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Friend Paul Brodie of "Flashback Fabrication in Fort Langley BC Canada is about finished with his 1919 Excelsior engined race bike for vintage class. It's got the same engine as the board track replica bikes he's built, with a Triumph gearbox. Check out the Excelsior project at...

I sent them an email and they replied in English. No problem. http://moto-spezial.de Yesterday their web catalog was inop, but today it seems to be working.

Hi Stephen The little gizmozs on the carb tops come from Moto Spezial in Germany - a Guzzi trick parts shop: http://moto-spezial.de/download/9350-9330.DOC They have different ones for different carbs (different cable / housing lengths), but I think they also sell the angle bit alone. It's a...

http://www.classicbikeswapmeet.com/ This Sunday April 19th. A whack of classic stuff. Focus is Brit & European, but all manner of stuff shows up.

Hi Mysta, The termanal strips under the tank ended up being there for a coupl reasons. I drew up & built the wiring harness a system at a time so it was an easy way to do the rear section first & then the front. It also allowed me to have an easy place to test circuits, tap into circuits...

Hi Joe, The project was a bit of mix & match. Sort of a Frankin-Guzzi. The frame is from an 850T, steering to 25.5 deg / 100mm trail, engine 1000SP, forks & triple clamps from a '95 Sport 1100, wheels and final drive from a T3, gearbox 850T, heads are 1000SP moded to mid-valve LM1. spec...

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Heh Swag, The color was a challenge to get done the way I wanted. The color and mat finish is from a 2002 Guzzi V11 "Tenni". The mat green was a nod to the Guzzi race bikes of the 50's which were that color. The story goes that they didn't want to leave the aluminum fairings bare so they shot...

A BMW in a push-up bra ....................................

Here's the info on the laser jammer / radar detector interface and the heads-up display. I can't say how well it works yet with only a couple hundred km. on the bike so far. The road tests I've read about it give positive results. http://www.pashnit.com/product/cheetah_m25_rider.html The...

underneath the instrument pod is the Valentine 1 radar detector, Cheetah M25 "Rider" laser jammer and wireless heads-up display transmitter. Speeding tickets are brutal expensive in BC. BTW: http://www3.telus.net/gdockray/racing/

Used too twist wrenches on various airplanes, mostly sheet metal and electrical. Now flog the unit below back and forth from Vancouver to Vancouver Island.

I'll get some action shots soon. On;y about 200 km since I fired it up. Still ironing out a few defugalties. Guzzis are after all, glorified ditch pumps, but they do have a certain charm. Oh ........ lots of it is riveted together because my welding is dreadful. G

After 2 1/2 years of fiddling, grinding, beating ................ it's done and out on the road for various tweaking to get ready for summer & heading straight for the North Cascades Hiway And yes ................ it sounds great!