Thanks, it's a '69 V7 750 Special that originally ran in Italy, where it was actually delivered without blinkers. I got it three years ago. It's original and, unlike my XS1, unrestored, which means you can see its 56 years. But I really like that about this kind of motorcycle, so I wouldn't change anything here.
The old V7 has been kinda childhood trauma of mine ever since I saw it in a well-worn book about Italian motorcycles at a friend's house. In the '70s, you could see everything in my area ... all those beautiful, great Japanese bikes, also the Tonti Guzzis, but never the old Loopframes.
Half a century later then, I suddenly spotted it in the classifieds - exactly as I remembered it from the book. It was a long way there, almost in Denmark, but the rest was history. As always in such cases, my wife pushed me to at least take a look at it. So we spent a night in the car, which - purely by accident - had a trailer attached

And what had to happen happened:
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The irony of the story is that this is the first and only V7 I've ever seen "live"

But the sight and test drive of this raw, shaking fossil simply catched me, just as it did back then. At first, I left it in the Italian version and, let's say, "carefully approached its riding technique", see my last post ; )
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Later, I switched to the Eldorado handlebar and the Italian solo seat as a test. So this is the current version:
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I picked up pair of old, worn leather bags on eBay for €15, which probably date from around the same period, and I refurbished them while preserving their age. You can see them on the bike in my post above. I've also found a perfect replica for the worn long seat visible on the trailer, so a switch to the Italian delivery version is possible at any time.
Technically, I can't say too much yet. It behaves like an old dinosaur and requires a correspondingly proactive approach. Which was probably already the standard condition when it left the factory. But if I find the time, I'll tackle a complete technical overhaul next winter.