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'770?
Tonti-frame front end.
The bike has great bones. I’m envious.
Yup...I acquired this Ambo from a friend that had received it from the estate of a friend that had suddenly passed away. The original owner had other motorcycles, another Guzzi, a CX100 as well that was sold. Among the boxes of parts that came with the Ambo were some Tonti parts, not many however, an odd mixture of bits and pieces, a final drive, a bunch of mufflers... The fellow that handed the Ambo to me did not know much about Guzzis, he is more of an off-road rider and sport touring Ducati guy. He wanted to get the Guzzi up on two wheels and must have scrounged around to find the Tonti fork, I don't really know. I have zero history of the engine so that will need a good going through as will the gearbox. A fairly quick and concise inventory, more of a sorting of parts finds most of the essentials, controls, carbs, starter, generator,frame parts, "Not gonna crash bars", tank and fenders, tool boxes. No dash however, gauges are there.This lack of good, usable stock components allows for me to interpret the Ambo the way I wish. The build date is Dec 1970 which I presume to be a 1971 model. I need to check out the actual model by the serial number. Not certain whether it is a V700 or a 750 Ambassador. More later.Rob
Ben,You are correct sir, but what's this El Donti?? A play on words no doubt, but.......what?
See above. ^^
That's going to be a 750 Ambassador. V700 production ended in late '68 (at least for civilian models). V700s have four digit VINs, five means its an Ambo. I have lots of stuff, so let me know what you need and I'll see what I have of it. I have a dual-gauge dash for sure, but no speedo only ones.
Hey Rob,Hope you have plenty of wood to keep the bahn warm this winter cuz it looks like you'll be spending a fair amount of time out there on this project.Steve
Hello 'Rad - Boy, does that stir memories. It's years and cc's different than my Eldo, but that gray primer and the general "under construction" look give me good flashbacks. Funny how you can feel what it would be like to ride it through an image like that.
I had a bunch of parts kicking around but I just donated them to Cliffrod's Corsa Record Bike project. I do have a sold battery tray I can send you for cost of shipping, I may have some other bits floating around if you need parts? Stock generator, pieces of a stock wiring harness, etc... DM me if you want some pics or are interested. I have nice cleaned up media blasted heads and cylinders, they would need lining (chrome bores). I've also got valves and springs, pistons etc... Off a 1970 Ambo
So Rob, What's up with the lilacs in bloom in October?? See pic you posted above....Steve