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Back to the Burt Feb 2019

Oreti Beach New Zealand (8 Feb 2019)

Readers of this blog will recall that in Aug-Oct 2016 Megan and I took Meg's Australian based Moto Guzzi Lemans 1000 to Europe along with 47 other Australian registered Moto Guzzis. Including pillions, more than 60 of us took off from Melbourne bound for the Netherlands where we picked up our bikes and toured. On that occasion Megan and I travelled some 10,000 kilometres across Western Europe and most of those kilometres were not quick efficient kilometres on autobahns but rather meandering back roads so we really got to appreciate Western Europe and enjoy the bike and each other.

I declared at that time that it was the best holiday I had ever been on. Megan and I enjoyed the motorcycle tour of Europe so much that on the day we were obliged to return our black Moto Guzzi Lemans 1000 to its container bound for home in Melbourne that we purchased a red Moto Guzzi Lemans 1000 in Europe to leave in Europe so that we could repeat the pleasure of touring Europe on a classic old Moto Guzzi annually.

The Black Lemans on which we toured Europe 2016 (22 Sep 2016)

The sad day we packed the black lemans up to send her home after spending our best holiday yet riding her around Western Europe. (27 Sep 2016)

After sadly packing away the black lemans we cheered ourselves up by buying the red lemans to leave in Europe so we could continue the best holidays ever for years to come. (27 Sep 2016)

Given our enthusiasm for the 2016 trip with its high point of celebrating the 95th birthday of Moto Guzzi at the factory on the shore of Lake Como at Mandello del Lario, it is hardly surprising that when Teo Lamers advised he was organising a tour last year (February 2018) of New Zealand that Megan and I again loaded the black Moto Guzzi Lemans 1000 into a container this time heading out from Melbourne Australia and bound for Auckland New Zealand. The highlights of this tour would be riding from the top of New Zealand's North Island to the bottom of its South Island (Invercargill) where we would celebrate the Southern Hemisphere's largest Motorcycle event, the Burt Monro Challenge.

Riverton South Island New Zealand (8 Feb 2019)

Again Megan and I had a magnificent time and here is where a pattern in Megan's and my behaviour began to emerge. As the motorcycle tour of New Zealand came to a close, Megan and I began to think of ways we could have a New Zealand based motor cycle sitting a couple of days ride from Invercargill. Yes, if we could hatch this cunning plan, we would have not only all of our Australian based motorcycles with us here in Melbourne but we would also have two motorcycles based outside of Australia with one being in Nijmegen Netherlands near the centre of Western Europe and the other a couple of days ride from Invercargill on the South Island of New Zealand. If this plan could come to fruition, not only would we have motorcycles on which we could tour the oldest continent of earth (Australia) but would could also have a motorcycle on one of the most highly populated and culturally and geographically diverse continents on earth (Europe) as well as that we could have a further motorcycle based in the true antipodean outpost with its winding mountain roads, glaciers, earthquakes and an old fashion culture of living and motorcycle racing that reminds me of the best of Australia during the 1970s.

As time passed a plan emerged. Our favourite New Zealand motorcycle racer Vince Burrell of Guzzi Café who races a 1970s round barrel Guzzi across New Zealand was moving his business to Christchurch which is located two days ride from Invercargill on the South Island of New Zealand. Vince who is a great laconic New Zealand character whose needs in life are articulated simply in his desire to be genuine, decent and to ride motorcycles fast on a race track. Yes Vince agreed we could store our motorcycle at his new motorcycle workshop in Christchurch New Zealand year round. All that remained was to secure the right motorcycle.

If past behaviour had been anything to go by we should have purchased a Moto Guzzi Lemans 1000 MKV. Why not I already had three of them and clearly love the bike but somehow the conditions on the South Island of New Zealand when they spoke to me said something different. The pace of life on the South Island of New Zealand is slower than Europe and Melbourne Australia. Of course it had to be a Moto Guzzi but which model??? I can be very fussy when it comes to bikes and in that respect I am no different to every other motorcycle enthusiast on the planet. I only like old bikes, being bikes which are designed before 1985 and to me they must have carburettors and be air cooled. I realised all of these features are old dinosaurs which have been superseded, much like myself, by far better and more efficient models but my preference is my preference.

Again it wasn't long before the 'correct' answer became evident. New Zealand is a large archipelago with great mountains so a large reasonably reliable engine would be essential but the South Island is also a place that moves slowly (in a nice way) and harps back to bygone eras from the 60s and 70s when the world was a simpler place. Yes, I would have the very first model Moto Guzzi which had the simple transverse twin cylinder engine and even old drum brakes. The first model V700, it would have enough torque to transport Megan, me and our luggage but would lop along slowly in a way that would not be out of step with the slow lopping pace of life that exists in the South Island.

A good place to start, a 1968 Moto Guzzi V700. The before shot.

Progress? 11 Aug 2018

Coming together, thanks Teo & Tony (24 Nov 2018)

A team effort, thanks Andy and Teo (1 Dec 2018) Time is running out.

I even knew the perfect place to source this motorcycle. I knew Teo Lamers of Yea Victoria Australia had a couple of these in his collection. I had seen a perfect red and silver V700 there during the preceding year.

After a discussion with Teo a V700 Guzzi was mine and given the need for this bike to be exceptionally reliable despite its age, Teo and I had agreed on a full nut and bolt restification that would see all mechanical parts of this bike disassembled and where necessary refreshed.

Thanks Teo the result is amazing and so are you.

Thanks to Vince of Guzzi Café, Teo Lamers of TLM and Mark Townsen we would have a New Zealand based beauty awaiting us in Christchurch. The only thing we could now do to make the New Zealand Guzzi experience better would be to share it with great friends.

Ready to be shipped to New Zealand and just in time for the Burt Munro. (6 Jan 2019)

The longest close friendship that I have enjoyed during my lifetime is the relationship I have with my younger brother Daryl. Daryl is almost four years younger than me and since we were both able to speak in early childhood we have both had an informal and sometimes formal pact to annoy and irritate those around us to our own selfish amusement. It is true we have been detested by many over the years for this trait but it is also many others have loved us and enjoyed watching our craft. I also owe Daryl because it was he who introduced me to Megan all those years ago.

Not only have I enjoyed a great relationship with Daryl over the years but also back in the eighties when we were young Daryl married Arlene who also became a great friend to Megan and me. Since that time we have lived in proximate neighbourhoods and our current houses even adjoin each other's. All four of us grew up together having similar aged children who socialised and went to school together. Even now our 30 year old daughters are currently sharing a house. Our friendship has been a true lifetime relationship.

The final and significant point to our relationship with regards to this blog is that Daryl and I share a passion for motorcycles and more particularly Moto Guzzis In fact Daryl already had a 1968 V700 Moto Guzzi. So the next step was clear. We would invite Daryl and Arlene to relocate their 1968 V700 Moto Guzzi with our 1968 V700 Moto Guzzi at Guzzi Café in Christchurch New Zealand. Vince Burrell of Guzzi Café agreed and the deal was done. Let the Buccaneering Brundells Big Bash across the Tasman begin.

Buccaneering Brundells at the airport. 3 Feb 2019

There is that book which everyone has heard of but few people have actually read called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I fall into this category where I imagine I practice the art but really I have never read the book so have no idea if that is true. To me the idea of the book is the pleasure I get playing around with my old classic motorcycles keeping them on the road and in the process of doing that I push all the pressures of modern day life out of my head. While I ride and maintain our stable of classic old motorcycles there is no space in my head to worry about the pressures of life including what others think or what is happening at work or with finances etc.

This trip falls into this category. As we ride our bikes from Christchurch to Invercargill we need to iron out those little niggles that beset bikes which are older than 50 years but have many new components fitted. Are all the recently installed nuts and bolts still tight? It is common for rebuilt old motorcycles to vibrate a few nuts and bolts loose as the bikes bed in. For us the newly installed points inside my bike's distributor did what points often do when they are new and that is they close up faster than normal as the felt block settles in. For me this caused the bike to run very roughly and unevenly. The unevenness was exacerbated after running out of petrol as this bike has no reserve (I found out the hard way) and presumably the carbies picked up some dirt from the bottom of the fuel tank. The bike was running terribly and it appeared we would not make Invercargill for the Burt Munro Challenge. Would we be stranded on the side of the road? At first I thought maybe I had the choke in the wrong position as the Italian bike has two settings on the choke being A and C. A meaning aperto or open and C meaning chiuso or closed. I started to doubt which was open or closed and as the bike ran marginally better with the choke aperto I left it on for a while. This improved the situation a little but a texting communication with Teo confirmed that when the engine is warm the choke should be chiuso. So I closed it but the bike ran worse and at times it could not even sustain speeds of 70 kilometres per hour. At first I cleaned the carburettor float bowls where I found sediment and in the left hand carburettor even lumps of rubbish. After a couple of cleans it began to improve but it wasn't until I got to Invercargill that Teo suggested I check the points. Of course, new points have a tendency to close more quickly when first installed. It has been so many years since I have had a car or bike with old fashion points and I had forgotten how quickly they wear out or simply require adjustment. I opened the points and the problem was resolved quickly.

Side of the road repair to Daryl’s bike. Makeshift gear lever. (10 Feb 2019)

The other early feature of the bike which needed to be ironed out was the propensity which became evident immediately after we took off for the first time. The bike had an unnerving weave at speeds below 15 km/h. At first I was very concerned but it quickly became evident that the issue disappeared above 15 km/h. My first attempt at diagnosis was tyre pressure and readers of this block will recall the issues that initially beset Megan and me when we took off in Holland 2016 with an almost unrideable bike. Once tyre pressure was ruled out I recalled that I had left the rear suspension settings on the softest setting while riding the bike two-up with a lot of luggage most of which is up high and out the back in the top box.

I upped the suspension rating and the problem reduced significantly although did not disappear altogether. At speeds below 15 km/h it would be little more than an unnerving inconvenience. Later I also realised that the new Ikon rear shock absorbers installed on the bike had a preload setting which I later also changed, again things improved but some weaving is still present below 15 km/h. Oh well, something for me to work on over time.

The four of us hanging out at Oreti Beach (8 Feb 2019)

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Dream realised today after a year of Teo Lamers building me a New Zealand bound Moto Guzzi V700. The bike is finished and at the docks bound for Christchurch New Zealand where it will serve as Megan’s and my transportation every year as we go to New Zealand. Will ride it to this years Burt Munro Challenge next week. #motoguzzi #v700 #coololdmotorcycle (at Yea, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsVT4P7g4DD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t5367t59cnlw

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