What they say about us: Giuseppe Pumelli

THE STORY OF CLAUDIO GUARESCHI'S WORKSHOP WRITTEN BY A FRIEND

It is with great pleasure that I accepted Claudio's request to write a little page on the history of his work, since I was almost the same age as one of his first customers, when in 1953, as was the custom then, he started to attend the Moto Guzzi dealership workshop in Borgo della Posta.

It was a frequency that satisfied his desire to learn about motorcycles, without any remuneration, except for a few small tips for inflating the tires of my bike. For the rest, his passion and desire to learn made him spend all his free hours helping the mechanics of the time.

After only a year, thanks to his father's help and tips, he bought his first moped and immediately won his first gymkhana.
In 1957 he was hired and earned his first salary, which he always invested in motorbikes.
His ability and his desire to learn soon made him appreciated not only by customers but also by the owner of the workshop and in 1967 Claudio finally became a partner in the workshop where he had trained.
His brilliant ideas and his deep affection for the Moto Guzzi brand led to a good cohabitation with his partner, which lasted until 1985, the year in which the partner decided to sell his half of the share due to age limits.

The first step is the construction of a new workshop, always a Moto Guzzi dealer, which sees, in addition to the most modern technological innovations, also the rescue of all the old tools jealously preserved, so that today, the company has the complete equipment for the restoration of antique motorcycles (to be precise, every tool for all Guzzi engines from 1927 onwards).

But that's old news now, even if fellow enthusiasts like myself continue to have their pre-war Guzzi motorbikes maintained by my friend Claudio.
The workshop today, a large shed, is a modern structure, with a large room for the display of new motorbikes (Guzzi of course) of which there is always the complete range on display. An equally large workshop for repairs, complete with test bench, computer for tuning and everything else needed, access to which is jealously guarded, except for a few friends (including me) who occasionally manage to get their hands on it.

His sons, who have also grown up in the environment, are a little less present, one in the supersport world championship and the other in the Italian one. However, they are no less competent than their father, having spent all their free time since primary school in the workshop seeing and following everything, and they still dedicate every spare minute to it.
Another department, access to which is always very difficult but, when you manage to get your nose in it, extremely fascinating, is the spare parts department, where, not without considerable begging, you can find parts for the most unthinkable and old Guzzi motorbikes, as well as the usual spare parts for modern motorbikes.

I would like to say a final word about his wife, the lovely Loredana, who from the very first days of marriage was obliged to find customers at home even on Saturdays and Sundays, forced to travel all over Europe on a Moto Guzzi equipped with a sidecar to accommodate her two children and an excellent workshop manager.
Her figure, always smiling and serene, has undoubtedly contributed to the growth and development of a modern and efficient structure that has the characteristic of "keeping customers coming back".

Almost fifty years in the workshop, experience gained with other makes and other workshops, can only lead me to praise the work of a friend who has dedicated his life with passion, but also with extreme competence to servicing one of the most prestigious brands in the history of motorcycling.
But the story doesn't end here, as the workshop is increasingly alive and vital, and I hope to be a customer for many more years to come.

Giuseppe Pumelli