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General Discussion / Re: Noises in my 2025 V85tt

« Last post by SkyPilot on Today at 01:40:57 AM »

Coming from Hondas and Harleys, when I bought my '23 V7 Special Red Stripe, the small shop owner waved goodbye and I was off for my ride home in the chill of April, 50 miles away.  I went 2 blocks and immediately returned to the dealership.  "I think something's wrong.  It's got a lot of shake and is making some weird noises and it really clunks when I shift."  He just chuckled and said, "It's a Moto Guzzi...perfectly normal." I headed off and road home shaking my head, wondering if I'd made the right decision buying it.  The shake is what some call "characterful," and the weird noises were just the heavy clunk when shifting and the whirl sound of the shaft drive.  I've ridden that bike over 6,000 miles in the last year and a half.  I love the bike more today than when I rode it home that day.  After 2 services, the most recent one by myself, the bike shifts smoothly, with just a predictable, yet deliberate more refined clunk, and the shake smoothed out quite a bit.

After a ride, the long way home of course, I have to wipe that silly grin off my face, so I look like the motorcyclist I am! At night, I sometimes find myself thinking about the eagle I saw that day, or the deer that watched me glide by, and then I dream of my next ride, and the next.  After 60 years of riding, in my 70s now, I can't think of a better bike for me than my V7 Special...at least until the next Moto Guzzi. Perhaps a V85 TT or a Mandello S or a....

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General Discussion / Re: Introductions thread...Introduce yourself to the group !

« Last post by bobra5037 on Today at 01:27:47 AM »

Hi all

Thanks for letting me in (again) - second time around for me.  After two Guzzis (2002 Cali and 2007 Norge) I flirted with the Germans and British for a few years but have recently bought my neighbour’s 77 850 T3.  A bike more fitting to my age. 
Located in Adelaide, Australia
75 years young
Retired

I think the T3 is going to be a challenge so I’ll be looking for a lot of guidance.


Cheers

Rob

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General Discussion / Re: Travels with Ernie: V7 850 USA coast-to-coast loop

« Last post by Dr. Enzo Toma on Today at 12:03:26 AM »

2025.09.20
Florence, Oregon to Portland, Oregon

Foggy Oregon coast in the morning


Olivier's Harley tucked in from the dew and some MotoQuest Adventures bikes in the background all the way from Alaska.



In the morning I made sure my dad had his ride sorted out, wished him luck on buying a truck to bring the Harley home with, said my goodbyes to him and others, and set off for Portland. I thought it was just foggy out, but did end up riding through some rain right off the bat. I normally fuel up at the end of the day so the bike will have a full tank the next morning, but this area of the coast didn't have a lot of gas stations so I didn't do that yesterday. Early in the ride I stopped to get gas and a station attendant walked up to me but then froze as I had already swiped my credit card and pulled the hose out to start filling the bike. He stared at me but didn't say anything. I realized the pump wasn't going to dispense fuel like normal as it had a vapor recovery nozzle, or as a friend in California calls it, the rubber foreskin. Luckily this wasn't my first rodeo, outside Oregon and California I've encountered them at Costco gas stations so I have carry an Aerostich "fuel card" in my handlebar bag, which is a piece of plastic that clips onto the nozzle and holds the rubber back so you don't have to hold it back with your hands. I was able to pump fuel after that, and the attendant wandered away. When I finished fueling and unclipped the card, the attendant returned to show me the piece of plastic they have for doing the same thing.

About an hour outside Portland I stopped for a late breakfast and fueled up again.
Ford T-bucket at the gas station


It was a pleasant ride into Portland and I was had good timing to see an Aerial Tram go by as I arrived. I arrived at Optimum Performance Motorsports and was surprised to see a lot of people and bikes out front. I looped around the block as they were blocking the entrance, and when I came back they were gone and I realized it was a demo day. The staff told me that it was an official Moto Guzzi demo day where they had the truck out with its fleet of demo bikes, not the shop's. I went over the issue of the leaky final drive and they said they'd take a look at it and see what could be done. They apparently have another shop in Seattle, and opened this one in Portland more recently, and are exclusively a Piaggio dealer. This was the first time I'd been to a shop that was just Piaggio, as Most Guzzi, Aprilia, and Vespa dealers I've been to seem to carry a large assortment of European and/or Japanese brands.


My Goose being rolled away


I had seen the new V7 Sport in Verde Legnano (green) at a dealership in Colorado, but this was my first time seeing it in Grigo Lario (gray) which I have mixed feelings about because I love the color on the tank, but I feel like it could do with being broken up a bit.


I do love the color on this Moto Guzzi Robin moped though


While waiting for one of the friends I'm visiting with to pick me up I grabbed some free (Guzzi content) snacks from the food tent that was set up for the demo day.


A California in Oregon, close enough.


I got set up in the guest room at my friends' house and then we attended two different parties that I had been made aware of in advance and happily accepted the invites to. Somehow my social battery sustained through both of them, and afterward I got a good nap in.

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General Discussion / Re: The Swede is retired from 2 wheels

« Last post by bobrebos1 on November 14, 2025, 09:48:50 PM »

I understand.  I haven’t taken the time to ride at all lately.  It might be time for me too.  I have some decisions to make! 

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General Discussion / Re: December SE U.S. Traveling Lunch

« Last post by bobrebos1 on November 14, 2025, 09:11:04 PM »

Anybody interested in camping out at Desoto State Park that weekend??  If so message me.  Thanks

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General Discussion / Re: 2026 Piaggio and Guzzi models

« Last post by moto-uno on November 14, 2025, 08:17:29 PM »

  Holy Cow , quite the set of wheels to carry that saddle  .

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General Discussion / Re: 2023 V85 Decat

« Last post by inditx on November 14, 2025, 07:23:22 PM »

I was very happy with a full “knock off” exhaust.
Great sound, a small power boost, no fuel/air mods and less heat.
YMMV
inditx

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General Discussion / Re: Marketplace Oddity

« Last post by coast range rider on November 14, 2025, 07:16:24 PM »

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1462344438358214/

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General Discussion / Re: 2023 V85 Decat

« Last post by Vagrant on November 14, 2025, 06:53:43 PM »

Just slap on the cheap Chinese unit leave the rest alone.

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General Discussion / This Sunday, Nov. 16 = Connecticut-Rhode Island Breakfast

« Last post by SLDMRossi on November 14, 2025, 06:30:00 PM »

Sunday, November 16, 2025
Third-Sunday-of-the-Month CT/RI Moto Guzzi "and More" Breakfast
8:00 AM -- 10:00 AM

Deb's Restaurant
40 Saybrook Road
Rte. 154
Higganum, CT 06441

Same drill as usual. If you're on two wheels, please park over to the left at the Seven Falls driveway area ... to leave spaces open for Deb's. No need to get there exactly at 8:00 ... come as your schedule permits. After breakfast we'll be hanging at THE SEVEN FALLS DRIVEWAY AREA to leave tables open for Deb.

Steven Rossi
CT-RI MGNOC State Rep.