Martin Barrett

spec here and piccy Make Model Moto Guzzi 400 GTS Year 1974 Engine Air cooled, four stroke, transverse four cylinder, OHV, Capacity 397.2 Bore x Stroke 50 x 50.6mm Compression Ratio 10.2:1 Induction 4X 20mm Dell'Orto VHB carbs This was the site I'd found the benneli engine on just couldn't get a close match on the body work.

Yes I think motorcycling will probably be changed for ever. Light weight bikes , trying to keep your speed up a round corners, best i go on a diet now I wasn't knocking the Skorpion. good bike, probably saved Mz.

Paul posted a link to a German site that had seemed to buy up all the stock of V11 engines, so it would no more new V11's. They seem to be commited to the new engine. So any V11 replacement will have a derivative of this

but needed the ejector exhaust. I got stopped once by one of the Police rotary Commanders. Well he caught up with me when I was putting my bike away in the police hostel garage. Boy did I get a telling off.

@#$$#! - shortened friendly term for Richard no not cock

Richard Seymour & @#$$#! Powell - now a whole big team 6.5 Phillipe Starke

That didn't last long Designed by Seymor Powell that great British designer of kettles and the MZ Skorpion. Jaap you are going to have to be the quiz point God on this. Does Guzzi Tim get the point he identified quickest or Helicopter Jim for being a pedant and saying he wanted to ride it?

I was going down the Benelli line looking at the 500 quatro Make Model Benelli 500 Quattro Year 1974 Bore x Stroke 56 x 50.6mm Compression Ratio 10.2:1 4x 22mm Dell'Orto carbs

WTF and are you looking forward to riding it?

That's the one - should I offer it up for a quiz point?

I wonder what they're like to ride? I was taken by this when they first came out , but a bit pricey

You are quick off the line So it must be the bike.

Too slow

It's one of Royce Creasey's Voyager machines Moto Guzzi gearbox , reliant engine. I would therefore think everything back from the gear box would be guzzi as per Jaap

Is that a "Don't anyone else bid on this or I'll shut the forum down in a sulk" ?

WG - Wildguzzi the American based all Guzzi forum The link

When I last flew 85 it cost me £35 an hour solo in a cesna 150, as talking balast in either a Jet Provost or Dominie (I can't remember which) 1989 some said about £2,000 an hour. No wonder they didn't give me many overfly hours

A long time ago, when I was either an Air Cadet or during my time in the RAF I had a vist to Scampton they had one as a gate guard. had a clamber around it. Not sure that I would fit in it now. Not much room, I think the overall size was about the same as a Tornado GR1. Also saw Nigger's grave.

I think there were two. I know the RAF Memorial Flight still have theirs. Quick check of their webb site says there's another in Canada - that will be the one in the program then.

My understanding was that California has the most stringent noise and emision tests. So that the US bikes are all made to that standard. Hence the delays in the Breva etc , making a 50 state model. Tend to use the expression to show that standard. Most bikes are modified , lose the emisions gubbins and tip over canister and run the more liberal European settings.

bad pun No I want to take the car with me when I'm out on the bike in case it rains.

Close call - quick time movie

Slightly easier on the eye, but I'm not so sure about the whole package

Honda Pans and BMW RTs

Thanks, I've been thinking of treating myself. It should fit as well as the Teknos. So I can take even more stuff I won't use with me. It's just a case of where to stop bike pack and rack, second bag, sports rack, pillion rail - probably forget that. It's just a bit pricy compared to my £15 tail pack , but it wouldn't have scuffed my tail, when taking it off to get tool kit out from underseat in pouring rain, and not resecuring quite right. Pay your money make your choice.