Hi everyone, thanks for your comments.
Ed, good eye on the mirrors. I have Napoleon bar ends on a Moto Guzzi and have had bolt on ones too. They are really nice. I was surprised to see the name Napoleon on the plastic back of these. but they are pretty good mirrors so I may just keep them as is. They appear to have been on there for a while. (Name is visible at top of 2nd pic I will try to attach.)
The black paint on the engine appears to have been very well done. Looks like they must have taken the motor out to do it. It doesn't look like one of my rattle-can paint jobs.
The shocks appear to be progressives with the chrome ends removed and some paint applied. They actually work pretty well.
In case you are interested, this bike came with some original paperwork or notations I should say scrawled in the rider's manual. It was sold in 1982 by the old dealer in San Diego, Brattin Motors. It might have been a demo -- the 600 mile service was done in March, a month before registration date. The original owner got the 10k service in late 1983, so he put some miles on it. After that, no records.
The bike had 18k on the clock when I got it from a friend who runs an independent mc shop servicing mainly Guzzis. He had sold the bike before to someone who let it sit for about 4-5 years. The bike's CA registration expired in 06. He thinks the mileage is close to accurate. The speedo had moisture inside and a broken cable; both were repaired fairly easily.
I looked up the serial numbers and this one appears to be one of the first 30 or so US models. I don't think that means anything much but it is kind of interesting to me.
And it has the original California blue license plate, which is cool.
Bill
