And it was all yellow...

Eh? The Executive (of which only 52 were made) had a frame mounted
Rickman fairing. In black. Lester cast wheels are the other big
giveaway.

ITYMM the LTD, in Custom Candy Brown, with gold rims.[/QUOTE]

....gold spokes, logos, pinstripes, gold-stamped owner's manual, leather key
fob and other cheesy tat. I'm afraid I'd plump for the handsome chunkiness
of the K3/K4/KZ, as ponced around on by Freddie on TOTP too many years ago.

 

I always thought the Executive was naked, acksherly Extra instruments,
Lester wheels, no fairing.

 

Like this K3?

http://www.republika.pl/chudzikj/HondaGL/gl-k3_2.jpg

 

Mmmmm, lardy.

--
Simon

"Smells like two stroke"

http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/

 

Indeed, a rather handsome barge IMHO

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's current bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)
M'boys NEW bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

Maybe you're just too old for a sportsbike

<fx ducks and covers head>

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's current bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)
M'boys NEW bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

I was more thinking of a Dwayne Dibbley lookalike myself...

 

My shoulder agrees with you. My knees are still hiding and have yet to
express an opinion. It didn't help when half way there other half
mutters 'I don't like doing long distances on this bike'. Grrr. He
could have told me just how fecking sore I was going to be.

I can't get enough power in the upswing atm. However ear clipping
skills should be functioning again by EOSM.

 

Heh, just riding my lad's NSR125 back from High Wycombe to Bicester
confirmed to me why I like lardy old barges

I'll keep my helmet on then

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)
My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
M'boy's current bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Heavily fortified)
M'boys NEW bike 2003 Honda NSR125R
BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26

 

That's it. Isn't that the Executive? I likes that, I does.

 

I always thought the Executive was naked, acksherly Extra instruments,
Lester wheels, no fairing.[/QUOTE]

Frayed knot.

http://www.goldwingfacts.com/picturepage7.htm

http://us.geocities.yahoo.com/gb/view?member=pmsbiker1&.start=31



--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..69339../..16127.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
'^' RBR-Visited:74 Pts:1630 Miles:5400

 

How heavy is your Guzzi, again?

240kg? [1]

About 20kg less than a GL1000.


[1] http://www.dropbears.com/m/models/guzzi/v7sport.htm
--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..69339../..16127.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
'^' RBR-Visited:74 Pts:1630 Miles:5400

 

Frayed knot.

http://www.goldwingfacts.com/picturepage7.htm

http://us.geocities.yahoo.com/gb/view?member=pmsbiker1&.start=31[/QUOTE]

OK, ta. Funny that - I always remember all 1000cc Wings as being naked.

 

That spec sheet has a fantastic quote about the V7 Sport but is
applicable to most Guzzis:

"Slow in acceleration, but capable of maintaining very high speeds."

As to the weight, difficult to say really - book weight for a full on T3
is 243kg; a Le Mans weighs in at 196Kg.

As mine is a stripped down T3 I'd probably guess about 220Kg maybe a bit
less.

The spoked wheels alone are bloody lighter than the original Le Mans cast
wheels it had.

Rather unscientific I know but I had in one hand I had the alloy spoked
wheel with tyre; bearing carriers and twin discs the other the stripped
down (no discs; bearings or tyre) cast front - they felt about the same
weight.

 

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:45:53 +0100,

Well, forty-odd thousand were, and 52 weren't.

So you weren't far away.

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..69339../..16127.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
'^' RBR-Visited:74 Pts:1630 Miles:5400

 

K3, K4, KZ in Forn Partz. I like it too, as I've been mentioning in passing
for a few years now...