2000 Redframe on deck

[docc]

For me, I find the cast Frame Side Plates ("stilettos") of our V11 Spine Frames, and the Centauro/1100 Sport-i, to be objects of absolute beauty.

The original Daytona/ SPOrT 1100 side plates?

"These things are industrial grade. Almost indestructable"
-Starlord

[audiomick]

20 minutes ago, docc said:

The original Daytona/ SPOrT 1100 side plates?

"These things are industrial grade. Almost indestructable"
-Starlord

I like them. They have their own "form follows function" charm.

Edited yesterday at 12:02 AM by audiomick

[docc]

18 minutes ago, audiomick said:

I like them. They have their own "form follows function" charm.

The original Moto Guzzi (spine) Frame Side Plates were on Dr. John's 1987 (2-valve/square fin) ProTwins racer.

That first SpineFrame was hand built in Pennsylvania and the side plates (which Dr. John was quoted as saying, "They are a great place to stuff a sandwich " [paraphrase] ) are inscribed "HOLLOWAY" on the left and "DR JOHN" on the right. Get the book, you'll love it . . .

reference courtesy of https://www.motoitaliane.it/en/prodotto/dr-johns-moto-guzzi/

[Pressureangle]

47 minutes ago, docc said:

For me, I find the cast Frame Side Plates ("stilettos") of our V11 Spine Frames, and the Centauro/1100 Sport-i, to be objects of absolute beauty.

The original Daytona/ SPOrT 1100 side plates?

"These things are industrial grade. Almost indestructable"
-Starlord

I'm not so enamored, nor prefer the early ones. But hey, *something* has to be there and get to all the attachment points...form follows function. I haven't looked close enough to ask whether the later style are cast or forged...I'm guessing cast. 
It appears by the picture that the earlier porkchops had a narrower swingarm through the pivot. I can't recall on the 'Sport whether they're flat, or widened, or in between. Ah, pic says wider; 

 

[docc]

I would love to know who designed the beautiful, cast Frame Side Plates.

Marabese Design? Rodolfo Frascoli?

Did the Centauro have them first (1996)? If so, I would suggest Rodolfo Frascoli of Marabese Design (at that time) is the designer.

[audiomick]

22 minutes ago, docc said:

... cast Frame Side Plates.

Did the Centauro have them first (1996)? ...

I found some picture at Stein-Dinse. Assuming they are accurate, the Centauro did indeed have a similar side plate to the V11. I can't tell from the pictures, though, if they were exactly identical. 

Centauro:

 

 

V11:

 

The part numbers are very close, though.

Centauro: 01415850

One V11 version: 01415890, another V11 version: 01415830.

Maybe the difference is only the colour.

 

PS: it seems the Daytona RS had them too:

https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/moto guzzi/moto_guzzi_daytona_rs 94.htm

And a picture from the Wikipedia

Franken-Guzzista, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Edited 2 hours ago by audiomick