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Title: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: JJ on June 16, 2016, 09:46:46 AM
Photos of the five Guzzi's that I have owned over the years, (including my current '98 V10 Centauro GT), and only one wife!! :thumb: :wink: We celebrated 31 years June 14th! :cool: 

I am very fortunate to have someone who has stood by me all these years, through thick and thin....and has put up with my BS...and motorcycle obsession! :wink: :thumb: :cool:


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Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: fotoguzzi on June 16, 2016, 10:19:10 AM
Nice and congratulations!
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Stormtruck2 on June 16, 2016, 10:23:18 AM
Congratulations,  and may you have 31 more years together, and twice that many more bikes.
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Sheepdog on June 16, 2016, 10:31:28 AM
So is it true love or is your wife just a Guzzi aficionado? Both, perhaps?
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Nic in Western NYS on June 16, 2016, 10:40:39 AM
Congratulations on the beautiful occasion (nice bikes too, and a great photo of the two of you!)
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Dave Swanson on June 16, 2016, 10:46:43 AM
Congratulations to both of you.  Working on 39 years here. 
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on June 16, 2016, 10:50:40 AM
You have such good taste, she appreciates that.
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Testarossa on June 16, 2016, 11:12:47 AM
Sounds like a great relationship. Gail will marry me (and my two Guzzis) on Sunday. Hope we have at least 31 years together!
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: JJ on June 16, 2016, 11:47:12 AM
So is it true love or is your wife just a Guzzi aficionado? Both, perhaps?

My wife of course, is my true love, :cool: but I have owned and ridden 30+ other brands of motorcycles in all my years of riding...and 18 years before I met her! :thumb: :wink:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: menzies on June 16, 2016, 11:49:12 AM
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: jcctx on June 16, 2016, 11:55:51 AM
The real ? is why such a lovely lass would pick an old biker man??????????
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: JJ on June 16, 2016, 12:00:51 PM
The real ? is why such a lovely lass would pick an old biker man??????????

1. Because old Italians get better with age....and 2.  I know how to make her laugh... :cool: ...and often.   She also says:  "I am the entertainment director" of the household!! :grin: :laugh: :thumb: :cool: :boozing:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Sheepdog on June 16, 2016, 02:15:48 PM
My wife of course, is my true love, :cool: but I have owned and ridden 30+ other brands of motorcycles in all my years of riding...and 18 years before I met her! :thumb: :wink:

You're doing it right, JJ!
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: JJ on June 16, 2016, 02:39:34 PM
You're doing it right, JJ!

One thing I learned from my Chinese colleagues a very long ago....

"Happy wife...Happy Life!"  :bow: :thumb: :cool:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Arizona Wayne on June 16, 2016, 03:08:28 PM
My ? is, why don't you hang on to your Guzzis like you do your wife?   :undecided:

My wife of 28 years bought me our 1st Guzzi and we still have it.  We've had 5 Guzzis and still have 3 (`81 CX100, `77 Convert, `04 750 Breva.)   Both of us got married for the 2nd time.   Her 1st husband rode a Harley.   So I married a biker momma.   :shocked:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: canuck750 on June 16, 2016, 03:26:20 PM
Congratulations!

Working on 34 years now myself.
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: JJ on June 16, 2016, 03:57:44 PM
My ? is, why don't you hang on to your Guzzis like you do your wife?   :undecided:

My wife of 28 years bought me our 1st Guzzi and we still have it.  We've had 5 Guzzis and still have 3 (`81 CX100, `77 Convert, `04 750 Breva.)   Both of us got married for the 2nd time.   Her 1st husband rode a Harley.   So I married a biker momma.   :shocked:

For me personally, motorcycles have always been inanimate, recreational vehicles...surely designed for fun and enjoyment, but nothing more. :cool:  I never get emotionally attached to any of them.   

Besides, I like owning and trying new toys every once in a while. :grin: :laugh:  (I have owned and ridden more than 34 bikes in over 49 years of riding) :wink:

With women, my intent was always and only to get married ONCE...and I did...at age 30...just like my grandfather. :cool:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: pete mcgee on June 16, 2016, 04:15:41 PM
JJ,
Well done, happy wife happy life.
Me? One Guzzi in 29 years, now on wife No3.
Life, an interesting journey despite your best intentions.
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 16, 2016, 05:11:48 PM
That's great JJ best wishes for many more happy years!

Me, LeMans 27 years, wife (Barbara) 14 happy years.

Oh I did have one practice run before but I try to forget that one :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: davedel44 on June 16, 2016, 06:13:33 PM
Congrats JJ.  May you have many more anniversaries and bikes.

Dave
Galveston
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: krglorioso on June 16, 2016, 09:04:59 PM
Karen and I just completed 44 years a few days ago.  On our first date I noticed a Bell "Shorty" helmet in her car.  That did it!

Ralph
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: alanp on June 16, 2016, 09:43:40 PM
Congratulations JJ.  Those are 6 beatiful companions, and you have kept the one that counts!
Patty and I will celebrate 27 years this September, and each year is better than the last. 

We have never met, but I hope we get the chance someday.  I always enjoy your posts!
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: charlie b on June 17, 2016, 08:05:14 AM
Congratulations to you both and hope you have many more years together.  Also glad you got another Goose :)
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: kirkemon on June 17, 2016, 04:46:38 PM
 :thumb:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: slopokes on June 17, 2016, 04:54:25 PM
jj-congratulations again and thanks for selling me that sp3- :boozing:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: JJ on June 17, 2016, 05:08:38 PM
jj-congratulations again and thanks for selling me that sp3- :boozing:

Hi slopokes!  Good to hear from you again!  I believe you told me last time we emailed that you were T-boned on that SP-III, and it was totaled, yes? :shocked:  Glad you are OK!  What Guzzi are you riding now?  Let me know, and RIDE SAFE! :cool:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Shorty on June 18, 2016, 02:11:16 AM
You done good, brah. Happy for the both of ya.
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: slopokes on June 18, 2016, 05:56:31 AM
yes jj-it was totaled-have a breva 1100 now and am looking to go smaller. :popcorn:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: JJ on June 18, 2016, 07:21:12 AM
yes jj-it was totaled-have a breva 1100 now and am looking to go smaller. :popcorn:

How about a V7 classic / sport / racer or the new V9 Roamer? :thumb: :cool:
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: groundhog105 on June 18, 2016, 09:17:30 AM
Congratulations JJ that's a great story.
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on June 18, 2016, 02:14:27 PM
  Hopefully the wife came with a better warrenty than the Guzzis.
Title: Re: 5 Guzzi's in 31 years...and one wife!
Post by: JJ on June 18, 2016, 06:38:22 PM
  Hopefully the wife came with a better warranty than the Guzzis.

No warranty (or guarantees) on the wife...I just got lucky! :thumb: :cool:

The only two "brand new" Guzzi's I have ever owned in my life, ironically, was my very first one, a 1978 850 Le Mans, and I sold it after 5000 miles - no issues. :thumb:

The second was the 2002 V11 Le Mans, and same thing, I sold it to a friend when I moved to Aachen, Germany in 2004.  It too, had about 5K miles on it - and no issues whatsoever. :cool: It now has >18K miles and no issues.
 
All my other Guzzi's were used, and there was time and money invested in ALL of them to get them right and properly sorted. 

I have all the parts / upgrades to "fix all the issues" my V10 Centuaro, and hopefully that will all be competed by the time I ride it to 25th New Mexico State Rally in Datil at the end of August. 

It has 7500 original miles on it now, and in 1000 miles the only thing that died is the Veglia tach (POS) which I have to replace.


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