is this forum for Guzzi Trailies or others

[angelo]

Hi

Just wondering if this is for all Guzzis - I have a 1995 Sport 1100 and am happy to chat and share experiences tips and such like

Angelo

[Mabels Old Man]

It's for all Guzzis so post away

[Snaphappy]

Welcome Angelo, they accept all, regardless of how bonkers they are.

They allowed me in

[Chad]

welcome angelo all guzzis are cool mate i would love to hear your experiences of ownership as one day i can see myself on one

[angelo]

Well I got one (Sport 1100) because I saw one new many years ago but it was too expensive and well, a bit nuts really - I had a Honda Blackbird at the time - still there was something about this red ballistic tractor called a Guzzi that I liked, oh yes and it was italian and red and mean and grunty and shaped like a ...... well I could go on.

Anyhow some 13 years on I found one on ebay!!! Still £1500 is cheap enough for a bag of Guzzi bits except this wasnt a bag of bits but a good one with a couple of things to sort out. Like it had and upside down fork conversion (this early one had standard forks on production - carb model) - no crash damage etc - staright but with convereted forks - Showas -it looked good but I could not get my head around the handling. I have a 1300 Pan, and Africa Twin and an old 500 Triumph but this was not like any and it felt as though it was goimng to tuck on all the bends - the faster you went the better it was but hey got to have some sense eh!

Anyhow a mate of mine tried it loved it and went out and bought a newer mint 1000 Sport Corsa - parked next to each other I noticed his was higher - well the front was by 40mm - oh yest the forks on mine were 40mm too short !!! it is as if you dropped the forks in the yolks by that much - oh I must be such a good rider !! ha ha

Then I tried his - sheer bliss, grunt and handling (Fuel injection helps, mine has 40mm Delortos builds arms like Garth to ride I tell you - those arent carb springs they are an exercise machime!!!)

So I went back to mine and pondered over the forks - how could I extend them etc. To cut a very long story short I ended up buying (from ebay) a set of Paoili Forks from a Laverda 750 - the right size (length) loads of adjustment and the Brembos etc fitted - the Yolks and spindle were a different matter so with a friendly machinist (£10) spindle sorted and then a cut and very well made plug weld the yolkes were sorted (thanks Hywel favour due)

Now I have a fully sorted Sport 1100 with some unusual forks - it handles and looks great and the Showas I had before had a Carbon Ducati 996R Front mudguard which has fitted staright onto the new forks.

Next Job is a carb strip to see if I can sort out a bit more low down power - it is so highly geared and as it is the early one has staright cut gears and a twist throttlethat required more than one handful to open it right out.

I am now thinking that perhaps this is not the forum for this bike but hey I own and absolutely love my Africa Twin so perhaps you will accept my literary indulgence !!!

Cheers

Angelo

[Chad]

Originally Posted by angelo

Well I got one (Sport 1100) because I saw one new many years ago but it was too expensive and well, a bit nuts really - I had a Honda Blackbird at the time - still there was something about this red ballistic tractor called a Guzzi that I liked, oh yes and it was italian and red and mean and grunty and shaped like a ...... well I could go on.

Anyhow some 13 years on I found one on ebay!!! Still £1500 is cheap enough for a bag of Guzzi bits except this wasnt a bag of bits but a good one with a couple of things to sort out. Like it had and upside down fork conversion (this early one had standard forks on production - carb model) - no crash damage etc - staright but with convereted forks - Showas -it looked good but I could not get my head around the handling. I have a 1300 Pan, and Africa Twin and an old 500 Triumph but this was not like any and it felt as though it was goimng to tuck on all the bends - the faster you went the better it was but hey got to have some sense eh!

Anyhow a mate of mine tried it loved it and went out and bought a newer mint 1000 Sport Corsa - parked next to each other I noticed his was higher - well the front was by 40mm - oh yest the forks on mine were 40mm too short !!! it is as if you dropped the forks in the yolks by that much - oh I must be such a good rider !! ha ha

Then I tried his - sheer bliss, grunt and handling (Fuel injection helps, mine has 40mm Delortos builds arms like Garth to ride I tell you - those arent carb springs they are an exercise machime!!!)

So I went back to mine and pondered over the forks - how could I extend them etc. To cut a very long story short I ended up buying (from ebay) a set of Paoili Forks from a Laverda 750 - the right size (length) loads of adjustment and the Brembos etc fitted - the Yolks and spindle were a different matter so with a friendly machinist (£10) spindle sorted and then a cut and very well made plug weld the yolkes were sorted (thanks Hywel favour due)

Now I have a fully sorted Sport 1100 with some unusual forks - it hadles and looks great and the Showas I had before had a Carbon Ducati 996R Front mudguard which has fitted staright onto the new forks.

Next Job is a carb strip to see if I can sort out a bit more low down power - it is so highly geared and as it is the early one has staright cut gears and a twist throttlethat required more than one handful to open it right out.

I am now thinking that perhaps this is not the forum for this bike but hey I own and absolutely love my Africa Twin so perhaps you will accept my literary indulgence !!!

Cheers

Angelo

MAYBE ! i dont know much about them buy hey its still a cool bike and its always nice to look and read about somthing different

now get your camera out and show us some pics

[angelo]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1gIVmd6I0T...h/SNC10590.JPG

My lovely Guzzi !

[Sharribee]

angelo I can't see any picture there, come on get some piccies up




(oh and where abouts in West Wales are you from)

[angelo]

OK should be there now as a link - for some reason I cannot embed it - I could before musta done something wrong.

I am near Carmarthen

Angelo

[Sharribee]

Now that is very very sexy


Angelo check out the calendar and meetup section we have a little ride planned in November for the Welsh lads, your that close you can join in too