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Title: 2010 Stelvio
Post by: tazio on April 19, 2015, 12:53:50 PM

Lisa, working back to back 12 hour shifts at the hospital this weekend, was unable to keep a watch on our trailer.
..and THIS bad boy jumped in!! 
(was one of those "beg for forgiveness later ~instead of permission now" kind of things..) :pop
A hearty Thank You to "Vagrant" Steve, with honorable shout out to Mrs.Orwig for expounding on the virtues of these bikes from a passenger observation.
This is my 3rd Guzzi. All 3 completely different flavors from one to another.
First was a 1997 1100Sport i, next came the 1970 Ambassador. Finally(yeah,right), this 2010 Stelvio.   ~Might have to try a Centauro next. Hmmm..
My plan is to ride the balls off of it, or at least the cam lobes :BEER:
To top it off, I took it in the pouring rain to the "blessing of the bikes" this morning (talk about "complete immersion"!).

In the past (1982), I had bought a new Yamaha XT550, slapped street tires and a wind-screen on it, milk crate for a top box, made sheet metal lowers for more wind protection, and hit the highways in comfort. Must be reliving my past..

"if the illusion is real
let them give you a ride
if they got thunder appeal
let them be on your side"-The Cars

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a538/broughsuperior/Stelvio%20%201st%20day%20008_zpszmt4tmcf.jpg) (http://s1282.photobucket.com/user/broughsuperior/media/Stelvio%20%201st%20day%20008_zpszmt4tmcf.jpg.html)~many sweet ride reports to come!

Title: Re: 2010 Stelvio
Post by: Nic in Western NYS on April 19, 2015, 12:58:04 PM

Fantastic. Congrats!  Stays in the family.

Title: Re: 2010 Stelvio
Post by: brlawson on April 19, 2015, 03:38:23 PM

Congrats on the purchase.

They will take most anywhere you want to go:

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VlPf4_CYfXQ/U7vgu5TqqWI/AAAAAAAABk0/tN5KvCjiWn4/w720-h540-no/DSCN0785%5B1%5D.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RCZTM-_E9QU/U7yiqD_hw_I/AAAAAAAABrk/Ga9-zMxg6DI/w720-h540-no/DSCN0810%5B1%5D.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-af124vTO32g/U7ylF2Uuu9I/AAAAAAAABsg/l8Ads_0r4ZY/w720-h540-no/DSCN0828%5B1%5D.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PFU5roSxXNA/U7ylMTjsahI/AAAAAAAABsw/rsBITN-7qeQ/w720-h540-no/DSCN0836%5B1%5D.JPG)

Title: Re: 2010 Stelvio
Post by: Wayne Orwig on April 19, 2015, 06:05:18 PM

You should have gotten a 'fast red' one.
 ~;


Congratulations. Now go find the tag.  ;)

Title: Re: 2010 Stelvio
Post by: poorBob on April 20, 2015, 04:56:58 AM

Congratulations!

Nuthin' better than a new bike. Well, almost nuthin'...