On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:10:03 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:


If Guzzi could put together something like this, you'd think they could make a boat.



http://images.hemmings.com/wp-conten...o_resized1.jpg


Id seriously thought of taking my semi-v jon boat and mounting a v7 in it. I was going to shroud the engine, and then mount a 55a. VW bug alternator on top of the engine and do riddance of the 15a Marelli generator. Thus allowing me to use an electric fan to cool the engine.

Then get rescue a 'trash pump' from a clapped out PWC, hook it up to a steering stick and have at it.

http://jet-jon.com/yahoo_site_admin/...g.21132802.JPG

Hopefully this would be the end result... sort of (skip vid to 1:01)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFVqSr4dv4

On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:53:23 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:10:03 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:


If Guzzi could put together something like this, you'd think they could make a boat.



http://images.hemmings.com/wp-conten...o_resized1.jpg


Id seriously thought of taking my semi-v jon boat and mounting a v7 in it. I was going to shroud the engine, and then mount a 55a. VW bug alternator on top of the engine and do riddance of the 15a Marelli generator. Thus allowing me to use an electric fan to cool the engine.

Then get rescue a 'trash pump' from a clapped out PWC, hook it up to a steering stick and have at it.

http://jet-jon.com/yahoo_site_admin/...g.21132802.JPG

Hopefully this would be the end result... sort of (skip vid to 1:01)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFVqSr4dv4

That would be a good project! I sold an 850T engine a few years back for $500 in pretty decent
condition. Check the MGNOC adds for 'parting out' and see what you can find.

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:53:23 PM UTC-4, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:10:03 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:





If Guzzi could put together something like this, you'd think they could make a boat.







http://images.hemmings.com/wp-conten...o_resized1.jpg





Id seriously thought of taking my semi-v jon boat and mounting a v7 in it.. I was going to shroud the engine, and then mount a 55a. VW bug alternator on top of the engine and do riddance of the 15a Marelli generator. Thus allowing me to use an electric fan to cool the engine.



Then get rescue a 'trash pump' from a clapped out PWC, hook it up to a steering stick and have at it.



http://jet-jon.com/yahoo_site_admin/...g.21132802.JPG



Hopefully this would be the end result... sort of (skip vid to 1:01)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFVqSr4dv4

You see quite a few of these in Europe, and they don't have any special cooling. So maybe your idea for the boat would work pretty well.

http://tinyurl.com/pbqqj5c

On Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:01:31 AM UTC-7, John H wrote:

You see quite a few of these in Europe, and they don't have any special cooling. So maybe your idea for the boat would work pretty well.



http://tinyurl.com/pbqqj5c

I scanned around and looked at a lot of the Morgan cycle-cars, and it seems the goose is the power plant of choice.

I'd be nice to have one with the original JAP engine, but they've been out of business probably before I was alive.

On Thu, 27 Mar 2014 23:03:55 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:01:31 AM UTC-7, John H wrote:

You see quite a few of these in Europe, and they don't have any special cooling. So maybe your idea for the boat would work pretty well.



http://tinyurl.com/pbqqj5c

I scanned around and looked at a lot of the Morgan cycle-cars, and it seems the goose is the power plant of choice.

I'd be nice to have one with the original JAP engine, but they've been out of business probably before I was alive.

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere
every weekend.

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:01:20 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere

every weekend.

Kinda like here. When the big 'anything goes' bike rally's are going on someone always shows up with an old Harley 45 delivery trike in whatever raw form it may be in...

http://www.harleydavidsonmuseum.com/...arleytrike.jpg

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:19:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:01:20 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere

every weekend.

Kinda like here. When the big 'anything goes' bike rally's are going on someone always shows up with an old Harley 45 delivery trike in whatever raw form it may be in...

http://www.harleydavidsonmuseum.com/...arleytrike.jpg

===

Back in the 50's the city traffic cops in Syracuse, NY were riding
them.

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:47:49 PM UTC-7, wrote:

We had a 45 chopper for a while. It was a death trap.

(kicked out springer, suicide clutch and no front brake).



We ended up parting it out and saving someone's life. ;-)

Especially your own. Piecing it was a wiser choice.

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 05:10:24 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:21:23 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:47:49 PM UTC-7, wrote:

We had a 45 chopper for a while. It was a death trap.

(kicked out springer, suicide clutch and no front brake).



We ended up parting it out and saving someone's life. ;-)

Especially your own. Piecing it was a wiser choice.

It was pretty but more of a show bike than a riding bike. My buddy
bought it simply because he thought it looked good and we got a
helluva deal on it. A quick trip around the block showed us why.
I rode it a couple of times to show it but, as soon as the buyer tried
it, the deal was off. We were afraid it would get wrecked before we
could sell it.
By parting it out, we actually made more than we hoped to make by
flipping it.

The basic bike itself was a WWII vintage dispatch bike with what
turned out to be $1500 worth of custom parts on it. (what we paid for
the whole thing)
The guy who bought the engine/tranny was restoring one. That engine
had been completely rebuilt with a bunch of the parts chromed or
polished. It was actually a pretty fast 45.

This is what the commercial version would look like if it was
restored.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Harley%2045.jpg

This is one we saw in Sturgis

I once bought three Moto Guzzi's, one with a sidecar. Sold the sidecar rig for what I paid for all
three bikes, then parted out the other two - keeping a few parts for my bike. Made out like a fat
rat, much more than doubling my money. Of course, I had free advertising in the Moto Guzzi club
newsletter, so that helped.

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:47:49 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:19:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Friday, March 28, 2014 7:01:20 AM UTC-7, John H. wrote:

In Europe there was always one or two of these at the Moto Guzzi rallies, which occurred somewhere

every weekend.

Kinda like here. When the big 'anything goes' bike rally's are going on someone always shows up with an old Harley 45 delivery trike in whatever raw form it may be in...

http://www.harleydavidsonmuseum.com/...arleytrike.jpg

We had a 45 chopper for a while. It was a death trap.
(kicked out springer, suicide clutch and no front brake).

We ended up parting it out and saving someone's life. ;-)

Hell, you probably enabled ten other guys to fix up their choppers and get ten death traps on the
road!