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« Last post by TN Mark on Today at 06:00:29 PM »
Between a short local shakedown ride yesterday and today I pulled back into the garage at a whopping 1,525 miles. So, yea, I drained the oil. I have oil filters but I didn’t change it. Mostly for two reasons: my old Guzzi cup filter wrench didn’t fit the 1400 and, well, at 1,525, the oil filter is fine. Since the bike is in the break-in period, I’ll change the oil again, and also the filter again in a 1,000 miles. I have two 4 liter jugs of Motul 10W-60 7100 oil. I retained one liter and only put 3 liters in the engine. The oil level is just past the halfway mark between the dip stick notches.
A few early observations:
I know a lot of people complain about the earlier cruise control being only a single button. I get it, there’s no +/- or Resume. I use cruise, a lot due to right hand tendon damage in two fingers. I don’t see this cruise system as being an issue for me.
I pressed the Mode button instead of the Turn Signal button a few times.
The OEM horns are simply embarrassing. Their little meep meep tone says Vespa, not Moto Guzzi. These horns need to go, soon.
The transmission is: awesome, like ‘butta’.
The windshield and the winglets work fine.
The heated grips also work fine.
The GTM exhaust system sounds exactly like the bike should. Perfecto!
The GTM fuel system is running on a base map. Eventually I’ll get with GTM and have them make whatever changes they think the map needs.
The 188 miles I put on the bike between yesterday and today returned 35.8mpg. That was from a balanced combination of highway and backcountry roads.
I’m used to much higher handlebars so that’s an adjustment I’ll need to make in my riding posture. No riders backrest is another posture change I’ll need to make.
All in all, this is a beautiful motorcycle. We’ll get along just fine. But I do need to address the no saddlebags issue before it can be anything but a ‘local’ option for me.
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