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Offline normzone

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Gratuitous Bassa image
« on: November 20, 2024, 03:42:11 PM »
RadGuzzi took this picture circa 2014 - there were three of us, hence a troika, in the Cuyamaca mountains just off Highway 8 in So Cal.

The bike had yet to have it's cosmetics trashed by yours truly.



That's the combustion chamber of the turbo shaft. It is supposed to be on fire. You just don't usually see it but the case and fairing fell off.

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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2024, 07:10:22 PM »
That windshield/fairing looks huge and fugly! Hopefully it's the camera lens or angle.

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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2024, 08:15:09 PM »
To quote Guzzista Ralph Gloriosio, "You have a desirable and unobtainable Swanee fairing".

Though I've never met a handlebar mounted fairing that did not evoke your reaction.
That's the combustion chamber of the turbo shaft. It is supposed to be on fire. You just don't usually see it but the case and fairing fell off.

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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2024, 08:17:00 PM »
That windshield/fairing looks huge and fugly! Hopefully it's the camera lens or angle.


?!?!?

Does this make it less fugly...?










Hey Norm,
Long time no see my good man...

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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2024, 08:56:21 PM »
Hi Rad!

Too long indeed.

That was an awesome day, and I do not use that word lightly.

I often got compliments on that bike, but the Gasolina boots got even more responses - My short tenure as a fashion model.
That's the combustion chamber of the turbo shaft. It is supposed to be on fire. You just don't usually see it but the case and fairing fell off.

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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2024, 10:43:43 PM »
Nice to see you kicking around here still Norm! :smiley:





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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2024, 12:07:05 AM »
Good to see your bike and Lucky Cabin 13 again, Tom!

That's the combustion chamber of the turbo shaft. It is supposed to be on fire. You just don't usually see it but the case and fairing fell off.

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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2024, 04:01:26 PM »
Hiya, Norman! I see the MZ hiding behind the Guzzis..as it should.  :smiley: I can honestly say that I've slept with the famous Gasolina model, now.  :shocked: Well, in the same room at any rate..
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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2024, 01:16:26 PM »
They may be less than optimal from a cosmetic standpoint, but those Swanee
fairings WORK! If you find one for sale, buy it!

Mounts are easy to fabricate.

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Re: Gratuitous Bassa image
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2024, 04:45:57 PM »
No doubt the best handlebar fairing I've been behind. Here's one on the Jack-All hack tractor.
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