Weegie

Lol I'm starting to feel at home already. Phil & docc, just stop it, I know about these exhuasts and they are stunning, always fancied them. Now you've got me wondering, don't know if Magni's still up and trading right now. Perhaps I'll drop him a mail Hi Tim, well the 1100 might just have stopped leaking since you seen it. Chuckee, no real story, posted as Old Jock on WG as it was a brew in my local, a pint of which would stun a horse. Weegie is a shortening of Glaswegian used by residents of that other city to the east of us (capital of Scotland) and isn't a term of endearment Phil your correct of course on the Australia (or Oz as I irrevantly know it as) I think Ted Stolarski was a dealer and racing them in the 80s or 90s and when Magni brought out the bike it was named the Australia in Ted's honour. 2 batches built First in 93, I think 75-80 built used a tubular frame similar to Sfida 1000s and Forcelle Italia forks. The engine was the standard Daytona Hi Cam Second in 98, around 50 built, used the beam frame like Guzzi's Daytona and Sporti (and the Sfida 1100 and Sfida 1000 4V) and Paioli forks. The engine was a C kitted Hi Cam identical to the Daytona RS They planned a far larger production run but Guzzi couldn't provide them with the HiCams hence the low numbers John

Thankyou so much to everybody, to docc for providing the link, to Phil (whose already educating me big time on the HiCam engines) and to everybody else kind enough to pop in and welcome me Looking forward to getting to know you all So the Red Headed Step Child that is proving to be a bit of a challenge, when she's fully clothed which she hasn't been for some time The other bike shown there is a Sfida 1100 just a Sporti given the Magni treatment. Probably not his most attractive design, but eye catching nonetheless......possibly a love hate design. I've had people tell me it's an abomination and others that it's good looking (in a strange way), reminds me of some girls I went out with. I've added a few farkles to the 1100, which probably hasn't done much to improve it John

So after being on WildGoose forever I thought I'd come on here, I post as Old Jock on WG, but went for a change of moniker Don't own a V11 so what the hell am I doing here? Well I've got a bike with a HiCam engine in it that's giving me endless trouble and may be getting another, glutton for punishement I was attracted by the legend that is Lucky Phil, I see some other of the "usual suspects" too and some of the technical topics on here are first class As I couldn't find an introduction section I just thought I'd post up here and introduce myself. John