…much every Moto Guzzi rider that I?ve ever spoken to can?t help but mention just how quirky of a motorcycle they are. Sure there are good points, but they are most certainly followed by an even longer list of negatives. (See and hear the Moto Guzzi Griso in action in the?2009 Moto Guzzi Griso video to…

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…towering cliffs on our left, and the pretty Lago di Lecco on our right, and every now and then it rained on us.? This is the?home town of the?Moto Guzzi factory, the town of Lecco on the shore of Lake Como.Unlike Mark Twain in Innocents Abroad, I arrived in Lecco by taxi after a short train ride from…

…10,000 rpm. Over 2500 hours of work went into the project, which included mating the powerplant to the gearbox and driveshaft from a 350 Moto Guzzi. The Guzzi also donated its wheels. Apparently the frame took just one day to build around the engine! Although not road legal, the bike is in full running…

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…than a ripple of interest) as the 'Teflon Don' he still remains as the head of the Piaggio Group (Piaggio, Vespa, Gilera, Derbi, Aprilia and Moto Guzzi) despite being suspended from his various roles on the boards of several banks and other major businesses. He first rose to fame when he revitalized…

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…some years ago. It seems that its designer Al Melling and his team are still working on it and developing it ready for use in an Italian bike! Moto Guzzi V-8 anybody?An MV Agusta GP bike once ridden by John Surtees will be up for auction this April and is expected to fetch upward of $315,000.?The major…

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…gas, the BMW tips the scales at 550 lbs., significantly heftier than the 515 lbs of the Guzzi. Trying to move these beauties around the parking lot is no easy task and satisfied my weekly exercise regimen.The Guzzi monobeam frame construction makes the engine a stressed member, leaving us with the hardware…

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…lines of the V7 Sport. As a whole, the bike evokes the most memorable Moto Guzzis of the 60s and 70s, making this modern-day motorcycle an eye-catching classic alternative in any crowd of me-too Twins. Other classic Moto Guzzi styling touches include chrome spoked wheels, cigar-shaped chrome Lafranconi…

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…sportbike from most others is that 'sport' in Guzzi speak doesn't mean a zillion horsepower and riding around at 180mph on hard suspension with your feet around your ears. Their idea of sport is altogether more gentile and well-rounded. Think of Guzzis as the two-wheeled equivalent of the cool and classy…

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Moto Guzzi is taking on the sport-touring market with its V-Twin-powered Norge 1200.Riding up the Pacific Coast Highway near San Simeon, California, travelers are greeted with a beautiful, yet odd, sight - the Hearst Castle. Resting halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the 1920s-era mansion…

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…good reach to the low clip-on handlebars, but my feet are flat on the ground. The riding position actually feels remarkably similar to an old Moto Guzzi Le Mans or Laverda Jota from the '70s. The adjustable clutch lever is definitely not the lightest I have pulled, but it is certainly not heavy. Like…

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