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Showing posts with label Moto Guzzi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moto Guzzi. Show all posts
Monday, February 9, 2015
Moto Borgotaro Is Run By Peter Boggia And We Dig His Straight Shooting Approach
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Moto Guzzi, Best Looking New Cafe Racer?
Ever seen a custom Moto Guzzi? Can't say that we ever had and that is what makes this bike even more incredible. The smooth lines, differentiating style and overall design panache make this motorcycle a cut above the rest.
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"Think of a custom Moto Guzzi, and it’s invariably built in the ‘classic’ style: Timeless café racer lines, muted colors and bare metal. I’m a fan of that look, but it’s also refreshing to see someone take a completely different approach—and pull it off spectacularly.
This rapier-sharp V50 is called ‘Opal’ and comes from Arno Overweel, founder of Rno Cycles in Culemborg, The Netherlands. The styling is dominated by a bold, rising waistline that shows off the V-twin motor beautifully. The balance of the revised frame is so good that I’m hoping Moto Guzzi’s own designers are taking note.
The bike was commissioned by Goparts, a Dutch motorcycle accessory company, and Overweel designed many of the custom parts using CAD. He started with a 1982 V50 III, a bike that was popular in Europe but little known in the US. It has the small bore 490 cc motor with a five-speed transmission, but Overweel has changed the gearbox housing to the kick start ‘Nato’ type—so the electric starter (and its weight and paraphernalia) is gone.
Carburetion is 28mm Dell’Orto, mated to twin K&N filters, and the custom-fabricated exhaust is stainless steel under the wrapping. The suspension has been upgraded with new fork internals and a custom swing arm, ten centimeters longer than stock, hooked up to an HK Suspension monoshock.
The original 18” Moto Guzzi V50 wheels have held up well aesthetically, so they were refurbished and fitted with semi-slick Michelin Pilot Sporty tires. There’s a sprinkling of Rizoma parts throughout and local company Ben Oud’s Kustom Paints applied the immaculate paint.
I’d rate this as one of the best Moto Guzzi customs I’ve ever seen, in terms of vision, originality and craftsmanship. It’s worth keeping tabs on Arno Overweel’s work via his website and blog. Images by Floris Velthuis. Head over to our Google+ page for a full gallery of shots.
Go to original post on BikeExif.com
"Think of a custom Moto Guzzi, and it’s invariably built in the ‘classic’ style: Timeless café racer lines, muted colors and bare metal. I’m a fan of that look, but it’s also refreshing to see someone take a completely different approach—and pull it off spectacularly.
This rapier-sharp V50 is called ‘Opal’ and comes from Arno Overweel, founder of Rno Cycles in Culemborg, The Netherlands. The styling is dominated by a bold, rising waistline that shows off the V-twin motor beautifully. The balance of the revised frame is so good that I’m hoping Moto Guzzi’s own designers are taking note.
The bike was commissioned by Goparts, a Dutch motorcycle accessory company, and Overweel designed many of the custom parts using CAD. He started with a 1982 V50 III, a bike that was popular in Europe but little known in the US. It has the small bore 490 cc motor with a five-speed transmission, but Overweel has changed the gearbox housing to the kick start ‘Nato’ type—so the electric starter (and its weight and paraphernalia) is gone.
Carburetion is 28mm Dell’Orto, mated to twin K&N filters, and the custom-fabricated exhaust is stainless steel under the wrapping. The suspension has been upgraded with new fork internals and a custom swing arm, ten centimeters longer than stock, hooked up to an HK Suspension monoshock.
The original 18” Moto Guzzi V50 wheels have held up well aesthetically, so they were refurbished and fitted with semi-slick Michelin Pilot Sporty tires. There’s a sprinkling of Rizoma parts throughout and local company Ben Oud’s Kustom Paints applied the immaculate paint.
I’d rate this as one of the best Moto Guzzi customs I’ve ever seen, in terms of vision, originality and craftsmanship. It’s worth keeping tabs on Arno Overweel’s work via his website and blog. Images by Floris Velthuis. Head over to our Google+ page for a full gallery of shots.
Monday, May 21, 2012
BSA A5 Rickman Riding Video And Vintage Cycles TV
If ya haven't heard about the fellas and their well done videos over at Vintage Cycle TV, give'em a shot. Their focus is on vintage European bikes and maintaining them in high working order. Looking forward to see their site grow.
Link to Vintage Cycles TV
"This amazing and totally rare classic bike is piloted by its loving owner, Alex Sohn. He is a talented and agile rider, and he really pushed it to the limits a few times to entertain us here at Vintage Cycle TV. Thanks Alex! The Meat Wagon was being stunt driven by our own Guzzimoto, who is also Minister of Safety here at VCTV. You can see a couple shots of just how we get this kind of awesome footage mixed into this adrenaline-fueled video. Sawbone and Captain Axel are strapped in the back for this unbelievable hayride of sorts. Stay tuned, this is just the first of the material we will offer with this motorcycle, and we will have more riding and presentation of this amazing bike from Alex at his headquarters in exotic North Carolina. We here at Vintage Cycle TV wish to bring you the best material we can, and we feel we’ve really nailed it with this piece. We’re trying to provide that rush of riding to both those in the know, and others who maybe haven’t discovered it yet. This bike is an A65 two carb BSA 650cc Lightning engine, with some mystery internals as the engine has never been apart with only 9000 original miles!! It sounds very cammy, and it’s lithe and has huge forks for its day. Alex has slightly modified it with rearsets and clipons for riding purposes – LET THIS BIKE BE RIDDEN AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE RIDDEN!"
"So you have a vintage spoked wheel with a beautiful aluminum rim, and a round black piece of rubber, and need the two of them to get together so you can get back out on the road on your cool vintage ride. What do you do? Well, you could take the two of them to a modern motorcycle shop and have them throw that wheel up on the tire machine, rip that old piece of rubber off, stretch a new one on and head out the door… hoping it works and that your wheel wasn’t damaged."
Link to Vintage Cycles TV
"This amazing and totally rare classic bike is piloted by its loving owner, Alex Sohn. He is a talented and agile rider, and he really pushed it to the limits a few times to entertain us here at Vintage Cycle TV. Thanks Alex! The Meat Wagon was being stunt driven by our own Guzzimoto, who is also Minister of Safety here at VCTV. You can see a couple shots of just how we get this kind of awesome footage mixed into this adrenaline-fueled video. Sawbone and Captain Axel are strapped in the back for this unbelievable hayride of sorts. Stay tuned, this is just the first of the material we will offer with this motorcycle, and we will have more riding and presentation of this amazing bike from Alex at his headquarters in exotic North Carolina. We here at Vintage Cycle TV wish to bring you the best material we can, and we feel we’ve really nailed it with this piece. We’re trying to provide that rush of riding to both those in the know, and others who maybe haven’t discovered it yet. This bike is an A65 two carb BSA 650cc Lightning engine, with some mystery internals as the engine has never been apart with only 9000 original miles!! It sounds very cammy, and it’s lithe and has huge forks for its day. Alex has slightly modified it with rearsets and clipons for riding purposes – LET THIS BIKE BE RIDDEN AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE RIDDEN!"
"So you have a vintage spoked wheel with a beautiful aluminum rim, and a round black piece of rubber, and need the two of them to get together so you can get back out on the road on your cool vintage ride. What do you do? Well, you could take the two of them to a modern motorcycle shop and have them throw that wheel up on the tire machine, rip that old piece of rubber off, stretch a new one on and head out the door… hoping it works and that your wheel wasn’t damaged."
