750 race bike

I had a second SF1 in the early 80s that I built up and sold to a friend who was later killed in a car accident in central Oz. I'd fitted a Guzzi 4-bolt hub and those same Ducati discs and a factory SFC 2/1and a Marzo front end. After he died I sold it for his family. Had a great motor. Wonder if there's any connection?
 
I remember Ziggy being at the Island Classic the one time we took the 917 there with Drmsby. Absolutely good on him for being out there but for whatever reason was among the bottom order who were 45+ sec a lap off the pace. Drmsby had never experienced such a disparity a single category and said it was absolutely farken scary coming up on them in turn 1, 3 or hayshed. He'd gain 500m in a few seconds and had to decide which side to go past them from that far away and hope they didn't deviate. I was busy with my own thing so unfortunately didn't meet up with Ziggy or find whether he was having bike issues or what.
The bike looks great! It was beautifully presented and has some really interesting developments like what I presume is a small alternator somewhat like the '73 SFC's had. I'm sure it would be capable of far better than it showed that weekend. Sorry but twins are far better on a track than triples. :) Someone will have a lot of fun.
 
breganzane said:
I remember Ziggy being at the Island Classic the one time we took the 917 there with Drmsby. Absolutely good on him for being out there but for whatever reason was among the bottom order who were 45+ sec a lap off the pace. Drmsby had never experienced such a disparity a single category and said it was absolutely farken scary coming up on them in turn 1, 3 or hayshed. He'd gain 500m in a few seconds and had to decide which side to go past them from that far away and hope they didn't deviate. I was busy with my own thing so unfortunately didn't meet up with Ziggy or find whether he was having bike issues or what.
The bike looks great! It was beautifully presented and has some really interesting developments like what I presume is a small alternator somewhat like the '73 SFC's had. I'm sure it would be capable of far better than it showed that weekend. Sorry but twins are far better on a track than triples. :) Someone will have a lot of fun.
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It looks like the ignition under that cover Steve, not sure why he'd fit an alternator without a starter motor. There is huge disparity in especially classic racing, as they don't have cutoff times for qual. I have encountered bikes that I have lapped twice in a twelve lap race, and it is really scary trying to judge just where you will come up on them and hope that they don't suddenly change line on you, while trying to not get overtaken yourself. Some of the lapped bikes would be capable of winning the race in the right hands. Classic, at least here, is for everyone and that is great, even the slowest bikes often are in a group having their own race, riding as fast as they can. Yep, twins are absolutely fantastic to race, my time is over now though (but the bike hasn't yet been de-commissioned), and it never looked anything near as nice as Ziggy's.
 
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