turboguzzi
Just got it firing!
Hi everyone, I'm Yossef, an Italy based member for a change, I actually live about 40 miles from Mandello in the town of Sesto San giovanni, north of Milan...
Well, where do i start? Been on Guzzis, on and off during much of my riding life (about 45 years....started when i was 16). Rode much other stuff as for about 25 yrs I've been also a motorcycle journo/road tester. From my nickname you can tell that Mandello tractors were always close to my heart, used this nickname forever, even when i was Guzzi-less.
Last time I rode my own 1981 LMIII it was a soggy morning in Milan, circa 2004. A truck stopped before me, I was that tiny bit distracted, locked the front on the wet and down she slid. No major damage, but it looked like she deserved a complete rebuild, so took her apart. You can guess the rest, my LMIII is still in boxes! My meek excuse is that about that time i started to do vintage road racing on self built & tuned bikes and that consumed every free time slot I had for something like 15 years.
On to next chapter. Some months ago, Lorella, my girlfriend came home with an interesting story. She is active in a local community theatre, and she met there a friendly neighbor. Turns out that her husband used to ride and they still own an old Guzzi, and he needs to get rid off to make room in a storage.... Well, we set up a meeting in the lock up place he's got only a few hundred yards from my place, and this is what i saw:
Well, where do i start? Been on Guzzis, on and off during much of my riding life (about 45 years....started when i was 16). Rode much other stuff as for about 25 yrs I've been also a motorcycle journo/road tester. From my nickname you can tell that Mandello tractors were always close to my heart, used this nickname forever, even when i was Guzzi-less.
Last time I rode my own 1981 LMIII it was a soggy morning in Milan, circa 2004. A truck stopped before me, I was that tiny bit distracted, locked the front on the wet and down she slid. No major damage, but it looked like she deserved a complete rebuild, so took her apart. You can guess the rest, my LMIII is still in boxes! My meek excuse is that about that time i started to do vintage road racing on self built & tuned bikes and that consumed every free time slot I had for something like 15 years.
On to next chapter. Some months ago, Lorella, my girlfriend came home with an interesting story. She is active in a local community theatre, and she met there a friendly neighbor. Turns out that her husband used to ride and they still own an old Guzzi, and he needs to get rid off to make room in a storage.... Well, we set up a meeting in the lock up place he's got only a few hundred yards from my place, and this is what i saw:
