Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: Mi Guzzi F/U

Author: Eric Lamberts

Date: Oct 30, 2000, 8:20 PM

Post ID: 1703658134


On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Keith Ruff wrote:
 
If yoy read one of Greg Fields books, i.e., "Moto Guzzi Big Twins", he
mentions this. The Ambos and Eldos have a ton of torque, and in all of
the cycle tests, they would wheelie in 1st and 2nd and chirp the tire in
3rd. My mechanic got a tast of that after he got my 71 LAPD Ambo all
tuned up, also has high compression like yours. He took off out of the
parking lot, and he cracked the throttle when he popped it in 2nd, and
up she went, scared the s--t out of him!! Said he was not expecting
that!

When I bought the bike I was told it was a pleasant old thing that had a
hard time getting out of it's own way. They made it sound like a BSA M20,
a 500cc sidevalve single plodder.

This thing gets better and better!

Eric Lamberts ew-@unr.edu Reno, Nevada USA

'99 Suzuki SV650, '72 Norton Interstate, '77 Triumph Bonneville Silver
Jubilee, '73 Moto Guzzi Eldorado, '76 Suzuki RE5, '84 Yamaha RZ350, '84
Yamaha SR500, '66 Suzuki X6. Buncha other stuff. R6 soon?

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