{"id":32177,"date":"2026-02-04T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=32177"},"modified":"2026-02-04T07:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:45:30","slug":"rolling-art-a-magnificent-guzzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/rolling-art-a-magnificent-guzzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Art: A Magnificent Guzzi!"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n

The saying is “if I was any happier there would be two of me.”\u00a0 The photo above kind of captures the feeling.\u00a0 It’s how I feel every time I visit with the Cycle Garden team in Indio, California.<\/p>\n

When I first heard that one of Moe Moore’s custom Moto Guzzi motorcycles went for $40,000 to $50,000, I was shocked.\u00a0 Then I realized a new Harley full dresser inhabited the same realm.\u00a0 Per Google’s AI:<\/p>\n

A new top-of-the-line Harley-Davidson (CVO\u2122 model) generally costs between $45,000 and over $50,000 for the 2025\/2026 model years, with models like the CVO\u2122 Street Glide\u00ae and CVO\u2122 Road Glide\u00ae starting around $44,999 to $51,999.<\/em><\/p>\n

Then the question became:\u00a0 Which one would I prefer owning?\u00a0 That’s a no-brainer.\u00a0 It’s the Guzzi.\u00a0 The one featured in this blog is a case in point.\u00a0 It’s not a stock motorcycle by any stretch of the imagination.\u00a0 But wow, would I ever love to own it!\u00a0 More than a Buell, even.<\/p>\n

Before I get into that, though, I need to tell you a little bit about Cycle Garden<\/a> and what they do, and what I’ve been doing with them.<\/p>\n

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Moe Moore, head honcho at Cycle Garden. He’s a nice guy. All the folks at Cycle Garden are nice people.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am in the process of writing a series of How To articles for Motorcycle Classics<\/em> magazine (and I’m loving every minute of it).\u00a0 I did the first on how to lace a wheel<\/a> (with help from good friend Kenny Buchanan of Buchanan Spoke and Rim<\/a>).\u00a0 The next was on drum brake servicing, and it will appear in the March\/April issue of Motorcycle Classics <\/em>(due out any day now).\u00a0 And I have three more that are written and awaiting publication (things have a long lead time in the print publication world).\u00a0 I’m really enjoying the plant visits, the interactions, the photographing, the writing, and the ego-stroking that accompanies seeing each of these pieces in print.\u00a0\u00a0I’m especially loving being around the vintage motorcycles.\u00a0 You’ve seen the blogs on Emma Booton’s Triumph<\/a>. Don’t tell this to the magazine, but seeing the vintage Guzzis at Cycle Garden is so cool I’d almost write those How To pieces for free.\u00a0 I’m especially enjoying hanging around and learning about Guzzi maintenance from Moe, Steve, and Lindsay.<\/p>\n

This resto-mod 1974 Guzzi police motorcycle is beyond stunning.\u00a0 I’ll let Moe tell the story on it.\u00a0 There’s a YouTube at the end of this blog in which he does that, but first, a few photos…<\/p>\n

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Yessir buddy…that is a beautiful motorcycle. The bike is 52 years old this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The colors are magnificent. Lindsey did the painting. Steve did the engine work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Awesome. Just awesome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s the promised YouTube.\u00a0 There’s more Moe Moore coming up on the ExNotes blog and in Motorcycle Classics<\/em> magazine, so as the saying goes…stay tuned!<\/p>\n