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Great to see another Aussie online.I bought my '21 85tt last Oct at what I felt was a very fair price. Keep your eye out you will find one.
Thank you. I think I found your blog online when first looking for info on the V85tt. Nicely done, that's for sure.Peter Stevens in Geelong had a 2020 Travel for sale a month or so back but i procrastinated, unsure if i wanted the next model with tubeless rims etc, and it sold in the meantime. The other problem is that Peter Stevens aren't interested in running a demo of the V85 any more and I won't pay 20k for something I may or may not love, lol. At management level, PS aren't doing Guzzi any favours at all imo. The brand needs building by an enthusiastic distributor. But I'm hoping that with new VVT version arriving they might put a demo on the fleet and at least then I can see if the ride position etc is suitable to my wants.Many thanks and safe travels.(apologies for derailing this thread!).
If you want to, you can come up to Creswick and take mine away for a full day.
Little update. The previous owner called me today and is going to try and locate the key to the top case. He said he also has the stock windshield, exhaust, cat, skid plate and other bits that he'll try and send me soon. I did order a key from Mytech. The key was like $20, but the dang tariff from Italy was almost $200. Talk about robbery. I'm betting someone at that dealer sold the bags and the tuner. But whoever bought the bags....I have that key, so they probably can't get in them.Here is another kicker, he said he indeed gave the side cases to the dealer (they said he never did) and inside them was the tuner from GTM. He said he had it tuned and it's 10-15HP more than stock and that's when the cruise stopped. I thought it felt a little punchy compared to the other TT I rode a couple times. I'm reluctant to have a dealer flash it again for the cruise as it would probably wipe out this tune that is so nice. So, I'll likely live with it as is to avoid that.
I buy things from Italy periodically and with shipping have gotten better prices than buying from a US vendor so I don't understand why there was a $200 tariff on the item you tried to buy.
Yeah, I've bought things from Agostini Mandello and other places in Europe and have never paid a tariff like that.
Were you dealing with the general manager / owner of the shop where you bought the bike? If not, I would personally make them aware of the fact that the bags were supposed to stay with the bike. If nothing else, maybe it will keep someone else from going through the aggravation, but also let the GM / owner know that there should be transaction records and money in his pocket instead of an employee selling them out the back door.
oh wow, that's extraordinarily generous of you! I couldn't possibly take it for a day, just around the block (probably a fair distance in Creswick, lol) is going way above the call.
Where are you located, I'm in lincoln Co MO, I have an extra set of urban bags with the bracket I might sell. I have a full Givi set up on my bike now.
Let's see some pics of the Givi's. The new 24 v85's might not come with the tin cans so we need options.
How do you like it compared to the Quota?
So…Did you end up going for a ride on one ?
Congrats. It's a great looking bike.I'm keeping an eye open here in Australia for a good deal on a V85tt. I'm hoping that the imminent Stelvio might see a few 85's traded in.
I did. I found a used E5 at Peter Stevens and they were willing to let me test ride it.Last week, I bought it.Yesterday, I brought it home.
Did you find bags Luap?inditx
I kind of gave up the hunt. The price tag on those coupled with the frequency I'd likely use them just don't math. I can't see myself doing any considerable touring (500-700 miles per day). I have another bike for that. But, if the right deal came along I might pull the trigger on them.Meanwhile, these Ammo cans are filling the void quite nicely.
