Comments on: GreyDog Guzzi – Making a Classic Classier (Bike Reports) (News) http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/ Motorcycle News, Editorials, Product Reviews and Bike Reviews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:07:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Gary http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164668 Gary Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:11:53 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164668 If I was going to build a bike like this, with no regard for original equipment, I'd have fit it with the latest Guzzi engine. The new one is much mo betta. If I was going to build a bike like this, with no regard for original equipment, I’d have fit it with the latest Guzzi engine. The new one is much mo betta.

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]]> By: goose http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164667 goose Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:08:02 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164667 Some day I'm going to do a build like this. A seventies Guzzi (or BMW) makes a great basis for a cafe racer. Different people would do this or that differently but this is a gorgeous bike. To me the tank is a piece of art. I do have to wonder about the guy who is so afraid of carburetors. I prefer FI (I hate getting that gas smell on my hands) but a set of modern carbs is not that big a deal. Get them right and it will be years before you need to touch them again. Anyway, great job. Goose Some day I’m going to do a build like this. A seventies Guzzi (or BMW) makes a great basis for a cafe racer. Different people would do this or that differently but this is a gorgeous bike. To me the tank is a piece of art.

I do have to wonder about the guy who is so afraid of carburetors. I prefer FI (I hate getting that gas smell on my hands) but a set of modern carbs is not that big a deal. Get them right and it will be years before you need to touch them again.

Anyway, great job.

Goose

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]]> By: chris http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164492 chris Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:29:46 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164492 BR -- See ¶ 9: " . . .Behind the motor is space created by mounting the battery and other electrics under the Ducati 900 Supersport seat hump. . ." I think its a nice execution hiding the battery in that space :^) BR — See ¶ 9:

” . . .Behind the motor is space created by mounting the battery and other electrics under the Ducati 900 Supersport seat hump. . .”

I think its a nice execution hiding the battery in that space :^)

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]]> By: Dmoon64 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164490 Dmoon64 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:11:43 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164490 So what does something like this cost? So what does something like this cost?

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]]> By: Norm G. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164479 Norm G. Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:10:09 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164479 re: "I know it’s a motorcycle, not a stereo" oh but it IS a stereo... :) re: “I know it’s a motorcycle, not a stereo”

oh but it IS a stereo… :)

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]]> By: bikerrandy http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164467 bikerrandy Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:57:26 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164467 It may be pretty, but I don't see it rideable without a battery. It may be pretty, but I don’t see it rideable without a battery.

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]]> By: skybullet http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164465 skybullet Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:27:32 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164465 Call me old fashioned, but this is what a motorcycle ought to look like. The clean functional classic lines with everything exposed not only looks great but is accessible. It will not perform like a modern bike but the riding experience will be enjoyable in a completely different way. Call me old fashioned, but this is what a motorcycle ought to look like. The clean functional classic lines with everything exposed not only looks great but is accessible. It will not perform like a modern bike but the riding experience will be enjoyable in a completely different way.

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]]> By: stinkywheels http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164451 stinkywheels Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:45:18 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164451 I know it's a motorcycle, not a stereo, but Guzzis and Ducatis have the most soul stirring sound. That's why I STILL, after all these years want a Guzzi. Next winter, it's gotta happen. Gotta finish a Suzuki SV first. I know it’s a motorcycle, not a stereo, but Guzzis and Ducatis have the most soul stirring sound. That’s why I STILL, after all these years want a Guzzi. Next winter, it’s gotta happen. Gotta finish a Suzuki SV first.

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]]> By: chris http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164444 chris Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:05:10 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164444 I don't like the brake light, it could have been more well thought out -- looks like I'd knock it sideways with a clumsy boot. +1 on the prior comments questioning the chrome silencers with the blacked out pipes, but this is a beautiful bike that looks like a ball to ride. I'm a shorty 5'7", so I feel a little bad for the big man that has to have the articulating seat mount to ride it, which doesn't really offset the envy I feel that he owns it and I don't :)thanks for sharing! I don’t like the brake light, it could have been more well thought out — looks like I’d knock it sideways with a clumsy boot. +1 on the prior comments questioning the chrome silencers with the blacked out pipes, but this is a beautiful bike that looks like a ball to ride. I’m a shorty 5’7″, so I feel a little bad for the big man that has to have the articulating seat mount to ride it, which doesn’t really offset the envy I feel that he owns it and I don’t :) thanks for sharing!

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]]> By: yellowhammer http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/03/greydog-guzzi-greydog-guzzi/comment-page-1/#comment-164439 yellowhammer Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:44:06 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26621#comment-164439 Sweet, bare and to the point. If I owned that scoot, I would keep it exactly as shown for config 1 (weekends). Config 2 would be a set of Flanders C20 bars and a custom set of panniers just large enough for my laptop bag on one side and my lunch on the right (work commute). Sweet, bare and to the point. If I owned that scoot, I would keep it exactly as shown for config 1 (weekends). Config 2 would be a set of Flanders C20 bars and a custom set of panniers just large enough for my laptop bag on one side and my lunch on the right (work commute).

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