hey Guzzisti

[dangerous]

This will only be interesting to the Guzzi peops here, well this is typical of the Guzzisti, a guy that I have only meet once before called in home we had a chat then he said take it for a spin...... well with a big cheese grin on my face I said 'yes please'

The 99 MG 1100i sport corsa is the same bike as my 1100i sport but its engine, wheels and frount guard are painted black along with the tail piece. It comes from the factory with carbon pipes and a mod chip. There were only 200 built this one in number 160 and brought in from the UK. There isent another in NZ and I doubt that theres any in Oz.

[muzz]

I like very much :love2: Is handling the same as yours is there much differents :unsure: Your a lucky man to get to play with her :niceone:

[Paul in NZ]

And so.... How did it go???

Paul N

[Dodgyiti]

Nice, and I bet it really sounded nice too,
I had a similar zorst on mine, it was music in the garage [ snivle, sob, blurt]
And how come Guzzi can paint a heap of bikes bright yellow and they look cool, other manufacturers [ Triumph, Buell etc] do a yellow bike and it comes of Liberache gay? :ride:

[dangerous]

I like very much :love2: Is handling the same as yours is there much differents :unsure: Your a lucky man to get to play with her :niceone:
Yeah was lucky aye...... and I might get another spin when he returns the oil filter tool (no need to remove the sump on these puppys) I leant him.

Ummm... handling was differant to mine but thats just in the set up the corsa I found to hard in the ass end and way too soft up frount, IMHO.
I reckon that the WP rear and WP USD frount is some of the best suspension I have ridden I had no complants about mine :first:


And so.... How did it go???
As sweet as something really really sweet................... well to tell ya the truth it reminded me of mine when I 1st got it.
As ya know I sold mine a last year, well it took 6 months to get used to the VTR or should I say a normal bike again.
No need to tell you chaps that ya will never by a Guzzi by just riding it around the block........

Ok here goes..... sat my ass on the corsa, shit what a bloody plank.... hit the starter button, only a MG starter sounds like that :cool: on 2nd atempt the bike rolled hard to the left then to the right, god I love that feeling :D
droped it into 1st CLUNK :rolleyes: amed it out the drive and let that bloody racket of a clutch out, with a allmighty flex to the frame wezz wer out... a there :shifty: shit the old push rod things a fast with them 5 speeders :sweatdrop ...... well I crashed it through all the other gears and it wasent till I was 3 houses from home that I was getting the feel of it again.
In summery I love the fuking old shitters, they is what riding is all about :headbang:

[dangerous]

Nice, and I bet it really sounded nice too,
I had a similar zorst on mine, it was music in the garage [ snivle, sob, blurt]
:ride:
isa nor a noize, isa sound, mate the VTR sounds nice but it aint a patch on a V2 airhead 1100 with Termy's or Mistrals like was on mine...... are shucks, just had a dig around for old times sake and look what I found :rolleyes:

[Sensei]

Be excellent when they put a chain on them so they don't scare the shit out of ya when you cornering hard & shut off the power quickly . Damm took me by surprise . Was faster than my 93 907ie thou .
SENSEI :blink:

[Hitcher]

Sometimes there are things that are beyond spell checking...

[Sensei]

Sometimes there are things that are beyond spell checking...


Sorry Hitcher Hope that's better . Mind not on the Job better go for a ride >
SENSEI

[Blakamin]

I want a Guzzi... an old one.....

[Mongoose]

I want a Guzzi... an old one.....

An old Guzzi? There is only old Guzzis, wiff push rods an' all that modern gear. :doobey: :Pokey: :banana:

[dangerous]

Be excellent when they put a chain on them so they don't scare the shit out of ya when you cornering hard & shut off the power quickly . Damm took me by surprise
SENSEI :blink:
No way man sharfts rule.... I never notice a differance expect that they are quite, mind you I have had 5 bikes with sharfts so guess I'm used to it. :ride:

[Mongoose]

No way man sharfts rule.... I never notice a differance expect that they are quite, mind you I have had 5 bikes with sharfts so guess I'm used to it. :ride:


I thin k the shafty duck&dive is a myth perpertrated by chain owners, or maybe i am such a woosey rider it makes no difference? :yes: :thud:

[gav]

Hell, this looks alright
95 900SS Ducati $7990 (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Sports-tourer/auction-21896878.htm)
sorry, where were we?
oh yeah, Guzzis
yeah even something like this would be nice to have
83 V50 (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Classic-vintage/auction-21913748.htm)

[Sensei]

[QUOTE=Mongoose]I thin k the shafty duck&dive is a myth perpertrated by chain owners,

Road a 1100 sport's over a very tight piece of road here as fast as my skill's would let me. Bike was nasty when on then off the power quickly through corner's kept standing up then flexing when back under load . I'm sure once you have riden them for awhile you wold get use to it . But not for me .
SENSEI

[Mongoose]

[QUOTE=Mongoose]I thin k the shafty duck&dive is a myth perpertrated by chain owners,

Road a 1100 sport's over a very tight piece of road here as fast as my skill's would let me. Bike was nasty when on then off the power quickly through corner's kept standing up then flexing when back under load . I'm sure once you have riden them for awhile you wold get use to it . But not for me .
SENSEI

A cruel, cruel man would suggest you pick your lines/cornering better :yes:
But yes, maybe for A) Us slower sort of riders its not so noticeable and B) For those that are used to it, tis nuffink to worry about

[dangerous]

Road a 1100 sport's over a very tight piece of road here as fast as my skill's would let me. Bike was nasty when on then off the power quickly through corner's kept standing up then flexing when back under load . I'm sure once you have riden them for awhile you wold get use to it . But not for me .
SENSEI
Dont forget that its not all the sharft.... but the huge fly wheel spinning (even tho the 1100 sport has a lightened fly) and also the piston momentem from having a transverse V2...... try giving the Guz (or even a CX) a quick flick on the throtle while on the side stand, that aint nothing to do with the sharft, its not even turning :apint:

[Mongoose]

Dont forget that its not all the sharft.... but the huge fly wheel spinning (even tho the 1100 sport has a lightened fly) and also the piston momentem from having a transverse V2...... try giving the Guz (or even a CX) a quick flick on the throtle while on the side stand, that aint nothing to do with the sharft, its not even turning :apint:

No doubt PaulwhoknowsGuzziNZ will beable to fill us in on the heaviness of the flywheels, I think Mac trucks have lighter ones :whistle:

[Paul in NZ]

I dunno about Mack trucks but you really would not want a Guzzi flywheel dropped on your toes!

As for the shaft drive thing, yes they 'can' do odd things if you load / unload them but you really need to be quite brutal. People that grew up with older (and less forgiving) bikes have no problems as they are naturally smoother riders.

Guzzis (in general) reward good riding and severly punish mistakes. They certainly need a little confidence and a strong hand. Arse them about and they will arse you about, a bit like a willful horse.

The hardest thing to sort handling wise is the heavy drive box on the rear wheel fed by a short swing arm. Lightness is where most chain drives win out and the short arm gives a choppiness.

On the upside, the linked brakes (on old Tontis) is great as you can trail the foot brake much deeper into a corner without standing the bike up.

What you do get is a really different bike that does things it's own way without bothering with daft style changes every 5 minutes and entry into a great brotherhood of true eccentics. A guzzi rider would never ever ride past another Guzzi on the side of the road without rendering all possible assistance.... Among other things..

Paul N

[dangerous]

Damn it Paul...... stop these soppy posts, I simply just cant afford a new Guzzi at the mo...... but a second hand V11 Lemans (not that champaine colour tho) would be sweet........ crap ya see you av got me thinking about the bloody things again :thud:

[LB]

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Nice bike! (Dangerous: he's a nice bloke isn't he, glad you caught up with him)

As you all (I'm sure) know, I'm a Ducati girl at heart, but I do like Guzzis too.
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[Paul in NZ]

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Nice bike! (Dangerous: he's a nice bloke isn't he, glad you caught up with him)

As you all (I'm sure) know, I'm a Ducati girl at heart, but I do like Guzzis too.
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Don't go there Lynda - The sunglasses are awful and the carbon fibre is so thick it weighs more than the parts it's replacing.

[LB]

Don't go there Lynda - The sunglasses are awful and the carbon fibre is so thick it weighs more than the parts it's replacing.
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I have so many Ducati accessories and articles of clothing that, even if I wanted to (which, of course, I don't) I really can't change brands. Ever. I'm stuck with Ducatis for life.

(Which doesn't, of course, preclude Hamish from buying an MV......)
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[Dodgyiti]

Damn it Paul...... stop these soppy posts, I simply just cant afford a new Guzzi at the mo...... but a second hand V11 Lemans (not that champaine colour tho) would be sweet........ crap ya see you av got me thinking about the bloody things again :thud:

Yeah, Paul
No fair.
And no one has mentioned the big buzz of shafties..... comming out of a corner with the power on full [ on grunty Guzzis, not the sub 100HP pussers]
Whaaah, I miss my Guzzler :thud:

[Paul in NZ]

And that is the big fun of them. You fell really connected...

Paul N

(oi - wots this sub 100hp crap you square fin pervert)

[dangerous]

And that is the big fun of them. You fell really connected...

Paul N

(oi - wots this sub 100hp crap you square fin pervert)
true and true..... there is only one Guzzi to date that exceeds 100hp, the RS Daytona at 102hp

[Dodgyiti]

true and true..... there is only one Guzzi to date that exceeds 100hp, the RS Daytona at 102hp
Or a plain Daytona with a Termi straight through zorst, stage 2 engine kit and chip brings her in from 98 to well over a hundie thank you. :love2:

[Dodgyiti]

And that is the big fun of them. You fell really connected...

Paul N

(oi - wots this sub 100hp crap you square fin pervert)

Hey!
I like the old ones too
Look what the new one did to me
Damn near wrecked me, but not before I wrecked it :crybaby:
And alright, I am a pervert :buggerd:

[dangerous]

Or a plain Daytona with a Termi straight through zorst, stage 2 engine kit and chip brings her in from 98 to well over a hundie thank you. :love2:
That would be from...... 95 to 102 which is what the RS is, with C kit cams etc...... of course you can get more out of them, at a cost.

http://daytonasite.free.fr/english/daytona_website.htm

http://www.mgcn.nl/dameijer/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=58

[Biff]

Yep - I'm getting ever closer to gettin myself an old Guzzi as a weekend project. Some of the new ones are beautiful looking things, but I couldnt justify buying a new one.

But I reserve the right to continue to take the pi$$ out of them - ok!!??

[dangerous]

Yep - I'm getting ever closer to gettin myself an old Guzzi as a weekend project. Some of the new ones are beautiful looking things, but I couldnt justify buying a new one.

But I reserve the right to continue to take the pi$$ out of them - ok!!??
just dont tour on it.........ok :bleh: