Custom Bikes Of The Week: 11 August, 2019
A brutal new Kawasaki restomod from AC Sanctuary, a Crocker Small Tank about to go under the hammer, and a slick Krämer race bike. Plus a Sportster flat tracker with a beefy Buell XB12 motor?and a taste for the drag strip.
Moto Guzzi T3 by Marcin Guja Polish builder Marcin Guja is a serious Guzzista?he’s already got fifteen Moto Guzzis under his belt. For this cafe racer, he started out with a 1980 T3 rolling frame, then wedged in an early-2000s 1,100 cc V11 motor.
The V11’s fuel injected, but that didn’t work for Marcin. So he binned the EFI and installed a pair of Dell?Orto PHM40 carbs. Then he added a five-speed box from a California III, and a Le Mans-style Lafranconi exhaust system.
The frame work includes a detab and a subframe edit. Marcin built a new seat unit, and sourced a fiberglass tank similar to the unit found on the V7. He also fabricated new brackets to hold a Rickman-type fairing, and a new bezel for the OEM T3 speedo. The bodywork, frame and wheels were then finished in a timeless black and gold scheme. There’s a lot of hidden work going on too. Marcin rebuilt the stock Brembo brakes with new stainless lines, and added progressive fork springs and YSS rear shocks. There’s a new wiring loom too, along with a new universal ignition module from Ignitech.
We don’t see a lot of Moto Guzzi T3 customs, but we’re now itching for more. [More]
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