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I'm hoping just a couple more weeks. The guy that's going to build the wiring harness has told me it only takes him a couple of days. I have no idea how long the painter will take, but hopefully not more than a week. I really want to bring it to IMOC, so barring any major mechanical issues, it should be there with the Ballabio.

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I'm hoping just a couple more weeks. The guy that's going to build the wiring harness has told me it only takes him a couple of days. I have no idea how long the painter will take, but hopefully not more than a week. I really want to bring it to IMOC, so barring any major mechanical issues, it should be there with the Ballabio.

 

Are you going to paint that gorgeous alloy tank??!! :o

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I am actually. I thought long and hard about it, but there are a lot of Guzzi's running around with polished aluminum tanks. The color is going to be a "Kandy Black Cherry" from the House of Kolor with the gold wings from the LMIII tank decal. This will give you an idea of the color....

 

 

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That bike will look fantastic with or without paint on the tank, and there certainly are lots of polished tanks out there. Have you considered partial paint on the tank? A little exposed alloy shows that the tank isn't a fiberglass knock-off. A couple examples of tanks with exposed alloy in the knee indents:

 

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Something like an early LeMans black top tank, but with your black cherry color on top, and with polished sides instead of red might be cool too.

 

Like I said, it will look fantastic no matter what you choose to do. Nice job! :thumbsup:

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Looks great Doug! What exhaust did you go with? Are those the laFranconia muffs? I still haven't got a decent system on my cafe bike, trying to keep it somewhat old skool.

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Well after a year, here it is. Overall, it was a pretty fun project and the '79 seemed to me to be a very nice machine to work on.

 

After this has sunk in a bit, it might be time to start looking for a nice clapped out Eldo to resurrect. :D

 

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