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Living room find
« on: August 27, 2020, 10:06:29 PM »
Couldn't find a nice Rossa Corsa so had to settle for this. Yes, it was in his living room, for years, fortunately fuel drained, and then he died. Word reached the family that I liked oddball motorcycles, or that I was an oddball, anyway they contacted me and I bought it from the estate. Fuel and battery and it fired and sounds great. Got a roper plate coming and tires, head torque etc.



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Re: Living room find
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2020, 10:09:50 PM »
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Re: Living room find
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2020, 10:27:37 PM »
Always have loved that color scheme.   Sure is a change from the Barn Finds!

I'm sorry for the family that the owner passed away, but they did exactly the right thing - found someone who would appreciate something he obviously cared about, and made the deal.   So often, it goes the other way - the family believes that Dad's motorcycle is worth some fortune and think everyone's trying to rip them off.

NOW it's going to have a second life as a rider, right?  Right?   :wink:

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Re: Living room find
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2020, 10:52:37 PM »
     Beautiful bike, glad it ended up in your hands  :thumb:

     V11's in living rooms, I never knew that was a thing, but that's where mine had been parked,lol.  :laugh:

     Glad to hear you've got the Roper plate on the way,,, there are improved shift pawl return springs out there as well and I think there may be another run on Lucky Phil's extended shift arm linkages, V11Lemans.com has a wealth of info on these bikes.

     Wishing you many safe miles.

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Re: Living room find
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2020, 11:05:57 PM »
Pretty!  :thumb:

I'm jealous - wish my garage looked like that.
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Re: Living room find
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2020, 11:41:29 PM »
The coppa itailia is soooo much prettier that the rosso or Nero corsa. Probably the prettiest paint scheme ever put on a guzzi.

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Re: Living room find
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2020, 07:48:14 AM »
Looks like it also has the Guzzi titanium exhaust system. Big bucks and IIRC came with a different ecu.

Very nice!

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Re: Living room find
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2020, 08:18:41 AM »
Saw one of those at Bob's place during the Moto Guzzi campout.

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Re: Living room find
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2020, 09:27:55 AM »
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Re: Living room find
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2020, 09:45:39 AM »
Quote from: Turin on August 27, 2020, 11:41:29 PM
The coppa itailia is soooo much prettier that the rosso or Nero corsa. Probably the prettiest paint scheme ever put on a guzzi.

Congrats!

Probably more comfortable too with the higher bars !  :thumb:
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Re: Living room find
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2020, 10:10:07 AM »
CONGRATS!!  Great find! Nice color scheme...limited edition Guzzi! :cool: :thumb:  Sad about the owner, however...
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Re: Living room find
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2020, 10:20:42 AM »
WOW what a kickass motorbike!! :thumb: My 03 Bonny staying cool in the AC by the ceiling fan!!!!

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Re: Living room find
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2020, 02:58:55 PM »
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