Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Shedding some light on things

Uncle Ralph has kindly fabricated a fairing mount for me. V11 Lemans 8" headlight will provide illumination.

My friend Sean Fader who until recently was the mechanic at Moto Guzzi Classics kindly let me bring the bike down to his shop in Costa Mesa on his day off and helped me make a wiring harness. While he is known for Guzzi work he can handle pretty much any bike made. Sean's a rarity in the bike world: he actually knows what he's talking about. Sean's Info here:






Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Winter work

Here's the Guzzi in it's current state.

After much scanning of UK ebay I've picked up 2 18" Astralites in the 2.5 width I need to run the front 110 Avon AM22's race tyres. (why settle for 1 when you can buy 2???).

I'll be fabricating (actually I won't because I'm a useless fabricator, I'll be standing over someone's shoulder), a new underslung rear brake. Partly because it looks cool and also because I want to ditch the heavy stock set up. The tab on the swing-arm that attaches the caliper holder gets in the way when I change tires which means I have to remove the rear bevel drive box to remove the wheel: a huge pain.. The new caliper will attach to a plate/spacer and have a brake stay arm attaching to the swing-arm. I can then shave the tab and save precious ounces. See the set up I'm badly describing here.

The caliper you see is from a late model Ducati and the rotor is a Guzzi item. It will get skimmed, drilled and turned to cut down the weight.

Other changes planned are: mount the Magni fairing, install charging system, mount lights, make new foot-pegs, put on the 40mm front end I just picked up and lots of other little stuff. More pictures to follow......




Current events

Homer's Harley

Here's my friend Homer and his bike. I just picked up the bike for him from Long Beach docks after he attended the Catalina GP. More details and story up-coming in Sideburn.


Friday, November 26, 2010

Sunday, November 14, 2010

I'll take one in red please

Summer racing in pictures

Long overdue I know........ Guzzi footage here.


Just south of Weed, California after sleeping in the truck. Rough night.


Steve Arnett and his Imola rep.





Tim Fowler and his house in Seattle. A national treasure.




Seattle.



Vancouver BC.



Paul Brodie and his hand made bikes. Website here.









Guzzi nerdana. Moto International in Seattle.



Bret and Glass from the Past. Website here for vintage fairings etc.




Portland 160 racing. Footage here