Wildguzzi.com
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: stomatomoto on September 23, 2015, 04:34:27 AM
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Pete you're gonna love this one especially, it's like it was made just for you! Behold, a whole gallery on it, found on r/motorcycles:
http://imgur.com/a/MDMbu (http://imgur.com/a/MDMbu)
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Love the old school shaft!!
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Whoever did that should be beaten with the same Ugly stick.
Oh well,I will have to figure that its better off than getting parted out on Ebay
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Ya know, I used to be a chopper jockey in my youth. Peanut tanked, ape-hangered, sissy-barred choppers from the 60's and 70's.
Even with a rigid frame, they 'could' be comfortable to ride.
But the new style chopper, with the seat so low, and the rider's knees in his chest, I just don't see how they can be comfortable to ride for any period of time...
This guy had a vision for his bike parts. He put them together in some kind of form, which he undoubtedly likes, but until it's finished (is it finished?) can't comment on the product. But the idea of the style, low seat, knees in chest, doesn't work for me.
I always did and still do like the 'Captain America' style choppers. I guess I'm just old fashioned and over the hill! :grin:
Tom
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We'll never be able to unsee that beast!!! Oh, my eyes! :sad:
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Another V11 Sport bites the dust...
:embarrassed:
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Where is that barf emoticon when I need it?
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Doesn't quite make the grade for "Steam Punk", but it's on it's way.
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Doesn't quite make the grade for "Steam Punk", but it's on it's way.
Looks like it's been assimilated into the Borg collective. What are all those cobby-looking extra boxes doing hanging off of it?
Lannis
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Where is that barf emoticon when I need it?
:1:
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Seems like some possibly unfair photos.
I can't tell if it's really as ridiculous as it looks or if it's just perspective and lens throwing the nasty-net over this one.
Laying of "beauty" by stamping a disclaimer into the seat is a weak touch.
Todd.
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(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic052/blast-crushed_zpsjcsqsikt.jpg)
Some good parts in there. :cry:
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(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag65/guzzistajohn/eyegouge_zps8c3b411b.jpg) (http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/guzzistajohn/media/eyegouge_zps8c3b411b.jpg.html)
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Pete you're gonna love this one especially, it's like it was made just for you! Behold, a whole gallery on it, found on r/motorcycles:
http://imgur.com/a/MDMbu (http://imgur.com/a/MDMbu)
Just a note -
This might not be a good day to post a pic of your wife or girlfriend .... :angel: :angel:
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(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic051/unseen-button_zps68gtgdzf.gif)
:laugh:
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The gas tank and exposed hoses are wierd. Make that bizzare. Two thumbs down.
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I'm sure it's supposed to be in the post apocalypse/steampunk category. Motorcycles like that are admired by many non-motorcycle people. When I parked my H2 at the Bull City Rumble this year, a guy on his open-pipe hardtail Virago that was set up a lot like this Guzzi parked next to me. A small crowd gathered, admiring the Virago, telling the owner how cool it was.
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I don't usually post many items. But I'm sorry it's not later in the day. So I can have a stiff drink to kill the pain!
Oh well it's five o'clock somewhere!
Carlo Guzzi. Turning over in his grave.
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I'm sure it's supposed to be in the post apocalypse/steampunk category. Motorcycles like that are admired by many non-motorcycle people. When I parked my H2 at the Bull City Rumble this year, a guy on his open-pipe hardtail Virago that was set up a lot like this Guzzi parked next to me. A small crowd gathered, admiring the Virago, telling the owner how cool is was.
Well, sometimes you have to, don't you? :wink:
At the Raleigh Eurobike thing in April, there's always a contingent of weird modified bikes. Many of them have about $500 total in them including the bike and modifications, owned by early 20-somethings who are "doing what they can" to have a slightly cool bike. Stripped down Honda S65 cafe racers, steam-punked CX500 Hondas, blacked out KZ400 "scramblers", you name it.
I always make a point to talk to the owners and let them know that someone is looking and interested in their bikes. I don't gush over them or lie about it, but just showing interest and asking questions is often enough to encourage them, and possibly set them on the path to enlightenment (MY enlightenment), who knows ... ?
Lannis
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Its a super duper stinking people mover ....
Gets my vote!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/funny-toilet-paper-toilet_zpsldyekmmd.jpg)
:azn:
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With a little time, it could end up like this.....
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/5229176106.html
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I think I'd chalk that one up to too much coffee...
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Doesn't quite make the grade for "Steam Punk", but it's on it's way.
Steam punk? 'Bout half right.
Todd.
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I'm thinking this should be a regular feature of mine, the gawker train wreck thread weekly, ribbed for Pete's pleasure! :evil: :whip2:
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Just no.
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It's art guys.....you're not supposed to RIDE it. :grin:
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With a little time, it could end up like this.....
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/mcy/5229176106.html
I sent that link to a friend who's into motorcycles and got this response: "dang, left my checkbook in my other dimension, the same one the bike is in....."
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Ive seen some steam punk style bikes where the look actually "flows" . There is something about this bike where that aspect is missing. An example would be confederate motorcycles, although far from steam punk, they are strange, but everything "flows", melds together where its pleasing to the eye. The boxes on this bike ruin the look, IMHO, as well as the chunky gas tank shape. I kinda like the way the driveshaft, and "swingarm" look, thats about it.
Rick.
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:1: There are custom builders that have a sense of style and flow . The disconnect between the upside down forks ,twin disc brakes and the rigid rear end leave me scratching my head . Lowryter and I saw a drag style KZ 1000 , not a bad looking bike, but it was running struts like a true drag bike , and had never seen the strip . To some extent , a motorcycle should be designed for its intended purpose , maybe as someone said , this one isn't built to ride . Hell , maybe we are all just getting old :grin:
Dusty
agreed
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It's art guys.....you're not supposed to RIDE it. :grin:
(http://profootballmock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/STEAMING-PILE-OF-POOP-150x150.png)
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What's all that malarkey on the left fork? Is that some kind of cable-actuated, hydraulic actuator for the front brake?
(You can see it if you zoom in on the 2nd photo.)
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Hell , maybe we are all just getting old
...
Dusty
(http://api.ning.com/files/rUrHnDSl8N9ojmyvg8aX2EzbgzVcIAysRx6KbN1rwutiFyPohNUFcRysvLgxR8ae8fvVWoTkAG3PLwZu1-XhHTArrmFerecD/276172_PapeldeParedeMemeISeeWhatYouDidThere_1920x1080.jpg?width=180&height=180&crop=1%3A1)
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Flowing lines
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/srjr5P2687c/maxresdefault.jpg)
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Whoa! Somebody needs therapy!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/1934-voisin-aerodyne-inspired-vsn-47-concept-motorcycle-photo-gallery_5_zps3x2sbdqr.jpg)
:shocked:
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So. What is the point of any of this shit? It's not art, it's not engineering, it's the masturbatory fantasies of the chronically talentless. No wonder the west is going out arse first to, well, every other culture on the planet!
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Let's cleanse our eyeballs with this...
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=151825628270&globalID=EBAY-US
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I looked at this several times, at first I didn't like it at all but it kind of grows on you, some of the ideas are nice.
A rigid frame with a sprung seat works well, reminds me of a VD oopps VB Ariel I had many years ago.
Unusual treatment of the front brake, semi mechanical.
I would like to see details around the bars, I don't think it has gauges apart from oil pressure.
I suspect he is far from finished i.e. head guards and hose fasteners need some attention
What's the frame off or is it done from scratch?
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So. What is the point of any of this shit? It's not art, it's not engineering, it's the masturbatory fantasies of the chronically talentless. No wonder the west is going out arse first to, well, every other culture on the planet!
Just something to talk about.
I'm surprised that we haven't had someone come forward and say something like "We are making ourselves feel superior by ganging up on someone else's taste in motorcycles, just because it's different from ours."
To me, it's just idle conversation, and something to bring funny analogies out of the woodwork. Part of the function of this board.
Lannis
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I looked at this several times, at first I didn't like it at all but it kind of grows on you, some of the ideas are nice.
A rigid frame with a sprung seat works well, reminds me of a VD oopps VB Ariel I had many years ago.
Unusual treatment of the front brake, semi mechanical.
I would like to see details around the bars, I don't think it has gauges apart from oil pressure.
I suspect he is far from finished i.e. head guards and hose fasteners need some attention
What's the frame off or is it done from scratch?
A lot of the parts are from a spine frame V11 Sport. He's added a bunch of tubing. Hard to tell in the pix if the lower frame tubes are factory Tonti parts or scratch-built.
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Ergo this is ugly.... :shocked:
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/Pretty%20Guzzi_zpsmeqzsoa4.jpg)
yuck.
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Ergo this is ugly.... :shocked:
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/Pretty%20Guzzi_zpsmeqzsoa4.jpg)
yuck.
You are joking, right? You are clown funny...
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You are joking, right? You are clown funny...
Maybe he wasn't referring to the loop but the fella standing next to it :shocked:
Dusty
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Uhhh.... I like it.
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:wink:
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Maybe he wasn't referring to the loop but the fella standing next to it :shocked:
Dusty
That's Ron Zello. I bought my V7 Sport from him after Charlie restored it. The loop was one of Charlie's creations too - Sophia. A guy named Leo from NYC bought that from Ron as well. Ron has many bikes, and once the "thrill of the hunt" is over, he gets bored and sells them. That's when I pounced on the Sport.
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Sophia. mmmmmmm :kiss:
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/sophia_zpsvxpmerjv.jpg)
Classico!
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Another new custom ....
http://www.bikeexif.com/venier-customs?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bikeexif+%28Bike+EXIF%29
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/venier-customs-moto-guzzi-1_zpsa5ke6odh.jpg)
mmmmmmm .... would a Windjammer fit? :wink:
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Is that a 12" rear wheel?
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Just something to talk about.
I'm surprised that we haven't had someone come forward and say something like "We are making ourselves feel superior by ganging up on someone else's taste in motorcycles, just because it's different from ours."
To me, it's just idle conversation, and something to bring funny analogies out of the woodwork. Part of the function of this board.
Lannis
:thumb: MY man right here! Also someone definitely proposed a weekly "irritate Pete" thread or something, partially just tryna run wit dat.
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Ergo this is ugly.... :shocked:
yuck.
<sarcasm on> So ugly that every time it stopped for gas, people crowded around and asked questions. So ugly it won several "peoples choice" awards at shows. So ugly, a guy ran out of his house, into the street to where I was sitting at a traffic light, just to tell me how much he loved my Guzzi. :rolleyes: Yeah, hideous. <sarcasm off>
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That's Ron Zello. I bought my V7 Sport from him after Charlie restored it. The loop was one of Charlie's creations too - Sophia. A guy named Leo from NYC bought that from Ron as well. Ron has many bikes, and once the "thrill of the hunt" is over, he gets bored and sells them. That's when I pounced on the Sport.
Leo (now in the Philly area) is thinking about selling "Sophia" (the Guzzi), if anyone is interested, contact me and I'll put you in touch.
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So. What is the point of any of this shit? It's not art, it's not engineering, it's the masturbatory fantasies of the chronically talentless. No wonder the west is going out arse first to, well, every other culture on the planet!
Pete, your mastery of words continues to please and entertain.
Are you sure you are no relation to Cap'n Haddock. :grin:
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb116/johnr39/Capitaine%20Haddock%203.jpg) (http://s210.photobucket.com/user/johnr39/media/Capitaine%20Haddock%203.jpg.html)
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I thought only Paulie and Mikey Teutel made unrideable bikes. This critter should be taken out in the dirt--and buried in it.
Ralph
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It's a time travel machine!! Jokes aside, it also appears to me the owner was going for a steam punk look, though there are some strange mods I don't understand.
If you lile sreampunk designs, check out this Vespa. This one gets my vote.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/guardian-astonishing-steampunk-vespa-by-pulsar-projects-photo-gallery-53611.html
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Neato!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/guardian-astonishing-steampunk-vespa-by-pulsar-projects-photo-gallery_16_zpslbbgoy8z.jpg)
Love the grenades for controls.... though only Guzzi used em. :boozing:
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Tea time!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic047/steampunk-motorycle-outside-tom-steam_zpsixixy1vi.jpg)