Originally Posted by
Old Fat Guy
Gooch is what we called them 'in the day'. Early are nice bikes, later were sort of 'whippy', IME. Yours may be different.
Quality was spotty on a number of the pre-1984 machines; in fact, I'd be more inclined to go for a pre-1984 TSD example than a pre-1984 Guerciotti straight from the Italian subcontractor; given the chance.
-Kurt