Visited Mark today (GC)

[Chuck in Indiana]

At Moto Guzzi Classics. Irrepressible, as usual. :) (emoticons on chrome not working again for whatever reason.) Here he is in his immaculate shop, (!) no doubt telling someone how to fix their Guzzi for free. Good news.. 3 weeks to go on his Hep C treatments and he's apparently cured. :) :)
Notice the dual disc loop front end carefully stored. I spent three days one xmas season cleaning up and organizing so he could have a party. He said it was a year before he could find anything.. :) He really *can* just reach into a pile and pull out the part you are looking for.
2016-07-09_01-37-14 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr
He's been doing some Quacker work, too. Nice.
2016-07-09_01-36-57 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr
Another of the "most interesting characters" you see on a Guzzi.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Interesting Loop powered bike up on the lift behind him in the first photo. Plunger rear, girder front, open drive shaft. Second photo you can see it again - supercharger? up between the cylinders? WTF? 

[Chuck in Indiana]

Interesting Loop powered bike up on the lift behind him in the first photo. Plunger rear, girder front, open drive shaft. Second photo you can see it again - supercharger? up between the cylinders? WTF? 

Yep. Supercharger.. :) :)

[Yeahoo Whoyah]

Thanks for the update Chuck. I need to drop in and say hello to Mark.  At one time I lived in Long Beach and I would get over to his shop monthly.  Since moving 400-miles north 20-years ago I've probably stopped by once. Shame on me. Next time I'm down that way I will make it a point to drop in.

[pmillar]

Well, I haven't been there since '02 when I moved back to MI from socal so don't feel so bad. Ok, maybe you should still feel bad. 

If I tell my son he gets to pay for college this fall that dual disc eldo front end could be mine!  (and a whole lot more   )

[Arizona Wayne]

Well, I haven't been there since '02 when I moved back to MI from socal so don't feel so bad. Ok, maybe you should still feel bad. 

If I tell my son he gets to pay for college this fall that dual disc eldo front end could be mine!  (and a whole lot more   )

Do it or he will take it for granite.  Neither I or my 2 sons had anyone pay for their college degrees.  At their point in life you don't owe them a thing other than getting them to the point of graduating from High School.   After that their life is up to them.

[sib]

What's wrong with the first picture?  The dog food bowl is empty.

[Cam3512]

Mark looks healthy.  I've spent hours BS'ing with him and just looking around.

That shop is my Guzzi mecca.