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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: UnpotatoedSalmon on October 11, 2025, 08:30:51 PM
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I’ve been hearing thing about the v100 that has me a little concerned. I demoed both bikes last month at the moto guzzi buckeye rally and want to get an idea on which one is more reliable long term 100k+ miles
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Too soon to know about v100,v85 around longer.
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I’ve been hearing thing about the v100 that has me a little concerned. I demoed both bikes last month at the moto guzzi buckeye rally and want to get an idea on which one is more reliable long term 100k+ miles
What are you hearing? What are your concerns? What does "reliable long term" mean to you? How long would it take you to put 100K on a bike? I mean putting 100K on a bike in 3 years verses talking 2 decades is very different.
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Mechanically they both seem very solid, better than 50 year old Guzzis. Only question mark in my mind is how long the display will last and thats more a function of years than miles.
Pete
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I love everything about my V85 except for the oil consumption. I am at 30,000 kms now. It seems to me that consumption gets greater when I am near an oil change as well. I have been running Amsoil 0/60 but will be changing to Motul 7100 0/60 on this change as we can no longer get the Amsoil 0/60 in Canada.
The stator wiring have started leaking a bit of oil around them as well so that will get repaired on the next service.
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I love everything about my V85 except for the oil consumption. I am at 30,000 kms now. It seems to me that consumption gets greater when I am near an oil change as well. I have been running Amsoil 0/60 but will be changing to Motul 7100 0/60 on this change as we can no longer get the Amsoil 0/60 in Canada.
The stator wiring have started leaking a bit of oil around them as well so that will get repaired on the next service.
Why are you running 0W60? Spec calls for 10w60.
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My error, yes I am running 10/60 which Amsoil no longer supplies in Canada, was running the 0/60 in the 87 Cali II
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I had a V85TT really miss it, in 18,000 miles only issue was a sensor for engine sensor went bad , on a trip. Ran great just had a light on the hole time. V85TT is so simple to own and kinda old school, haven’t heard anything bad about the v100. It’s a coin toss that you can’t lose!
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I had a V85TT really miss it, in 18,000 miles only issue was a sensor for engine sensor went bad , on a trip. Ran great just had a light on the hole time. V85TT is so simple to own and kinda old school, haven’t heard anything bad about the v100. It’s a coin toss that you can’t lose!
Well..
As the late, great Liberace was heard to say…
“They say size is not important…
But it’s nice to have a big one if you get to choose…” :wink:
Or conversely..
“There’s no replacement for displacement…”
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Thanks for the help yall, v85 looks to be the better choice and it has similar features to the v100 minus the power of the motor and the increased cost. I love the way the motor feels on my v7
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Sounds like a better fit. The V100 is pretty much a pure road bike even more so than your V7. The V85 is a go anywhere bike save climbing boulders plus can carry more.
Pete
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you've got a fun decision process.
FWIW, love my V85. As a highway machine it's truly enjoyable. And I checked a box and used it on a couple sections of the CA BDR and it did fine. I won't subject it or me to that again, but glad I did it, and its a data point of sorts, that it can chug along just fine on the less technical off-road journeys.
That said, I may add a new version Stelvio or maybe a V100 to the stable to fill a different need (= "want").
Pick well, or pick both! :->
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If you already have a V7, I'd opt for a V100, since a V85 is basically a V7, compared to a V100. You could kill two birds with one stone and get a Stelvio...