macguzzi Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 The seat looks comfy...am I banned for saying that? with those intakes under the seat you would have to watch your wedding vegtables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocker59 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 The carb idea is cool. No plenum on the intake, though. I've often thought that a Webber DCOE on a custom intake might be a fun project. The biggest problem I see with this bike is with the exhaust. I guess this guy doesn't go around curves because that thing has absolutely no ground clearance with the headers routed like that and mufflers along the bottom frame rails... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzijack Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 If nothing else it's a very clean look. I like it. I would think that 2 carbs would be better than one for tuning's sake, however. What 2 carbs per side? Maybe like this one. A very trick bit of kit. GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luhbo Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 This here now is a more fun based approach, with perfect results under this aspect Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Chartier Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 What 2 carbs per side? Maybe like this one. A very trick bit of kit. GJ Looks like the Tavola brothers race bike? I meet them at Nogaro (Gers, France) 2 years ago during the Coyote's Days (a classic bike meeting/racing event). Really fine people, very helpful and happy to share their knowledge. -- Francis Chartier 99 PHM41 V11Sport 93 1000 Strada 98 350 Jawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzijack Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Looks like the Tavola brothers race bike? I meet them at Nogaro (Gers, France) 2 years ago during the Coyote's Days (a classic bike meeting/racing event). Really fine people, very helpful and happy to share their knowledge. Could well be - I've seen it 2 years running at the Trofeo Rosso @ Le Vigeant circuit in July. I'll be there this year so if I get the chance I'll ask a few questions about it. GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ratchethack Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 This here now is a more fun based approach, with perfect results under this aspect Hubert Somebody's gotta, and now I just have to. . . Well, there's certainly no accounting for taste. . . Another pathetically sad conversion of what was once a fine machine into a hideous, unrideable boat anchor. Far beyond the truly nauseating clash of colors that first so brutally assaults the eye, this is one of the most revolting and reprehensible abominations I have ever seen inflicted upon a Guzzi. The mortal wounds of "artwork" go far deeper than paint, clear to the bone. The malignancy that has engulfed this bike has very evidently metastasized to all parts, including the frame, and appears to be decidedly irreversible. It should be crushed immediately and recycled before it causes an outbreak of fevered, sweating nightmares. The lengths to which some posers will go for a little notice. . . I'm sure the "creator" is proud of the "attention" this undoubtedly gets. But you just know he's mistaking lots o' those looks of "appreciation" for sheer, abject horror. The mere thought of how Carlo Guzzi, Giovanni Ravelli and Giorgio Parodi would have reacted upon encountering this desecration today. . . The mind reels. . . Back in their day, such truly disturbing expressions of Popular Kulture psychosis were hardly conceivable. -- but o' course, that's just me. Where's Big Paulie, Little Paulie, and Mikey?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike wilson Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 This here now is a more fun based approach, with perfect results under this aspect Hubert One person's fun is another's bilious abomination. In case I am just thick, could someone please explain: 1. the lack of front mudguard 2. the wildly offest double choke carb 3. the odd brackety thing under the gearbox 4. last, but not least, by a long, long way, the ski pole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeve Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 One person's fun is another's bilious abomination. In case I am just thick, could someone please explain: 1. the lack of front mudguard 2. the wildly offest double choke carb 3. the odd brackety thing under the gearbox 4. last, but not least, by a long, long way, the ski pole 1- Chopper ethic 2- See above 3- Battery holder? 4- Handle for shop stand? Hand shift (see 1 & 2)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ratchethack Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 . . .could someone please explain:. . . last, but not least, by a long, long way, the ski pole Given the dark, Vlad Dracul (the impaler) hallucinations that no doubt inspired this monstrosity, I'd venture that by the looks o' those "lay down" shocks, that encountering a big whooper with the rear wheel would instantly bottom the rear end, launching the rider straight up off that little red bicycle seat. Now if he managed to hold on to the bars and came back down again, one imagines the rider impaling himself on that menacingly pointed shifter at the most er, obvious point of entry, clear up to his tonsils. . . D'you suppose the paramedics would perform a roadside extraction, or that he'd be taken into emergency with the harpoon in place, so as to get X-rays first, and avoid unnecessary loss of critical bodily fluids? Things that make you go, EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW. . . "Yard o' colon on a stick". . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emry Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 To each their own I guess. While I do have to side with Ratch on the above creation I still really like this one. While this does not really apply to this topic I was just curious, is this the infamous Mr. Roper?Pete??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastguzzi Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 4. last, but not least, by a long, long way, the ski pole It looks like a swanee whistle, Shirley? (Do press play.) Though why does it have someone's lower leg attached to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luhbo Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Somebody's gotta, and now I just have to. . . Well, there's certainly no accounting for taste. . . Another pathetically sad conversion of what was once a fine machine into a hideous, unrideable boat anchor. ..... Fine, fine You've ever heard of Joseph Beuys? He'd sure had loved you. This bike's a masterpiece, thanks for you guys doing it the honours Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzijack Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 One person's fun is another's bilious abomination. In case I am just thick, could someone please explain: 4. last, but not least, by a long, long way, the ski pole Looks like a hand gearshift to me. Possibly with a foot operated 'suicide' clutch (note lack of lever on left handlebar) or maybe the lever at the top operates the clutch? If that latter is the case then it looks as if there are no foot controls at all given the lack of a rear brake lever.... interesting. The whole bike looks like an homage to 1930/40s era chops with a sprinkle of updated stuff. Very well executed if not to everyones taste. GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastguzzi Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 You've ever heard of Joseph Beuys? This bike's a masterpiece, Hubert How to Explain Motorbikes to a Dead Hare. Ah, yes of course: that must be felt wrapped around the pipes. The two disconnected lower legs: it all starts to make sense in a C20th Conceptual, with a capital C, way. Skeeve was onto it with the Chopper concept. Careful with that axe Eugene – another leg anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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