Subject: RE: Team Friduss vintage Guzzi racing - nonloop
Author: Greg Bender
Date: Mar 18, 2005, 5:44 AM
Post ID: 1718561644
Sorry to hear about Stan, but at least everyone is okay. Glad you got
the rear drive together.
Ray Hale wrote:
Hi, Spent the day with Stan Friduss in his shop in Gainesville, FL. The Daytona vintage racing for his Guzzis was a mixed bag of success and disaster. Two bikes went down, one burning badly after an apparent tank rupture. I saw the bike today and it aint pretty. It was the former Raceco bike, 1230 cc on a hand built frame. I also talked to the rider today by phone and he's ok, thankfully, and looking forward to the next race. The other bike to ride the pavement was the orange used-to-be 1100 Sport that won last year's Nat'l Championship. Both are fixable, of course, but not without a bunch of work. Saturday Stan had to jump in his van and make a run back to G'ville for parts before the races began on Monday. He made contact with a deer on Rt 40 coming home through the Ocala Forest late at night. Also not pretty. The good news is that Will Harding, an AHRMA co-founder and 5 time Nat'l Champ in hand shift class and genuine crazyman, placed 7th in Heavyweight Vintage class on the old LeMans I and Andrew Murray won his race in Middle Weight. The next race is Willow Springs, California if the money holds out. It's already been a very expensive season! Loop content: I also finished shimming my Eldo rear drive while we talked and had Stan check my work each step until it was done. Not too bad, really. I actually feel I understand it now. Much thanks to Greg Bender for all the great advice and encouragement and for having so much solid info on his website. A very satisfying day. Beats the hell out of working, although I'm paying for it in pain in my shoulder and arm as we speak. My surgeon would kill me and charge me double if he knew what I was doing. Ray pax sine tedio 73 Eldo "19" |
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