Moto Guzzi: Tonti framed model wanted

[Jimmy_White]

Nice score jimmy this T3 just came up on TM by the way (in case you need two Guzzi's) . http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=633203125

and here's my old beasty Attachment 287019

Cheers Paulo-your bike looks awesome! Yeah just saw the T3 come up, could make it pretty cool-love the old round barrels!

[Paulo]

Cheers jimmy who's doing your tank in the Uk? I know there's one guy who has a reputation for taking about a year and a half to complete an order once paid for. Sounds like its going to look great They are already a beautiful looking bike anyway. I'd hang onto anything you remove though I'm doing an r80 at the moment and have endeavoured to not brutalise it is I am getting a new sub frame made and can return it to stock if I ever needed to ( highly unlikely but she was so mint that I felt bad about hacking into something so nice) look fwd to seeing your progress.

[Jimmy_White]

Cheers jimmy who's doing your tank in the Uk? I know there's one guy who has a reputation for taking about a year and a half to complete an order once paid for. Sounds like its going to look great They are already a beautiful looking bike anyway. I'd hang onto anything you remove though I'm doing an r80 at the moment and have endeavoured to not brutalise it is I am getting a new sub frame made and can return it to stock if I ever needed to ( highly unlikely but she was so mint that I felt bad about hacking into something so nice) look fwd to seeing your progress.

yeah have heard The Tank Shop does awesome work but takes a long while, so I'm going with TAB Classics in Wales. Richard there has been great to deal with and really easy communication wise which just seemed to hard with tank shop-no email! Tank shop had a couple of tanks available immediately-one enduro style and another but they aren't really what i wanted. TAB's work looks good and they couldn't have been more helpful. Sounds like i'm having the same dilemma as you with your R80-the more i look at mine i feel bad about changing it! I'll be keeping everything i take off but still feel a bit bad changing such an original-doesn't help when i start pricing things up and everyone that sees it telling me to keep stock! I quickly get back on track when i stop and stare at the Davida Guzzi ad for a while though...

[98tls]

yeah have heard The Tank Shop does awesome work but takes a long while, so I'm going with TAB Classics in Wales. Richard there has been great to deal with and really easy communication wise which just seemed to hard with tank shop-no email! Tank shop had a couple of tanks available immediately-one enduro style and another but they aren't really what i wanted. TAB's work looks good and they couldn't have been more helpful. Sounds like i'm having the same dilemma as you with your R80-the more i look at mine i feel bad about changing it! I'll be keeping everything i take off but still feel a bit bad changing such an original-doesn't help when i start pricing things up and everyone that sees it telling me to keep stock! I quickly get back on track when i stop and stare at the Davida Guzzi ad for a while though...

Fuck what anyone else says mate your only here once,as you say keep all the oem bits and who knows down the track you may see fit to put em all back on,ive kept everything oem off my TLS as in 20 years i may well decide to put em all back on,there not that old but already noticing a few guys on the TL website are buying shitbox TLs and bringing them back to life as they came outta the factory.Looking forward to seeing pics of the bits you have bought....go hard with the modding,make it your own.

[Paulo]

yeah have heard The Tank Shop does awesome work but takes a long while, so I'm going with TAB Classics in Wales. Richard there has been great to deal with and really easy communication wise which just seemed to hard with tank shop-no email! Tank shop had a couple of tanks available immediately-one enduro style and another but they aren't really what i wanted. TAB's work looks good and they couldn't have been more helpful. Sounds like i'm having the same dilemma as you with your R80-the more i look at mine i feel bad about changing it! I'll be keeping everything i take off but still feel a bit bad changing such an original-doesn't help when i start pricing things up and everyone that sees it telling me to keep stock! I quickly get back on track when i stop and stare at the Davida Guzzi ad for a while though...

good to know you're not going to have to wait a year for your tank, yeah go for it with the custome job I wasn't saying don't do it more just hang onto the bits you take off as they will have more value then the bit of cash you might get flicking them off. There's not much that can't be undone / redone if you very felt the need , the r80 is looking like this at the moment put some wider bars on replaced the clocks with an acewell unit and a have a nice brat style seat and smaller lights etc to go on the rear : )

[Jimmy_White]

Fuck what anyone else says mate your only here once,as you say keep all the oem bits and who knows down the track you may see fit to put em all back on,ive kept everything oem off my TLS as in 20 years i may well decide to put em all back on,there not that old but already noticing a few guys on the TL website are buying shitbox TLs and bringing them back to life as they came outta the factory.Looking forward to seeing pics of the bits you have bought....go hard with the modding,make it your own.

cheers, i'll chuck some pics up once bits arrive. Just got a CNC machined battery plate made plus a few bits'n'pieces. Thinking batt should fit under tail (one of the reasons going with alloy rather than leather) cos otherwise will have to mount under trans or up on plate-don't really wanna mount on plate-really want to keep that space free.

[Jimmy_White]

good to know you're not going to have to wait a year for your tank, yeah go for it with the custome job I wasn't saying don't do it more just hang onto the bits you take off as they will have more value then the bit of cash you might get flicking them off. There's not much that can't be undone / redone if you very felt the need , the r80 is looking like this at the moment put some wider bars on replaced the clocks with an acewell unit and a have a nice brat style seat and smaller lights etc to go on the rear : )

yeah that wait would've killed me! Quite like keeping/collecting old bits and like you say can always go back to stock down the track. Have to wait till it arrives but talking to fabricator who says i can bend frame rails up rather than chopping for tail unit, will also allow somewhere to fab brackets for batt (if it'll fit!).
Lovin the look of your airhead! looks like a fun build, really like the style your going with theres a lot of inspiration online for them but don't see too many modded in NZ which is good.