Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: How did you come by your Loop and why?

Author: stephen

Date: Nov 29, 2003, 8:30 PM

Post ID: 1715360808



I had just completed putting back together the 75 Norton Commando that I
took apart 14 years earlier, and discovered there was a group of bike
guys in the area that all had old bikes. I started to meet with them on
a regular basis at their Wed night Ryans dinner. One guy, Marty, had a
nice set up at his home, garage up front, workshop in back. We used to
go over there to tell lies and drink a few Ol' Milwaukees. He had a
Guzzi engine sitting on the floor and the more I looked at it the more
sense it made. Every time I looked at it Marty would tell me something
else about it that made me appreciate it more. Eventually I bought the
72 Eldo basket case he had. Marty had owned it for about 10 years, it
was a basket case when he bought it. Old George had taken it apart
about 10 years before that. Marty's standard answer for "when are you
going to have that finished?" was "any minute". Marty passed away last
year on Thanksgiving Day after a long struggle with cancer.

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