Hi from Switzerland!
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:54 am
Hi everyone!
My name is Carlo, I post from Switzerland and am since last April the proud (and fourth) owner of a 1979 900ss.
I looked for this model for quite a long time, until I ended up buying one that looks... weird. It is one of the few that were modified by the Swiss importer, his name was Yves Liengme. It has a completely different body than the "official" 900ss and this one came to me in a very striking blue color. Everything is blue, I'll post some pictures as soon as I can.
I lucked out when I found that this bike was bought new back then by a friend of mine, who gave me the name of the second owner as well. This way I could pretty much reconstruct the whole history of the bike, which is interesting especially because there is no documentation accompanying the bike!
Now I am trying to solve some technical problems and to find answers to some questions, while riding it pretty much constantly. It is a blast to ride!
Maybe you can help me find out more about the original livery. The frame and engine numbers make it an early 1979 model according to Ian Falloon's books, but from the pictures I got from the first owner it had a silver frame originally (which was then painted blue by the second owner). Is it possible that a 900ss with '79 numbers (frame 0881** and engine 0885**) could have originally come in the silver/blue configuration? The wheels were golden Campagnolos (now also blue! ), but I cannot say if they were fitted at the factory or switched by the importer. I'd love to slowly bring it back to original specifications, so I have to find out if it was one of the last silver bikes or one of the first black ones! What do you think?
I am so glad I found this community and cannot wait to share more with you all along the way while reading and learning a lot!
Carlo
My name is Carlo, I post from Switzerland and am since last April the proud (and fourth) owner of a 1979 900ss.
I looked for this model for quite a long time, until I ended up buying one that looks... weird. It is one of the few that were modified by the Swiss importer, his name was Yves Liengme. It has a completely different body than the "official" 900ss and this one came to me in a very striking blue color. Everything is blue, I'll post some pictures as soon as I can.
I lucked out when I found that this bike was bought new back then by a friend of mine, who gave me the name of the second owner as well. This way I could pretty much reconstruct the whole history of the bike, which is interesting especially because there is no documentation accompanying the bike!
Now I am trying to solve some technical problems and to find answers to some questions, while riding it pretty much constantly. It is a blast to ride!
Maybe you can help me find out more about the original livery. The frame and engine numbers make it an early 1979 model according to Ian Falloon's books, but from the pictures I got from the first owner it had a silver frame originally (which was then painted blue by the second owner). Is it possible that a 900ss with '79 numbers (frame 0881** and engine 0885**) could have originally come in the silver/blue configuration? The wheels were golden Campagnolos (now also blue! ), but I cannot say if they were fitted at the factory or switched by the importer. I'd love to slowly bring it back to original specifications, so I have to find out if it was one of the last silver bikes or one of the first black ones! What do you think?
I am so glad I found this community and cannot wait to share more with you all along the way while reading and learning a lot!
Carlo