753 times)

Offline Lumpy Idle

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V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« on: January 22, 2019, 02:32:23 PM »
submitted here for your kind consideration.... or inevitable abuse:

http://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-v9-roamer-custom
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2019, 03:01:52 PM »
Interesting, although not exactly my cuppa. I wonder why they mounted the speedometer at such a weird angle?I bet that front suspension is a rough ride!
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2019, 03:18:30 PM »
Appreciate the workmanship but not my idea of a Roamer......and I did own one.
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2019, 09:32:44 PM »
i guess its impressive they figured out how to make this roamer even uglier than stock

ive been seeing this monstrosity for months now... i hate it. offensive to the eye
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2019, 09:32:44 PM »

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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2019, 01:35:40 AM »
i guess its impressive they figured out how to make this roamer even uglier than stock

ive been seeing this monstrosity for months now... i hate it. offensive to the eye

i say this with only the most heartfelt sense of camaraderie - this hesitation and waffling on your part will do you no good.  please just let us know you really feel.
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2019, 05:48:30 AM »
i say this with only the most heartfelt sense of camaraderie - this hesitation and waffling on your part will do you no good.  please just let us know you really feel.

Some people just cant make up their minds about things..  :)



I gotta say thats the first time ive seen it... WOOF! shes a homely beast isn't she?
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2019, 06:33:12 AM »
I wouldnt pay the price of admission, but I like it. 

Sounds like most guys posting here wear the same color clothes every day and have the same sandwich for lunch every day.   :evil:
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2019, 07:07:03 AM »
I think the speedo mount is a road racer thingee attitude statement indicating how fast you travel. 100 mph is straight up on the gauge.

(When reaching for 100 mph have you ever considered your already going 66,000 miles per hour w the rotation of the earth? You'd have to add 600 miles an hour to improve your speed 1%.....)





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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2019, 07:10:08 AM »
That girder fork doesn't look right....angle? Materials used?....looks like it's bendable....
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2019, 07:23:51 AM »
I think the speedo mount is a road racer thingee attitude statement indicating how fast you travel. 100 mph is straight up on the gauge.

(When reaching for 100 mph have you ever considered your already going 66,000 miles per hour w the rotation of the earth? You'd have to add 600 miles an hour to improve your speed 1%.....)






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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2019, 07:50:15 AM »

      Well ,  er,   no.   Had they put a sugar bear front end on it the 70's vibe would be complete.  Not for me thanks.

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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2019, 09:09:27 AM »
That girder fork doesn't look right....angle? Materials used?....looks like it's bendable....

because of how far that girder fork linkage sticks out from the frame, they had to use negative rake vs the frame headstock. that is why it looks so odd.

most bikes using something like that will want a chopper look and move the front wheel out. they didn't and that is why it looks so off.
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Re: V9- roamer custom on bikexif
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2019, 09:36:10 AM »
A waste of time, metal, paint & $$. I wish I had not seen that pOs ever! The progeny of transformers, in an archaic sort of way?  I may have to spit-up.  Apologies to the sensitive.  R3~

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