Ditchpumps Across The Alps!

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couldn't make EME or princetown 'cos i was getting a couple of these old guzzi's ready for the trip down to mandello for the GMG event.

question is, how many will actually make it? none of these bikes are in factory fresh condition. no shit, sherlock? :D

dave & his 74 eldorado

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jessie with LAPD eldo & "evil" dave with yet another eldo.

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i'm going on my less than concours 77 convert

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should make a change from easy peasy crosssing of continents on modern bikes. a more intimate knowledge of roadside repairs & breakdown company performance awaits :)
 
Update by txt from Cookie 10:47 AM

Nearly covered 100 miles and already stopped due to Jessie getting a puncture.
 
via mobile phone the first of many posts of V twin carnage.
 

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via mobile phone the first of many posts of V twin carnage.
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Keep them coming.
That 74 Eldorado looks really nice :thumb
 
LATEST.

Puncture fixed in 40 mins and having dinner in France allegedly after I asked whether they'd made it out of Dorset.
 
Dave answer me a question = Is everyone in Dorset called Dave ???
 
ahhhhhh

pikeydave said:
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Spot the VW support vehicle :D :duck:
 
Todays update:

'Todays breakdown, duff light switch. Tomorrow ve enter ze fatherland'

Yeah right :eek
 

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Time to head

Head East then straight south boys and keep going until you reach Lake Como!!
Plenty of parts there :D

AGOSTINI SRL
Via Statale, 60
Mandello del Lario (Lecco)- 23826
ITALY
0039.0341.735448

E-mail: assistenzaagostiniduiliocom
Web site: http://www.agostiniduilio.com/
On the shores of Lake Como, for over 40 years official Moto Guzzi dealers. Large parts/accessories stock from the 70's to current. English spoken. Now renting Moto Guzzi new models.

:thumb enjoy the ride
 
From Cookie

Finally After 3 days i was forced to go down a gear to get over the alps :)

Remember he's only got 2 gears
 

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Isn't technolodgy great. Blokes wandering around Europe on old Italian pig iron can get photos of their breakdowns posted on the internet via their mobile phones within hours. And all for our amusement :thumb
 
Todays update from Cookie:

'Absolutly pissed down last night and this morning. Dave's bike drowned and got left behind. Currently scoffing wicked pasta in Mandello waiting for shop to open so we can get a new dizzy cap etc...'
 
pikeydave said:
Todays update from Cookie:

'Absolutly pissed down last night and this morning. Dave's bike drowned and got left behind. Currently scoffing wicked pasta in Mandello waiting for shop to open so we can get a new dizzy cap etc...'
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Great news that they have got there, not that Dave's bike has drowned.

Riding my Guzzi back to Mandello is something I always plan on doing but never actually do it. As much as I like the GS I have absolutely no plans to ride it to the BM factory. :confused:
 
Gootsi

coo - Agostinis...theres a blast from the past :)

mine (Cali) worked fine on my tour a few weeks ago :mad:
well....
apart from eating its right hand side plug :eek:
oh
and complete foot brake fade away on the Col du Tourmalet :eek
but
i adjusted it and it was fine :)
until :eek:
it seized ON two days later :eek:
on the same feckin pass! :eek

mind you - better than last year, when ALL i had to do was...
replace the gearbox two days into the holiday :confused: :D

anyhoo....any news of the intrepid travellers?
~~
Oguzzinian
 
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