Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: Another new member

Author: Kevin Graf

Date: May 28, 2002, 9:56 AM

Post ID: 1710332421


Yeah, No sh#t. how big was the gun you had when you made the deal?

Kev

-----Original Message-----
From: David Whalen [mailto:haircutti-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:44 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Another new member


You stole it. Welcome. It's worth at least a grand.
dw
--- Mark Wolf <mwo-@indy.rr.com> wrote:
 Hello,

My name is Mark Wolf and I just joined this list.
I'm an Aircraft Mechanic
by trade and "play" with motorcycles as a hobby. I
just bought my Moto
Guzzi 2 weeks ago. It is a much neglected, but
complete '71 Ambassador. It
needs a lot of TLC, but I think it has a lot of
potential to be a nice bike.
I'm primarily a sportbike guy, but I've always had a
thing for Italian
cars/bikes and I love an interesting project.

A few weeks ago I was driving in my truck and
noticed an old motorcycle for
sale in someones front yard. I stopped and was
surprised to find it was a
Moto Guzzi. I decided I had to have it and a deal
was struck. The bike is
complete, but currently not running. It has never
been crashed, though at
some point in it's life it received a few dents in
the tank.

Here are a few pics of the bike, taken the day I
brought it home:

http://home.indy.rr.com/markwolf/images/guzzi.jpg

http://home.indy.rr.com/markwolf/images/guzzi5.jpg

I don't know a lot about Guzzi's (yet) so I'm not
sure if I got a decent
deal or not. The bike doesn't run but has never been
wrecked and is 100%
complete, minus the headlight bulb. It has 26,000
miles and came with
original owners manual and overhaul manuals. I paid
$400 for the bike.

I'm currently building a new house, so I won't be
starting the project until
after I move. Until then I'll be gathering as much
inso as I can about the
bike and determining what course I want the project
to take. Currently my
goal is a nice looking bike that I can take for
occasional cruise around
town.

Mark


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