Moto Guzzi V7 Sport...

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Moto Guzzi V7 Sport...

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Moto Guzzi V7 Sport...

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Moto Guzzi V12 Strada Concept Bike

Moto Guzzi V12 Strada Concept BikeThe Moto Guzzi V12 Strada concept is the third member of the trio that also includes the Moto Guzzi V12 Le Mans and Moto Guzzi V12 X and, like those bikes, these exclusive photos are first time we’ve seen it in a studio. The roadster-like Strada combines technical features seen on both those bikes, but includes some pretty neat new stuff too.Moto Guzzi V12

Modification Moto Guzzi 1000SP Cafe Racer by Officine RossoPuro

Moto Guzzi 1000SP Cafe Racer by Officine RossoPuroA home Modification home RossoPuro Italy Officine changing the face of 1000SP Moto Guzzi Cafe Racer is fresher but still maintain lawasnya face. 1000 SP Moto Guzzi Cafe Racer is a genuine product of this Italian motorcycle manufacturer famous for lawas models and have v-twin engine, this bike reminds us in his prime in the late 70th and early 80's

Guzzi. Moto Guzzi.

Finally most of the ice and snow is gone from my driveway and street. The main roads have been clear enough to ride for some time, but getting in and out of the neighborhood would have been... interesting. Today, finally, my "new to me" Guzzi enjoys some road time. I let my son take my car today because his is in the shop. So, if I wanted to get to work, I had to ride anyway. Gosh... twisty my arm.

Last night I took a few minutes to get the Guzzi ready for the morning ride in to work, which included moving some things around in the driveway and in the garage. I went to fire the Guzzi up, pushed the starter button and ... click, then nothing. Dead to the world. No power, no lights, no nothing. Great...

Start with the basics... I pulled the battery cover and found a bunch of fuzzy corrosion on the battery terminals. I pulled all that apart and cleaned everything up, including wire-brushing the terminals, cable ends and hardware. I put it all back together, shot some WD-40 in and around the connectors, reinstalled the cover and fired up the bike.

crank, crank, chugga, chugga, vroom, vroom. Music. I will never understand the people who think Harleys sound good... especially when compared to a Guzzi. Harleys always sound like they're about to stall out and are barely hanging on to life at idle. This thing just sounds... intense.

I let the Guzzi just sit there and idle a few minutes while I reprogrammed the clock and got myself familiarized with using the onboard computer, all the while enjoying the mechanical music the Guzzi offers. Finally, when I was all done, I reluctantly shut the bike down, closed up the garage and headed inside for the night.

This morning I opened up the garage, geared up and rolled the bike outside and mounted up. According to the Guzzi's on-board thermometer, the temperature was just about 32 degrees. I was geared up in my Transition II jacket, Mercury pants, Windtex gloves and EXO-400 helmet. Very comfy. It was time to get going. I clunked it into 1st gear, eased out the clutch and was on my way.

This is the second time riding this bike. The first was a couple of hundred miles North on I-95 after picking the bike up in Daytona Beach, Florida. Somewhere in South Carolina I put it on the trailer for the rest of the drive home. So, I'm still learning the bike.

I headed out onto the main roads, nice and gentle, and continued on my way to US Rt. 1. Cold tires, cold asphalt covered with dried salt, the occasional moist areas that may or may not be iced over... yeah, I was riding like a sissy. I'm OK with that... this bike is beautiful and I'm not looking to rash it up any time soon because of silly impatience.

Once out on Rt. 1, I opened it up a little. By then the engine was up to temp, the tires should have been at "normal" operating temps given the conditions, so I played with the throttle a little bit. Yeah. This thing is fun.

Now let's be clear... The Goose won't win any races against truly "fast" machines, but it pulls very nicely and all the way through the rev range. It will get you to extra-legal speeds quickly enough. But who cares...? Spirited as it may be, this bike isn't about speed. Riding this thing takes me right back to the 80s during my muscle car days. The sound and the feel of this bike are very, very reminiscent of the mid-70s Chevies I used to build. A politely-raucous engine in a fairly well refined chassis. This thing is absolutely the small block Chevy of the bike world. And that's a very good thing.

The muscle car comparison continues as you run through the gears and apply varying levels of throttle. The engine is never Caprice-smooth but, rather, is always Chevelle-present. You know it's there, you know it's working and you know it's yawning, just waiting for you to demand more of it. Like its V8 brethren, it's got a fairly low rev limit - I've got the shift like programmed to come on at 7900 RPM - but the 6-speed gear box gives you a cog for every occasion.

When you open up the throttle and the engine winds up - which it does in every gear due to the "all the torque, all the time" nature of the mill - the engine's mechanicals, the intake and exhaust sounds and the general feel of the lump all join together to emit... joy. Just pure, road-loving, wind-feeling, throaty-wail joy.

I can't think of too many cars these days that would give you that same visceral, mechanical, raw feeling of power that a lumpy, cammed-out V8 of yesteryear would offer. So you young guys who've only ever driven buzzy 4-cylinder cars... I can't really help you understand. Sorry.

But this bike offers something more, too. It offers a well-handling chassis, good brakes, neutral and comfortable ergonomics and some kick ass style that - sorry folks - Japanese sport bikes simply don't offer. They make some pretty bikes, to be sure. But rarely are they stylish.

I continued my trip in to work, sticking to the biggest, clearest main roads. Normally I'd be impatient to take the bike down Rt. 82 - Delaware's only twisty road - during my morning commute, but I have to believe there are lots of icy, wet and washed-out places on that road yet. I can wait. Besides, I still haven't dialed in suspension settings and I'm still trusting the air pressure the dealer set when I picked up the bike. No... no, I can wait.

Nice and easy... just a mellow ride to work on a machine that puts character and style one notch higher on the importance scale than flat out, track-style performance. Track-capable bikes are a dime a dozen. How many of them are truly wonderful to ride on regular roads...?

What a nice machine.

Moto Guzzi Cafe Style Motorcycles

That Moto Guzzi Cafe is very nice to look. I love this orange color motorcycle that uses something as big as tennis balls for carb plugs.

2009 Moto Guzzi Griso 8V Special Edition

Moto Guzzi Griso 8V Special Edition 2009Moto Guzzi is the aboriginal cast you anticipate of back allocution turns to Italian motorcycles, but the Mandello del Lario-based architect has a continued history of bearing adorable V-twin-powered machines and still offers a cardinal of absorbing models to consider. Chief amid them is the latest adaptation of the Griso apparent here.The best apparent

2009 Moto Guzzi Griso 8V Special Edition

Moto Guzzi Griso 8V Special Edition 2009

Moto Guzzi is the aboriginal cast you anticipate of back allocution turns to Italian motorcycles, but the Mandello del Lario-based architect has a continued history of bearing adorable V-twin-powered machines and still offers a cardinal of absorbing models to consider. Chief amid them is the latest adaptation of the Griso apparent here.

The best apparent affection that sets Guzzi's new Griso 8V SE afar from its accepted ancestors are the classically Italian acrylic colors: either Tenni blooming or Rosso Mandello red with a blacked-out powertrain. A accurately stitched covering bench and wire-spoked auto annular out the beheld modifications. Just as importantly, though, the Griso 8V SE manages to addition torque achievement by bristles lb-ft to 85, admitting application charcoal abiding at 110. That added ability comes address of revised cam profiles and ammunition injectors forth with a beyond airbox that advice Moto Guzzi's eight-valve Quattrovalvole breathe a bit better. Check out our high-res arcade beneath and accomplish the jump for the official columnist release.

Specification Moto Guzzi Griso 8V Special Edition

Make Model
Moto Guzzi Griso 1200 8V

Year : 2009

Engine :Air cooled, four stroke, transverse 90° V-twin cylinder, OHC, 4 valve per cylinder.

Capacity 1151
Bore x Stroke 95 x 81.2 mm
Compression Ratio 11.0:1

Induction
Multipoint sequential electronic injection, Magneti Marelli IAW 5A phased, alfa-n system; 2 x Ø50 mm throttle bodies with Weber IWP 189 injectors, Lambda probe.

Ignition / Starting
- / electric

Max Power
80.8 kW 110 hp @ 7500 rpm

Max Torque
108 Nm @ 6400 rpm

Transmission / Drive
5 Speed / shaft
Gear Ratio 1st 17/38 = 1 : 2.235 2nd 20/34 = 1 : 1.700 3rd 23/31 = 1 : 1.348 4th 26/29 = 1 : 1.115 5th 31/30 = 1 : 0.968 6th 29/25 = 1 : 0.862
Clutch Single plate with integrated flexible couplings
Frame High tensile steel tubular twin cradle

Front Suspension
Upside down Ø 43 mm fully adjustable forks (spring preload and hydraulic for rebound and compression) with mounting for radial calipers. 120mm wheel travel.

Rear Suspension
Progressive single swingarm, fully adjustable monoshock with separate gas reservoir spring preload and hydraulic for rebound and compression. 110mm wheel travel.

Front Brakes
2x 320 mm discs 4 piston calipers

Rear Brakes
Single 282mm disc 2 piston caliper

Front Tyre : 120/70 ZR17

Rear Tyre : 180/55 ZR17
Seat Height 800 mm

Dry-Weight : 222 kg

Fuel Capacity 16.7 Litres

2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V

2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V Front Angle View

2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V Rear View

2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V Front Side View

2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V Touring

New Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX 1200cc ABS

Moto Guzzi have announced the release of the Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX 1200cc ABS. This adventure style motorcycle is named after the Stelvio Pass, the highest tarmac road in the Italian Eastern Alps with 84 hairpin bends and rising to an altitude of 2758 metres.

You can find out more details of this new adventure motorbike on www.inter-bike.co.uk

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Moto Guzzi Griso 8V Special Edition

Moto Guzzi have just announced the release throughout Europe of a special edition of the Griso, know as the Moto Guzzi Griso 8V Special Edition. Topically as the Isle of Man TT is currently on, the “Tenni” colour scheme of this new Griso edition is taken from Italian Moto Guzzi racing legend Omobono Tenni, the first Italian ever to win at the Isle of Man TT.
Further details of this new Moto Guzzi motorbike are available on the www.inter-bike.co.uk site.

Ride safe.


Jon Booth
Email: webmaster@inter-bike.co.uk
Blog: http://inter-bike.blogspot.com/
Swicki: http://motorcycling-swicki.eurekster.com/

Piaggio Recalls Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 for Electrical Shorting Problem

Piaggio has issued a recall of certain 2007-2008 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 motorcycle models equipped with Triom headlights, low beam bulb and headlight reflectors.

The headlight low beam bulb has a "pigtail" wire attached to it. This wire connects the low beam bulb to the motorcycle's wiring harness. It may touch the hardware used to secure the bulb in the reflector. Over time and vibration the insulation may wear through causing the direct short to ground.

646 units are affected.

Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.

Motorcycle Road Tests Index

I just added 13 motorcycle road test entries to my Motorcycle Road Tests Index.

These give information about where you can find the actual motorcycle road tests in the major motorcycle magazines. Also given are links to online motorcycle road tests.

Check out the following links, just added:

2008 Models: H-D Rocker C, Kawasaki Concours 14 ABS, and Kawasaki KLR650

2007 Models: Benelli TnT 1130, BMW F800ST, Ducati 1098S, Ducati Multistrada 1100S, Kawasaki Z1000, KTM 450 EXC, Kymco Xciting 500, Moto Guzzi Norge 1200, Suzuki Bandit 1250S ABS, and Suzuki GSX-R1000.

Moto Guzzi Recalls 1044 EV Motorcycles for Fork Yoke Defect

Moto Guzzi has issued a recall of certain 2003-2004 EV motorcycles.

On certain motorcycles, the lower fork yoke could fail. A crack can form around the lower fork bearing.

1044 units are affected.

Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.

Moto Guzzi Recalls 232 Griso Motorcycles for Fuel Pump Defect

Moto Guzzi has issued a recall of certain 2006-2007 Griso motorcycles.

On certain motorcycles, a fuel pump hose may swell and change dimensions, thereby loosening its fit around the fitting at the fuel pump. The fuel pressure could drop. This could cause erratic motor operation, difficulty in starting the vehicle or stalling, increasing the risk of a crash.

232 units are affected.

Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.