Another New Guzzi

[v11cafe]

Here is the original V7 special.The logo on the tank is a lot better.

Don"t understand why they use this small oval logo, instead of something bigger like before.

Even V11 has a smaller than older bikes, but still decent size eagle on the tank!!!!!!!

[docc]

If it had a 200 tire, 150 hp, clip ons, fairing and chain drive then it would be, something else! If my aunt had nuts, she would be my uncle. Does every motorcycle have to be a repli racer? This bike has class, I like it.

We might ought to leave the whole nut thing out of it . . .I think I have a picture of you looking for yours on some Alabama highway . . .

[Josh]

We might ought to leave the whole nut thing out of it . . .I think I have a picture of you looking for yours on some Alabama highway . . .

 

Different type of nuts all together. I've got new nuts, thanks to the worlds largest ACE hardware store!

[biesel]

[Guzzista_Joe]

I've found out some interesting stuff about this bike out there, esp the poss price. I've just written a preview of it:

http://guzzista.wetpaint.com/page/Moto+Guzzi+V7+Classic

[Frenchbob]

Sorryn, but I think V50 man is right - it's 'orrible!

 

Triumph Thruxtons are mere shadows of the original pre-unit thunderers, and I don't think this will bear any better relationship to the original Guzzi 750s.

 

But I'm old, and what do I know?

[Guzzirider]

You could buy a lovely original V7 Sport instead, for less money.

 

I know which one I'd prefer.

 

[rocker59]

Triumph Thruxtons are mere shadows of the original pre-unit thunderers, and I don't think this will bear any better relationship to the original Guzzi 750s.

 

LOL !!!

 

Do you even know what that means ??? "Pre-unit" as applied to Triumph ???

 

Pre-unit Bonnevilles were built between 1959 and 1962. From 1963 to 1983, they were "unit-construction"..

 

Are you discounting all the Triumphs made from 1963 onwards ???

[WitchCityBallabio]

You could buy a lovely original V7 Sport instead, for less money.

 

I know which one I'd prefer.

 

 

 

I don't know....last time I saw a really nice V7 Sport on Ebay, I think it went for somewhere in the neighborhood of 16,000 U.S.

[dlaing]

A dog with fleas.

 

Ducati and Triumph got the retro thing right.

 

Unremarkable -- and dull.

 

Needs clip ons -- an attitude -- and a better color scheme.

 

Could spell the end of Guzzi if they don't correct this camel..........

 

FF

<_>

Much nicer than a V50III, and I'll bet it will be more reliable, too.

And way much nicer than Breva which is way more sweet than a crappy lookin' Arizona.

[macguzzi]

Bike mag report good pics http://www.motomag.com/Salon-de-Milan-Moto...#suitedeArticle

[Frenchbob]

LOL !!!

 

Do you even know what that means ??? "Pre-unit" as applied to Triumph ???

 

Pre-unit Bonnevilles were built between 1959 and 1962. From 1963 to 1983, they were "unit-construction"..

 

Are you discounting all the Triumphs made from 1963 onwards ???

 

Yes, I know and no, don't be silly: my Hinckley 900 was wonderful.

 

The words grandmother, teaching, suck and eggs might come to mind here, were I feeling unkind.

 

I currently own a pre-unit Triton ['59 Thunderbird motor with T110 head, E3134 cams, 10:1 pistons; needle-rollered, close ratio Norton box, etc] and an original '59 Thunderbird which I built myself from a burned-out wreck.....as well as a big-block 750 Guzzi.

 

I've also owned examples of 1960s unit-construction bikes and Meriden Co-op 750s, and they weren't as good to own, repair or ride. None of them was as fast as either my old, mildly-tuned pre-unit Bonnie or my current Triton. Neither was the Thruxton I tried in 2005.

 

But you're entitled to your opinion, my friend: just don't insult me!

[rocker59]

But you're entitled to your opinion, my friend: just don't insult me!

 

 

Show me an insult and I'll appologize...

 

None was intended...

[Dan M]

You could buy a lovely original V7 Sport instead, for less money.

 

I know which one I'd prefer.

 

 

 

Yea? Where? I'll take 2.

[Frenchbob]

Show me an insult and I'll appologize...

 

None was intended...

 

Oh, no apology necessary, really. <_>

 

I didn't like the Thruxton when I rode it because it was a shadow of what it could have been. I would love to be proved wrong about the new, small block 750 Guzzi, but I suspect that those who implied it was just another 750T in drag are quite correct. A cynic would suggest that this is the accountants trying to ring the maximum profit out of a very dated design. Nothing too wrong with that in principle, I suppose. After all, it brought us the V11! Nothing wrong with the Breva 750, either - it's a proper, cheap, go-to-work bike.

 

But this one looks to me too much like Guzzi taking the p**s!