Subject: RE: How did you come by your Loop and why?
Author: matt raymond
Date: Dec 1, 2003, 9:50 PM
Post ID: 1715378158
My First Loopframe
I was 17 at the time and next door to my girlfriend was a widow who had
a motorcycle stored in the garage. Spent many years trying to strike a
deal for price for a very dusty obscure bike with Moto Guzzi on the
tank. Full luggage set and extra parts included, but neither of us had
a strong desire to close on it.
Fast forward 6 years and when my (future ex) wife's parent passed away,
I came into town (Calumet City, Illinois) to pick up a load of furniture
in a trailer. I did a quick knock on the widow next door and scored an
original 74 Eldo for $500 that had been stored since 1979 with only 8000
miles.
The bike is a euro police bike with 4 LS brakes up front. Factory floor
boards, Calafia hard bags and full fairing. Been riding it off and on
since I got it in 1986. The only sad note is that the previous
(original) owner put a .357 slug through his head late one night in 1979
and it had been stored away until I picked it up that lucky day in 1985.
That loop started an illness that gets worse with each new model of
Guzzi. I now have that 74 Eldo, 80 SP1000, and 95 Sport 1100. That
makes a guzzi for each decade of the 70s, 80s & 90s. I'm looking for my
next 2000 decade model.
Matt Raymond
Atlanta GA. USA
74 Eldo
80 SP1000
95 Sport1100.