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Title: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The TRASHER"
Post by: JJ on September 30, 2016, 02:13:20 PM
 :grin: :thumb: :1: :cool:


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Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: radguzzi on September 30, 2016, 03:42:19 PM

Yup, cool stuff from Mark.

I liked the Temecula also...

Rob
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: JJ on September 30, 2016, 05:41:52 PM
Another classic... :shocked: :rolleyes: :cool: :laugh: :grin: :wink: :thumb: :1:

Oh and...here's what happens when you leave your bike at the shop more than a week after your service has been completed


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Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: JJ on September 30, 2016, 05:45:21 PM
Yup, cool stuff from Mark.

I liked the Temecula also...

Rob

Must have missed that one...here is..."The Tetanus"  :rolleyes: :laugh: :grin: :thumb: :1: :cool:


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Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: Johncolleary on September 30, 2016, 05:53:27 PM
I better watch where I park my Stelvio in Long Beach!!
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: Tom on September 30, 2016, 06:31:28 PM
IIRC Tetanus ran too.  I'd spray clear over Tetanus and Thrasher and call it a day.  :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: Cam3512 on September 30, 2016, 06:52:49 PM
Then there's the man, the myth, the legend...


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Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: Tom on September 30, 2016, 06:58:23 PM
Then there is this one.  2 bikes in one. 

http://motoguzziclassics.com/Assets/Custom%20Bikes/loydev2.jpg

http://motoguzziclassics.com/Assets/Custom%20Bikes/loydev1.jpg

http://motoguzziclassics.com/Assets/Custom%20Bikes/loydev3.jpg

Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on September 30, 2016, 08:22:52 PM
Mark in his meticulous shop, no doubt telling someone on the phone how to fix their Guzzi for free..  :smiley:
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Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: Arizona Wayne on September 30, 2016, 09:25:19 PM
IIRC Tetanus ran too.  I'd spray clear over Tetanus and Thrasher and call it a day.  :grin: :grin:


 I saw the Tetanus when he or someone? rode it to a Ramona, Ca. campout.  :thumb:   Story was he found it discarded and literally a bush had grown around it over the years of neglect and yet it took little to get it running.  :shocked:   When it ran it was quiet too.  :1:
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: John Ulrich on October 01, 2016, 08:20:31 AM
Those are two rare photos of Mark not wearing his sunglasses.
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: Turin on October 01, 2016, 10:07:10 AM
Jj, you have your bikes confused.
The "Thrasher" was built by EP&F in prescott.
Marks bike is named the "Trasher" for where it came from.
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: JJ on October 01, 2016, 11:10:46 AM
Jj, you have your bikes confused.
The "Thrasher" was built by EP&F in prescott.
Marks bike is named the "Trasher" for where it came from.

Hi Turin! 

Yes, you are correct! (Thanks!) (Getting old is not for the faint of heart!) :rolleyes: :shocked: :wink: - LOL -  CORRECTED now! 

Here is Jim Knaup's "THRASHER" - http://www.epfguzzi.com/models/t2.html

What ever happened to that bike?  I think he still has it in his shop in Prescott.


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Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: azguzzirep on October 01, 2016, 03:31:21 PM
IIRC Tetanus ran too.  I'd spray clear over Tetanus and Thrasher and call it a day.  :grin: :grin:

I rode the Tetnus! Also saw the Trasher.  Mark said a garbage truck driver loaded it into the back of his garbage truck after seeing a couple of tweekers with it. He brought by MGC and Mark bought it off him.

Tom
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The TRASHER"
Post by: wirespokes on October 02, 2016, 12:43:17 AM
Hey! I was there about a year ago. Stopped by his shop to pick up some stuff for the basket case T3. I must have waited 45 minutes to talk with him while he helped a customer then loaded his bike into the pickup. Then he was on the phone with someone else, and...

A no BS kind of guy, down to earth and gives you his full attention when dealing with you.

He has racks and racks of parts out back, and projects on the lifts... an interesting place for sure! 
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The TRASHER"
Post by: JJ on October 02, 2016, 03:52:37 PM
Next time I motor into Prescott, I will stop and ask ol' Jim what ever happened to..."The Thrasher!!" (?)  :rolleyes: :undecided:  I think it is still in his shop collecting dust (?), :huh: :shocked: but will file a full report.
Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: radguzzi on October 02, 2016, 04:47:29 PM
Must have missed that one...here is..."The Tetanus"  :rolleyes: :laugh: :grin: :thumb: :1: :cool:


Ahh, I think the T was found in Temecula, sorry, close, no cigar...

Title: Re: I always liked this story from Moto Guzzi Classics - - "The Thrasher"
Post by: azguzzirep on October 04, 2016, 11:02:17 AM
Then there is this one.  2 bikes in one. 

http://motoguzziclapssics.com/Assets/Custom%20Bikes/loydev2.jpg

http://motoguzziclassics.com/Assets/Custom%20Bikes/loydev1.jpg

http://motoguzziclassics.com/Assets/Custom%20Bikes/loydev3.jpg

That bike belonged to John  Lloyd aka The Guzzi Reverend. He crashed and died in Death Valley on the way to the National  in Grass Valley.

His son let Mark do his thing with it. A very nice job but not perfect. I rode it in Ramona one time. Still needed turn signals but who would notice😀

Tom