First ride up the 'Takas today (30 December)

[Clivoris]

Top news mate. Look forward to seeing it out and about when I can get leave.

[nudemetalz]

Sweet as !!

When I was up the top I heard two v-twins making lotsa noise coming up, and boy did they sound glorious.
It was an RSV and a 996. Makes me think I need louder pipes !!

[Clivoris]

That's the truth mate. Hasn't the original owner got a set of neptunes? Hassle him for a good deal

[nudemetalz]

He has indeed but to be honest I'm not really thrilled with those high-pipes.
In my mind they spoil the appearance of the Guzzi. Also lose the original hangers and pegs.
Each to their own I guess.

[Wasp]

good on ya nm, see you up there again soon!

[Clivoris]

He has indeed but to be honest I'm not really thrilled with those high-pipes.
In my mind they spoil the appearance of the Guzzi. Also lose the original hangers and pegs.
Each to their own I guess.

What if you scored the cans cheep and the neptune guy knocked up some link pipes that position them where you want them? Other options can get scary expensive.

[nudemetalz]

Hmmmm.......well they are a GOOD price.....
I have priced up newbies...errr, which part of the house should I sell....?

More talks with the Missus, ....is it possible to ride well with a black eye??

[Clivoris]

Hmmmm.......well they are a GOOD price.....
I have priced up newbies...errr, which part of the house should I sell....?

More talks with the Missus, ....is it possible to ride well with a black eye??

LOL. I've got a good mate with a black arse, and it actually seems to make him go faster.
I'm also stuck in something of a perpetual cycle of spending money we don't have. *Wife says* "You're not getting those pipes till we get the DVS". DVS goes in in double quick time. We can't get the dynotune until the windows are painted....etc. God bless rising house prices.

[nudemetalz]

Ha ha I can so relate to that..."When are we going to redo the deck, we were supposed to have started that weeks ago, yet you want new pipes for your bike"
My retaliation speech of "Hey didn't we just buy you a new bike?" doesn't get me anywhere.

But then I get the "Oh, if you really want them just go and buy them!!"
Now I know if I do that...man, am I in bigtime crap !!

[Clivoris]

Maate. Those pipes sound like a bargain, and she loves the bike as much as you do. My race bike has cost me the promise of a new bathroom. I'm just pleased that I've had a vasectomy...I shudder to think what she'd want otherwise for a dynotune, sprockets and chain, and tyres on the Ape, plus tyres for the race bike. It's cheaper to do house renovations I reckon.

[nudemetalz]

Oh dear, life as a poor married fullah with a money hungry Italian bike.....

Yup, I will definitely have to rediscuss the limitations of the restrictive & emmisions-friendly nature of the standard and heavy exhausts that Moto Guzzi supply for their 2002 model V11.

[Clivoris]

Haha. Wouldn't change a thing. If you like, When I get back from holidays I'll pop round with a bottle of wine for the missus and let her hear my lovely free-breathing v-twin. She'll be putty in your hands

[nudemetalz]

Hmmm,...sounds like a grand idea, old chap. I'll have some Black-Label waiting to be opened in celebration, you bring the Coke.

[Swoop]

Pretty much. Just have to take it quietly (like today,..yeah right) for a few months.

Bloody EXCELLENT!!!

[Dodgyiti]

Guzzi's have always been a riders bike, and your right- get it wrong and they will bite.
Termi pipes are the real sh*t for newer Guzzi's like yours, and LaFranconi's for the older ones.
Nice to jump on a newish bike and find that all the fun hasnt been engineered out of it eh?
Rock on and see you at the rally in October...