I know it's just another moto guzzi cafe racer but..

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I know it's just another moto guzzi cafe racer but..

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I'm gonna be double checking my lottery numbers this weekend :thumbup:

https://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-griso-cafe-racer

136bhp & only 175kgs
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CENTO: A TRACK-BRED CAFÉ RACER FROM BLACKTRACK MOTORS

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Not bad - but the reservoirs look cack and you're going to get wet.
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Post by Potter »

That needs mandlebars and a proper back end instead of the fashionable hipster one and it'd be a winner.
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V. Nice.
It needs indicators and different switchgear but nice all the same
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It's got bar end indicators 😁
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MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:22 pm different switchgear
My V50 switchgear looked like melted lego.
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KungFooBob wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:38 pm It's got bar end indicators 😁
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So it has, it's even got wee ones on the number plate too, so just some not jank switchgear needed for me
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Just looked at their website, they want £40k for their cx500 cafe racer, so I'm out..
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Post by demographic »

Well, its got mudguards, sidepanels and by Jove it looks like its even got an airbox.

Admittedly all but the latter are tiny but at least its got em.

Not totally a fan but it's a decent start.
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Higher bars and I'm in.
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I would be happy to own that ...
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Waste of a griso that
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I confess I look at bikes like this and think "did you consider actually RIDING it before you built it?"

It does show case the engine and I have always had a soft-spot for the Guzzi V, and the front end I could live with - the bars might need replacing for something flatter - but that seat... if anyone makes it over the hills and far away on that I'll be seriously surprised. It's another bike to be parked somewhere whilst the owner stands beside it trying to look cool.
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It's another bike to be parked somewhere whilst the owner stands beside it trying to look cool.
Nah, it would be worth owning just to ride past but never stop at as many guzzi club/Italian owners club meets as possible :twisted:
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Dickyboy wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 3:38 pm
It's another bike to be parked somewhere whilst the owner stands beside it trying to look cool.
Nah, it would be worth owning just to ride past but never stop at as many guzzi club/Italian owners club meets as possible :twisted:
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Post by DefTrap »

I've not needed to ride in the rain for over a decade, so personally I leave the guards off, why not?
There's a load of other parts I'd throw away too if practicality and the law allowed it.

The guzzi is great, right up my street.