Subject: darN Guzzi addiction
Author: tom short
Date: Feb 28, 2005, 3:47 PM
Post ID: 1718469794
Hi all,
Now some of you may say that I am lucky, my wallet says otherwise..
While tooling around Phoenix, running errands and shopping, I happened
down a road that I do not often frequent. I got stopped by a red light
and was looking around to see what had changed since the last time I was
ever around here. First thing I notice is a big lot with a bunch of
motorcycles all piled together behind a fence. Hmmm! I look arund,
trying to find an entrance. I decide to pull into an area right off the
road as soon as the light changes, park, and then go snoop around and
have me a look-see.
As I pull into the lot, I notice the building there has a sign on it,
Mid City Motorcycle Salvage. Cool! It's my friend Steve, and his new
location. It looks to be an old storage facility with a huge fenced area
for parts bikes. I see Steve and give him a big wave, he waves back. I
find the right door(tried the wrong one first) and wondered on in. NICE!
I go ahead and go out back where Steve is, "Hi Tom!" "Hi Steve" "Hey, I
found a bunch of old Guzzi stuff during the move. Want it?" Let's have a
look.
We go to one of the storage units and he opens it up. Boxes and milk
crates stuffed full all over the place. "Here's the box" he says. We dig
it out, and what a find! A nice pair of Eldo battery covers, a set of
rear crashbars, rear footpegs with brackets, two toolboxes-one nice with
850 logo,lock and key, the other sanded, no lock. Ambo police style
battery tray and a neat pair of red lights mounted on stock Moto Guzzi
brackets, plus some junk...Oh yeah, and an air filter box with filter
and a heal/toe shifter..
The lights are interesting as they are not Dietz, but SAE items. Cool,
though.
Anyways, I bought the whole box. How can a Guzzi addict resist, I ask
ya?! Do I need ANY of the stuff? Not really, but I LOVE spare parts.
Now, I NEED to assemble MY Eldo. It has been down THREE YEARS!
The Arizona Kid
LFL 009
Tom Short
AZ MGNOC Rep
Phoenix, AZ