Ogmios said:i'd love a go on a Quota....you hear feck all about them - good or bad
they seem extremely rare and when they DO appear for sale the price is either way over the odds or so cheap you KNOW its a dog.
all i do know about them is it seems you need to be very tall and have the muscles of a pro arm wrestler!
and whats the idea of square section frame tubing on them?
anna nother thing! - the guy i know in France thats does Guzzi spares (and a very good bloke he is highly recommended) has not one single Quota part in stock and never even gets offered them. now THATS odd.
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if i had the room and the money.....i'd buy another Guzzi...Nurse - the pills MUST be wearing off!
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Og
cookie said:i guess you mean reboot spares? never bought from him but spoken a few times at the v-twin rally. seemed a nice bloke.
the civil one said:I think the early ones were 1000cc carbs and the Later 1100 i
cookie said:i rode one of the very early ones, thought it was pretty good. seat height was a bit worrying as i recall, and when you pull away it rises even higher
was this one of the first fuel injected bikes (gpz1100 earlier?). anyway, it worked pretty well. never owned one, but think i might when i see the right one cheap.
i assumed they were all cheap. never a big seller & hardly desirable in the mainstream
cookie said:i rode one of the very early ones, thought it was pretty good. seat height was a bit worrying as i recall, and when you pull away it rises even higher
was this one of the first fuel injected bikes (gpz1100 earlier?). anyway, it worked pretty well. never owned one, but think i might when i see the right one cheap.
~Stef~ said:older ones are better IMO.
~Stef~ said:Always fancied a Guzzi, older ones are better IMO.QUOTE]
best advice i got before parting with money for one was to go for one that had a good few thou miles on it. the thinking being that the previous owner(s) have sorted all the inevitable teething troubles it's depreciated as much as its going to for a good number of years and this leaves you with a well sorted reliable bike
6 years and 40k miles later..... i agree
i feel mines more trustworthy now than a much newer, lower miles bike.
insane logic - but totally Guzzi
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Og
Ogmios said:~Stef~ said:Always fancied a Guzzi, older ones are better IMO.QUOTE]
best advice i got before parting with money for one was to go for one that had a good few thou miles on it. ~~
Og
I was given the same advice , go for one with at least 10 tho on it.
Rob Farmer said:Time to flush the Guzzi lads out.
Come on guys I'm a big Guzzi fan. Post your pics for posterity
Should keep Cookie going for hours
Grazoid said:Most probably by the side of a road somewhere wondering why their electrics have just died again.... hate the feckin things never known one even a modern one to run right all the time wiithout a gremlin appearing in the electrickey just when you least need it.
Grazoid said:Most probably by the side of a road somewhere wondering why their electrics have just died again.... hate the feckin things never known one even a modern one to run right all the time wiithout a gremlin appearing in the electrickey just when you least need it.
motomartin said:......apart from the mickey mouse switchgear and horrendous cockpit PCB gubbins ( LM2 especially )
and the fact the wires seem to be made of thinner and more corrosion prone copper
The only things they really share is the alternator and diode board - the rest is a bit michael the mouse.
~Stef~ said:There was an injected Z1000 launched in 1980 (?)
Z1000 H >140 mph@560lb .with the ecu in the tailpiece, where it got the guts vibrated out of it
Otherwise a very good bike so smooth
Only pic i could find>.
original colour but originally a twin shock.
cookie said:...
guzzi electrics get a bum rap IMO. i work on these bikes regularly and don't see any electrical problems i would not expect to see on any old bikes.