Comments on: Moto Guzzi café racer

By: mack-o-matic

mack-o-matic — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:48:33 +0000

lllookathaaat! What a nice bum John Williams worked out, a real beauty! wow…

By: RD400cr

RD400cr — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:47:44 +0000

I have a set of those tires on my RD400, they’re Avon Roadrider AM26. The front is rotating the correct way, it’s just got a very agressive pattern. And it works.

By: Bald Shaun

Bald Shaun — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:36:33 +0000

I love this! A big ass Guzzi tractor engine in a svelte frame has an industrial beauty that nothing else can match. The speedo does stick out, but if that’s were it gives the rider the best view in the preferred riding position, then that’s exactly were it belongs. (If not, please lower it. Thank you.) And I for one, love header wrap. It’s a big stiff middle finger to conventional aesthetics and practicality. FTW!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:46:47 +0000

I shot the bike and the front tyre IS definitely on the right way round! Space in the middle of the frame is deliberate – done ‘cos he could do it…shows off the frame triangles.

By: skip

skip — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:19:42 +0000

Love it, even if the speedo is a little high, and the front tyre is on the wrong way round! (It’s pretty hard to get a tyre on the wrong way round, as there are directional rotation arrows on most tyre brands. Mind you, I did once have a dick-head fit a tyre to my spoked-wheel flat-tracker without an inner tube!)
While we’re at it, I really dig exhaust-wrap. To the un-innitialted, it does actually serve a purpose – it helps retain heat in exhaust gas and thus improves gas-flow. Funny how things that serve a true purpose often look really cool.
And lastly, the only problem I have with Guzzis is that if your bike gets knocked over as much as my old gixxer does when it’s parked, I can’t help feeling you’d end up with a cracked head (or two).
That aside, this is a beautiful piece of kit. Really wish it was in my shed.
Well done to all concerned.

By: CHris

CHris — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:10:04 +0000

I dont know why its but I keep finding myself drawn to Guzzi’s lately. especially cafe’d Guzzi’s. This one looks great, exhaust wrap and all!!
would be happy to have that in my garage, Its got some real character about it and it looks kind of mean. I really like it.

By: Mule

Mule — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:02:55 +0000

Very clean bike! I agree with Lew. The “bandages” on the pipe fad drives me nuts! Where did that come from anyway? It needs to be a thing of the past sooner than later. Stainless that has been scotch-brited looks a billion times better than this as does flat black paint. The “wrap” has to be purchased extra and it adds to the bidget of a cheap build, so its not for cost cutting. It’s purely a stupid fad. Stop it already!

Now I feel better. This bike sits nice and appears to be well assembled. On the tire thing, if its a rear tire, you reverse the direction as the torque on the cord wrap is applied in reverse by the brakes as opposed to engine torque when installed on the rear. Looks like a rear pattern tire to me.