Guzzi 1
I’d been following the cafe racer movement for a while, and had been quite impressed with how old bikes were being resurrected and reimagined. I met a guy at a tennis match who happened to mention that he had an old Moto Guzzi sitting in his barn and it hadn’t run for 13 years. Boldly, I told him to send it to me, and I’d do something with it.
I didn’t realize two salient facts: 1) his bike was a Lario - the least attractive Moto Guzzi of all times with an engine prone to self-destruction, and 2) there was more rust than bike. I did a classic cafe conversion which meant getting rid of everything extraneous, and focusing the visual interest on a few items.
I didn’t realize two salient facts: 1) his bike was a Lario - the least attractive Moto Guzzi of all times with an engine prone to self-destruction, and 2) there was more rust than bike. I did a classic cafe conversion which meant getting rid of everything extraneous, and focusing the visual interest on a few items.