images of custom guzzis

[lucian]

stumbled on this site while searching something totally unrelated.  Lots of GC
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/507429083016870065/?nic_v1=1a%2BjBxxeUZ8sNbDyX87YiPKOjioTryGyLQHnQYd3u%2B1aLPD1Y0kInQeCuy7gS2Q0ZB
Really like this one
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/765823111611314713/?nic_v1=1aeFApZgdGSycflpkJHrQZ9iEmsnSR1qulWrON3EHpnXtpx7B%2BEHYOAvcSbu5vbJCq

[LowRyter]

I have never figured out how this Pinterest works.  I see photos, go to the site and see lots of "stuff". 

[Travman]

Really like this one
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/765823111611314713/?nic_v1=1aeFApZgdGSycflpkJHrQZ9iEmsnSR1qulWrON3EHpnXtpx7B%2BEHYOAvcSbu5vbJCq

I really like this one too. They did a good job making the seat look integrated. A lot of guzzi cafe racers simply cut the frame rails and place a generic off the self fiberglass seat on top. This one also has nice looking side covers.

[Huzo]

Some of the workmanship is nice, but most of them have no idea of visual balance.
Don’t look at one if you’ve got a hangover, you’ll chunder...

[JJ]

Seriously??!!??  I would have no problem owning / riding this Guzzi....(just sayin')

[Huzo]

Seriously??!!??  I would have no problem owning / riding this Guzzi....(just sayin')

I wouldn’t have a “problem” either, but I take your point as intended.
Here’s the thing.
You could take a piano builder and have him construct a perfectly built boat or wooden aircraft..superb craftsmanship but if the drawings call for an out of proportion mismash, then you’re rooted..
Problem is, if the visuals don’t speak  the same sentence front to back, you’ll always have less than it could have been.
Like Sofia Vergara with an ass like Clint Eastwood....(now there’s an image)
So many of these custom builders, put $$$’s into bikes but no sense..(sic) They have lovely stocky front ends ( the bikes that is, not the builders.. ) and Ohlins coming out of every orifice, then forget about the design from the front of the seat to the back and that “see through” thing has been thrashed since Christ died...!

[oldbike54]

Seriously??!!??  I would have no problem owning / riding this Guzzi....(just sayin')

 I like it 

 Dusty

[moto-uno]

This will be 12 years of fun . 3years and 3 months in the making and about 50k kilometers easy riding  , Peter

[SIR REAL ED]

This will be 12 years of fun . 3years and 3 months in the making and about 50k kilometers easy riding  , Peter

That is the most original custom Guzzi I have ever seen!  Kudos to You!

The Guzzi engine is a form of art, deserves to be shown off.

Good to know there are still some people out their marching to the beat of their own saxophone!   

[Scout63]

I wouldn’t have a “problem” either, but I take your point as intended.
Here’s the thing.
You could take a piano builder and have him construct a perfectly built boat or wooden aircraft..superb craftsmanship but if the drawings call for an out of proportion mismash, then you’re rooted..
Problem is, if the visuals don’t speak  the same sentence front to back, you’ll always have less than it could have been.
Like Sofia Vergara with an ass like Clint Eastwood....(now there’s an image)
So many of these custom builders, put $$$’s into bikes but no sense..(sic) They have lovely stocky front ends ( the bikes that is, not the builders.. ) and Ohlins coming out of every orifice, then forget about the design from the front of the seat to the back and that “see through” thing has been thrashed since Christ died...!

I totally agree. The hardest part of a custom build is finding a new good look. I think MG nailed it with the Eldorado and the V7 Sport.  Moving away from the stock configuration is risky and difficult.  I’m especially grappling with comfort vs. aesthetics. Great thread.

[Kiwi_Roy]

Peters creation sure has lots to look at

[Rusnak_322]

I really like this one too. They did a good job making the seat look integrated. A lot of guzzi cafe racers simply cut the frame rails and place a generic off the self fiberglass seat on top. This one also has nice looking side covers.

Not me, I hate the look of the seat climbing up the tank. i know that it is a classic Moto Guzzi feature, but it look odd. It also draws your eye away from the best Tonti feature - the flat line of the frame where the tank and seat are above it.

[JJ]

QUOTE:  Problem is, if the visuals don’t speak  the same sentence front to back, you’ll always have less than it could have been.  Like Sofia Vergara with an ass like Clint Eastwood....(now there’s an image)

WTF?!? 

Then, of course, you could SPEND your money.... $$$$$$ ....and just buy "a stock version"...like one of these!!

[Huzo]

QUOTE:  Problem is, if the visuals don’t speak  the same sentence front to back, you’ll always have less than it could have been.  Like Sofia Vergara with an ass like Clint Eastwood....(now there’s an image)

WTF?!? 

Then, of course, you could SPEND your money.... $$$$$$ ....and just buy "a stock version"...like one of these!!

I did.

[Old Jock]

Heh Huzo did you purchase a CX100 or an LM1?

Is that a CX in the picture or an LM1 anyway?

The headlight sticking out the fairing like that always confuses me, but that's easily done anyway

Whichever, both are fantastic bikes, enjoy

John

[Huzo]

Heh Huzo did you purchase a CX100 or an LM1?

Is that a CX in the picture or an LM1 anyway?

The headlight sticking out the fairing like that always confuses me, but that's easily done anyway

Whichever, both are fantastic bikes, enjoy

John

Actually John if everyone has their say, mine is a Mk 2..
Some say a “better” bike, but worth about 70% of the value of a similar Mk 1.
I never ride mine, no brakes, no power, no springs, rough as guts. I’ve got no interest in it..

[Blaufeld66]

Is that a CX in the picture or an LM1 anyway?

CX engine heads are rounded and flat, and more "upright" (less inclined that the 90 degree Guzzi twins).

[Old Jock]

CX engine heads are rounded and flat, and more "upright" (less inclined that the 90 degree Guzzi twins).

Are you referring to Soichiro Honda's offering by any chance?

I was referring to the Umerikan CX100 I think they were only made for the US market and looked like a Le Mans but were not as highly tuned.

I don't know much about them but like the LMI they sure are head turners

Actually John if everyone has their say, mine is a Mk 2..
Some say a “better” bike, but worth about 70% of the value of a similar Mk 1.
I never ride mine, no brakes, no power, no springs, rough as guts. I’ve got no interest in it..

Huzo get your act together man!!! (says him with a HiCam he can't fix and an 1100 spread all over the basement floor  )

APOLOGIES FOR TAKING THE THREAD OFF TOPIC

Ah'll get ma coat

[JJ]

QUOTE:  APOLOGIES FOR TAKING THE THREAD OFF TOPIC

aka....."Thread Drift!!"

[Blaufeld66]

I was referring to the Umerikan CX100 I think they were only made for the US market and looked like a Le Mans but were not as highly tuned.

Understood!