Guzzimental

Frame & Fairing Bits Story So Far:- Virtually all the fasteners have been exchanged from ACME EzeeRust™ to either stainless steel or anodised alloy. Airbox removed and replaced with individual K&Ns. Carbon fibre rear hugger and front mudguard. Plastic undertray removed and replaced with smaller aluminium plate. Swingarm, rear subframe and bracketry have all been powder coated. Mini indicators fitted, with rears relocated to below "fins" of tail unit. Alloy side plates, pillion peg hangers, rocker covers and misc. alloy parts all polished by myself. Fitted front end from a `97 injection, comprising of: yokes; WP USD forks and wheel. Raceco clipons. Rear coil replaced with Raceco item.
Front 3Q view	Side View	Rear view
To Be Done:- Repaint fuel tank. The edges of the front fairing have rubbed through the paint on the leading edge of the tank and corrosion has set in. Source better mirrors. Try a 'Double bubble' screen to see if it will cut down buffeting. Learn how to polish alloy better. Fit matching wheels. The front is a silver hollow 3 spoke whilst rear is the origional black 'H' beam. 3 spoke Dymags would do nicely thankyouverymuch. Uprate brakes perhaps.
My view		Waiter, there's a hole in my bike.
Problems:- Paint on petrol tank rubbed away as described above. Mirror droop - apparently "Yes, they all do that sir." Italian engine paint - does anyone remember the book or TV programme titled 'The Singing Detective' Marzochi forks pumped fluid out of the top adjusters at about 2000 miles. The 'O' rings in the adjuster were removed and reseated to solve this. The origional fork's chrome became pitted after 5 years, which was a combination of Scottish weather, road salt and mainly my carelessness. Hence the replacement with the WP items.
I have also made up brackets to allow the fitting of Givi luggage, however the problem is that when on the side stand and loaded up, the bike, if not on a perfectly level surface, will become unbalanced and start to fall over. This is due to the side stand being too far forward and I am going to have to find a better way of doing this. Incidentally, even without the rack fitted the bike has always been unstable if parked on lightly angled surfaces. I know that those with Tonti framed models have fitted stands in the more conventional mid-frame position, but all I have seen for the spine frames is a center stand from Teo Lamers. Any help or ideas greatly appreciated.