[2005 Cary, North Carolina]

It befuddles my mind that somehow this photo is from almost 20 years ago.  Where does the time go, and so quickly?  2005 just doesn't seem that long ago, but it was 

[Guzzi v11 Cool Butt!]

Have always liked Paul's custom tails for the V11.

 

http://www.fastguzzi.nl/

 

...just hasn't been in my budget before other things

[moto guzzi v11 sport retro italia]

Great looking project.

 

Whatever happened to this bike?  I see that some of its parts have shown up on eBay.

 

"Dave" hasn't logged in since 2015, and I didn't see any posts about it having been crashed, or?

[AWR 2002 Le Mans San Jose CA 03]

Spring 2003 or 2004, in our back yard in San Jose, CA.  Moto Italiano was just a couple blocks away then.

[AWR 2002 Le Mans San Jose CA 02]

Spring 2003 or 2004, in our back yard in San Jose, CA.  Moto Italiano was just a couple blocks away then.

[AWR 2002 Le Mans San Jose CA 01]

Spring 2003 or 2004, in our back yard in San Jose, CA.  Moto Italiano was just a couple blocks away then.

[AWR Brand New 2002 Le Mans San Jose CA]

Likely summer of 2002, probably within six months of buying the bike since the photo shows the Corbin seat installed.

[AWR 2002 V11 Le Mans Cary NC]

Fall 2005 when we lived in Cary, NC for a year.

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Nice to see a stock 2002 Champagne. Takes me back to when I brought mine home from Moto Italiano, riding from San Francisco to San Jose.

[2000 V11 Sport]

Will always have a soft spot for the first gen "red frame" V11 Sports.  Nice looking bike, and yes very CLEAN!

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Man, love the spoke wheels.  They may be a PITA to clean, and some may weight more than cast/forged rims (don't know in this case) but they look great.  I'd sacrifice a little weight in this case!

 

I know a lot of people don't like spoke wheels on a modern bike, but with the already present combination of classic and modern features of the V11 Sport range I think they work!