New England Spring Fling...this Sunday, May 23

[SLDMRossi]

New England Spring Fling
Sunday, May 23, 2021
10:00 AM -- 2:00 PM

Sweet Evalina's Stand
688 Route 169
Woodstock, CT 06281
www.sweetevalinas.c om

Stop by, kick tires have Lunch...and rev-up the 2021 season!

Park across the street in the Post Office parking lot, on our own. Bring a mask.

Steven Rossi
CT-RI MGNOC State Rep.
(248) 470-5788

[mechanicsavant]

I’m in !

[gerryp]

I hope to be there.

[TOMB]

Im in
TOMB

[road island guzzi]

Mrs Road and I will attend, Weather is perfection right now and Sunday

[sign216]

I'll be there.  It'll be good to see everyone, after a year apart. 

[SLDMRossi]

Well, the weather's sure going to cooperate!

SR

[steven c]

Wow what a great day, and a mini Guzzi rally.

[SLDMRossi]

We're baaaaack! And in a big way.

It was a picture-perfect day...27 Moto Guzzis on hand, not to mention 4 or 5 BMWs, a KLR 650, Yamaha XT225, etc. Call it post-pandemic, pent-up demand!

Convert
T3
Le Mans III
Centauro
V11 EV
Jackal
1100 Breva (2)
Norge (4)
1200 Sport
V7 Classic
V7 Stone
V7 Special (3)
V7 Carbon
Griso (2)
Stelvio
California 1400
Audace
V85 TT
V7 Stone Centenario
"Neva" (combination Norge-Breva-1200 Sport 8v)

SR

[Roebling3]

Sad to have missed it. . . . but staying home unloaded, (as a friend who names his bikes calls them): Larry & Edna.
3 more need to go.  B~

GB500TT, low mi. '93 Daytona 18000 mi./Caruso kit installed, RD400 blue, W/W/out Chambers and/or, set of factory orange tins. A much better 2017 V7 (racer turned civilized) - 7700 mi. 
I've aged out of 400+ lb. motorcycles.

This is a one time only offer. I'm inept with computers. PM me if you wish. Pictures and details readily available. Thanx for looking.  R3~

[mechanicsavant]

Thanks to all involved, good to see so many old acquaintances & and make some new ones. It’s been a while eh !

[SLDMRossi]

We’re Baaaaaaaaaaack!
~NEW ENGLAND SPRING FLING 4~
by
Steven Rossi

   Last year, while we were deep in the uncertainties of the pandemic, we held a New England Spring Fling at Sweet Evalina’s Roadside Stand in Woodstock…up in the Northeast corner of Connecticut. Despite all the unknowns, a good group of dedicated Guzzisti turned out. But more importantly, here’s what we thought about it back then; “…it was sure nice to renew old acquaintances and make some new friends after all these months.”

   Well, twelve more months later and there we were again, on Sunday, May 23, 2021…parked in the expansive Woodstock Post Office parking lot, by our socially-distant selves, across the street from Sweet Evalina’s. Coincidentally, Mother Nature blessed us with spectacularly sweet weather as well, so we enjoyed a cool, crisp New England morning ride along the shady, idyllic back roads of the “Quiet Corner” on the way over. The day then turned typically Summer. All is right!

   With - now under control and contained (for the most part), the turnout was as impressive as the weather. Twenty-seven Moto Guzzi riders from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire were on hand. Along with a few friends on BMWs, Ducati and the like. That’s the same, strong turnout we had in 2019, at Spring Fling 2. Yes, we’re baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Connecticut’s exclusive Moto Guzzi dealer, Jim Hamlin, also participated with his newly built, twisty two-lane devouring, special Stelvio, with a 17-inch front wheel and heavily messaged suspension. The Hamlin Cycles’ Moto Guzzi “Neva” one-off was also there, which is a combination Norge-Breva-1200 Sport 8V. And it was nice to see a 100th Anniversary V7 Stone Centenario edition already out and about.

      Beyond that, here’s what the Sweet Evalina’s Spring Fling served up, to our delight:

Convert
T3
Le Mans III
Centauro
V11 EV
Jackal
1100 Breva (2)
Norge (4)
1200 Sport
V7 Classic
V7 Stone
V7 Special (3)
V7 Carbon
Griso (2)
Stelvio “Special,” by Hamlin
California 1400
Audace
V85 TT
V7 Stone Centenario
"Neva" (combination Norge-Breva-1200 Sport 8v), by Hamlin

   So Spring has sprung, and yet again; “…it was sure nice to renew old acquaintances and make some new friends after all these months.” Absence does make the heart grow fonder…indeed.

[road island guzzi]

what a nice meetup; speaking of old friends i did miss a few of the regulars...like bud and one real local guy that had a g5, t3 or mille (idk) but i do remember it had 185k on the odometer... that was impressive on a machine that never had the cases split.