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Thanks KevmI think I get it with the handling and light weight but riding 2 up has me more worried than the oomph factor….inditx
understood, thanks tpeeveri just read about some doing 2 up without problems and maybe they were just extremely light?…. ???
All depends on your perspective. What does "doing 2 up without problems" mean? Of course a Guzzi smallblock will carry two people with ease. Maybe not very fast or very comfortably, but you wouldn't expect it to would you? My wife and I did a relatively short ride of about 200 miles two-up on her Nevada last summer. Riding position was pretty cramped for me (I was driving) but we got on just fine. I knew I wasn't going to be trying any double yellow line passes like I might have if we were riding my 1200 Sport but the Nevada pulled the two of us along without any fuss. I read a story a few years ago about a couple from the UK who toured all over North America on an early 60's Norton Dominator 88 just like I have. This is a 500cc twin with single carburetor and very modest compression ratio that generates about 30 hp. They got on just fine. I am guessing that they probably avoided freeways as much as possible but they made the journey without any problem. We need to keep perspective and remember that a 500cc motorcycle was a big bike back in the day. So it all depends on where you want to go, how fast you want to get there, how the two of you fit on the machine, seat comfort etc.
Yea, a 500cc used to be a big bike. Pirsig (Zen and...) went cross country on a Honda 305cc. Two up. His companions were two up on a BMW 600cc.It's not about the power you need. It's about the power you think you need.
Right now I'm working on a 106cc Gilera. In Italy it was made in 98cc, but for the USA they upgrade the displacement to 106. Feel the power!Kev and Inditx, it is subjective. And I seldom ride two up, so 750 is fine. I can understand where someone wants more with the extra gear and weight of another person. I merely object to people saying "you must have" this or that.
Cool, was that the same as the Sears 106 made by Gilera?