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I don't recall seeing the "front to back" measurement. Shorter means height to me, not length. Maybe I got it wrong too.
You guys have to quit guesssing about the prices! They priced the V85 very well but if they get that high on a V1000 it will sell like turds on a hot day. The Yamaha Tracer 9GT is $149999. They usually have parts and they have a real dealer network and it's a proven product. It might be the best comparisome to the V000 there is. https://youtu.be/OadAsF5NB6Q
Wasn’t the statement that the V100 was 4” shorter (front to back), not top to bottom ?I may have mis interpreted the comment.
Wow, one hundred and forty nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine dollars. That is an expensive Yamaha. Ciao
What do the winglets actually do ?Seems a bit lame to me. I do know one thing for sure, a facelift thread on a V100 would not run nine pages...
I believe the idea for the winglets is to avoid having to bolt a barn-door size windscreen to an otherwise gorgeous bike (IMHBDHO) by having the winglets divert airflow around the rider at speed?I could be wrong, my is certain it happens all the time.
As I understand it, the engine/transmission assembly is 4-inches shorter in length than than the V85 small block.That has allowed a longer swingarm, plus the new transmission has a lower output shaft, allowing a lower swingarm pivot point, doing away with the need for a floating bevel box.
It depends on the bike. My RT with lowered foot pegs fits like a glove, but other bikes that I’d enjoy owning, like a V7 850, are simply too cramped. And my days of enjoying sport-bike ergos are behind me.
Yes, but BMW's R1250RS makes more torque from just above idle (3,000rpm) than the Guzzi does at maximum (..this rising to 143 Nm / 105 lb-ft @ 6,250rpm). Absolute power is higher too: 136hp @ only 7,750rpm. Unless it's substantially lighter the Guzzi is likely to trail the BMW in the inevitable comparison tests, and because these bikes are pitched at the very same customers, any 'newbies' to the marque could be hard won.
I really like the looks of the bike and I am glad that it does not look like an insect...I am looking forward to checking it out "in person", but it looks very appealing to me from the pictures. My prediction cost wise will be between $18K to $20K. Reality, welcome to the real world...Tony C
A minor hijack here. For EICMA Moto Guzzi developed a special version of the V85 for the Cuirassiers of Italy’s Presidential Honor Guard, which presents quite elegantly in black graphics with white accents:My bad, I saw this was posted earlier.
$13,000 in 2003 would be roughly $19,000 today according to my math with compounded and current inflation rates.