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Thank you for that encouragement and I will do

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Final pictures of the finished paint job and to be honest I’m not thrilled, Phil was quite right re colour match. Very pleased with the paint application so will ride it till winter as is and then repaint all of the front fairing come winter. Tail piece is great, should have its decals come Monday. 

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Thanks for posting David. Asked David to post this in larger format, the main side panel has been painted but the small sub panel that bolts to it is original paint and decal so again one can see the slight shade differences that are acceptable to me but perhaps not all. 

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57 minutes ago, footgoose said:

 

 

as a Tenni owner, I'd be very happy with the result.

 

 

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Spoked rims ……now there’s an idea for a Canadian that doesn’t have enough to do!!!

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A chum posted these photos for me to show greater detail, thanks David more work headed your way! Phil, you’re quite right not a prefect match but close. The left side of this small under chin piece has been painted and the right side is the original so this gives some perspective of the mismatch in colour. In this application it’s acceptable for me. I painted all of the right side of the fairing other than the top inch or so, masked it off on the body line so the mismatch is far less obvious where the two panels meet. Plan on clear coating in a Matt finish so finished phots to follow

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Paint showed up and I’ve finished the repairs to right upper fairing using filler, plastic primer and high solids primer. Will paint tomorrow and post pictures of the results in a couple of days regardless of outcome,

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All good points Phil, you will notice I did paint all of the tail piece. With a base/clear paint system I’ve had better results with aerosols than with my conventional equipment and methods. Suspect that’s due to my inexperience. For the front fairing repair I do have a plan to minimize the colour differences between the original and the repair. Will post a picture of the results. If they are poor will paint the whole of the front fairing but hope that will not be required. Thank you for your well thought out reply.

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Thank you for the offer to post larger images I would appreciate that. Pm your email address please and I’ll do the same

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When I recently purchased my 2002 Tenni it was obvious I needed to touch up its paint job. The two areas of most significance was the tail piece and a very poorly right front fairing repair. For the tail I had FMF Coatings scan it and mix up the paint in an aerosol. They were unable to get a good match on the green but I found the Lechler code for it, GUZDS08047 and had Classic Car Paints Direct mix it up in an aerosol as well. Both UK firms by the way. I’m sure many of you are saying paint in an aerosol is no good but I beg to differ. It’s the same paint formula you would get in a tin of paint, it’s guaranteed to have no moisture and they spray nozzles are very good with no air pressure issues (I also paint with conventional spray gun equipment). In the following pictures the tail piece has been painted with the base silver, have the code for it if anyone wants it. Will apply the “Tenni” decals once they arrive from The Images Works decal makers . As these paints are both base coats will spray with matt lacquer top coat once the decals are applied. In thr picture of the right front fairing have removed the poorly applied top coat in preparation of final repair. Will post pictures of final repeats once completed. Interested in your comments as always

[Tenni suede seat]

I do have the original black seat it was supplied with but missing the brown suede so just want to replicate it so have both. Thanks for your reply

 

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Thank you for all the information will now source material here in the UK. Thanks again!

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My 2002 Moto Guzzi Tenni did not come with its suede seat, I bought a V11 black seat and want to have it recovered to match the suede version as supplied with the Tenni. My questions are as follows.

-did they use a real suede leather for the Tenni?

- if it was real suede was it cow hide or pig hide or other?

- if it was a man made suede what is it called please?
 

Thanking you in advance for your replies.

[Prestine Tenni quest]

Twin, I realized your post is 2 or 3 years old but I’m intrigued by your quest as I to am a Canadian that now lives in the UK. Originally from the Kootenays, Castlegar in fact. The best bit is I just acquired a Tenni as my daily driver. It’s in fair condition and I plan on working away at improving it by getting it back to factory appearance. It’s  not for sale so you can breathe easy. As a fellow Canadian happy to keep an eye out for a Tenni for you if you wish as I’m in that circle of bikes. Have included a picture of mine. Drop me a note if the mood strikes you

[Some assumptions about UK imported Tenni #’s]

Good advice Scud, I will continue to research the bike to try and determine if it ever had a “Txxx” assigned to it. If it did and I can determine what it was I will have one made up. The previous owner did contact Moto Guzzi with the VIN and engine numbers and they did confirm it to be 2002 Tenni. Thank you for your comment

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I’ve got the Tenni home now and very pleased. Sticking with the topic of missing number on triple clamp it does have the Guzzi eagle on a small plaque that makes me think that this bike never did have a “Txxx” applied. Picture attached, I’m interested in your comments please.

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Doc, yes your picture is of the plate that is missing on mine. I’ve read that Moto Guzzi actually missed installing these numbered plates on some bikes but have no confirmation of this. Of the 18 or 19 bikes Moto Guzzi imported into the UK originally only 8 are not accounted for on the registry. The question is could one of those 8 be mine? 

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Sorry, I was not clear. The VIN # is not missing its the T00X plaque that’s missing from the triple clamp

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I’m in the process of buying a Tenni, unfortunately it’s missing its # on the headstock.  I live in the UK and the bike was originally imported to the UK. The fact it’s missing its # is just an inconvenience and I’m very excited to be getting it. My question is ,am I right in assuming that #’s T012 to T020 and T161 to T170 (excluding T165 to Bulgaria andT168 to Japan ) are the only bikes MG imported to the UK? In this batch of #’s it appears to me the only unaccounted #’s are T012, T019, T020, T161, 162, 163, 164, and T170. If my assumptions are correct and they may not be , my bike should be one of the 8 unaccounted bike in these sequence of UK imported bikes. All comments are appreciated.