Seem to be a bunch of these going on right now. Let's take attendance: Me: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=746715 danedg: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=733433 DaveBeef (soon enough): http://advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20686825&postcount=342 EnglandKev (though hardly a project): http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=841764 sjc56: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=735251 Woodly1069: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=854589 Did I miss anyone?
Too busy making money to pay me to keep their bikes going? IDK. Some are on other forums like Wildguzzi or the Loopframe Guzzi Yahoo Group. Most just don't spend much time online.
I have a 71 ambo that had the usual flakey chrome cylinders. I replaced the cylinders and had the heads done. Pretty much finshed now so no project thread. Just didn't want to be left out of the club.
What you on about Willis! of course it's a project, I can tell that by the amount of money it is costing!:eek1 compared to the amount of time I am riding it:huh Just bought head gaskets, base gaskets, and 12 o-rings.. £45 that is $70 can you believe the o-rings were $1.56 each:eek1:eek1:eek1
Yes a right little bunch of masochists ( correct spelling??) we've got going here. Can't wait for mine to arrive. Knowing my luck the 'Dusseldorf Express', on which mines is currently a steerage passenger, will be sunk by an escapee U- boat mid Atlantic. Rgds, DB.
Me! I bought a 70 Ambo about a year ago, it was totally disassembled. A bare frame and several boxes of parts. The PO had started the restoration but passed away and the thing sat for several years. I have now started the process in earnest. The transmission has been re assembled, I have started the engine assembly, and the frame is at the powder coaters. I'ts a big jigsaw puzzle, the big part is finding out the stuff I DON'T have. I plan to have it running this summer!
Both my loops (72 Eldo, 74 Cali) are on-going projects. Unlike some of you brave people who go for full enchilada, I haven't had the nerve to do a complete restoration - I just fix whatever is going wrong, with any luck before it fails. Usually I'm not successful, which makes for some interesting times on the road, but being a masochist, I like it that way. Nick
I have one that is.. well.. not even to a state i'd call a project yet. We call him "rusty" and has the dubious distinction of being the "brownest white motorcycle ever seen by Jason".
It's in the country boys and gals lying in warehouse in a Kent dockside!! Should be here within the week. I'm sooooooo excited!! An anti climax awaits i'm sure however. Rgds Dave.
Purchased right where it landed! Owner must have stuck a "For Sale" sign on it and limped away. Scott in Shoreview '79 Suzuki GS550
Good one guys unless I'm out woods riding I don't park in the trees, and yes I did limp away AND bought the sad wreckage back from the insurance to restore. I'll post after pictures soon I'm just waiting on my seat and spots and she's ridable. I may post the details in faceplant, I didn't do it here because I din't want to hijack the thread with a long story.