New Toy - and it is Italian at least

Hi Steve,
Yes, I am very lucky in so much that my business is old cars etc and I have the luxury of having a very large showroom to keep the cars in and a side room for most of my bikes, with a few upstairs in my "boys room" and the rest in the UK

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well done Julian, I would like to try one of those, I am told the 350 is "sweeter" than the 500.
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350 is fab little bike- little being the word, feels small on me & I’m 5’11”. Every time I ride mine I think why bother with more cc’s this does what you want. My Brother had one back in the day, zero mechanical sympathy, rev the bollocks off it from cold, never looked at oil and used and abused it . I bought mine a few years back and was truly impressed by how good it was- must have been great back in the Seventies.
Electric fuel tap, electronic ignition, cam belt and a red charging light(?) are all quirky for a bike of this age.
 
Bloody hell, there will be no keeping up now. Looking forward to seeing how you wrap yourself around that tiny bike. Is that a shit eating grin or what. Great to see.
 
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Delivered a few weeks ago. Had one before and always regretted selling it. Won't do it again!
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I was out at a local bike coffee stop a couple of days ago and 2 of these rode in together, seeing luggage on the back of both I asked the question "are you going somewhere or returning from somewhere?".............had a nice chat with the couple who were just on their way back from a 3000 mile trip to Italy!........Fair play to them and great to see them being used for such an outing.
 
I spent 5 months touring Europe with my girlfriend on a 500 many years ago. It was actually the very first production 500 as well. Probably one of the best things I ever did in my life. I cashed in a pension to do it but on balance I would rather have the experience.
 
Always one of my favourite bikes after following one for a while down the north circular on my CB160 back in the late 70’s.
I finally bought a genuine UK bike to restore in 2008. Two years later and it was finished and it was everything I thought it would be. Handling is better than my Triton and the engine revs like a 2-stroke. You can go fast in and fast out of a bend on these, sublime.DSC_0861.JPG
 
Nice - my first Italian was a allow wheeled 3 1/2 sport back in 91ish - loved it - always wanted the drum braked version.

Marty - nice - that looks fast!

Wish I had a bigger shed!
 
Hi All,
Thanks for the comments, yes the 350is such a sweet bike to ride, really turns as soon as you think about the corner and the engine as others have said is super sweet. I'll keep this one!

Race bike on visual hold for a while for lots of machining and laser welding and stuff to be going on.
Engine parts out with subbies and are taking forever actually.
I will try to give it a kick as soon as things slightly lighten on the work front.

I'll get something up shortly.
j
 
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