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Title: Griso Love
Post by: steven c on January 22, 2020, 07:44:57 AM
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Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: tazio on January 22, 2020, 08:24:42 AM
The GRiSO will go down as one of motorcyclings great designs.
I am actually quite fond of the stock exhaust system and the side mount oil cooler,
Some of life's most celebrated creations are often the most polarizing.
(https://i.ibb.co/ZW9hd2X/IMG-20170101-143602939.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZW9hd2X)
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: PJPR01 on January 22, 2020, 09:04:21 AM
The GRiSO will go down as one of motorcyclings great designs.
I am actually quite fond of the stock exhaust system and the side mount oil cooler,
Some of life's most celebrated creations are often the most polarizing.
(https://i.ibb.co/ZW9hd2X/IMG-20170101-143602939.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ZW9hd2X)


Hear hear!! The Griso is so unique, not for everyone to be sure...it’s unique even amongst Guzzis!
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: 80CX100 on January 22, 2020, 11:21:56 AM
Tks for posting that link, very well written, filed it away for the information on setting the suspension up.

I concur with the writer, the Griso is a very fine do it all road bike  :thumb:

Tks

Kelly
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: Dilliw on January 22, 2020, 12:09:57 PM
"The 61-inch long wheelbase is a handful in tight turns, but on fast sweepers the Griso takes a set, and rails like a freight train. The engine crackles and pops intoxicatingly on overrun, and is always there, ladling out gobs of torque whenever the throttle is twisted. Each time I twist the throttle, I feel like a kid who just clipped a baseball card into the spokes of his Schwinn. Vrrooooommmm….."

I'm still struggling with my corner entries, and I'm re-learning proper trail braking (shout out to Jon DeVecchio's book), but man once you set a Griso into a corner it just feels fantastic.  And this guy would learn a little about Mark and his maps he wouldn't have to listen that crackle and pop.

Oh, and that horn thingy...  yeh that is head shaker!

Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: Griso8V on January 22, 2020, 02:47:23 PM
I sure love my Griso!  It really is a very good do all bike!
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: Huzo on January 22, 2020, 03:11:41 PM
There are only four things I can see.
I have only ridden one (Wyno’s), and concur that it is a muscular beast..(the bike, not Wyno).
However, on the topic of the 4 things..
Handlebars seem a bit (unnecessarily) wide.
Toaster on the side (with no complimentary bread and butter).
Tortuous header system with Star Wars muffler.
No fuel tank.
A styling tour de force though to be sure and at licence loss and impound speed, my Norge feels in comparison like it’s got a pair of Carlo Guzzi’s socks stuck in the throttle bodies.
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: oldbike54 on January 22, 2020, 03:51:12 PM
 Griso Stephen , Griso Paul
 do the jitterbug out in Griso land

 With apologies to Willis Alan Ramsey


  Dusty
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: PJPR01 on January 22, 2020, 05:13:08 PM
There are only four things I can see.
I have only ridden one (Wyno’s), and concur that it is a muscular beast..(the bike, not Wyno).
However, on the topic of the 4 things..
Handlebars seem a bit (unnecessarily) wide.
Toaster on the side (with no complimentary bread and butter).
Tortuous header system with Star Wars muffler.
No fuel tank.
A styling tour de force though to be sure and at licence loss and impound speed, my Norge feels in comparison like it’s got a pair of Carlo Guzzi’s socks stuck in the throttle bodies.

Muscular yes...like riding a bull.
Handlebars are too wide...agreed...am also looking for one that is a bit narrower, they do offer risers to bring them up and back a bit which makes the riding position more comfortable.
Toaster - some things are art
Muffler stock sounds excellent...looks a little funky,  but it's like a cool pair of 70's block shoes...almost like a purple pimp mobile...over the top, but stylish at the same time.
Fueling not an issue with a Beetle map...regularly get 40 mpg, can squeeze 160 miles...and that's plenty enough to get off, walk around and admire the beast while others do the same.

IT'S A LOOKER...like a fantastic 911 Porsche, that eats up rear tires at a prodigious rate, but still fun as shit to drive!
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: Huzo on January 22, 2020, 06:30:55 PM
Muscular yes...like riding a bull.
Handlebars are too wide...agreed...am also looking for one that is a bit narrower, they do offer risers to bring them up and back a bit which makes the riding position more comfortable.
Toaster - some things are art
Muffler stock sounds excellent...looks a little funky,  but it's like a cool pair of 70's block shoes...almost like a purple pimp mobile...over the top, but stylish at the same time.
Fueling not an issue with a Beetle map...regularly get 40 mpg, can squeeze 160 miles...and that's plenty enough to get off, walk around and admire the beast while others do the same.

IT'S A LOOKER...like a fantastic 911 Porsche, that eats up rear tires at a prodigious rate, but still fun as shit to drive!
Touche’ Sir.. :thumb:
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: groundhog105 on January 22, 2020, 07:22:37 PM
That review nailed it.  I love riding and looking ar my griso
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: wyno on January 23, 2020, 02:12:39 AM
So, I'm not muscular. I'll remember that the next time yo need help picking up your bike. LOL. You're a cheeky bast**d Pete
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: Huzo on January 23, 2020, 02:14:20 AM
So, I'm not muscular. I'll remember that the next time yo need help picking up your bike. LOL. You're a cheeky bast**d Pete
Don’t get me wrong Wyno..
Your muscles are not big, but you’re nice and firm where it counts... :wink:
Title: Re: Griso Love
Post by: PilotJet on January 23, 2020, 12:04:56 PM
Totally Agree ... It's a "Looker". The only reason I bought one (2 actually) was because I thought it was the Baddest Looking Stock Bike I had ever seen! The only Guzzi I've ever owned or ridden.