Getting naked for the weekend (yes silly, fully GC)

[nick949]

I had to remove the leg shields and air box in order to retorque the head bolts and adjust the valve clearances.  I like the look of that idiosyncratic engine sitting there, all naked and exposed.

I think I'll leave it for a while - at least until my shins start to get chilly.

Nick

[Lannis]

Stripping for the summertime is an old and traditional plan around my place.

My first "dresser" ('65 Electra-Glide) used to get ALL the unnecessary plastic and tinware (front fender, windshield headlight shields, bags, chrome exhaust covers, etc) taken off in the spring and replaced in the winter ...

Like buying another bike.   Or having a different woman .... !

Lannis

[normzone]

(obligatory Kung Pow quote)

" What in god's name is that thing ? "

[nick949]

(obligatory Kung Pow quote)

" What in god's name is that thing ? "

Where have you been?  Beginning in 1921, Moto Guzzi's bread and butter (and racing success) was based on an evolving line of flat singles. 

This one is a 1974 Nuovo Falcone Militaire 500cc (without some of it's clothes). The Nuovo Falcones (military and civilian) were the last of the flat singles.

It ain't all V-twins in Mandello.

Nick

[normzone]

I thought that might be the case, but I'm new to these parts, and the only one I know is the civilian model. The Militaire looks so...military.

(the following lines from Kung Pow): " I should not have asked. I now officially know too much ".

[Spuddy]

Just love the muffler(s)... Ever think of getting that / them off for a day?