My 2009 GRiSO 1200 8v

Hi there,

I have owned 3 Guzzis starting with a Le Mans II I bought from Peter Roper in 2006. Loved it and should have kept it but sold it for medical reasons. I then had a Breva 750 - a bed decision as it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. In 2013 I bought a 2009 GRiSO 8V that had 1,030km (yes 1,030km) on the clock. The first owner bought it, added $3k of extras and returned it the next week saying he didn't like it - he traded it on a Harley; enough said.

It was not rollerised and a few years later Pete Roper did the right thing by me and he and Michael did a superb job on her. Unfortunately, a bit later in the piece a local 'mechanic' decided to fix my leaky main bearing by knocking the main bearing out from inside using a cold chisel. A lot of dosh later Pete and Michael again resurrected Gertie and she runs sweet as a nut. Her only quirk is that when the ambient temperature is < 15C
I have to open the throttle a smidgin to start her up.

She has a Termignoni muffler, a Stucci luggage rack, heated grips, a power socket and a Givi windshield (hated by Pete Roper) that works a treat - far better than the boy racer OEM one. I've now done 3.00km on her and I love her constant (until exploding at 6.000rpm) power, her amazing handling and just the fact that you know you are sitting on top of a breathing, rumbling beast.

I look forward to sharing with you all the joys of GRiSO!

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Welcome to the Ghetto, Bowraboy!

Pete (Street)

G'day BB
Greetings from beautiful Tasmania.
Welcome ....enjoy your great GRiSO
Stay safe

Welcome to the ghetto mate.

Hello ! Welcome, bienvenue 

Welcome. So there's yet another Guzzi in Bowraville, Even I (not from around there) know of a few in & around the area. Sooner or later someone's going to tap you on the shoulder & its "Hey, mate ....".

Nice, and welcome BowraBoy

Welcome and good to see you on board!

Welcome! I miss my GRiSO and am looking out for "The One"... Nice one you got!

OMG... theres a lot of things a mech may accidently do wrong, but a cold chisel on a main bearing???
Lucky we have Pete in Aus, otherwise people would unwittingly go to TeamHomo for mechanical work...once

BowraBoy wrote:

Hi there,

Unfortunately, a bit later in the piece a local 'mechanic' decided to fix my leaky main bearing by knocking the main bearing out from inside using a cold chisel. A lot of dosh later Pete and Michael again resurrected Gertie and she runs sweet as a nut.

Who can forget these little beauties?

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Pete

Great Looking bike.
That windshield looks like
the business.
I'll look into one.
The  "boy racer" is better than none.

sono wrote:

Welcome! I miss my GRiSO and am looking out for "The One"... Nice one you got!

Welcome back, Bra! You work too hard, need to stretch your legs on a new GRiSO!

For those of you who don't know, Steven is the owner/proprietor of Ono Poke, the best Hawaiian fast food around!

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Thanks for the good wishes and welcomes guys. Correction, I have now done 70,000km on Gertie.

Pete Roper wrote:

Who can forget these little beauties?

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Pete

I'll certainly never forget them !!!

Still a sweet ride I bet!!!

Absolutely! Just a dream in all bar Sydney peak hour traffic, which I encounter only a couple of times per year.

I used to live in Sydney and always left home early to meet the gang at the start of the Old Pacific Hwy and give it the berries before the cops got out and about. During the week days its a pain in Sydney.