what are you talking about ? the only thing different about it from some of the most beautiful and functional calfs back in the day is that it is an auto or are youi thinking about today's chopper shop spawned, calfay racer style craize ?RogerRacer said:My newly acquired 1977 Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert. This is a shaft drive automatic originally designed for the US police. Not sure if it's practical to make a cafe racer out of this. Where would you start? Leave as is, partial/full restoration or attempt cafe racer custom?
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dewjantim
duc in the park.....
Cafe away, it is fun to be shiftless !!!!!!RogerRacer said:My newly acquired 1977 Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert. This is a shaft drive automatic originally designed for the US police. Not sure if it's practical to make a cafe racer out of this. Where would you start? Leave as is, partial/full restoration or attempt cafe racer custom?
Tune-A-Fish
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dewjantim said:
This eBay store is blowing out a ton of Duc parts, at 75% of cost... maybe you can find some goodies???
http://www.ebay.com/sch/valtermotousa/m.html?item=360798819350&hash=item5401491416&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
surffly
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RogerRacer said:My newly acquired 1977 Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert. This is a shaft drive automatic originally designed for the US police. Not sure if it's practical to make a cafe racer out of this. Where would you start? Leave as is, partial/full restoration or attempt cafe racer custom?
Play to a bikes strengths. The auto is a great GT bike.
Don't just feed into the game of dress up.
JustinLonghorn
No Purple Hearts, No Blue Ribbons
Yep. Lower the bars and find the luggage:
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Put a vibrator in the seat and sell it to a Lady rider, tell her it has an inherent vibration that resonates through the seat that you just cant get used to.
SASO Racing
Been Around the Block
DJ, that helmet looks older, but is that a brand new gringo? Looks great, a little too flashy for me. But vintage looking!
I love the visor, well actually, I hate riding visor- less! they help with wind and wind noise. I like the cosy warmth they give on a cold day too.
I love the visor, well actually, I hate riding visor- less! they help with wind and wind noise. I like the cosy warmth they give on a cold day too.
Maritime
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Du tra said:Congrats Maritime
Thanks Man, I didn't want the payments but they are small and short time so worth it, the civic floor rotted out from under me and the drivers seat let go, when I pulled the carpet it was not a good scene LOL, I couldn't lay the car up for the 4-5 days it would take me to strip it, fix it, and put it back together, so I sold it off in 30 min, then bought the Yaris.
Maritime said:
My Honda Fit tows my crappy lightweight 4x8 trailer and 360 just fine. I got the hitch and plug in harness from Etrailer.com for $170.00. Hitch bolted right up in about 30 minutes and harness plugged right in. hitch rated at 200lb max tongue weight & 2000 lb load capacity
so trailer, hitch and harness less than $500. not bad
krafty
Dyslexics of the World - Untie!
1974 standard Beetle in pretty nice shape. Someone was trying to Baja it years ago and it's got an upgraded front and rear suspension already. The sunroof is missing and the seats, glass and other bits are in a different storage building. No engine, but I did get a transaxle. Eventually it'll get a Model A Ford front end swap with some 40ish Ford wheels and and olive or tan primer job.
