LowRyter Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 The Sport and LeMans are the "BEST USED BIKES" (p.63). Just a small blurb. Didn't know there was a Sport in Guzzi yellow. Fake news. Oddly enough, my 1200 Bandit is listed as "The Competition". Uhhm, perhaps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 So, you ended up two "competing" bikes? That is no surprise . . . shows good taste and sound judgement! Certainly, there were no V11 in yellow. Some of the last of the 1100 Sport-i (Corsa) were yellow. And there were yellow and black Centauro. Maybe when Swooshdave gets all those pesky real life distractions under control, he Pho-shop us a yellow V11 Sport . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swooshdave Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Maybe when Swooshdave gets all those pesky real life distractions under control, he Pho-shop us a yellow V11 Sport . . . Untitled by swooshdave, on Flickr I don't need two yellow bikes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swooshdave Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 This one might be better. IMG_0153 by swooshdave, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowRyter Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 This one might be better. IMG_0153 by swooshdave, on Flickr you might adjust the white balance on your camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swooshdave Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 This one might be better. IMG_0153 by swooshdave, on Flickr you might adjust the white balance on your camera. Cranked the colors pretty good in Photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luhbo Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 This Green is printed as yellow in most magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowRyter Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 It can be difficult getting the green on the image. I've found my phone does a better job than my DSLR for snaps. Sometimes I have to play with the WB to "blue it up" a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 The V11 Green is surely hard to photograph. luhbo has captured some great images (looking like HDR). That said, I think swooshdave is actually trying to make that image look like the mythical "Guzzi yellow" V11 that no one has ever seen. LowRyter, did Cycle World print any images of V11 in their article? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footgoose Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 This pic was in Greg Field's '98 Moto Guzzi Big Twins book. Note the single seat. They called it Lime Green, and done as a Telaio Rosso replica paint. Looks yellow to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The V11 designer, Luciano Marabese, loved that monoposto tail section. It was integral to his pièce de resistance design of the V11 Sport, reflecting the racing Gambalunghino of 1949. While the V11Green color, and RedFrame, pay homage to the V7 Sport Telaio Rosso of 1971, the design inspiration for the V11 goes deeper into Moto Guzzi's racing heritage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Color image capture is tricky, but this is Guzzi yellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowRyter Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 yeah Docc but it ain't a V11. 2000-2006 according the the little write-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Looking forward to "reading" the CycleWorld article. A buddy of mine shares his past issues with me, so it could be a few months . . . The sorry thing is that those folks might only be looking at online images and "thought" the early V11 Sport was "yellow", but we all know: it just ain't so. Ask any Greenie. (BTW, the "Greenie" probably isn't the V11-its-own-self, but its dedicated steward.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footgoose Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The "yellow" one is just a prototype. There's another (better) pic in The Encyclopedia of Motorcycles by E Tragatsch. It's shot in the sunlight and has red wheels. Not really yellow, but not the green that made production. God, I'd love to have that solo saddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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