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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: radguzzi on July 11, 2022, 06:18:23 PM

Title: 1980 SP1000 rolling basket case.
Post by: radguzzi on July 11, 2022, 06:18:23 PM
The very first Moto Guzzi that I owned was an '80 SP 1000, purchased in 1983.  I have owned three others over the years and like the idiot that I am, I have not kept one.   :embarrassed:

Well this rolling basket case came available, and I could not pass it up.  Needs E.v.e.r.y thing but hey, I will start in on it and the transformation will, no doubt be a loooong story.  Perhaps I will do a build thread...

The first 1980 SP1000... I could not find a great photo of the original livery of Blue with Black.  cell copy of a pre-digital print

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/pKPch5.jpg)


The current rolling basket case...A previous owner had done some odd stuff, that exhaust etc. 

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/fVZljc.jpg)


And on an unrelated subject, I just noticed that the Moto Guzzi photo has the Triumph M/C sign in the background and the nearly completed Triumph T140V on the other lift has the Moto Guzzi sign in the background.   :grin:  :boozing:

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/Yu55Ol.jpg)

More later,
rad__



Title: Re: 1980 SP1000 rolling basket case.
Post by: Huzo on July 11, 2022, 09:03:49 PM
What the hell does someone see when they look at that muffler ?
(https://i.ibb.co/8xvGs6N/B15-A5618-9-C35-4694-93-B3-099-E0-AA04-D53.png) (https://ibb.co/8xvGs6N)
Title: Re: 1980 SP1000 rolling basket case.
Post by: cliffrod on July 11, 2022, 09:43:41 PM
Glad to hear you found a bike to do.   It’s humbling to realize that these bikes aren’t the cheap & easy follies that they once seemed to be.  Hope it’s a fun adventure. 

Keep us posted on the build.
Title: Re: 1980 SP1000 rolling basket case.
Post by: Scout63 on July 12, 2022, 07:18:06 AM
Great project.  Many pictures please.
Title: Re: 1980 SP1000 rolling basket case.
Post by: radguzzi on July 12, 2022, 07:23:21 AM
Quote from: Huzo on July 11, 2022, 09:03:49 PM
What the hell does someone see when they look at that muffler ?
(https://i.ibb.co/8xvGs6N/B15-A5618-9-C35-4694-93-B3-099-E0-AA04-D53.png) (https://ibb.co/8xvGs6N)


Hahaa... They appear to be Guzzi Sport or Sporti canisters.  I'll look up the part number sometime.  Whoever attached them was Very creative with the mid-pipes too. 
Doesn't look like much however, someone went to a lot of work to form them.


Quote from: cliffrod on July 11, 2022, 09:43:41 PM

Glad to hear you found a bike to do.   It’s humbling to realize that these bikes aren’t the cheap & easy follies that they once seemed to be.  Hope it’s a fun adventure. 

Keep us posted on the build.

Thanks, yeah,
My kind of project, I like going through the sub-systems of carbs, brake calipers etc. as well as the engine and gearbox. 
Going to be a long slog but I'll have a reason to be in the garage... often.

rad__