This could be fun.

This too.

amazing how many moto guzzi's are in this thread.
someone (not me) should take the time and do a count of each make in the thread.

yeah and these guzzis are some of the nicest bikes I've ever seen. Hate to say what would have happened had I even known about Guzzi when I bought my first bike!

 

Quote from: 1KDS on March 18, 2010, 05:08:34 PM

The deep sump on the blue/gray bike above doesn't look as cool as the Guzzis with the shallow sump.  I assume this one is a newer engine

Where are are these cool looking Guzzi's hiding?.  I only see one clapped-out Guzzi every couple of years or so.  Even the local Moto Guzzi/Triumph dealer only has one used California model.  I've never seen a cafe racer styled Guzzi in real life.  They must all be in Europe. 

other than never seeing them well done in person, they are also yawn-a-thons to ride.

Quote from: 1KDS on March 18, 2010, 05:08:34 PM

That obviously gets ridden hard! Look at the chicken sticker on the front tire!

That deep sump does look terrible, the guzzi motors remind me of an automatic transmission with two growths, one on either side.  That being said, I can still get behind a lot of these customs.

Quote from: ato memphis on March 19, 2010, 05:04:31 PM
other than never seeing them well done in person, they are also yawn-a-thons to ride.

i have to disagree, they are great cruisers and have similar engine pulse characteristic to a Duc twin.  great low end power.  that being said, most of the older ones were designed as cruisers with appropriate gearing and ergos.  i've ridden an 850 cafe that was tuned and very hot.

the engine has a VERY low center of gravity and the jugs make it 100% balanced.  the big-ass single plate dry clutch absorbs a lot of vibration too. 

they CAN be pretty heavy, but it depends on the year.  they started using a lot of aluminum in the later models (90s) and got lighter. 

I like Guzzis .... I've ridden a V11 and they are, well, different.  The V11 I rode was not the best handling bike there is, but the roar, the vibration; the bike was almost primeval, pulled like a train. They turn heads too. Guzzi riders are usually wrenchers, and the V11s are not difficult to work on, like Monsters.  

My contribution ... two pictures that I like ....

Here's a couple more

Here's a little blasphemy

little more on the above bike
DUZI

I know this one isn't Italian or even euro, but I can't not post it