The fabled Tonti frame has formed the backbone of countless Moto Guzzi motorcycles over the years—but some of them wore it better than others. Classics like the Le Mans, V7 Sport, and 850 T3 California are iconic. The 1985 Moto Guzzi SP3 1000? Not quite.
Although the SP3 ticks all the right boxes for a classic Moto Guzzi tourer, it misses the mark, visually. Its jagged bodywork might have been au fait in the 80s, but it’s an aesthetic faux pas by today’s standards.
Luckily, Davide Caforio’s vision for the SP3 didn’t include any of its OEM styling—just its Tonti frame and its best bits.
Davide runs his workshop, Ruote Fiere Motociclette Speciali, out of Monza, Italy. He has a particular affinity for classic Moto Guzzis, combined with a love for turning them into radical specials.…