O' for want of a vintage V7 Sport!

[JJ]

Of course...listed on fleaBAY now!!

[dxhall]

There are others.

https://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/d/littleton-1973-moto-guzzi-v7-sport/7179189953.html

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

There are others.

https://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/d/littleton-1973-moto-guzzi-v7-sport/7179189953.html

That one has tank dents (and broken fins) in the same places as the one I'm restoring. On it, the steering stop was broken off and the frame was twisted front to rear. Buyer beware...

[JJ]

That one has tank dents (and broken fins) in the same places as the one I'm restoring. On it, the steering stop was broken off and the frame was twisted front to rear. Buyer beware...

Geeez!!  How does one twist the frame "front-to-rear?!?"
Obviously, by wadding the bike up in an accident?!?

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Geeez!!  How does one twist the frame "front-to-rear?!?"
Obviously, by wadding the bike up in an accident?!?

Like I wrote, same signs as the Denver bike - dent in tank from fork hitting it (which means bent or broken off stop), busted fins. Battery tray had a "ripple" in it. Once the frame was bare and I sat it on the floor, it rocked side-to-side. When the swingarm area flat on the floor, the left front engine mounting point was 8 mm up off the floor.

[JJ]

Like I wrote, same signs as the Denver bike - dent in tank from fork hitting it (which means bent or broken off stop), busted fins. Battery tray had a "ripple" in it. Once the frame was bare and I sat it on the floor, it rocked side-to-side. When the swingarm area flat on the floor, the left front engine mounting point was 8 mm up off the floor.

My only MC accident in >52 years of riding was in 1982 on my 1975 BMW R75/6.  Long story short, the accident "bent-the-frame" so the insurance company totaled out the bike.  Once the frame is "bent", it's all over, IMHO.

[blackcat]

Like I wrote, same signs as the Denver bike - dent in tank from fork hitting it (which means bent or broken off stop), busted fins. Battery tray had a "ripple" in it. Once the frame was bare and I sat it on the floor, it rocked side-to-side. When the swingarm area flat on the floor, the left front engine mounting point was 8 mm up off the floor.

Charlie, So how are you going to fix this frame? Send it out to someone who does this kind of frame work?

[JJ]

Charlie, So how are you going to fix this frame? Send it out to someone who does this kind of frame work?

Why...you go see someone like this!!! 

https://www.yelp.com/biz/doctor-johns-motorcycle-frame-straightening-anaheim

[cliffrod]

That one has tank dents (and broken fins) in the same places as the one I'm restoring. On it, the steering stop was broken off and the frame was twisted front to rear. Buyer beware...

Aren't those later style beveled valve covers as well, which could further indicate parts replaced after a crash?

[Tom]

Love threads like this.  Makes my bike worth more.    Mahalo JJ!!

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Charlie, So how are you going to fix this frame? Send it out to someone who does this kind of frame work?

I checked around with several companies about straightening it - the cost with shipping both ways would have been around $600. I remember that Ron Komoroski had an 850-T frame hanging in his barn. It was an early one - no steering lock on the neck, tab on the front. I bought it from him, stripped it down, had some holes filled that someone had drilled to mount a luggage rack(?) and then had it powdercoated. This was two years ago.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Aren't those later style beveled valve covers as well, which could further indicate parts replaced after a crash?

Yep. The rear brace of the front fender has what looks like a tag on it, might have been replaced too. Like I wrote: buyer beware.

[JJ]

Love threads like this.  Makes my bike worth more.    Mahalo JJ!!

"Aloha, Tom!!" (Your welcome!!)





IMHO, this is one of the most beautiful V7 Sports on the west coast!!!

[Tom]

Made bulgogi style pork with Kim Chee last night.  No OB beer subbed in Kirin.  Rice of course.  Threw in some chili peppers to get the right heat.  

[JJ]

Made bulgogi style pork with Kim Chee last night.  No OB beer subbed in Kirin.  Rice of course.  Threw in some chili peppers to get the right heat.  

That visual makes me HUNGRY!!  Here is ol' "Road Warrior JJ" back in the day (June 2011), in Suwon, South Korea, with his good friend Andrew Choi, enjoying...what else...traditional Korean BBQ!  Mmmmmmm-BOY!

[Tom]

    Kamsa hamnida!

[JJ]

  Kamsa hamnida!

 

[Tom]

I made kim chee burgers for dinner.    

[JJ]

I made kim chee burgers for dinner.   

Authentic, fresh, spicy Kim Chee is fabulous...but like shushi / shashimi...it is definitely an "acquired taste!"
June 2007, ladies preparing Kim Chee somewhere outside of Seoul, Korea.