69 MOTO PUTTY

Could we do him a favour? That was the question Paul McCann of PS Imports asked me when I enquired about a Moto Guzzi test ride. “We have three demo bikes that need to come back to Sydney,” he explained. “You’ll need to go to Brisan’s in Newcastle, though.”

Well, that took all of a few seconds to decide, so it was on the phone to riding mates Dave and Paul (aka the Grey Ghosts) and onto the early train to Hamilton, where Tom Carrigan had just finished moving the dealership from Broadmeadow to spanking-new multi-brand premises at Islington. And there they were. Three Italian beauties lined up like a Federico Fellini casting