Guest aironepony Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I have just run my Guzzino for the first time today after the re-build with the Azola 4T engine. Very Crisp...most pleased too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nogbad Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Lovely looking bike that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeBenGuzzi Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Lovely looking bike that! 79197[/snapback] is it just me or is english grammar not very good grammar? huh noggy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchbob Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 is it just me or is english grammar not very good grammar? huh noggy? 79199[/snapback] It's idiomatic English, Ben. Similarly, you might say "ole dawg shore looks purdy, tonight".......! But perhaps I shouldn't interfere: Nogbad is officially the arbiter of good English, I've noticed. Has a university degree in it, I shouldn't wonder. Moreover, he's told me off before for wandering into threads where I didn't belong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchbob Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I have just run my Guzzino for the first time today after the re-build with the Azola 4T engine. Very Crisp...most pleased too.... 79194[/snapback] Proper job! What capacity is the engine? I take it that this model usually had a 2T engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nogbad Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Come on now chaps. There are plenty of other scrappy threads available in which to criticise each other. This one should be kept pure, dedicated to Airone's bike restoration skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchbob Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Come on now chaps. There are plenty of other scrappy threads available in which to criticise each other. This one should be kept pure, dedicated to Airone's bike restoration skills. 79207[/snapback] Which are considerable, quite clearly, and no argument about that! No offence intended to anyone, truly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeBenGuzzi Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 my apologies, I'll get you lata noggy. ...TBC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big J Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 A fine gentlemans' touring cycle,sir. Would you care to impart a few details? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aironepony Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 A fine gentlemans' touring cycle,sir. Would you care to impart a few details? 79252[/snapback] Delighted! It is a 1949 Motoleggera 65 (Guzzino) and it has a 73cc 4T engine in place of the 65cc 2T that was the factory original. The 4T version was produced in small numbers by a firm in Bergamo as either a conversion kit or as a complete converted engine. This engine was designed by Edgidio Azzola in the late 1940's. The Italians were keen proponents of sporterised Guzzinos and rallied and raced them! The suspension is modified with contemporary (1948/50) after market goodies to give dampened front and rear forks. These items are quite difficult to come by these days, so I was fortunate to find the stuff at the autojumble in Reggio Emilia last year. There are very few examples of this particular arrangement, so it consistutes a fairly rare example. The power output is hiked up to 3.5 bhp, enough when you look at the size of the brakes. The "silencer" was designed by scaling from photgraphs of an original machine fitted with this engine and was quite rightly described in the accompanying literature as making a "tromba terrible". It truly makes a very crisp snorting rasp! ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aironepony Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 By the way.......this is what I started with............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macguzzi Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I presume you know that Spain is a good place for parts for these bikes they are very popular, most of them made in Guzzi's Barcelona plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big J Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 A fine machine indeed,and a credit to your obviously considerable restoration skills. Well done,I hope you have many happy miles on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Minnaert Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I love the look of this bike very much, the italians made such an elegant small bike. And your restoring skills are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzzirider Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Nice one! I love that dinky silencer. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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