Hi all - I was a member last year but this is my first forum post. In August 2024 I bought Steve Freeman’s (Guzzibrat I believe) T3/1100 mongrel after he sadly passed away. The purchase was facilitated by a couple of his friends on behalf of his widow and the bike currently resides in southern Aberdeenshire. I’ve not put a huge mileage on it yet and am still getting used to my first Guzzi after hankering after one for several decades 
and spending most of my time on Kawasakis and a Meriden Triumph bitsa (I like mongrels). The bike is in good order, runs well, yet has a few issues which need resolving - nothing major and the most pressing is to sort the headlamp, to which I understand Steve fitted a LED bulb. This seems to have messed with the whole lighting circuit and only operates on full beam regardless of which position the switch is in. Probably will need a local sparky to look at that for me. Neutral can be difficult to select, but hopefully not too tricky to deal with in terms of repair.
Photos (I hope they load ok) taken during a recent trip down to Arbroath for a pair of smokies, because one is never enough 
Hope to see some of you around in future.
Iain
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Welcome to the forum and the world of Moto Guzzi. You have bought a great bike there. I believe it was originally built by a guy called Ray in Dover in Kent so it has moved around a bit in its life.
Fixing the problem with the headlight should be relatively simple.
Love the bike and the location. Arbroath, my home town.
My California has several neutrals and the green light is no guarantee! I think it’s a Guzzi thing!
Welcome to the forum.
Multiple neutrals is a Guzzi thing, you will get used to the selector action and find the gears. They do not engage like Japanese bikes, slow and steady with the gear leaver!
Best wishes Chris
That’s a nice looking bike. Things to look for with electric string malfunctions is the terminal connection blocks on the headlamp shell. The block with the lighting circuits is on the left side and one thing to check is the male bullet connectors in the connector block from the lighting switch block. They’re very slim, and sometimes work back into the block causing a lack of connection, so it’s worth puling the block off and pushing each individual wire into the block to reseat the male connectors. The ‘interesting’ gearchange isn’t helped by the linkage having to transfer it’s movement through 90 degrees and several rose joints and a bell crank.
