Any Italian Bike owners alive out there?

[Tomo]

Hi
The Italian section is a bit quiet, so as way of introduction I thought I'd stick a post here

My name is Tomo, I'm from Downunder, I am getting into Indians, but have had Italian bikes for a long time

My collection at the moment includes a 750 Sport, 900 Darmah, 1000 (mille) Hailwood, Bimota DBIas well as 4 Indians and BSA Bushman

Cheers
Tomo

[ricoyam]

Just in case anyone is watching, I am a newish member and own a few Italian bikes:
1966 Moto Guzzi Stornello ISDT trials special
1974 SWM 125ES Six Days
1974 Mazzilli RC125
1974 Ducati 750GT
1976 SWM Silver Vase 250
1977 Simonini 250 Shadow
1980 Ducati Darmah 900SS
1988 Ducati 750F1S
2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S

Moto Bella!

[*JU]

Here's my '72 MotoGuzzi Ambassador on Main St. in Sturgis this year. I rode out with the Viking Chapter, MN.
JU

[Blupacer]

bought a 65 H-D sprint new so will always have a soft spot for Italian . Love the lines. Now have a 65 Sprint H and 67 SS also a Parilla Olympic All rough and in need of good home
Steve

[Buzz Kanter]

I have my 1960s Ducati 250 Monza cafe racer that I compete with on the Moto Giro US in the northeast. I also have an original paint Ducati 250 Mark 3 and a MotoBi 250 semi-factory Zanzani GP roadracer.

Buzz Kanter

[sonnys dad]

this bike will be at all the AMCA shows we are attending this year

1972 h-d baja before.....

1972 h-d baja after......

this bike is going to a customer in illinois........we bought this from a fellow vendor @ rhinebeck 2007

1973 h-d X-90 before.....

1973 h-d X-90 after.....

this bike we are doing for a customer in iowa who will be picking it up on his way to laconia '08 vacation in june, the same time as rhinebeck.

1975 h-d SX250 before.......

1975 SX250 in progress......

the sheetmetal will be finished the end of this coming week and we are starting the engine rebuild this week

stay tuned to our web site for more

[Coolbreeze]

My 1984 Moto Guzzi V65Sp is as close to the perfect motorcycle as anything I have ever owned -- or ridden. It is a light, maneuverable, economical, fast, reliable bike. I have ridden the daylights out of it for the past 21+ years, and the engine has never been opened. I check the valves every winter, change oil & filter regularly, and put a squirt of grease in the speedometer sending unit -- but that is about all the maintenance it requires. It cruises nicely all day long at 6,000 rpm which, by my reckoning, equates to 98 mph. Incidentally, it also seems to have a small radar signature. With a tank bag, soft saddlebags, and a duffle bungeed to the luggage rack, the Guzzi holds enough gear to keep me on the road for weeks. I have taken it from my home in Illinois to Sturgis, Duluth, Little Rock, the Shenadoah Valley in Virginia, and the Rockies. In 1990, I crossed the Continental Divide off pavement with it on Haggerman Pass. This year, the bike carried me over the Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park with slush covering the pavement, a strong wind (~25 knots), and wet snow so heavy that I had to ride with one hand on the throttle and the over scooping snow off my visor.

This is as close to a magic carpet as I have ever experienced.

[DaveSwanson]

I share George's affection for Guzzis. Here is my 73 V7 Sport. It's now old enough to have judged so I might just do that next year.

[Buzz Kanter]

Here's a shot of my little 1966 Ducati 250 Monza that I cafe'd out to race in the Moto Giro a couple of times a year here in New England.



Sorry about the mud but the weather wasn't too good that year and we race over a lot of unpaved, hard packed, dirt roads. OK in the dry, "interesting" in the rain.

[Chris Haynes]

I have a 1973 Mighty X-90 H-D.