Friday, June 13, 2008

Custom Moto Guzzis

I love Moto Guzzi. Not many people realize that this marque, born shortly after WW1 is the longest lived, continuously operating, motorcycle manufacturer in the world - behind only Harley Davidson in terms of longevity. These two have a lot in common, especially the fact that they both build only aircooled twins, with pushrod operated cams (at least until recently).

In fact, it is said that before their own revival, in the mid 1980s, HD visited MG to learn how to make their own v-twin handle properly (apparently they didn't acquire that particular secret).

Anyway, Guzzi's, like HD's are popular targets for customization. This particular bike (once an 850T I believe) has been 'improved' with a cruiser style seat, sporty exhaust, billet bar controls, and luxurious Hagon shocks. Quite an eyeful.

If anyone sees an original, unmolested 1970's era bike (750 sport) for sale, please advise. I promise not to do this to it...

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