Chuck

But.. but.. does yours have a genuine Pete Roper rubber chicken? I thought not.. (shuffling off)

As I remember, you didn't even give the Mighty Scura a second look. You could have had one of the best V11s in the country..

Busily popping popcorn..

Kool..

Pete once said, "rather like a Parson farting in a bathtub." I've had an airhead and an oilhead, but I'm a slow learner.

Speaking of girls on Guzzis.. She's (ahem) quite a bit older than she looks, and is more than a good rider on her Grease O.. Also French, has an apartment in Sandy Eggo and Paris.

Pete says the gearbox looks like Aprillia..

I have. For *me* the Mighty Scura is very comfortable. I bought a Rosso Corsa to have in Indiana because I liked the Scura so much, and prefer the Scura except in the rain. I sold Rosie. Properly set up.. it is also surprisingly capable in twisties. I practiced it a lot on The Snake on deserted days. Yeah, it helps, but is that stuff really needed on the street? It's not a race.. we're just having fun. Yep. It's one of Guzzi's best. I have two spare speedos and one spare tach that I've picked up over the years..just in case. So far, in 38000 miles, it hasn't needed either.

The Guzzi world is really pretty small. I just PMed Will's email addy to him.

Makes my head hurt..

I sent pix of the new bike to The Kid, and he said, unless they come up with an updated LM1 I'm not interested. I get it, I'm an antiquer, too, but I can't see a modern manufacturer even giving it a thought. If they built a modern Falcone, though..

My favorite color combination. At the Oregon nationals, I met a couple from Iowa that had ridden there and camped, two up. Certainly one of Guzzi's best traveling machines. The long travel suspension just eats up highway expansion joints. I was on Darth Quota at the time, riding from SoCal to Oregon with Pete on his Grease O. For that trip, I had the better machine, IMHO.

Champaign and blue for the win..

Apparently not bad enough. 38K miles are too much? On a Guzzi?

^^^^ What Pressureangle sez..

Naa, I'm in Indiana.

Ok, how about the Mighty Scura? Totally sorted. Ride it anywhere. I'm getting older by the day.. PM if interested.

Possibly wet above the sump in that picture?

There *is* a need, however, to keep the automotive type clutch, driveshaft, and rear drive. That will make it recognizably Guzzi.. IMHO.

I would think a good TIG guy could fix it. V it out with a die grinder, pre heat, clamp it flat and weld.

^^^^ Agreed, but *good* chrome tanks are like RHS.

I have it on good authority that it was sold to a WG member that has some uncompleted projects sitting around. For years..

Ron.. I must have had that preselector apart and back together 100 times when I was developing the unbreakable pawl spring. (I see Phil just posted) *I don't remember* but if you run it through it's travel up and down shifting, it should be obvious I would think.

If I were uhhh, even 10 years younger, I'd be putting up solar panels.. but I can read the actuarial tables as well as the next guy..