Subject: RE: new member
Author: Charlie Mullendore
Date: Nov 4, 2004, 3:27 PM
Post ID: 1717825522
Welcome Mark! Hope you have as much fun wrenching and riding your Ambo
as I do mine. Cheers,
Charlie
http://www.loopframeguzzi.com/
mark arrington wrote:
hi all, i joined a few weeks ago, having bought my 1971 ambassador about that long ago. let's see, someone asked for various vitals, so here goes... i'm 33 (as is the ambo :-)) this is my second bike (the other is a 1991 ducati 907ie). i've had a passion for all things italian/european and two wheeled about as long as i've been riding and racing bicycles (since about 1989, i guess) had a friend/colleague back then who had a garage full of vintage ducatis, huskys, etc that he raced and restored. he set me on the path. he also introduced me to guzzi by showing me an '85 lemans still in the shipping crate for "cheap". of course, i couldn't afford it then, but that's when i was introduced to those lovely cylinder heads! became aware of the loopframes a couple of years ago, and have been looking for the "right one" with gusto ever since. this one is really clean and runs well. 16K mi. i'd be happy to send pics if anyone's interested. of course, i'll have plenty of questions. the bike could use a few accessories, and i really want to learn to work on it. (immediate priority is getting the front brake functional) i love wrenching on things (been doing it on bicycles forever) but have zero experience on motorcycles. it's too scary to just jump into, so hopefully some of you in my area will be willing to let me watch you do stuff to yours this winter! i'd be willing to go a fair distance, so if there's anyone (and i remember seeing some posts) in new jersey, lower new york, conn. or eastern PA out there... i'm in Union, NJ. i'm aware of most of the internet accessible guzzi/loopframe info sources, including greg bender's site (great resource, greg) so that's a great starting point. looking forward to meeting and chatting with ya'll. -mark arrington 1971 ambo 1991 ducati 907ie |