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68 v700 (GC)
GMC28:
Just dropping this in as a repository for info/input on a 68 v700 project.
As an intro, this bike is not much of a project, as compared to a "barn find" or something like that, as its in better shape than I thought when I "accidentally" agreed to buy this from a friend, in a moment of lovely weakness. That said, depending on which direction I take it (stock vs "custom"), that will dictate some obvious things. Its far enough from stock that going back that way wouldn't be too hard, but would require a list of things/parts to go that way.
It's got issues, but mostly not the kind that I had thought. More on that once i actually tear into it, versus just the casual glance it gets in passing while i'm in the shop working on other stuff.
Have other projects in the cue before tearing into this one, with next winter (2026) being the likely time to start for real, but using this forum spot to float some questions/ideas and get more educated with this "august group"!
question #1 to float, for those interested in offering thoughts, is in regard to the air filter pods. It came with pods, as part of its "bob" look the prior owner sort of angled for. It has the air cleaner housing there, presumably for cosmetics, but its using the pods. On my newer (2003) V11's, I prefer the standard air box, for good-running reasons, but don't know if thats as poignant for this v7 with no ECU and running typically at lower rpm's, etc.
cheers
(my image wouldn't post. perhaps because its too large, but no error showed. i'll mess with that and see if i can figure it out. oops, now its there twice... )
Antietam Classic Cycle:
Much has been changed on that V700 - the engine and rear drive are both appear to be from an Eldorado or even an 850-T.
Most likely the reason it has pod filters is because until recently there was no rubber plenum to connect the Amal carbs to the original airbox. Clauss Studios has reproduced it.
https://www.claussstudios.com/store/p799/Moto_Guzzi_Eldorado_Air_Boot_%28Amal_Carb%29.html
GMC28:
--- Quote from: Antietam Classic Cycle on November 03, 2025, 08:35:30 AM ---Much has been changed on that V700 - the engine and rear drive are both appear to be from an Eldorado or even an 850-T.
Most likely the reason it has pod filters is because until recently there was no rubber plenum to connect the Amal carbs to the original airbox. Clauss Studios has reproduced it.
https://www.claussstudios.com/store/p799/Moto_Guzzi_Eldorado_Air_Boot_%28Amal_Carb%29.html
--- End quote ---
Thank you Charlie - Thats what I call a jackpot post. I would have futzed around for quite some time before something would have made me scratch my head, leading eventually to determine what you noted right off the bat! I would likely have collected parts, which may or may not then have been the right stuff.
So that immediately influences the thinking on which way to go with this, taking my diminishing thoughts on the possibility of “restoration toward stock” even lower on the list, since I don’t really have as much stock elements to start with.
And makes me even more interested in determining whats inside those heads…
Tkelly:
Very cool bike,so what if it isn’t original,the average biker would like the looks of this better than the original.
GMC28:
So wondered past the machine this evening after work, and eye-balled the engine number… It’s a VC prefix, so apparently I have a sport motor. Fair enough then… not displeased with that.
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