Oh dear .................... I deliberately kept away from this build since my early post.
Pissing down with rain today and can't be bothered to go up to a freezing garage [ although I should ].
Decided I would go through the build after all as I love Italian bikes and Guzzis in particular.
Stunning work my man, a credit to you.
So then, a glass or two of Glen Morangie's finest and I'm trawling aimlessly through my latest copy of Classic Bike mag. Everything silly expensive, but you never know.
I've been looking for a Morini 350 / 500 to use as a basis for a Boardtracker for some time now. .....wow, "Moto Morini 350 and 500 parts - call". Called the advertiser and 10 minutes into the conversation I realise it was Moto-GUZZI 350 / 500 parts. Damn, must wear the glasses / drink less when trawling that small ads.
Anyway, turns out he has a V50 that had a very minor fire [ backfire through airbox.] which did some minor damage to the loom before it could be extinguished. Otherwise the bike is complete with a V5 [ Title ] and the guy's spent loads of money buying parts. It sounds cosmetically challenged, but mechanically good AND he's jury rigged the wiring to get it running.
Again ...... oh dear.
I have loads of spare clip-ons, rearsets, Meggas, dah, dee, dah, dee dah. Even a very nice Triton tank that I KNOW fits Guzzi's as I had one on my Lemon. Benelli race seat - ditto Duke 750SS, AJS7R, Manx.
The 500 is probably too small physically for my bulk, but ...........
So thank you Dale for the inspiration ...just remains to see if the guy accepts my pitiful offer.