Is the owner of this bike on the forum?

[twowheeladdict]

Wonder if anyone here knows who this bike belongs to.

Saw it in August 2007 at the motorcycle campground off the BRP.

[Tom]

Can't be one of us.  He only drinks water.  JJ has one like that but he's in AZ.

[twowheeladdict]

Can't be one of us.  He only drinks water.  JJ has one like that but he's in AZ.

This was at a Guzzi gathering.  Anyone remember a Guzzi Gathering near the BRP in '07?

[Tom]

Might be Jim from Ill., I think he has a yellow one.

[bad Chad]

That’s what I was thinking too, Tom.   I think if you look for Joilet Jim, you can find him here, he post fairly often.

[Tom]

He's suppose to be out here with the family for the daughter's wedding vow renewal ceremony.

[bad Chad]

ok, I sent him a pm.

[JJ]

Can't be one of us.  He only drinks water.  JJ has one like that but he's in AZ.

Yes, I am in AZ and ride a '98 Centauro GT, but that's not mine!  Nice Hepco & Becker hard bags, however!!

[BillinPA]

If I remember,  Lannis had a Centauro in yellow also

[tazio]

Yes, I am in AZ and ride a '98 Centauro GT, but that's not mine!  Nice Hepco & Becker hard bags, however!!

Great photo!
Best angle I've seen so far for a Centauro shot.

[Joliet Jim]

Not mine, too much yellow. Here's mine with the Ventura rack. Right now has the hepco setup on it.

[Groover]

Is the V10 Centauro the only Moto Guzzi with that engine?

[Roebling3]

That engine was born specifically for the Daytona. Late '80's iirc.  R3~

[JJ]

That engine was born specifically for the Daytona. Late '80's iirc.  R3~

Roebling3 is correct...

"The Centauro engine is basically the Daytona RS engine with camshafts from the original Daytona, a non-pressurized airbox, and a coat of anthracite paint." - - - page 125, Moto Guzzi Big Twins, Greg Field

[Ronkom]

Emily Banks (used to?) own a yellow Centaro, I took it for a ride from the NC rally many moons ago.
Ronkom

[rocker59]

Is the V10 Centauro the only Moto Guzzi with that engine?

That engine was born specifically for the Daytona. Late '80's iirc.  R3~

In the USA, the Centauro and Daytona RS shared the same engine.  Pretty much the same everything, under the skin...

[Tom]

The title for my Centauro shows Daytona RS.    Must be the translation from the VIN. 

[Tusayan]

Roebling3 is correct...

"The Centauro engine is basically the Daytona RS engine with camshafts from the original Daytona, a non-pressurized airbox, and a coat of anthracite paint." - - - page 125, Moto Guzzi Big Twins, Greg Field

Yes, that's correct.  Other than the paint, another difference from the original '93-style Daytona engine is that later engines have Carrillo connecting rods.  This applies to all the anthracite painted engines, including both the Centauro and the RS.

The US spec RSs (also BTW sold in a few other markets) have a different engine number prefix than Centauro engines, while having nominally the same engine spec (meaning same cams).  The European spec RS has C-kit cams but is otherwise the same including the same engine number prefix as the US RS.

Its interesting to me to wonder why the US spec RS shares engine number prefix with the Euro spec RS and not the Centauro, which 'should be' the same engine. I've theorized without any proof whatsoever that all RS engines regardless of cams might have some other internal difference from Centauro engines, pistons or something, to allow 9000 rpm rev limit that is common to all RSs, versus the Centauros 8000 rpm limit.

[nsmith]

MOTO CYCLE in Watertown South Dakota has one on the showroom floor.