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Title: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: steveford on June 22, 2015, 10:14:16 PM

My Buddy Mel has been looking at several different Guzzi's for a while now and finally bit the bullet and sprung for a New Red Touring last Saturday after the Oregon Guzzi Brunch. After picking up his bike at Moto Guzzi Portland, we headed off to a view point up on Mt. St. Helens to get a couple hundred miles on his new bike. Mel is loving this Guzzi !!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :grin: :grin: :grin: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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Title: Re: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: lucian on June 22, 2015, 10:35:07 PM

Thanks for sharing those super photos. Great looking bikes and scenery, hope I get a chance to see the west coast some day. :thumb:

Title: Re: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: lorazepam on June 22, 2015, 11:06:29 PM

Should have pushed that scooter out of the way when you took the pictures.

Title: Re: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: Frulk on June 22, 2015, 11:26:23 PM

Beautiful bike your buddy has there...On a side note. I actually saw St Helens erupt on 18 May 1980. My brother and I were throwing a nerf football around in our parents driveway in Sandy, Oregon. On a clear day you could see the summit of St Helens pretty easy from there. First thought was that it was a nuke. looked just like one. For years afterwards I wore a "Where were you when the Mountain blew" t-shirt. Still pretty vivid in my memory. That's something you just don't forget.

Title: Re: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: JeffOlson on June 23, 2015, 01:29:29 AM

That's a beautiful bike! Thanks for the pictures, Steve.

(I, too, saw Mt. St. Helens erupt, and I had to drive through a bit of snow-like ash to get home that night.)

Title: Re: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: Waltr on June 23, 2015, 06:12:30 AM

   Any idea who makes the trailer hitch for the Cali?  How is the 65L trunk?

Title: Re: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: Cross-tie Walker on June 23, 2015, 10:19:33 AM

GREAT pictures Steve! Please welcome Mel "back" to the Guzzi fold...even if he really never left.
Hope to see this Eldo in person at Humbug

Title: Re: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: bouts on June 23, 2015, 01:03:24 PM

Quote from: Waltr on June 23, 2015, 06:12:30 AM

   Any idea who makes the trailer hitch for the Cali?  How is the 65L trunk?

  X2 on the trailer hitch question.  I was thinking of something like a small trailer to help in the luggage department

Title: Re: 1400 TOURING IN RED LEAVES MOTO GUZZI PORTLAND
Post by: steveford on June 23, 2015, 07:10:02 PM

The trailer hitch was made by a friend in Seattle, and he's not planning on making any more. I love the 65 liter trunk, although it's not deep enough to fit a full face helmet. I really like the way it looks though. The smaller trunks are having cracking issues with the molding around the outside. There's quite a difference in price between the two.