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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2020, 03:07:50 PM »
The first time that I rode a Guzzi was when I bought my Jackal 9 years ago. RIP Too-Loose Le Goose.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2020, 04:09:23 PM »
2001.
Bumped into a bloke on an 1100 Sport like this one..


He forced me to have a go on it and he would “follow” me on my Suzuki GSXR 1100.
The Guzzi felt “alive” and ballsy by comparison although the performances were worlds apart. I don’t know why I waited so long to get my Norge in ‘07, but I had a Triumph Daytona 955i , an MV Agusta F4 and a 1050 Triumph Sprint ST in the interim, so it wasn’t all bad.
The Sport though felt raw and dangerous like an exciting extra marital encounter at 2 in the morning...
I felt like I’d been somewhere illicit and had a great time. Getting back on the Suzuki felt bland and sterile by comparison...
But fast..
On the topic of the Suzuki you felt like your knees were up around your armpits and your feet a metre apart..(reminds me of the 2 am affair....)
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2020, 04:24:31 PM »
My first ride was on the 96 1100i that I bought in 2001.  My previous bike had been a Suzuki VX800. I absolutely loved the feel of engine but wasn't sure about the floor boards and the "agricultural " transmission.  That was an in town ride. I was thinking WTF had I just gotten myself into! Two weeks later I was on tour to NM and western Colorado and I knew I was hooked for life.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #33 on: June 06, 2020, 04:35:38 PM »
Hi BC,                                                                                                                              6-6-20

My first was in 2015 on a Cali 1400 sport at Matthews Fun Machines.  The engine sputtered when the RPM was between 2300 and 2800.  After that, it dug in and did its job.  I spoke with the salesman and told him about the issue.  He said that "It's a demo bike."  It took me two months and several phone calls to the dealership.  They fixed the bike, I rode it again and bought a Cali 1400 Tour.  Never looked back.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #34 on: June 07, 2020, 12:40:53 PM »
I did a fly & ride from Chanute AFB in ‘77 . I bought a 71 Ambassador from my dad. It had about 50K miles on it. I rode back to the base to out process, then back to Redwing,MN.  On the way back, the battery ran dry and smoked the generator. I would periodically stop and charge the battery. On the last leg of the trip it was late, about 11pm and I was running up the Great River road, next to the Mississippi River with no lights.  At one point I followed a car that was hauling butt, he had no idea I was there. The clouds lifted to reveal a bright moon that I could see well enough after he had turned off near Lake city.  I made it home, fixed the generator, put in a new battery and rode it to my next base , Beale AFB in California . I fell in love with it running across the Great Plains, I even bought another one so I had two. I wish I still had them but I got rid of all my loop frame stuff in ‘93 .
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #35 on: June 07, 2020, 01:27:21 PM »
The spring of 1971 I was at my girlfriends house to see one of the matching pair (her sister got the other one) of BMW R75's she had gotten from her dad for her birthday when a friend of her father rolled up on an Ambassador. I couldn't believe how it sounded, and while I didn't actually ride the bike the guy took me with him on a short ride.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #36 on: June 07, 2020, 04:06:19 PM »
2014 when I happened upon the 2010 Cafe Classic while searching Craigslist for a Triumph Scrambler.  There was something about the way it looked that made me have to go take a look.  I took it for a test ride and it had a charm about it, combined with its looks that I couldn't resist.  I realized it was much more beautiful than it was enjoyable to ride so it spent most of the time I owned it sitting on a table.  The previous owner felt the same way since it only had 750 miles on it when I bought it.





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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #37 on: June 07, 2020, 04:36:56 PM »
2011, when I bought my new Breva 1100 in Dahlonega GA.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #38 on: June 07, 2020, 04:38:37 PM »
I'd have to say that it was the summer of 1988.  I was home on leave from Camp Lejeune, NC and my buddy had a California II.  I wasn't a rider at the time, so we would go two up on occasion.  I wouldn't say that I was hooked, but along came a Le Mans III for sale in 89 that we bought together. A year later, I bought out his half and got my license on it.  30 years later, I still have that Le Mans.  Looking back, I initially knew that there was something special about the Le Mans, but couldn't quite place it.  I now know that the engine placement and shaft drive rocking got me hooked.  I've owned 3 BMWs in the last 25 years, all of which are gone.  The Guzzi is a keeper until I go ride that great highway in the sky.  It is my intention to pass it on to a deserving friend or family member. 









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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #39 on: June 07, 2020, 05:05:10 PM »
Early to mid 90's at Americade in Lake George. It was a Cal III (?). The wife and I went out-Guzzi had a good ride, no pussyfooting about, and the lead rider was good. Even with floorboards and heel/toe shifter, that bike could HAUL! And TURN! Two up! What a revelation! I've always liked 90(ish) degree twins; they feel right and sound great.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #40 on: June 07, 2020, 05:25:52 PM »
New leftover 2007 Griso in 2011.  Saw it on an eBay auction well below MSRP made an made an offer and it was accepted. Next day picked it up.

Both the Griso and the dealership are long gone.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #41 on: June 09, 2020, 01:52:48 PM »
This is from the first post in my Racing Rhino blog and tells the story.

As I have said, I bought my V7Sport in 1978. This was in Ipswich where I grew up. At the time, I had actually only ever seen a Moto Guzzi once before. That had been a V7Sport in Revetts bike dealers in Norwich Road and I had been very impressed. I found out what I could about Guzzis in magazines and, although they seemed very expensive, decided I would have to try one. Up till then, like most of my friends, I had been riding Japanese 2-strokes. I’d had a Yamaha RD250 and owned an RD400 at the time.

I saw the bike advertised in the “Evening Star”, the local paper, and it seemed like too good an opportunity to miss. I went to view the bike and the owner took me for a ride as pillion out toward Tattingstone. I shouted over his shoulder something like “how fast can it go?”, “120” he said and proceeded to prove the point. He then let me have a go on my own. So I set off leaving him at the side of the road. The bike felt very different to what I had been used to but I loved the way it went. In the end I needed to stop to turn round and nearly crashed the thing! In all the excitement I’d forgotten his warning that the brakes and gears were on the “wrong sides” and shot through an open gate! I didn’t tell the seller. I was too busy preparing myself for the pillion ride back to town. I’m not keen on riding pillion and Glenn, who was selling the bike, was very um, enthusiastic.

I didn’t buy the bike that day. I told the seller that it was too much for me. I was also mindful that I had been told by my parents not to come home with any bigger bikes. However, after a couple of days I had borrowed the necessary funds from the bank and went back to see the bike again and buy it. The owner said “I knew you’d be back” as I handed him the £750. There was trouble when I got home!
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #42 on: June 09, 2020, 03:52:13 PM »
This one, '98 V11. Bought it on sight in 2014 without even riding it, rode the snot out of it for 4 years, never a hiccup.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #43 on: June 09, 2020, 03:53:06 PM »
I'd fancied one for a while, but wanted a test ride first, which was a California following the salesman who on a Harley of some sort with shot gun exhaust

I didn't get that one, but spent a number of years trying to swap my VFR750 for one.

Finally it took writing off the VFR to realise the cash to get my own Cali which I rode 150 miles home

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #44 on: June 09, 2020, 04:06:25 PM »
My first Moto Guzzi ride was in 2014 when I got my G5 at an estate sale. I loaded, unloaded, and pushed it around the garage quite a bit before I was actually able to fire it up and ride it.. After about a week or so of asking questions and reading posts here, ordering some parts, I got it up and running and rode it around the block and it was everything I hoped it would be. I think I've pushed my bikes around more than I've actually ridden them... I'd like to change that some day  :grin:
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #45 on: June 10, 2020, 01:45:15 AM »
Hello,
My first ride wasn't really a ride: in 1989, in a dealer shop, i put my ass on a Calif III and ..... whoooaaa it's what i need. I sold my BMW R65 and search for a CalifIII. I found it in Tarbes in the south of France. So made 1000 km to go to buy it. THe same day I came to home with it.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #46 on: June 10, 2020, 03:35:22 AM »
Back in 2003 I was looking for another bike WITHOUT CHAINS (many many miles on a G3L Matchy cured me of chains).  My wife wanted the CS 650 BMW (belt drive) but I wanted to try a shafty first.  BMW shaftys don't inspire me at all, so finally the loaner Breva was available for a test ride.  I climbed on board and familiarised myself with the switch layout.  My wife said later she knew that was the bike we would get; she had never seen me look so at home on a bike.  She was right, a deposit secured me the only red (fastest colour :grin:) one coming in to new Zealand. January 2004 I took delivery, and I still have it.  I still love it.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #47 on: June 10, 2020, 05:49:19 AM »
My first Moto Guzzi ride was in 2014 when I got my G5 at an estate sale. I loaded, unloaded, and pushed it around the garage quite a bit before I was actually able to fire it up and ride it.. After about a week or so of asking questions and reading posts here, ordering some parts, I got it up and running and rode it around the block and it was everything I hoped it would be. I think I've pushed my bikes around more than I've actually ridden them... I'd like to change that some day  :grin:

Funny you say that.  When I first joined this forum I was thinking that about most of the folks posting.  Then I realized there were some who rode, and some who rode when they were younger.  I was starting to wonder if my future would be motorcycle owner instead of motorcycle rider.   :grin:
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #48 on: June 10, 2020, 06:13:57 AM »
In December 1973 I rode my Metralla to the local dealer in Norton, Ducati and Guzzi to buy  bike.
I left the Metralla there and hitchhiked home having agreed to trade it on a new '73 V7 Sport that had been on his floor a long time.

Picked it up the following June after earning the money, my parents took e over. Still one of the most exciting motorcycling days . Rode off on my first ride on it in the lovely June evening.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #49 on: June 10, 2020, 08:11:02 AM »
I still haven’t. I’m halfway through my G5 custom build and can’t wait.  Same with my Commando.  I never rode one until I rebuilt one.  Love that bike.  I think the Guzzi will be just as special.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #50 on: June 10, 2020, 09:33:19 AM »
Would have been about 1970, maybe 1971. I'd have been 11 or 12. On the back of my dad's new Ambassador 750, on the Pacific Coast Highway, around sunset. CLUNK into third. Magic.

It was his first big bike; he'd come from a (1969?) Honda CL175 Scrambler. I was on a Honda CB100 at the time.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #51 on: June 10, 2020, 12:42:46 PM »
I worked with a guy in New Zealand who once owned a Guzzi, I don't think he was that fond of it but the name always intrigued me.
Ten years later I saw one for sale on craigslist a crashed VII Sport written off by the insurance company I thought I would go and take a look, it was love at first sight.
A week later I paid cash for it and rode it straight to a local dealer to have it inspected, the rest is history.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #52 on: June 10, 2020, 11:19:17 PM »
November or December 1969, I was at Ft. Gordon, GA anticipating orders shortly for a year-long vacation trip to Vietnam.  Saw a Moto Guzzi dealership just off base, went in on a whim, and sat on an Ambassador.  Didn't ask for a test ride at the time.  45 years and a dozen or more different motorcycles later, I finally went on a Retrotours weekend ride and chose their V50 as my primary ride since I hadn't ridden a Guzzi up to that point. It wasn't impressive until I got up to 30-40 mph and onto curvy roads, but then - wow!  Shortly thereafter I stumbled across the Mille I still have, and although it doesn't handle like the V50 it does have a lot of low-end torque, which I like.  I rode the Retrotours Ambassador a couple of years later on another weekend getaway.  I was, ahem, considerably older than I had been when I first sat on a Guzzi, so the more sedate pace the Ambassador was capable of was perfectly fine, and the charm of riding "classic iron" bit me hard!  So, after a lot of searching I bought my current Eldorado and will probably keep it for as long as I can physically manage to ride.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...h
« Reply #53 on: June 11, 2020, 07:28:03 AM »
Summertime in 87’ a riding buddy offered up his, new from Spare Parts MG, 1986 blood red Le Mans 1000 for a run through the Pocono mountains. My SR500 was getting tires, and, so off we went. First thing I noticed was the cacophony of different sounds, exhaust, valves, clutch etc. By the time we got to some curvy roads, I was bonding with the machine. The tree stump pulling, freight train torque felt incredible. It rode like no other motorcycle I had ridden before. Still remember that ride.
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« Reply #54 on: June 11, 2020, 08:10:59 AM »
I had seen a Moto Guzzi Lemans, early 80's. I thought it looked cool, but I was on my new 83 Interceptor and didn't think I could be happy with only 2 cylinders. Fast forward to around 2005. I had sold my GS1100 years earlier when the first kid started college, but my wife and I had a deal that when we signed the last student loan and knew what the budget looked like, I could get another bike. I started looking at various sport touring bikes. We were at Costco, and I heard, then saw, a green V11. Wow. A couple weeks of lurking here and on the V11 Lemans board and I was convinced. I bought a Tenni from a guy in Fresno- it had 723 miles on it.. I bought a shift spring, loaded a backpack with the tools I might need and flew to Sacramento. Rode it around the airport parking lot, got completely enamored with her, handed over the money, and rode back to Portland. Financial hard times in 2010 forced her sale, and I really miss her. Went through a couple of $300 specials, but last year I got a bonus and my wife suggested I spend it on a "real" bike. Found my Stelvio. I will keep this one until I pine box it out of here.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #55 on: June 11, 2020, 10:30:35 AM »
May 2005 I added my EVT to go with a Suzuki VX800.  Brought it home via trailer from Union Cycle having only ridden it around the parking lot  to get to the trailer.  First ride was 2 up for about 60 miles and the first thing I thought was, "what in the world have I bought?"  A few rides later and a few visits to this page I started to understand better and 15 years later the EVT is still here and the VX is long gone.   Shift points and braking are the main differences.
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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #56 on: June 12, 2020, 07:59:21 AM »
2001.
Bumped into a bloke on an 1100 Sport like this one..


He forced me to have a go on it and he would “follow” me on my Suzuki GSXR 1100.
The Guzzi felt “alive” and ballsy by comparison although the performances were worlds apart. I don’t know why I waited so long to get my Norge in ‘07, but I had a Triumph Daytona 955i , an MV Agusta F4 and a 1050 Triumph Sprint ST in the interim, so it wasn’t all bad.
The Sport though felt raw and dangerous like an exciting extra marital encounter at 2 in the morning...
I felt like I’d been somewhere illicit and had a great time. Getting back on the Suzuki felt bland and sterile by comparison...
But fast..
On the topic of the Suzuki you felt like your knees were up around your armpits and your feet a metre apart..(reminds me of the 2 am affair....)
.  So....the F4 was not a “keeper”? People drool over those bikes, including me. I have never ridden an F4 before, but it seems like something that I just have to experience. I sometimes wonder if the F4 is nothing more than an Italian version of a Honda. Except with all the downfalls of Italian machinery. Good looks, no heart and soul, no reliability? I just find it surprising when people sell their F fours and don’t keep them.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #57 on: June 12, 2020, 08:11:29 AM »
1984 I purchased a brand new BMW R65LS from a local dealer. The following week a friend told me about a Guzzi that had been traded in and was out the front of the same dealership for sale. I thought I'd go and have a look just to see what it was like and as soon as I saw it I wished it had been there before I bought the BM. I ended up buying it and enjoyed riding it more than the BM even though it was in poor condition and had been neglected. It was a 1976 T3 and in hindsight it was hard to understand how a bike that was only 8 years old and would not have been cheap to buy in 1976 could have been so poorly treated.
Anyway it was my first but not my last, now have a MK2 Lemans, T3 and a T under restoration none of which will be leaving until the kids inherit them.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #58 on: June 12, 2020, 10:23:13 AM »
2020, about a month ago.

I test rode a brand new V7III Stone Night Pack at a dealer. I followed the salesman on a pretty lame loop around the dealership for a few miles. It wasn't better at anything than the bike that I rode there on, except for comfort.

A month later I'm on a Guzzi forum and I don't even own one. Yet.

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Re: Your first ride on a Guzzi...
« Reply #59 on: June 13, 2020, 12:40:39 AM »
It was in 2014. I rode a V7 Stone, and it was like riding an airhead beemer, and I fell in love on the test ride. Traded a Versys, a completely soul less bike in on it, and haven't looked back. I flew out to Oregon and rode home a calvin I bought from a friend. I like it, but I think it will be sold soon, but I don't see me ever getting rid of the V7.

 

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