Comet ended up longer that planned; Longer in the wheel base, or longer to build?They had a long wheelbase by today’s sport bike standards. Gives me hope for the Comet as it ended up longer than planned.
One of he likable traits of the Bevel Ducatis, I feel, was their ability to be ridden with relative comfort on a gravel road. My mate Roger, & I rode around the East Cape together, he on an Australian export 860GTE, & I on the 850GT Guzzi I had bought off Roger a year earlier. When we turned into the gravel road leading to the light house, he took off, leaving me wallowing literally in his dust. Both Loop & short Tonti Frame Guzzi have always un-nerved me in the gravel. I guess I was spoiled learning to ride on AMC Jampot frames.