La Vida Meccanica

V7 Classic

2012-01-17T22:51:00.000-08:00

Here's an exploded view of a V7 Classic. As in "exploded all over my workbench". 850 Big Bore kits for the V7 will be done soon.

2011-12-03T09:18:00.000-08:00

My new toy. A Moto Guzzi T3. What a glorious $600 pile.

V65 Wins Daytona and Barber

2011-11-26T10:42:00.001-08:00

I just raced at Barber and Daytona on my Moto Guzzi V65 and Ducati/Cagiva Pantah. The little Guzzi won 4 out of 4 races. It's up on power after removing 12 inches of muffler length. The pantah won races at both Barber and Daytona. This is the 6th year in a row of Daytona race wins on the Pantah and the 4th year in a row of Daytona wins on the Guzzi !

V7 Cafe

2011-01-29T10:42:00.000-08:00

I'm working on a Guzzi V7 cafe project right now. Stock is ~37 hp, so let's see what I can get out of it. Details at at the Guzzitech forum.

Bonneville

2010-10-30T11:19:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Guzzi Racer Alex Balogi who went over 125 MPH on a V7 Sport at Bonneville in October.

Griso Power!

2010-09-08T09:40:00.000-07:00

Moto Guzzi Griso 8V . Read my story about it in this month's Urban Moto Magazine

Hacked

2010-07-11T09:10:00.001-07:00

A 900ss that I just worked on had some serious hack work on it.

Cam belt was dozens of revolutions away from breaking.

Nice.

I guess that's one way to cap the intake port take off fittings....

Guzzi Racers

2010-06-10T09:28:00.000-07:00

A few recent fotos of Guzzi racers....smallblock racer and an Egli framed Guzzi racer

Corner Workers

2010-05-01T21:22:00.001-07:00

A preview from my new book Fueled...to be released in 2010.

[Corner Workers]
Casey’s sandblasted, smiling face

greets me every time

I start a race at Willow Springs.

He is dressed in an angelic white

long sleeve tshirt and pants

to ward away the sun’s rays

and I think to look for his wings,

but then I realize that an angel

probably wouldn’t be missing front teeth

or have skin the consistency of a catcher’s mitt.

Perhaps.

He usually takes a minute to talk

before he waves us onto the track for the warmup lap

even though it is hard for me to speak

with a full face helmet

blocking my words.

His upraised thumb, and then mine,

however,

speaks volumes.

Corner works at Willow Springs.

I don’t know where half of them come from.

some of them are truly fucking bonkers

like the 40 year old woman in Turn 5

who stated that she used to manage Guns and Roses

yeah, right.

The sun bakes their brains

even more than

the locally manufactured

Methamphetamine.

And at the end of the year,

the racers all chip into the corner worker fund

to give them a little extra something

“to help make their child support payments”

one racer jokes.

Yeah, probably.

I remind myself

to always treat

even the strangest desert denizens corner workers

with respect

for we racers constantly put our lives

in their weathered hands.

And you never know.

A corner worker may be the last thing

you ever see

after a crash

and before the bright white light.

Daytona Victory!!!

2010-03-15T14:26:00.000-07:00

Ducpower.com/Guzzitech.com riders take Daytona victories!!!

Daytona 2010:

Ed Milich
Monday, 3/1 1st Place Vintage Superbike Middleweight, Ducati Pantah
Monday, 3/1 2nd Place Vintage Superbike Lightweight, Moto Guzzi V65
Tuesday, 3/2 1st Place Vintage Superbike Middleweight, Ducati Pantah
Tuesday, 3/2 1st Place Vintage Superbike Lightweight, Moto Guzzi V65

Rick Carmody
Monday, 3/1 2nd Place Battle of the Twins Formula 2, Ducati 900ss
Tuesday, 3/2 1st Place Battle of the Twins Formula 2, Ducati 900ss

NorCal Book Tour Jan 2010

2010-01-22T12:16:00.001-08:00

Ed Milich/ Wrenched book tour with Christina Shook...January 2010. Come on out!

BJ Schwartz

2009-12-26T21:00:00.000-08:00

We'll miss you, BJ.

Riding Men Tour Recap

2009-12-21T19:56:00.000-08:00

Ed@ Cretins Clubhouse, Seattle, Dec 2009

Ed@ Ace Cafe, SF, Dec 2009

Read more about the tour here.

Wrenched Book Tour!!! December 2009

2009-12-07T19:12:00.000-08:00

Guzzi Racer

2009-11-03T08:20:00.000-08:00

Kim Anderson's 850T. He just won a 2 hour endurance race on it at Mosport.

Willow Springs

2009-10-20T11:59:00.000-07:00

Here's a racetrack lesson...never sponsor anyone who might be faster than you. :)
Ducpower.com took home trophies last week at Willow Springs.

Ducpower.com's Superpantah

Ed in Turn 1

Ricky Racer and Ed on the starting line

Ricky Racer Carmody and Ed Milich...Pantah racers.

V50

2009-09-30T18:36:00.000-07:00

Carey Russ's V50...featured in my column in this month's Sports Car Market.

Guzzi Earl

2009-09-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

Guzzi Earl loves cruising Ebay!

Stealth Fighter

2009-09-21T09:10:00.000-07:00

George Beavers' stealth figher 1981 GS1000 with new 2006 GSXR forks, Brembo brakes and Marchesini forged wheels adapted by Ed Milich/Guzzitech.com. Rick Carmody put it on the podium for the first time at Willow Springs last weekend in its new configuration. Way to go Rick!

V50

2009-09-11T18:24:00.000-07:00

A nice shot of a V50 Monza from John in SF.

Pantah

2009-08-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

Brian Hansen's Pantah track bike.

Doo KaTee

2009-08-15T13:37:00.000-07:00

John Bishop sent me a link to these photos....nice. Looks familiar, too. :)

more images here

Pantah

2009-07-22T19:44:00.000-07:00

A 600SL Pantah that I recently serviced. That's my DB2 in the background.

Ally Racer

2009-07-11T07:50:00.000-07:00

A recent project I finished....this little Alazzurra racer got 17" wheels, Marzocchi M1R forks and 4 piston calipers.

Ducmotor

2009-06-09T22:32:00.001-07:00

New 650 Pantah race motor coming together...with needle bearing tranny adaptation, Carrillos, etc.

Lightening Binge.

2009-05-27T21:40:00.000-07:00

Must. Trim. Pounds. From. My.... Ducati

water jet lightened primary gear

CNC machined clutch basket.

machined clutch housing.

Almost there.

All together now.
Around 7 lbs lighter than stock...with ~5 lbs of that as rotating mass. Yes, I know a few tricks...

Ricky (Pantah) Racer

2009-05-18T10:33:00.000-07:00

Guzzitech.com/Bimotacagiva.com sponsored Ducati Pantah racer Rick Carmody's Racing Blog: http://rickyracer394.blogspot.com/

Rick Just took two podium finishes last weekend with Willow Springs Motorcycle Club with a best time of 1:35.1

Hosed

2009-05-10T10:22:00.001-07:00

Hosed main bearing on a Ducati 650 racebike...those steel cage bearings are only rated to 10,000 RPM. Hmm...

TT1+TT2 Bonanza

2009-04-13T20:38:00.000-07:00

Saturday April 11,2009 in Long Island City, NY there was a gathering of Pantah Race bikes...

More photos .

New Zealand Guzzi Racer

2009-04-11T08:43:00.000-07:00

From Vince at Burrell Signs in New Zealand

Cafe Racer Ride In in Long Beach April 26

2009-03-25T17:30:00.000-07:00

Daytona Videos

2009-03-22T15:56:00.000-07:00

More vids at Guzzitech's Youtube Channel

Product Placement

2009-03-14T10:07:00.001-07:00

A Guzzitech sponsored Superbike....#91 Jeff Tigert.

On the grid with Jeff Tigert #91's bike before the 2009 Daytona Superbike race.

Victory at Daytona

2009-03-08T09:05:00.001-07:00

I took 4 firsts at Daytona in AHRMA's Vintage Superbike csses....2 each in Lightweight on my Guzzi V65 and Middleweight on my Ducati Pantah . Not a bad start to the racing season...

Ed and George Beavers, Daytona 2009

On the banks with the V65 Guzzi.

Daytona Book Signings

2009-02-25T22:48:00.001-08:00

I will be signing copies of my new book Wrenched (www.wrenchedbook.com) at Daytona International Speedway during lunch break on Tues/Wed March 2/3. This will be near AHRMA racer registration. I'll also be signing copies at Pantheon Pizza during the Italian Bike night on Monday March 2 after the day's races.

Moto Mundo Maya

2009-02-17T20:45:00.001-08:00

Check out my buddy Fonzie Palaima's new blog for details on his Central American motorycle trip

Moto Mundo Maya

Willow Springs Pantahs

2009-02-15T18:03:00.000-08:00

I spent Saturday at Willow Springs with fellow Pantah racer Rick Carmody. I was shaking down my Pantah and other bikes for Daytona. It was a balmy 55 degrees. Not bad for February.

Guzzi Smallblock Tranny

2009-02-01T18:35:00.000-08:00

Gear cluster

Smallblock Tranny Primary Gears

The Moto Guzzi smallblock transmission is much better designed than the earlier big block tranny. The smallblock design uses straight cut gears instead of the common helical gears on big blocks. The smallblock is much lighter and more efficient. Instead of the extra shaft (layshaft) running the entire length of the tranny, the smallblock uses only two main shafts with a a primary reduction gear set up front. In theory, yes, the primary gear set is a third shaft, but it's a very short one. That extra shaft in the big guzzis introduces more lash, weight, inertia. The result is the unnecessary clunky shifting demonstrated by many Guzzi big blocks. Small blocks also lack the internal cush drive that I am convinced is unnecessary and redundant on the big blocks.

Note that the Guzzis in general require more than the standard two tranny shafts found in most Japanese sport machines, Ducatis, etc. Why? Well, the tranny has to move the axis of torque tranmission from the center line of the engine output (i.e. the middle of the clutch) to the drive shaft axis. For reference, this distance is around 6 inches on big blocks, and a shorter ~3.5 inches on smallblocks [the latter design limiting rear tire width somewhat]. Accomplishing this change in the torque axis this with just two shafts would require a gear set with large diameters. This is also undesirable as it adds weight, inertia, etc. Large gears can introduce dynamic problems and lower shaft natural frequencies into the standard operating range, too, which can cause poor behavior and failures. So for the smallblocks, Guzzi obviously decided to try to make do with a augmented two shaft tranny....they accomplished this with the primary reduction gear set shown in the second photo.

The one bummer about the smallblocks is that the rear drives are all the same gear ratio. Changing gearing requires swapping out the primary gear sets, which come in a few different ratios. Thus, to change your overall gear ratio trackside, you would basically need to change out the entire tranny! Pity the poor Smallblock racers such as myself then.

Warren

2009-01-28T18:36:00.000-08:00

Warren "Doug" Spradlin (#67, seen here leading through the Omega) just did a 1:44.6 at Willow Springs in January. That in itself is not a tremendous accomplishment unless you consider that he has one less extremity than any other racer on the grid....You see, Warren had a foot amputated a few months ago as a result of diabetes. Luckily, he lost his brake (right) foot and not his shifter (left) foot! Glad to see you back out there, Warren!

Guzzi Girls

2009-01-25T12:18:00.000-08:00

Eric Hjeltness' Guzzi Girls... on his 850 Lemans.

Rick's Pantah

2009-01-18T18:33:00.000-08:00

foxy lady on Pantah

Rick Carmody's Pantah at Willow Springs. Rick pulled a 1:38.5 best time this weekend, which is smoking fast.

Slowdeath live in Torrance, CA

2009-01-17T21:31:00.000-08:00

Rick's Racer

2009-01-12T07:39:00.001-08:00

Rick Carmody's new Ducati Pantah racer...Rick will be racing the bike with WSMC and AHRMA in 2009.

Slowdeath at Alex's Bar Sunday 1/04/09

2008-12-31T18:32:00.000-08:00

Kaboom!

2008-12-08T14:01:00.000-08:00

Pierre's Pfeffer's Alazzurra Racer...which just hosed a main bearing ...and munched some timing gears.

Pierre's racer

Munched timing gears.

Oil plug swarf.

Another CNC Project

2008-12-03T07:32:00.000-08:00

I just finished another run of CNC Alazurra fork braces. They turned out pretty nice.

Good Job Rick

2008-11-30T19:10:00.000-08:00

Our buddy Rick Carmody just borrowed one of our Ducati racers and went to Willow Springs. He was turning 1:41's and 1:42's on a bike that he hadn't ridden at all previously. He won his race, too. Good job Rick.

racebikes

Riding Man

2008-11-24T20:41:00.000-08:00

Mark Gardiner's "Riding Man" is an excellent companion to the documentary feature film One Man's Island about his Isle of Man racing exploits. The book provides some serious perspective on the dedication required to race a motorcycle at the Isle of Man. Riding Man is available on Mark's website.

Mark will personally inscribe your copy if you tell him that you saw it here.

Cafe Racer Ride In A Success

2008-11-07T07:14:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all who attended the Guzzitech.com Cafe Racer Ride In. The Event was a sucess. Sisemic Void, Slowdeath and The Lords of Altamont rocked the house and we packed Alex's parking lot full of cool cafe bikes. See you at the next event!

Cafe Racer Ride In

2008-10-21T17:28:00.000-07:00

Another Ally racer

2008-10-18T07:54:00.000-07:00

Before: 460 lb

After: down to 380 lb wet

Here's another Alazzurra that will soon become a Willow Springs and AHRMA racebike. I started out with a bike that is 460 lbs (46/54% F/R). It's down to 390 lbs after 2 days of hacking it down. More to come!

Bill Ross Guzzi LSR x2 !!!

2008-10-09T13:47:00.000-07:00

Bill Ross and Team Subtle Crowbar just took two new land speed records on a Moto Guzzi!

Gyles Fairclough Passes

2008-09-22T17:59:00.000-07:00

Rest in Peace, Gyles. 1973-2008

Randy Tefft's V50 Flat Tracker!

2008-09-16T19:42:00.000-07:00

"I purchased my 1978 V-50 about a month and a half ago, from a local
dealer - EDDIES MOTORCYCLES in Swanzey, NH. The head of the service
dept. - Aran Johnson and service tech.- Brian, were glad to help me
make the V-50 into a flat tracker. They both race.

We didn't get the bike running very, well until we drilled out the
pilot jets. It seems to be running pretty, strong now (30mm
Delorto's). It's running on a 'total loss' system, since we were
having some trouble getting the regulator up and running (I think it
needs some new parts!).

I put a 19" front wheel on (from an old Honda 750), but still have to
use the 18" rear. I did find a rear wheel from H****'s (for a V65
TT), but they want $600.00 for it... a little too steep for me right
now. I was able to find a used 18" Goodyear. I'm still looking for a
rear hub that I can put a 19" rim on.

I'm not too worried about getting more horsepower out of it just yet,
as I'm the 'weak link' in the performance end of things. It's only my
third time on a flat track. I'm hanging with the pack, just not
running at the front right now. I race the VINTAGE catagory - bikes
1980 and older. I'm racing with 750cc Triumphs etc...

Over the winter, I'll look into running the exhaust to the right
side, getting the 19" rear and perhaps some better forks. The stock
forks are quite narrow, causing the tire to rub on each side (not a
big deal really).

I don't know how much horsepower I'd realistically, get out of the
V-50. It may be cost prohibitive for my level of expertise. In the
mean time... I'm having a blast riding this bike. And... it sure does
get a lot of attention at the race track. It made the AMA website for
the Monticello, NY race on Sept. 06th 2008."

Seiler and Son

2008-09-09T18:24:00.000-07:00

Kev Seiler with Ivan "The Terrible". Check out the T-shirt.

Daytona Project

2008-09-07T09:44:00.000-07:00

Here's another project I got myself into...I commandeered Tim Crump's old Centauro for transformation into a cafe racer. The Centauro is a bit of a cult bike. The powerplant (same as the Moto Guzzi Daytona) is a snappy, ~90hp development of the Guzzi engine, but the bodywork makes the bike appear large and bulky. That will soon change. I'm aiming for a very stripped down cafe racer with all the benefits of the most powerful and most refined Guzzi engine of the period.

Stay tuned for more photos as it develops. Oh, and BTW, I need another cafe racer like I need a hole in the head.

Start, May 2008

Progress, September 2008

Tom Liberatore LSR

2008-08-16T12:16:00.000-07:00

Tom Liberatore is headed to Bonneville for Land Speed racing on his V7 Sport.

From Tom:
Hey Everybody, This has been a long time coming, I just returned from a sponsored dyno run at Motomeccania in Santa Rosa, 66.6 HP at the rear wheel @ 8500 rpm and climbing! After last years disastrous blow-up at the BUB meet, which wiped me out both emotionally and financially, it was great to hear her at full song on the dyno. Now all I have to do change the oil, rejet for the salt, run the valves for good measure, and pack. Local A/V whiz and guitar ace Steve Oliveria is coming along to help out and take pix, we're leaving early Sat. morning, we'll meet up with my brother Ted, who is flying into Salt Lake on Sunday. The plan is if we are able to set a record in the fuel class, we might take another run at the gas class as well, time will tell, there are several people going for the same record. After Speedweek, I plan on staying on to help the SCTA close down the meet and help BUB get theirs going, then work on the staff for BUB. 3 weeks on the salt is a long time, I've got about $50 worth of Gatorade to replenish my precious bodily fluids. Much, much thanks to all those who helped bring "Boom Boom" back from the dead, Mark from Moto Guzzi Classics, MG Cycle, Greg from Moto International, Mike Rich, Bob Neilson, all the good folks that put money in the "can", Ed Milich, Jason and all the good folks at Motomeccanica, everybody I forgot, Roger Franklin, who took this pic last night with his pinstriped Nikon, my friends and family, I couldn't have done it without you. Have fun, Tom Liberatore - Pepperoni Bros. Racing PS. thanks to April, we will be serving genuine Battistoni pepperoni in the pits, drop by!

A Gray

2008-08-08T14:03:00.000-07:00

Some recent photos from Andrew Gray's vintage superbike racer build.

Races at Spa

2008-07-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos of Guzzis and Ducatis from recent vintage races at Spa.

Bill Ross Land Speed Racer

2008-07-13T10:04:00.000-07:00

Some Photos of Fireman Bill Ross's Guzzi Land Speed racer that just took a record at El Mirage.

Jeff Bottrell Guzzi Racer

2008-07-09T20:54:00.000-07:00

Jeff Bottrell's Guzzi Racer....next headed for Mid Ohio Vintage Motorcycle Days.

Stephen Brenton Loopframe Racer

2008-07-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

Some recent photos of Guzzi Racer Stephen Brenton's Loopframe racer.

A Gray

2008-07-03T08:48:00.000-07:00

Andrew Gray on his recently completed Guzzi racer at Willow Springs.

Mail Stripper

2008-06-30T07:16:00.000-07:00

Here he is-Rick Schoebel...the Rock N Roll Mailman!

Willow Allys

2008-06-15T16:39:00.000-07:00

From last month at Willow...twin red Alazzzuras

German Guzzi Racer

2008-06-11T20:39:00.000-07:00

Here's a nice V7 Sport Racer from our friends at HT Moto in Aachen, Germany

New Zealand Racer

2008-06-10T14:48:00.000-07:00

Here'a a cool Guzzi racebike ridden and built by Vince at Burrell Signs in New Zealand.

Ivan the Terrible

2008-05-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Victoria and Kevin on their new little Guzzi Weirdo, Ivan (the Terrible)!

Eskil's Guzzi Racer

2008-05-23T19:47:00.000-07:00

Eskil Tin's Recently Finished Guzzi Racer

from Eskil:

"I have just done my first track test of this years version of my Guzziracer. I was quite anxious as it includes some new features:

Most important is a new swingarm with a floating bevelhouse. The geometry of the parallellogram is designed to give antisquat when the suspension is compressed, but prosquat when it is extended. This is something I haven't seen done before as existing parallellograms only mimic the behavior of a chaindriven bike (which isn't perfect) I also shorten'ed the swingarm to 385mm center to center and made room for a 180 section tire.

The other important feature this year is a adjustable headstock, making it possible to steepen the rake up to 4 degrees from original Tontiframe. This allows me to raise the head in order to highten the center of gravity and yet keep a steep rake. The measures of the bike is now quiet exactly the same as a MGS01 but the basic backbone is still a Tontiframe.

The tracktest proved successfull: The bike was completly stabel, very sivilised and undramatic to drive compared to last years version, rather like a modern 600 I imagine. The backend was neither moving up or down as a enginebraked into turns and powered out again, giving lots of confidence."

John Mark Gone

2008-05-18T17:44:00.000-07:00

Socal racer and Guzzi fan John Mark Arechiga passed away as a result of his injuries from a crash at Buttonwillow Raceway one week ago. There was a tribute at Willow Springs today as a lone rider did a lap with John Mark's Moto Guzzi Centauro as Willow Springs Motorcycle Club members watched silently.

I personally will miss Dr. Know's "can do", positive attitude and his understated, yet intense passion for racing. See you on the other side, my friend.

Red

2008-05-06T21:58:00.000-07:00

Same old Ally racebike, brand new color.

Guzzis on the Grid at Willow Springs

2008-04-21T18:50:00.000-07:00

from the Corsa Moto Classica 04/08

...

2008-04-13T21:10:00.000-07:00

I had the unique experience of racing at the same time as two Guzzi legends today. Doug Polen and Fred Eiker were racing Sound of Thunder while I was racing Formula Vintage at Willow Springs with AHRMA. It all happened pretty quick, but I believe Doug was leading on a 1098. I kept them in sight for a few turns and then they disappeared.

Doug Polen was an early test rider for the Guzzi MGS-01. Fred Eiker won at Daytona in Battle of the Twins on the Rennsport Moto Guzzi in the late 1980's.

Earlier, Doug mentioned that he had done a 1:24 at Willow Springs on the MGS-01 during its prototype phase, while there were only two of the machines in existence. He related that the bike that he rode was very stockish close to 100-110hp, and not the 140 hp machine that the factory claimed at the time.

He also mentioned that his test riding took place immediately prior to Aprillia's purchase of Moto Guzzi, an event which quickly turned the lights out on Moto Guzzi 's immediate racing future.

Catazzurrra

2008-04-06T21:22:00.000-07:00

Brian Catterson's old Alazzurra. Redone. I bought the bike from him awhile back and spent some time to get it running. It's now a 650 and legal for a few different racing classes. Watch for it at Willow Springs and elsewhere soon...

Before and After

2008-03-16T08:02:00.000-07:00

My Guzzi V65 that started out as a $600 non runner is now a Daytona winner. Here's a good indication of what it was like before and after.

Phuck Yeah!

2008-03-13T21:47:00.000-07:00

Daytona Fotos

2008-03-09T17:32:00.000-07:00

Coming down the front straight on the Guzzi V65

More Guzzi V65

Rockin the infield on the Pantah.

...and the Agony of Da Feet

2008-03-08T20:51:00.000-08:00

Here's my right foot after getting it stuck under my lowsided bike during the Formula Vintage race at Daytona. I was in 3rd place at the time, too. Yes, I have a black and blue mark a foot long.

The Thrill of Victory

2008-03-07T06:31:00.000-08:00

Ed Milich with fellow Superbike racer Harold Page

Daytona results:
Mon, 3.3.08
1st place Vintage Superbike Middleweight
2nd place Vintage Superbike Lightweight

Tues, 3.4.08
1st place Vintage Superbike Middleweight
1st place Vintage Superbike Lightweight

We Got Power

2008-02-19T07:27:00.000-08:00

My new Guzzi V65 Motor. It has~9 hp more than the motor I took out of it. That's a 20% gain. There's stil more to come, too as I had to use the stock cam (for now.)

New V65 Motor

2008-02-12T07:35:00.000-08:00

My new V65 racing motor is getting finishing touches...just in time for Daytona.

Guzzi Stroker Superbike Progress

2008-02-02T21:09:00.000-08:00

Today was a good day, considering that I set the bike on fire twice and singed the hair off both of my arms. Sigh...

2008-01-27T17:38:00.000-08:00

Andrew Gray is making progress on his Guzzi Superbike racer. The bike will be heading to Daytona in a month.

Award Night

2008-01-16T07:37:00.000-08:00

My friends the Anima Guzzisti in collaboration with Bicilindrica have presented me with an Award, "Premio Guzzista 2007". I am humbled and honored.

Daytona 08

2008-01-06T08:07:00.000-08:00

Here's the frame for the Guzzitech.com big block Guzzi racer as it currently sits. The bike will be racing at Daytona in March. Two months to go! Stay tuned.

Guzzi Moto Box

2007-12-20T18:00:00.000-08:00

Spanish racer Manel Segarra's Guzzis

Quota Auction

2007-12-09T08:05:00.000-08:00

My Quota auction on eba y: 10,000 hits, 170 watchers, 70 questions, and ZERO Bids. :-)

More Contest

2007-12-01T08:01:00.000-08:00

Here's a few more examples to get your creative juices going:

Demotivator

2007-11-30T18:11:00.000-08:00

New Contest.
1.Go to http://diy.despair.com/motivator.php and generate your own Guzzi or Italian MC related Demotivator poster.
2. Email your best one to ed@guzzitech.com
3. Winner will be posted here on or around 12/10.07. Winner gets a Guzzitech swag bag with a tshirt and a bunch of cool Guzzitech stuff.

The fine print: All submissions become the property of guzzitech.com which may disseminate or redistribute these as they see fit.

Willow Springs November

2007-11-25T14:07:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was darn near a perfect one at Willow Springs due to 75 deg weather and good lap times.

Su Lin on Alice' s bike

The Pantah lineup.

Italian Racer

2007-11-14T21:02:00.000-08:00

Photos from Enrico Santacatterina of Padova, Italy and his T5 (!) based racer.

Guzzi Customs

2007-11-13T19:30:00.001-08:00

Some photos from Davide Caforio in Milano on a Tonti Guzzi that is evolving.

New Ally

2007-11-03T19:08:00.000-07:00

I picked this Ally up a while back. I have enough race bikes, so this one will make a good street bike.

Fires

2007-11-03T09:25:00.000-07:00

I woke up last weekend and found this- ash fallout from the SoCal fires all over our Monster.

Verlicchi Bling

2007-10-28T08:45:00.000-07:00

I just found some unobtanium NOS Verlicchi Alloy Pantah swingarms in Australia. This one will look nice on the wife's Pantah racer. These things are known to crack, so I welded them up a bit in the weak spots.

Duct Tape,Safety Wire and High Heels

2007-10-19T11:32:00.000-07:00

from Mid Ohio, a few months back...

Mo New racer

2007-10-14T09:11:00.001-07:00

The Catterson bike runs...soon it will even run well :-) I will dyno the bike this week at West Coast GP Cycles, and we're shooting for 65 hp. More soon...

More New Racer

2007-10-06T08:12:00.000-07:00

The Catterson Battlezzurra is coming along. ~65 hp motor is in. I just lightened and vented a dry clutch for it and made an aluminum dash to replace the stock plastic item. It will be on the track in November.

Congrats to Gyles

2007-10-04T18:07:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Guzzitech sponsored rider Gyles Fairclough for winning the rookie Thunderbike UK championship!

2007 VSM/VSL

2007-09-21T21:08:00.000-07:00

My AHRMA races are done for the year. I'm skipping the last round at Barber. After the last round at Sandia, I have the Vintage Superbike Middleweight championship in the bag. I'll end up second or 3rd for the year in Vintage Superbike Lightweight on my little V65 Guzzi. I never did get to build the motor up to where I'd like it. Heck, it took me until September to get the thing to handle without wanting to throw me off. There's always next year, though.