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Title: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: charlieb / ma on November 05, 2017, 01:57:06 PM

I picked up my bike from Antietam Classic cycle in Maryland. Charlie did a great job and it really running nice. I brought it to work the other day and I saw more people taking pictures and asking questions. While others came in to see who owned that little bike. It was really comical!  One guy even fed the meter for me so I wouldnt get a ticket!

CharlieB  /  Ma

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on November 05, 2017, 02:07:30 PM

 :thumb: :thumb:

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: oldbike54 on November 05, 2017, 02:11:16 PM

 A tale of two Charlies  :bow:

 Dusty

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: Arizona Wayne on November 05, 2017, 02:54:59 PM

So what bike are you so proud of?  :huh:

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on November 05, 2017, 03:14:08 PM

Quote from: Arizona Wayne on November 05, 2017, 02:54:59 PM

So what bike are you so proud of?  :huh:

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Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: pete roper on November 06, 2017, 04:15:42 AM

My first Guzzi was one of them only it was a turd! :grin:

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: toolittletime on November 06, 2017, 04:46:21 PM

 :gotpics:

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: Diploman on November 06, 2017, 05:25:28 PM

V50II, original format.  Lovely!  Mine looked just like that for 30+ years, then I decided to "renovate" it.  My "edited" version gets rid of the nits that annoyed me in the factory edition and resets the ergos to just what I had wanted for all those years.  Also a significant degree of modernization.  The (lightly cafe'd) result is very pleasing to me, but I still respect the original.  I did no frame modifications (only a few small de-tabs), and kept all the original parts, so my bike could easily be returned to factory configuration if wanted. 

I think the V50II is probably the sweet spot of the early smallblock series:  It avoids the chrome cylinders of the V50, being one of the first Guzzis with Nikasil bores; and, with the Bosch electronic ignition (hassel-free), it escapes the woeful cam-mounted points of the V50III (and the lamentable brown livery).

Great refresh, Charlie!  Congratulations on a beautiful bike, Charlie!  Ride on!

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: Matteo on November 06, 2017, 06:13:03 PM

Love mine!


(http://thumb.ibb.co/c868kw/36444_BFF_E6_BD_4_B52_BC1_A_A1_BD40_F4_C779.jpg) (http://ibb.co/c868kw)

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: Diploman on November 09, 2017, 07:54:53 AM

Are those Keihan stainless pipes?  Very clean and svelt!

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: Tom on November 09, 2017, 01:31:26 PM

I have a maroon with gold trim.  It also has a V65 engine that was in a red V65 SP that Frank Wedge use to own.  Ended up in Hawaii.  Heard that the rest of the bike ended up down a ravine somewhere after the bodywork was sold and the engine transplant.  :sad:

Title: Re: Who Makes that!!!
Post by: Arizona Wayne on November 09, 2017, 01:46:17 PM

I rode a V50 once like that and it reminded me of my RD350.  :smiley: