Got Off My Arse & Started.....guzzi 1100 Sport

Well I've lied a bit in the title already, its actually a Magni Sfida 1100, but its based heavily on the Guzzi Sport.

Anyway after a long time when life got in the way I thought I'd start to try and make some progress.

The front wheel going in a milestone as at least its now got 2 wheels and an engine and long road filled with pain and frustration awaits

I am not scared to change some of the rubbish stuff on it, even though it lowers value, I'll be either past caring or pushing up the daisies when it leaves. So value isn't a big issue to me.

Thought somebody might like a wee peek

 

I know Dave, the power will just about pull the sheets off the bed.

I'll try to post progress from time to time but it will probably be quite slow

Duc engines are beyond my limited intellect and skill set so I'm sticking to "Stone Axe" technology and hoping that I don't mess even that up.

The 1000 pumps out a good deal less than this should, although it'll hardly set yer pants on fire, and I have an absolute hoot when I'm out on that

Moto Guzzi..................Just like Ducati except the bike and rider are both 100lbs heavier

 

Thanks @comfysofa

Possibly it was, I installed one into the 1000 I built a while back, may have been about a particular sticking point or general info before I purchased one as cheap they are not, can't quite remember. Now having had one and it running faultlessly if I needed to do a rewire I'd go and buy it or something very similar again. Greatly reduced the rewire task.

Can well understand if you like the clean honed to a razor, Swiss watch approach of Ducati.......................Stone Axe technology may not quite be your thing

I posted up this before somewhere, but here is how it came, the picture flatters to deceive unfortunately. The reality was there was more than a lot of corrosion and chipping on the frame, which had not had chips cleaned and painted.............the result was the powder came off like wallpaper. On top of that just about every dammed faster was frozen, I wore out a couple of chizels (not @chizel I may add) and God knows how many Dremel cutting wheels, slotting and bashing and crying in despair.



Guzzis funnily enough I can take or leave.........................but Magni's ........................If I was a woman I'd have had his babies

John

 

No offense taken comfy at all & I can't defend them what you say is all true as far as it goes.

I think the styling on both of mine are terrific but I tend to get turned off by plastic crotch rockets, I've got the 1098 and I'm Ok with the styling but would really have preffered a 998. When it comes to it strip all the fairings off any recent Ducati and to my eye they look pretty ugly. I prefer the more honest looks of the components than throwing a couple of plastic sidepanels over them to hide the butt ugly components.

Perhaps I need an eye test?

That said I drool at nearly all Radical's offerings.

The blame for the styling of that particular bike is not Guzzi's fault its all Magni's.

The picture maybe does not give a sense of scale, the bike is low, like Harley low you definitely sit in it, I'm 5'7" and have both feet square on the ground. Put a Busa next to it and the Busa would dwarf it.

Maybe this would be more to your tastes from Magni, then again perhaps not



Both manufacturers Guzzi/Ducati produce totally different products, although Ducati win hands down in terms of performance and handling, Guzzis going 100k miles without a rebuild are not uncommon and when you need to rebuild a dammed site cheaper and easier. I guess if I could use more than a fraction of the 1098's power I'd maybe think different, but at my age an 80 or so bhp bike that is less inclined to break is preferable to 150+ that will.

But Heh Yeah lets just agree to disagree and leave it at that

John