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Good grief Mike , how did you remember this thread ? Dusty
It's why I'm paid the big bucks...
many again have changed their screen names . Can you guess who Biking Sailor is now ? Dusty
I'm normally not a function-follows-form guy, but what's with the droopy headlights on standard bikes? The newer R1200R is probably BMW's best naked roadster yet, but that awful-looking headlight ruins it for me...and that is just one example. I know that it's more aerodynamic and that a lower headlight throws a larger beam on the road, but this will take some getting used to.
So.......... Don't hold us in suspenders.
So, did Darren's boat sink?
Dusty, I want what you and Vasco are smokin' :)I suggested 75hp because it would make a dream bike. A push for sure, but doable. The standard bike makes 50.And Pete I am still agreeing with you. I doubt very much that it could be done with the standard heads, or two piece valves that broke in the first few hundred kays, or with poor oil flow or whatever else ailed the old models. But with some good design it *could* be done. Think about it this way, do you think Honda could make 75hp out of an 800cc air/oil cooled twin? So I guess your comments are more about what Moto Guzzi are capable of doing than how unrealistic my suggestions are. What I am suggesting is what I see is needed to make a niche bike. A platform to build on.Perhaps the fairy dust is in peoples eyes blocking their vision...http://archive.guzzitech.com/photos/Charlie1.jpg
Still not seeing it. And I'll take anything spruiked Bt the 'Clan' with a huge bucket of salt.
Hopefully not.
yer such a turd pete, what's your issue with this one? edited to say: Yes, I know it's just a photoshop fantasy, but the suspension has been at least brought into the current century (one of your complaints with the V7) and tho it's 'sporty' it isn't tarted up with lots of fake racer cosmetic showmanship. It has the most modern engine that guzzi makes....
It is a motive unit based on the V9/V7III platform, it's suspension appears to be still a twin shock item, not even the inadequate cantilever system on the V85.Apart from that it is another tiresome homage to the aesthetic ideals of forty years ago! Now you lot may be quite happy 'Groundhog Day'-ing your long lost youths and shouting at anything new as the work of the devil but I would prefer to see a company with the illustrious history of Guzzi continuing to break new ground and challenge the orthodoxy of current norms. That piece of photoshopped shite does neither.I know I'm in a minority here saying that but just because you don't agree with me doesn't make my views invalid. Argue the toss or simply ignore me. Either is fine, but don't expect me to roll over and shriek hysterically because something 'New' looks like a tired old hacked up image of something from a lifetime ago!Bollocks!
Moto Guzzi wouldn't build a cafe bike aka sport bike. That's Aprilia territory. That would be similar to Aprilia putting out a Dual purpose bike.
Missed that one. Are they still putting that one out? Is it a current bike?
it's all rendering