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Subject: RE: 1st Guzzi (kinda long)

Author: Keith Ruff

Date: Jan 16, 2005, 6:36 PM

Post ID: 1718220795


Get a room Lannis, your grossing us out here (he he hee, had to get even
with ya for that same statement you made to me and Mark E) ;)

Anyways, great story Charlie. Have you heard from Dave Otis? I haven't
seen any messages from him or heard anybody speak his name for a few
years - at least not since I had "Patience" the 71 Police Ambo which was
a good 2 years ago. Dave was an awesome source of Loop info and his
website was awesome - lots of great info on it. Hope he is doing well,
last I talked to him he was in the midst of a possible layoff from his
company that was going "lean and mean".

Keith Ruff
70 Cafe Racer Ambo
Manahawkin, NJ


Lannis wrote:
 

Charlie Mullendore wrote:
 
I have a confession to make - when I saw my first Loopframe Guzzi I
thought it was the ugliest Guzzi I'd ever seen (but still looked better
than a lot of other brands). Set your wayback machine to 1976...
................so I decided to
 take a gamble and not seek employment for the months until then. I
decided instead to live off of my severance, buy a running bike and do
some traveling. .................
Needless to say it was one of the best times of my life. That bike was
responsible for introducing me to Dave Otis and subsequently to this
list and all of you. Must be why it remains one of my most cherished
possessions to this day. Funny how one of the lowest points in your life


can lead to some of the highest... Thanks for reading this dribble,

Charlie

Charlie -

Sounds like a great story, doesn't sound like dribble to me. It's
always hard to believe that what looks like the start of the hard times
can be the start of the great times, but if you've got the right
attitude it will often come out that way. And if a Guzzi were a part of

it, it's hard not to fall in love...

Lannis

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