When the prime season closes, what project do you have on tap for the winter?

[Scout63]

I’ll finish my G5 custom and then start on a 77R100S, with a rebuild of my Gravely in between. The UPS man will love me.

[et18]

Nothing as impressive as some of the other postings here but I probably have 10~20 hours of work this winter depending on how much stuff I break:

'14 1400 Touring:  24K service, maybe do the moaning whale fix and maybe another rear tire
'94 R1100RS: Just plugs and valves lash adjustment, but maybe new suspension if I decide I have too much money laying around, but probably not. 
'01 R1200C:  SS brake lines, fork seals and shift linkage maintenance.

In January sometimes it's nice to take an FTO day and just mess around in the garage for the day.

[wrbix]

It's going to be the Aero Lario II ... The bike will mount up as a pusher unit with the rear wheel removed and a prop run off the "final drive" ...

 

LOL....expect substantial yaw effect. 

[normzone]

I'm no flyboy, but I would expect a Guzzi to deliver on the "roll" axis ... This probably explains why my pilot's license has not arrived in the mail.

[Shorty]

Nothing much. Little bit of groundskeeping. I have been spending the cooler days going through many years of collected "stuff" in the garage.  Yesterday I organized a pile of old magazine articles I had written in the 90s. Then I found a big pile of vintage M/C advertizing from various aftermarket accessory companies. Some of it laughable. Shyteload of old MGNOC newsletters gotta go. Lotsa press releases, tech manuals and pamphets from Guzzi, BMW, Triumph, HD and Yamaha. Probably gonna try to EBAY that stuff, as my kids will simply trash bin them when found. I need to purge my shed and toss some mismatched junk fenders and such. After that, time for our annual trip to the beach...

[s1120]

Always something to do..

Interesting strongback..  Ive seen them used in boatbuilding, but didnt know they were used in wing construction.

[Chuck in Indiana]

..... "Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!"

"Look! Up in the sky!"
"It's a bird!"...............it’s a ___Legal Eagle_____ 

Exactly what model I’m waiting to hear as well. Nice work.......again.

A legal "ultralight" with wooden wings, chrome moly tube fuselage, and a 3 cylinder radial  for power. Yes, I thought about an inverted Guzzi with a dry sump, but it makes it's power at too high an rpm for a propeller. I *have* a reduction drive, but then the whole package is too heavy.
It is *something to do* during this enforced staycation..and believe me, there is always something to do when you build an airplane, even something as simple as this.

[DougG]

Hi Chuck,                                                                           9-28-20

SWEET!  Will it have canvas wings or maybe aluminum skin?   

Be well, Stay well,

DougG

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

In the final throes of sorting out my restored Ambo ('70) so hopefully i can ride that on the nice weather days and decide if I like it or not.

If I really dig the ambo, I will start my 2nd Ambo ('73) with a 1100 swap and some other restomod touches-- I'll keep that one and sell the cherry restored one to finance it

In the meantime, the breva needs the tank off for some vent and fuel cap love, plus change all the fluids, oil, drive oil, trans, brake, clutch..  Still trying to get guzidiag to work on that so I can swap the cat for a y-pipe, inner & outer plugs, and a TB clean/balance

The v65 has been running sweet, but I have it back apart to sort out a better gasket situation on the tank conversion-- hopefully spend a Saturday getting that in order and have it for misty commutes when i dont want to dirty the Ambo

Lots of house work on the horizon- we bought a great house back in Feb, but lots of deferred maintenance to work on, plus I'm clearing a lot of grown up brush and reclaiming some of the yard from the woods- after a few full days of that I've decided to let it die back for the winter before I go further-its a lot of work! 

Right now all my time is eaten up with building an AirBnB apartment in my basement- I'm about 8mos in on what should have been a 4mo project. Slow going when you do it all yourself!

[larrys]

Finish putting my boat engine(350 Chevy) back together and get it in the boat and running before winter.
Next will be this. Hasn't run in at least ten years, needs a full mechanical rebuild.
Larry



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[Jorg66]

Taking apart our little CB 125 S , rusted up like mad, ,new paint and other gismos and turn it into a Cafe Racer. Just  Little tinkering for winter. Right now looks like Riding Season has come to an End up here till April of next.

[Jim Rich]

Brew a batch of ale or two, bake some bread.

[normzone]

I have been avoiding brewing, but when the temps drop I will be tempted ...

[Chuck in Indiana]

I have been avoiding brewing, but when the temps drop I will be tempted ...

Norman.. I don't think the temperature drops much in Sandy Eggo..

[Chuck in Indiana]

Hi Chuck,                                                                           9-28-20

SWEET!  Will it have canvas wings or maybe aluminum skin?   

Be well, Stay well,

DougG

It will be fabric covered.

[kballowe]

We always pick up a couple two or three bikes, when the snow starts to fly.  Some of them will need a lot of TLC;  others, not so much.
They all get a good "once over"








It's better than watching TV.
 

[TOMB]

My winter project, as soon as my new shed arrives in two weeks,





Bought this in March of this year with intentions of having it ready by August , Well you know the rest of what happens to the best made plans.

Well not going to happen but March looks better.

TOMB