New Member, Please don't let the username Fool You.

Hello,

Long time Rider / Builder. Started in the 70's with Bridgestone, Benelli and Honda CA's. Moved onto Suzuki GT's and GS's after college. Then spent some time with KZ's.

Kids and Career thinned the motorcycles until the late 90's and seriously started riding again. I rode daily up until Sept 2006 when my luck ran out. A Female cager crossed centerlane and my injuries were extensive with part of my right posterior leg lost to a barbed wire fence. The Moto Guzzi 500 was a complete loss.

Up until that time I'd finished restoring a couple motorcycles including a 1982 KZ1000R1 Eddie Lawson Replica (Yes a real one) and a 1979 GS1000 Wes Cooley replica.
I also had a few newer Motocycle being garage queens.
1999 Triumph Sprint ST
2001 Big Dog Pit Bull
2006 Paul Smart Ducati 1000
2007 BMW Boxer Cup
1999 Moto Guzzi Bassa
2004 Moto Guzzi Rossa Sport.
Sorry those were bought not built. Don't hold those against me.
My teenage son had also restored a couple smaller Suzukis
1972 TS185 Sierra
1974 GT250 Hustler

A divorce/depression and injuries caused the liquidation of most of my sweethearts.
Now things are better and professionally I'm where I need to be. Building again.
Last year it was a 1980 XS850 named "XXXS" and Now "TurboMax"
My building style is different than others. Not sure how one would classify the bikes. Cafe Racer/Bobber/Bastard/Cheap? I do all my own work including powdercoating.

Pics of some lost beauties. I'll start a build thread of My current project.






The Current Project;
1981 Yamaha Maxim with Turbo.




I'll be around awhile. If you have any questions please let me know. I'll check out everyones cool builds.

 

Good to see ya Vespa. Lots of nice eye candy there. Looking forward to watching that turbo come together.

 

Nothing wrong with being a Vespa rider. I ride with a guy that has 5 newer scooters and an ape he is rebuilding. Interested to see how your maxim turns out.

 

Never owned a Vespa. Long Story. An old Cafe racer I built out of a Bridgestone 90 was bright red and looked like a wasp/hornet. Vespa being the Italian word for Hornet and all the Italian motorcycles I had it just stuck. Maybe Ill own one someday.

 

Welcome to the forum, your bikes look amazing. Keep posting your building progress and any spare time you have feel free to powder coat one of my frames

 

All beautiful bikes in their own right, Vespa. Sad to hear about your mishap. Something we all have in the back of our minds. So all your prior bikes are gone? I am a bit partial to the KZ E.L. but still, if I had to keep one, not sure if I would have had the strength to decide which ones had to go. Looking forward to your build.

 

Welcome back to the addiction, and glad to see you've got through life so far MOSTLY intact ^_^

Vespas rock, fear no backlash from here. Unlike Harley people, we are actually comfortable with differences. Although I have to admit some of the pics of chopped XJs in the Mod topic make me cry a little...still, if it's what they want to do who am I to stop them!

 

Welcome!! nice stable you had!

 

Hey, mon.
Nice work! Thanks for sharin' your progress. It's engaged the gears of my mind.

 

Yes. All gone. Medical Bills and a Divorce. Checks had to be written. All were paid for and it was the only thing I had I could liquidate to keep from going in debt.
I was able to keep my 67 Pontiac I had since High School. I still have it to this day.


They all were tough to let go. The ELR and the Moto Guzzi Bassa were the toughest.