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I think that Aprillia fulfills that part of the market for them, remember that Moto Guzzi exists within the Piaggio group along with Aprilia, Vespa, Scarabeo, Gilera, Derbi, and Piaggio. For that reason, we'll probably never see a retro standard come out of Aprilia or a hi-performance sport bike come out of Moto Guzzi. And Moto Guzzi will never go under as long as sugar daddy Vespa continues to subsidize our groovy bikes.
You been smoking stuff Huzo ??Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That's been said to me more than once on this forum and the answer is the same as last time..YES !!! But seriously Kev, what's so far wrong with my theory. Surely the more market share the better, no?
Yeah Moto Guzzi shfould build a world beating hyper sports bike , they will sell in the tens , everyone will say how glad they are the company finally built one , as MG goes into bankruptcy because they spent a metric tonne of money developing a bike that 13 people will buy . Dusty
No offence meant Huzo- I just have no idea wtf an MGS is / was. I did a search on the interweb and found some reference to MGS modified bikes but no idea which one or ones you refer to. Send a link for me - and possibly other plebites out here :-)Cheerz Kev
The V9 is a new motor, give them some time and I suspect it will happen, for now you've got the V7 Racer.Remember this is Italy and things sometime move slowly there, especially in Mandello. :Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviuPaul
Geez , thought you Ozzies all had a sense of humor Dusty
Close enough?
Sport bikes don't appeal to the majority of riders hence Moto Guzzi main strategy is to sell where non-sporting bikes will sell. As stated, Aprilia is for that market. Vespa and Piaggio scooters is to "bring" the new riders into motorcycles.
Around the V9 motor with its stone age suspension? Yes you have a screw loose or three, the !@#$ing thing wouldn't even out perform an 1100 sport a 23 year old motorcycle that will be eligible for classic registration in a couple of years, it wasn't cutting edge at the time of its release. Yes they should do something more sporty but dressing up the compromised fashion humping hipster bait they they currently fart out as a "sports" bike is a laughable notion, would it even out run a Scrambler 690 Deadcat which would be its most obvious competitor? If they could translate the MGS balance and poise to the road they'd have a winner, even that design is well over 10 years old, it needs to be clean sheet IMO to have any chance of success.
Kev, just google "Moto Guzzi MGS 01". You will find many pics.John Henry
Oh yeh, thanks for that. Cool [emoji41] bike for sure but it never got off the ground as a sport bike did it ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Do you always have to wake me out of my dream as I'm getting to the good part. I just want to believe it can happen and ignore the facts, but thanks for the truth. (Again)
I suspect the good folks at Moto Guzzi probably cringe when they hear their bike and the rider of same called a bastard, and their beloved CARC an ass, even though they all are terms of endearment in Australia and part of the common jargon. Maybe if you re-write it as cazzo and stronzo, their ears might perk up a bit! :)Keep dreamin! It's a good dream, a great dream in fact, but like all such dreams you're just going to wake up in the wet spot...OR, you could build one yourself!!You've got the skills Huzo - should be easy enough to put the donk in the bonk and the cork in the dork and you'd have your own RED BASTARD to ride...and you could ship it alongside the Norge to Mandello, drive it up to the factory and show the bastards what you have done! You'd be an honorary Guzzi factory worker for sure or just send them pics and see what they say!They might even name it the Huzzini!
R U dreaming about that sport bike ya don't want...... sure you are. Paul