2003 V11 Sport Naked - serial number one?

[68C]

I love the way the common man can bypass stupid regulations.

[al_roethlisberger]

If anybody wants to bring this bike into California, I have a swingarm with the correct emissions stickers that are needed to register an out-of-state bike in CA.

 

Yikes, I forgot about that.

 

Does that make my swingarm worth more since is a CA bike?  

[chamberlin]

Wow, 112 watchers and 1,845 views but no bids. On to plan B! (whatever that ends up being)

[docc]

Ride it like you stole it?

[vtwins4life]

This is the V11 Sport I wish I had bought. Lesson learned - buy the $6k bike with >$10k already spent on it rather than the $3k bike that needs $6k just to get "right". 

 

VT4L

[1 guzzi fan]

Love that bike. I've had one for about 7 years and it runs and rides like the day it left the factory. Bullet proof. (powder puff garage queen that it is)

[Speedfrog]

Maaan, I just went thru this 20 pages thread like I was reading a novel. What a saga, stupendous!

Was kind of left hanging at the end though and wondering whatever happened to this bike... Might it resurface one day?

And all this work gone into creating this splendid machine and never riding it!!??  

[chamberlin]

Never heard from the guy after the bike was picked up... nothing, nada. The shipping guy was touring around the country picking up other bikes for this guy... I think he was in the PNW or Vancouver, BC.

[Speedfrog]

Hey @chamberlin, thank you for chiming in, I wasn’t sure if you were still active on this forum. What a shame not knowing the whereabouts of that bike after all the efforts you poured into it.

Nevertheless, I for one really enjoyed reading your narrative about that build and the spirited approach you maintained all the way through, not cutting any corners in following your ideas/ideals.. Chapeau Monsieur! 

[Joe]

I second that........