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Message started by gizzo on 03/29/16 at 04:08:55

Title: New bike in the family
Post by gizzo on 03/29/16 at 04:08:55

Picked up another bike on the weekend. Well, the offspring's boyfriend bought it and dumped it at our place, anyway. Its a 1980 Plastic Maggot (or CX500C to it's friends). He's got a plan to build a cafe racer out of it. It's not too bad, considering it's lived its life on an island. All the chrome is trashed, nothing some oven cleaner and black 2 pack can't sort out. The engine runs great, there's no oil in the water or water in the oil and it only has 34,000km on the clock. Worked out some rearsets for it today and looking at new handlebars and stuff. This should be fun. Building a bike on someone else's coin, what's not to like? :)

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by bobert_FSO on 03/29/16 at 06:26:44

Nice bike. I picked a weathered first year '78 from my son, who wasn't getting time to work on it. It needs some carb work. Both my son and then I considered going the cafe route, but I'm thinking of keeping it as an original survivor.

However, yours is a C (Custom) model and is not quite a true "Plastic Maggot". I think that name was reserved for the original CX500, which had an unusual plastic headlight nacelle and a plastic rear fender. That is one reason why I am hesitant to chop mine up.

One thing not stock is the exhaust system. The old mufflers were rusted out and where they connect to the "goat bladder" crossover chamber is falling apart. The whole thing was replaced with a MAC 2 into 1 system. That jettisoned about 30 lbs of ugliness.

http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u541/bsa75ph/IMG_0712_zpsquff6tfi.jpg
http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u541/bsa75ph/IMG_0712_zpsquff6tfi.jpg

Another pic.

http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u541/bsa75ph/IMG_0713_zpslspmguw3.jpg
http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u541/bsa75ph/IMG_0713_zpslspmguw3.jpg

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by Serowbot on 03/29/16 at 08:38:37

Nice... Those bikes make beautiful cafe's...

Number 1 on my wish list for a bargain toy. 8-)

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by Trippah on 03/29/16 at 08:44:15

and just the bike Moto Guzzi should build for the US, rather than chasing the ever larger engine as they now are doing. :D

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by springman on 03/29/16 at 10:55:04

Cool, I've been curious about this bike for quite some time. I tend to see them pretty cheap on Craigslist here in Houston but I know zilch about this bike. Hope you all enjoy these bikes.

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by Art Webb on 03/29/16 at 13:58:02

how cheap you been seein em david? enquiring minds want to know (even those too broke to consider buying one )

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by v-pilot on 03/29/16 at 17:53:18

75534851514049210 wrote:

and just the bike Moto Guzzi should build for the US, rather than chasing the ever larger engine as they now are doing. :D

Here's my Guzzi v50

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by Art Webb on 03/29/16 at 18:05:11

sweet!
*drooling*

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by engineer on 03/30/16 at 09:22:53

I've always liked those bikes. But I also have a Moto Guzzi and a BMW air head so maybe I just have a thing for cylinders that stick out in the wind.

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by gizzo on 03/30/16 at 18:45:06

Nice looking little Guzzi B-)

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by Gus on 03/31/16 at 07:46:59

CX's can be had here from 5-800 most days. I've been threatening to buy one for awhile.

Title: Re: New bike in the family
Post by Art Webb on 04/02/16 at 08:08:24

for 5-800, I would, always liked the CX 500