Author Topic: 'Interesting" Guzzi on ebay! (Read 4344 times)

bigbikerrick · « **on:** March 07, 2016, 02:16:40 PM »

Hello Folks , I ran into this while looking at ebay today....What can I say.....1 Picture = 1K words!!
Rick.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Moto-Guzzi-Ambassador-/252311721123?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3abef354a3:g:694AAOSwyjBW3OxG&item=252311721123

arveno · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2016, 02:36:08 PM »

love it , i would ride it .

azguzzirep · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2016, 02:48:20 PM »

Didn't George Jetson have one like that?

Tom

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2016, 02:51:59 PM »

Too bad about signs of corrosion everywhere.

Never seen that fairing before, that's for sure.

bigbikerrick · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2016, 02:57:30 PM »

Quote from: Arizona Wayne on March 07, 2016, 02:51:59 PM

Too bad about signs of corrosion everywhere. Never seen that fairing before, that's for sure.

Thats not corrosion....thats "Patina from Intergalactic travel"

Rick

Penderic · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2016, 03:43:32 PM »

Looks like 2nd hand front fenders from a car or carnival ferris ride were stuck on.

beetle · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2016, 03:52:51 PM »

That. Is. Awesome.

tazio · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2016, 04:05:11 PM »

Quote from: bigbikerrick on March 07, 2016, 02:57:30 PM

Thats not corrosion....thats "Patina from Intergalactic travel"
Rick

THIS !

SeanF · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2016, 04:45:42 PM »

Quote from: bigbikerrick on March 07, 2016, 02:57:30 PM

Thats not corrosion....thats "Patina from Intergalactic travel"
Rick

Made me laugh, senor..

I would add "time travel" to the source of that patina...if not to the actual future, to a future as imagined by 50s & 60s sci-fi storytellers & artists.

That being said, I'd ride the hell out of it.

fotoguzzi · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2016, 04:51:18 PM »

Dig IT!
I like his auction style, start low with no reserve..

chuck peterson · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2016, 04:54:24 PM »

Never seen one, gotta be a home built

BugSpatteredJacket · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2016, 05:08:28 PM »

I feel strangely attracted to this motorcycle. The history behind it along with all the countries its travelled, its all very intriguing.

I wonder what is missing from the front where the round circles are (headlights perhaps)? According to the listings, its an original Guzzi offering but I can't recall ever seeing this personally?

rboe · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2016, 05:45:00 PM »

I love that fairing!

canuck750 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 07, 2016, 06:20:11 PM »

I love it!

Now I know where Victory got their style cues.

Antietam Classic Cycle · « **Reply #14 on:** March 07, 2016, 06:58:02 PM »

Quote from: BugSpatteredJacket on March 07, 2016, 05:08:28 PM

I wonder what is missing from the front where the round circles are (headlights perhaps)?

Holes are for machine gun barrels.

giusto · « **Reply #15 on:** March 07, 2016, 07:18:02 PM »

Quote from: BugSpatteredJacket on March 07, 2016, 05:08:28 PM

I feel strangely attracted to this motorcycle. The history behind it along with all the countries its travelled, its all very intriguing.

I wonder what is missing from the front where the round circles are (headlights perhaps)? According to the listings, its an original Guzzi offering but I can't recall ever seeing this personally?

Nothin strange about it...very cool bike..I dig all the stuff that goes with it...would love to see a photo of the guy....in one visible part of the letters it says he has was in a store last year that has a rich assortment of Moto-Guzzis...huh :)

wymple · « **Reply #16 on:** March 07, 2016, 07:20:17 PM »

I'd rock it....

cloudbase · « **Reply #17 on:** March 07, 2016, 07:29:17 PM »

It has that 1952 Mercury look to it. I'd ride it.

Jim Rich · « **Reply #18 on:** March 07, 2016, 07:48:06 PM »

I think those things are for mounting JATO rockets for passing trucks uphill in the mountains. Here hold me beer, watch this...

O · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2016, 07:50:15 PM »

Quote from: Antietam Classic Cycle on March 07, 2016, 06:58:02 PM

Holes are for ~~machine gun barrels~~ phasers.

Fixed it for you.

HardAspie · « **Reply #20 on:** March 07, 2016, 08:10:38 PM »

I'd rise that star bike.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2016, 06:42:18 AM »

I think it's kool, too. It sure would be a big job to properly save it, though. If I didn't have a huge restoration going on, I'd seriously consider it..

twhitaker · « **Reply #22 on:** March 08, 2016, 07:13:02 AM »

Those nacelles are for a tractor beam on one side and a photon torpedo bay on the other.

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Author Topic: 'Interesting" Guzzi on ebay! (Read 4344 times)

Penderic

beetle

canuck750

HardAspie