Lvpvs Alpha: A Space Age Moto Guzzi California

[Penderic]

E for Effort! Looks a just little different from the factory setup..... oh yeah.

Lvpvs Alpha: A Space Age Moto Guzzi California

http://www.bikeexif.com/guzzi-california?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bikeexif+%28Bike+EXIF%29

 

[fotoguzzi]

that wheel base must be about a foot greater than my bike.. I don't see the vomit emoticon..

[rodekyll]

I've looked at the pictures and read the text and I still can't figure out what they were doing.  It looks like one of those cartoon transformer things with no pants. 

[canuguzzi]

that wheel base must be about a foot greater than my bike.. I don't see the vomit emoticon..

Nope, same as an original California. It just looks stretched.

[drawnverybadly]

That exposed swingarm looks siiiiick! The company that made this has all the 3D CAD files saved somewhere, I wonder what the chances are of someone releasing them into the wild...

[Semper-guzzi]

It looks expensive.  I like it alot. 

[ITSec]

I wonder if the driveshaft service interval has improved? 

[guzzi4me]

Where do you put the groceries????

[oldbike54]

Where do you put the groceries????

   

  Dusty

[Vasco DG]

I am still trying to understand the wheel and brake package 

  Dusty

Peripheral discs have been around since forever. Buell pioneered their use I think on road bikes.

The front end is a Hossack/Girder type design by the look of it. Nothing wrong with that if using modern materials for sideways rigidity.

In many ways I think it's hideous but there is some interesting engineering in there which is more than can be said for most of the wet dreams on that site.

Pete

[oldbike54]

Peripheral discs have been around since forever. Buell pioneered their use I think on road bikes.

The front end is a Hossack/Girder type design by the look of it. Nothing wrong with that if using modern materials for sideways rigidity.

In many ways I think it's hideous but there is some interesting engineering in there which is more than can be said for most of the wet dreams on that site.

Pete

 Yeah , I got the rim brakes , but are the wheels of mesh construction ? And what are the "fingers" around the brake rotors ? BMW uses Hossack forks on a couple of models , they work really well .

  Dusty

[krglorioso]

Using it as a boat anchor would be a waste of a good length of chain.

Ralph

[oldbike54]

Using it as a boat anchor would be a waste of a good length of chain.

Ralph

   

  Besides , Harley doesn't need any competition in that market 

  Dusty

[Bisbonian]

Yeah , I got the rim brakes , but are the wheels of mesh construction ? And what are the "fingers" around the brake rotors ? BMW uses Hossack forks on a couple of models , they work really well .

  Dusty

The fingers look to be the fastening points between the rotors and wheels.

I think the wheels are pretty cool.

[not-fishing]

we don't want it to be a show bike

Yeah well with that wheel base it probably  takes six lanes to turn around in.

[oldbike54]

 Stock wheelbase .

  Dusty

[oldbike54]

The fingers look to be the fastening points between the rotors and wheels.

I think the wheels are pretty cool.

 Ahh , that makes sense .

  Dusty

[Penderic]

Details remind me of a barbecue on wheels! Strange wheels. Strange fork looks like they have been bent backwards by accident. The tank is nice. Rear shocks and engine details are nicely done too. 

[Chuck in Indiana]

[rocker59]

that wheel base must be about a foot greater than my bike  [Buell xb12XT Ulysses].. I don't see the vomit emoticon..

Nope, same as an original California. It just looks stretched.

But he doesn't ride a Cal 14.

And yes, a Cal 14's wheelbase is dang near a foot longer than a Buell...

[JBBenson]

How "Space Age" can it be if it still burns gasoline?

[rocker59]

How "Space Age" can it be if it still burns gasoline?

d00d...

[oldbike54]

d00d...

 This isn't a popular opinion , but gawd that era of cars were ugly . BLECH 

  Dusty

[rocker59]

I kinda like 'em.  But yeah, many of the '59 and '60 cars were over the top.

There were some great looking cars in the 1950s, though, like the '56/'57 Continental Mark II:

[Penderic]

Jet fuel + rocket fuel!

 

[sib]

"We don't want it to be a show bike"

Not to worry, it doesn't, and it's not.  I've seen pics of many bikes on this forum that I wouldn't care to own, but this is the first one that I wouldn't allow anywhere on my property.  As in "There goes the neighborhood."  What were they thinking?

[Penderic]

I think they were planning to make and sell the machined cast suspension and fork units as kits for Guzzis and other makes. This would be their display model.

[Muzz]

Swingarm design as per Britten. Britten had the spring in front of the donk.

[jbell]

that wheel base must be about a foot greater than my bike.. I don't see the vomit emoticon..

foto, while the bike doesn't have quite that effect on me, thanks for the great belly laugh.  Your Snickers Bar is in the mail.

I wonder how much it weighs.  700 lb bikes just don't figure to me.  A long time ago in a forum far, far away, the question was asked, what kind of bike was that in the Judge Dredd movie.  I said it was a stripped down Goldwing.  Didn't make too many friends that day.

[LowRyter]

Despite all the custom work, no one seems to have fabricated mid mount foot controls yet.  -Probably the most useful option that has yet to be provided for the 1400.