Ipothesys

[Guzzirider]

[Slavomir Musilek (R.I.P.)]

like it a lot!

[gstallons]

A Griso............... Wow !

[Ritratto98]

A Griso............... Wow !

 

 

Who made it? Is that fairing out there?

[Paul Minnaert]

Is made by firestartergarage, for a fan who wanted to create a brand arround it.

[commando tod]

That is a very very nice bike. Takes a lot for me to comment on a reworked Griso, but this has it.

[richard100t]

I think it looks great Those clip ons look pretty low..reminds me of the Ducati retro sports bikes they made a few years ago. They looked great but I wouldnt want to ride them more than an hour.

[Slavomir Musilek (R.I.P.)]

I think it looks great Those clip ons look pretty low..reminds me of the Ducati retro sports bikes they made a few years ago. They looked great but I wouldnt want to ride them more than an hour.

 

 

believe me that you would like to ride it more than hour

[GuzziMoto]

Unless you cut the steering head and re-weld it back on at a more reasonable angle (24 or so degrees) along with changing the offset to maintain trail at around 100mm then it is just a cosmetic dress up on a bike that does not need cosmetic help. It needs less weight and more rake.

[Skeeve]

... and less rake.

 

There, fixed it for ya!

 

My understanding tho' is that the Griso isn't all raked out like the H-D V-Rod, it just has a long wheelbase that slows things down. I could be wrong tho', I haven't paid all that much attention to the Griso other than looking at it. For those who've never seen one up close, they look MUCH better in 3d than in pics: I positively loathed the looks of the concept bike that got so much press until Guzzi finally displayed one at the CWIMS show in Long Beach about 5 years ago now; then I became a convert. [unlike the V-Rod, which looks just stupid in photos AND in the flesh, & feels even dumber when you take one for a test ride. H-D realllly needs to do a rethink on that one!]

[Keith Foster]

In some of the US mags there is a blurb that the Ipothesys outfit is offering kits to convert a Griso. It does look very cool to me. I just love the design. If you go to the Ipothesys web site they have a decent bit of info. I've tried signing up to their newsletter several times but something goes wrong and I just get a "Page Not Available" return message.

 

It's tempting to find a crashed late model Griso and build up a sweet cafe bike using their kit.

[fotoguzzi]

Link won't open for me, got another?

[docc]

Ipothesys.it

 

And there is this brief blog: ReturnoftheCafeRacers.com

[GuzziMoto]

 

... and less rake.

There, fixed it for ya!

 

My understanding tho' is that the Griso isn't all raked out like the H-D V-Rod, it just has a long wheelbase that slows things down. I could be wrong tho', I haven't paid all that much attention to the Griso other than looking at it. For those who've never seen one up close, they look MUCH better in 3d than in pics: I positively loathed the looks of the concept bike that got so much press until Guzzi finally displayed one at the CWIMS show in Long Beach about 5 years ago now; then I became a convert. [unlike the V-Rod, which looks just stupid in photos AND in the flesh, & feels even dumber when you take one for a test ride. H-D realllly needs to do a rethink on that one!]

 

Well, 26.3 degrees of rake is not quite as much as a V Rod. But it is a lot to me. I have never owned a bike with that shallow a rake angle before. The Griso still handles well in spite of that but the steering is less then quick. Between the rake and the wheel base it is a freight train. At least by my standards.

To me it is a bit of a couch, but I used to tour on an FZR 400. Other then I wish I had an 8 valve motor I am happy with the Griso, but it does not have the magic of the V11 or my Daytona.

[fotoguzzi]

Ipothesys.it

 

And there is this brief blog: ReturnoftheCafeRacers.com

thanks, I think I like the stock Griso look better.. anyway that doesn't do me like a V11 Lemans.