Ghezzi & Brian Super Twin details at Barber

[vents]

Ride height adjustment too . Thanks for the pics SwooshDave . 

 

 

[brubache]

https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/ghezzi-brian-supertwin-1100-supertwin

 

Gives some insight.  

[docc]

https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/ghezzi-brian-supertwin-1100-supertwin

 

Gives some insight.  

55.3 inch wheelbase, 23º rake, 427 pounds!

[JRD]

For anyone so inclined.........Airtech Streamlining makes replica Ghezzi & Brian fairings and one piece tank/seat/rear cowl assemblies at very reasonable prices too!

[Chuck]

(scratching head)I wonder how they carved 75 ! pounds off of it.

[swooshdave]

(scratching head)I wonder how they carved 75 ! pounds off of it.

 

Lighter frame, wheels, bodywork... shall I go on?

[swooshdave]

For anyone so inclined.........Airtech Streamlining makes replica Ghezzi & Brian fairings and one piece tank/seat/rear cowl assemblies at very reasonable prices too!

 

http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/guzzi/ghezzibrian.htm

 

Rough math has it at $625? Then you would have to get it painted and build the framework to mount it. And seat upholstered. Totally worth it! Now I just need to find a rough V11 or 1100i...

 

[docc]

 

(scratching head)I wonder how they carved 75 ! pounds off of it.

 

Lighter frame, wheels, bodywork... shall I go on?

 

No foot bail on the side stand, no eagle badge on the alternator cover . . .

 

"Take care of the ounces . . . ." 

[JRD]

Wish I could photo play just to see what a v-11 Sport or LeMans would look like with a stock tank and seat with the Ghezzi fairing.  

[bbolesaz]

Even just putting the fairing on would take some mad fab skills. There would be a fairing bracket to hold the lights and mirrors and support the front of the fairing.  Could start with a LeMans piece and cut and weld.  Then, where would you source that headlight from.  Probably G&B used an off the shelf Japanese or Ducati unit, but you'd have to find out what it was.  Maybe a few more brackets from the frame to the sides. Etc, etc.

[swooshdave]

Even just putting the fairing on would take some mad fab skills. There would be a fairing bracket to hold the lights and mirrors and support the front of the fairing.  Could start with a LeMans piece and cut and weld.  Then, where would you source that headlight from.  Probably G&B used an off the shelf Japanese or Ducati unit, but you'd have to find out what it was.  Maybe a few more brackets from the frame to the sides. Etc, etc.

 

Oh, it would be an adventurer, but if you were handy with a welder or knew someone who was...

[swooshdave]

Wish I could photo play just to see what a v-11 Sport or LeMans would look like with a stock tank and seat with the Ghezzi fairing.  

 

That is the only way you would get it to fit. The fairing just wouldn't go with the stock tank. At all.

[coreytrevor]

I was wondering why a nut on both ends of the rear axle, then I saw that they double as spools for a rear stand.

 

[nobleswood]

I can see why you are drawn to this bike each time you visit.

 

Nice workmanship.

[swooshdave]

https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/ghezzi-brian-supertwin-1100-supertwin

 

Gives some insight.  

 

Oh, I hadn't seen it in red before. I may need to lay down.

 

 

 

 

The Supertwin uses the five-speed gearbox from the California instead of the V11's more modern six-speed box because Guzzi originally refused to supply the new unit. Mandello bosses recently had a change of heart, Giuseppe says, but by then it was too late because the reshaped six-speed transmission would not fit in the Supertwin's frame.