I am extremely happy to hear that, if for no other reason than the price is right. Not having to go to a bunch of aftermarket solutions that may or may not be real solutions is a wonderful thing. The encouraging thing about that is it's obvious from your response that Guzzi got it almost right from the get go, and big changes are not required. And did i mention I love torque!
Also means I can spend money on suspension if needed!
As with almost all bikes the biggest 'Bang for Buck' return you can be get is by throwing money at the suspension. As Mark is prone to say 'Handling improvement due to aggressive spending'! This is true of all the CARC Guzzis which tend to be under sprung and over damped.
With the Norges the forks can be greatly improved by revalving and oil type and quantity as well as getting suitable springs. The rear shock is a pretty crude thing and huge improvements can be made by accepting the inevitable and spending money on something decent from Matris or Wilburs. As an addition to this one of the VITAL bits of preventative maintenance on any CARC bike is to drop off the swingarm and grease the swingarm bearings and linkage bearings as the factory is always totally abstemious with grease application and they will rust out in short order unless packed properly.
Brakes can be greatly improved simply by changing to HH pads rather than the FF ones supplied ex-factory which appear to be made of something like granite and while impervious to wear don't work very well and destroy the rotors in fairly short, (100,000km) order.
Pete
