Hi I am new to owners club having just acquired a 2003 v11 le mans. I use Dunfermline motorcycles for my servicing and took the guzzi round to show them recently. They sem to have a very good knowledge of guzzis and are all round excellent mechanics, the owners are brothers and do all the work themselves rather than employing mechanics. So if you are looking for someone you can trust to service your guzzi they will definitely do a good proper job.

I'm moving up to Glasgow in a couple of weeks with my Griso 8v. Hadn't realised how lucky I'd been living close Moto Corsa in Dorset (www.motocorsa.co.uk). They've been great.

448 miles is a long way to go for a service though, so I'll be skinning my own knuckles from now on.

Dont worry you  wont keep hold of the bike in Glasgow long enough to need a service

Where abouts are you moving to in Glasgow? There are plenty of good biking roads that you can get to easily from the Glasgow area. 

Balloch - such a fine location............and what a ****** dump. If it were a person we would have shot it by now. The A82 gets fun north of Tyndrum,  but south of that is a bit dull and attracts hords of cars. Nearly every direction from Glasgow has fun roads,  except towards Edinburgh.  And dodgy guzzi characters live over that way - hobbits and the like. Don't forget Argyle - quiet, beautiful and you can mix roads and car ferries all in one day. And don't forget the borders. It's been raining for months now, so when you arrive their just can't be any rain left........

As a last resort there is always the living room

You could try Mel Robinson at Guzzi Parts, he's very good. He's in Glasgow and been working with and tuning Guzzis for years. His number is 07973869715.

 Well, will one of you Derek's eleborate? My V11 could probably do with a fuel injection system fettle.

I can confirm that Mel is working for himself again, as he did an electronic tune-up for my 1100 sporti just the other week. The bike didn't really need it, (from the last time he balanced it well over two years ago) but he does a great job and the bike really purrs. Strongly recommended.

Ok so make sure you use him.

An 1100 sport 04 plated? Seems odd.

Ah yes - more likely.

But he has set up ( as a partner I think ) at Tweedspeed Motorcycles in Walkerburn.

Yes I have returned poorer, wiser and happier.

Free tea and Coffee Russell , make do with that..... the beer will taste pish after that French wine you've no doubt been scoffing. Hope you had better weather than us, we got "Scottish" weather for our Euro trip .....