swooshdave

They are? Where?

Do take pictures for those of us not brave enough to take one apart!

Are you supposed to take it apart like that to clean it?

Ya'll need to ride a British bike for a while. Then when you get on what you think is a buzzy Guzzi you'll be like, "What vibration/noise?"

I'll share my secret spot that I got from the Ducati guys. http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/alabama/hampton-inn-birmingham-colonnade-280-BHMCOHX/index.html This is an awesome location (there will be a lot of bikers there) as the back roads to the park are quite lovely and there's no traffic. Plus you come into the park from the opposite side as everyone else. In you go. We stayed there two years ago. Last year we had an RV spot and staying at the park is obviously the best option if you can.

Aren't you always in California?

Plane tickets secured! There's an AccessNorton.com meet up at the Motorcycle Classics show on Saturday (not far from the ginormous Triumph tent). These are still not on my ride but there's still two weeks! So no one else is going?

When I joined this forum I didn't know it was full of "hammer whores". I've seen some disturbing things on the internet, very disturbing things (some I weren't even looking for) but this hammer fetish is really creeping me out...

Now the question is... how much are they? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I want to see the pics. I'll email you and then post them here.

Dang... good thing it's so far away from me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Dang, that's too close to me. What a steal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Challenge accepted!

You guys are so off-topic I'm taking my toys over to Wild Guzzi.

This is coming up really soon. We'll be booking flights very soon. We should arrive Thursday night, swap meet on Friday, racing and museum on Saturday and packing up and leaving on Sunday. Is anyone going and do you want to have a meet up? Anyone taking their V11?

Dang, I was eating when I saw that picture. No appetite now. I'd still (sadly) take that Bimota over the BMW.

I was wondering if someone was going to spot the Aprilia. Currently at the top of my list of ugliest bikes ever:

You guys are mean. It's not that ugly. The tank is a little funny looking but sheesh, have you looked at some truly ugly bikes? I can't think of one Japanese bike that looks better that this thing.

Didn't the last Coppa on eBay do $12k?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motorbikes/2717671/The-sound-and-the-Furia.html

I've mentioned these bikes before but this is the first time I got to see them in person. I don't even know how rare the Ghezzi is but I can tell you I've never seen one in person, except for the one at Barber. I will say it's the first time I've seen a Coppa. The owner is attached to a very long air line and will never ride again. Next time you're sucking on that cigarette look at your bikes and ask yourself how long you'd like to keep riding. I don't know much about the Ghezzi like how many of this model they made but I I was told it's an 1100 Spoti engine. I think it's a V11. You will have the only one on the block if you have this in your garage. And by block I mean state. Or country. I believe the asking price is $15k. The Coppa is almost as rare, I was told that about 40 were brought into the states? And about 200 made? It needs a good cleaning but it's what you can expect from a low mileage bike. While cool the next Guzzi for me will be a Lemans (either the old one or the new one). For me the Coppa is a tarted up V11 Sport that isn't worth twice what a similar version goes for. But what do I know? I believe the asking price is $12k. Speaking of expensive this is what we were down there picking up. A non-running bike for an extraordinary amount of money. Luckily not my money. The good news is that when it's back on the road I should be able to take it for a spin.

No pic? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are so many things it could be. These are not the points and carb kinda bikes. How confident are you that all the wiring and electronics are back exactly where they should be?

$30 ea is almost palatable.

That big bolt originally was for the frame. It should be able to take a lot of torque.