Official New Moto Guzzi Factory video

[Beowulf]

https://youtu.be/Fp4WVraRifM

Didn’t know if anyone posted this yet. Thought you might enjoy

[th_01]

That is a great video.

[guzzisteve]

Narrated by the guy who made it happen. The top of the cones look like a Griso exhaust end cap.

[kingoffleece]

Makes me love my Guzzi bikes even more.

[nick949]

He almost lost me at 'very unique' which he used twice. A thing either is unique or it isn't.
Other than that, an interesting look at some impressive work.

Nick

[kingoffleece]

English may not be his native language.

[moto]

He almost lost me at 'very unique' which he used twice. A thing either is unique or it isn't.
Other than that, an interesting look at some impressive work.

Nick

That made me wince a little bit too, but it's not really incorrect. Very can mean "extremely" or it can mean "truly". Here is the fourth definition from the American Heritage Dictionary entries:

4. Being precisely as stated: the very center of town.

[PeteS]

He almost lost me at 'very unique' which he used twice. A thing either is unique or it isn't.
Other than that, an interesting look at some impressive work.

Nick

Two people separated by a common language.

Pete

[Griso8V]

I thought that it was a nice video and showcased the new factory.  I may really try to make it over there for the opening.   I visited the factory last year. 

Tony C

[chuck peterson]

Great coverage of the renovations, looks awesome

[yrunvs]

Moto Guzzi.....going out of business since 1921.

[Motormike]

English may not be his native language.

He's American.  Piaggio Fast Forward is based in Boston.

[Motormike]

Having never heard of "Piaggio Fast Forward" I did a little reading about it.  A subsidiary of Piaggio Italia, headquartered in Boston, of all places.  Slick web site with lots of corporate double-speak and marketing mumbo-jumbo, but basically, they are a robotics company.  Their "best?" invention to date seems to be a small robotic "droid" (their words, not mine) called "Gita" that can follow along behind its owner to carry stuff.  20 whole pounds!  Out of curiosity, I asked if this Gita thing could navigate steps.  The answer was no, not without assistance!  Oh brother.  At $2800, I think I'd stick to a backpack or a little red wagon. 

[MGrego]

Thanks for posting that.  Now I want to visit !

[bad Chad]

Greg Lynn (born 1964) is an American architect, founder and owner of the Greg Lynn FORM office, a Full Professor at the Institute of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna[1] and a professor at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.[2] He is CEO and co-founder of the Boston based robotics company Piaggio Fast Forward.[3] He won a Golden Lion[4] at the 2008 Venice Biennale of Architecture. In 2010 Lynn was named a fellow by United States Artists.[5] He is a member of the board of trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture.[6]

[bigbikerrick]

Great video! It makes me happy to see MG doing well. 
Rick

[Ed / AF1 Racing]

Having never heard of "Piaggio Fast Forward" I did a little reading about it.  A subsidiary of Piaggio Italia, headquartered in Boston, of all places.  Slick web site with lots of corporate double-speak and marketing mumbo-jumbo, but basically, they are a robotics company.  Their "best?" invention to date seems to be a small robotic "droid" (their words, not mine) called "Gita" that can follow along behind its owner to carry stuff.  20 whole pounds!  Out of curiosity, I asked if this Gita thing could navigate steps.  The answer was no, not without assistance!  Oh brother.  At $2800, I think I'd stick to a backpack or a little red wagon.

one of those Gitas popped up on our local FB marketplace.  They've been trying to sell it forever, $600 now

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1330963884248149/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ade01bb6f-5995-4dac-b333-a84ca5a262b4

[Motormike]

one of those Gitas popped up on our local FB marketplace.  They've been trying to sell it forever, $600 now

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1330963884248149/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ade01bb6f-5995-4dac-b333-a84ca5a262b4

Doesn't seem very practical to me.  But some people like to be "early adopters" and buy these sorts of techy things.  I don't see it catching on in the numbers necessary to make it profitable, but I'm just an old
curmudgeon, so what do I know?