Subject: Re: cop bikes
Author: Jim Beeler
Date: Jan 24, 2005, 7:58 AM
Post ID: 1718263536
| Been following the "LAPD on Ebay thread". Were the chrome fender models REALLY never used by a police department? My Eldo #61902, is titled as a '74, chrome fenders, single disc, floorboards, long sidestand, proper coil-kill switch, 120 mph speedo in 1 mph increments (w/resetable odometer), aluminum casting "Kirby vacuum" dash w/ all the idiot lights (one of the red dash lights had wires clipped off). What does the siren bracket look like? I don't think the bike has one. It was "civlianized" w/ a custom long seat, Wixom bags & a strange fairing when I bought it in 1990. The seller said it had been in police service in Texas. Normally I'd take such a claim w/a grain of salt, but the bike had the frame number hand-stamped into the wheel rims & valve covers. To my way of thinking, only a cop mechanic who had a bunch of 'em to maintain would do such a thing. What's the opinion of the list? Should I stop repeating the Texas story when asked about the bike? |
I can't speak for some of the stuff mentioned, but I can say for
certain that there were Police Guzzi's in Texas. I was a mechanic at
Storm's Cycle in the '70's and I did the work on the Police Guzzi's
from the DFW Airport. I was the only person who worked on them for a
couple of years and I never stamped any numbers on any parts. I also
don't recall them having Chrome fenders but after 30 years I could
have forgotten.
Jim