Subject: Re: re:new member
Author: STEVE FARRIS
Date: Nov 5, 2004, 12:51 PM
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Since I'm another new member here goes the story.
I got my first guzzi (a V7) when I was stationed in europe with the army in the late 60's. I rode that 700 all over europe and sold it before I shipped out. After that I had a bike occasionally but not always. Went through a Honda 750, 4cyl, a CB 400 "Hawk", a CX 500 (guzzi wannabe), a GL500 "SilverWing", and a 6 cyl. Honda CBX 1000. I was riding the CBX through town about 15 years ago when an old lady turned left in front of me and "POW!!". That's the last time I did any moto riding until last year. As you can see I like Honda quality, although there's nothing like Italian style. Like mike a. I also brought a love a bicycle racing and italian bike's back from europe with me. I raced and wrenched on bicycles up until I got nailed by a car in 1998. I still ride but don't race anymore because I lack the urge to train or need to compete. I started thinking about moto's again last year and of course the first thing on my mind was a guzzi. I picked up an old ambassador, the frame is stamped 1970, title 1971. (I guess that isn't uncommon with guzzi). It started and limped down the road but needed lot's of TLC which I couldn't afford to give it last year. This year I have a little extra $ for moto's (been selling some of my bicycles) and picked up another basket case Eldorado and started toying around with the Ambo. Got the Ambo going good enough for short trips around the local area(with some helpful suggestions from this list) and am stripping the Eldo down now with the objective of getting it mechanically sound enough this year to actually make a road trip on it, at which point I'll tear the Ambo down enough to get it more reliable. In the meantime, being bitten by the guzzi bug bad, I needed something to play on so I found a 750 Breva that was an insurance auction/rebuild bike which wasn't too badly screwed up, several hundred dollars in parts and a little work and it is running like a new bike excepting for a few scratches here and there and best of all I could afford it! I ride the loop almost every day the weather allows and it always leaves me smiling.
Steve
71 Ambassador (sort of running)
72 Eldorado (in pieces all over my shop floor)
04 Breva 750 (beckoning me for an afternoon spin up in the mts.)
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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
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<DIV>Since I'm another new member here goes the story.</DIV>
<DIV>I got my first guzzi (a V7) when I was stationed in europe with the army in
the late 60's. I rode that 700 all over europe and sold it before I
shipped out. After that I had a bike occasionally but not always.
Went through a Honda 750, 4cyl, a CB 400 "Hawk", a CX 500 (guzzi
wannabe), a GL500 "SilverWing", and a 6 cyl. Honda CBX
1000. I was riding the CBX through town about 15 years ago when an
old lady turned left in front of me and "POW!!". That's the last time I
did any moto riding until last year. As you can see I like Honda
quality, although there's nothing like Italian style. Like mike a. I
also brought a love a bicycle racing and italian bike's back from europe with
me. I raced and wrenched on bicycles up until I got nailed by a car in
1998. I still ride but don't race anymore because I lack the urge to train
or need to compete. I started thinking about moto's again last year and of
course the first thing on my mind was a guzzi. I picked up an old
ambassador, the frame is stamped 1970, title 1971. (I guess that isn't uncommon
with guzzi). It started and limped down the road but needed lot's of TLC which I
couldn't afford to give it last year. This year I have a little extra $
for moto's (been selling some of my bicycles) and picked up another basket case
Eldorado and started toying around with the Ambo. Got the Ambo going good
enough for short trips around the local area(with some helpful suggestions from
this list) and am stripping the Eldo down now with the objective of getting
it mechanically sound enough this year to actually make a road trip on it, at
which point I'll tear the Ambo down enough to get it more reliable. In the
meantime, being bitten by the guzzi bug bad, I needed something to play on so I
found a 750 Breva that was an insurance auction/rebuild bike which wasn't too
badly screwed up, several hundred dollars in parts and a little work and it is
running like a new bike excepting for a few scratches here and there and
best of all I could afford it! I ride the loop almost every day the
weather allows and it <EM>always</EM> leaves me smiling.</DIV>
<DIV>Steve</DIV>
<DIV>71 Ambassador (sort of running)</DIV>
<DIV>72 Eldorado (in pieces all over my shop floor)</DIV>
<DIV>04 Breva 750 (beckoning me for an afternoon spin up in the mts.)</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:09
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> re:new member</DIV>
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all,<BR><BR>i joined a few weeks ago, having bought my 1971 ambassador about
that long <BR>ago. let's see, someone asked for various vitals, so here
goes...<BR><BR>i'm 33 (as is the ambo :-)) this is my second bike
(the other is a 1991 <BR>ducati 907ie). i've had a passion for all
things italian/european and two <BR>wheeled about as long as i've been riding
and racing bicycles (since about <BR>1989, i guess) had a
friend/colleague back then who had a garage full of <BR>vintage ducatis,
huskys, etc that he raced and restored. he set me on the <BR>path.
he also introduced me to guzzi by showing me an '85 lemans still in <BR>the
shipping crate for "cheap". of course, i couldn't afford it then, but
<BR>that's when i was introduced to those lovely cylinder heads! became
aware <BR>of the loopframes a couple of years ago, and have been looking for
the <BR>"right one" with gusto ever since. this one is really clean and
runs well. <BR>16K mi. i'd be happy to send pics if anyone's
interested.<BR><BR>of course, i'll have plenty of questions. the bike
could use a few <BR>accessories, and i really want to learn to work on
it. (immediate priority <BR>is getting the front brake functional)
i love wrenching on things (been <BR>doing it on bicycles forever) but have
zero experience on motorcycles. it's <BR>too scary to just jump into, so
hopefully some of you in my area will be <BR>willing to let me watch you do
stuff to yours this winter! i'd be willing <BR>to go a fair distance, so
if there's anyone (and i remember seeing some <BR>posts) in new jersey, lower
new york, conn. or eastern PA out there... i'm <BR>in Union,
NJ.<BR><BR>i'm aware of most of the internet accessible guzzi/loopframe info
sources, <BR>including greg bender's site (great resource, greg) so that's a
great <BR>starting point.<BR><BR>looking forward to meeting and chatting with
ya'll.<BR><BR>-mark arrington<BR><BR>1971 ambo<BR>1991 ducati
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