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should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« on: May 31, 2016, 01:28:38 PM »
With no Norge or Stelvio in the lineup
 If these bikes were to be replaced with variants on the new 850 small block engine...
 well that would be like bringing back the Breva and Quota,
wouldn't it?
or would it not?

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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2016, 02:42:45 PM »
Would not.

Quota 1100 ES and Breva 1100 were sales pigs.

Quota was heavy, underpowered, over geared (way too tall), and had terrible aerodynamics.

Breva was introduced to compete with the R1150R just as that bike was discontinued.  They sat on the floor for years.

Now, if the names were re-used on some all-new bikes in the small block lineup, well that would be different.

But why re-use those tired names ?
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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2016, 03:16:31 PM »
 Is anyone using the Thunderbird name right now ?  :laugh:

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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2016, 03:20:52 PM »
Maybe Guzzi should bring back the Convert.
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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2016, 03:21:19 PM »
Thunderbird?

Yup. Triumph still makes it.
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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2016, 04:09:49 PM »
Quota updated with a V9 motor and wet weight less than 480 lbs.

Next should be the Gambalunga.  with a bologna slicer --- of course

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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2016, 04:27:56 PM »
You would think they could come up with something better than "stone" and they have kinda worn out US state names, Cali, Nevada would you ride a guzzi Alabama?
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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2016, 04:37:31 PM »
With a current line-up named 'Roamer' and 'Bobber', the next two may as well be called 'Oozer' and 'Farter'.

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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2016, 04:39:57 PM »
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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2016, 05:15:35 PM »
Sorry I mis-quota'd myself, more an 850 v65tt, so make that a Vee-Nine-tee-tee (V9tt or v90t it could get confusing) 850 2v ~ 650 4v in any case no carc enduro styling what ever such a bike would be called it would be kind of like a v65tt but without the snapping valves to wory about.

Breva was sold as a 750 small block and both 850 and 1100 big block so really its like Guzzi wanted an 850 small block in the first place.
750 breva was popular bike but always down on power a bit. 1100 breva wasn't much different from a Norge. 750 Breva was more different from the 1100 hmm now Im confused by Guzzi logic if the two entirely different Brevas can both be Brevas does that make an evolution of a 750 breva to 850 not a breva but a Norge to follow the confusing double act? well probably no because the fashion these days is selling variants of the same bike as different bikes, since when was it ever selling completely different bikes with matching plastic bits and the same name, oh MG don't do that again.

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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2016, 06:14:44 PM »
With a current line-up named 'Roamer' and 'Bobber', the next two may as well be called 'Oozer' and 'Farter'.

It allmost sounds like a handful of Italians sat in a room thinking "what would the americans like? what sounds American?". This is a shame since they could litterally come up with the most unimaginative name as long as it was in Italian.

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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2016, 06:39:53 PM »


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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2016, 06:45:01 PM »


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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2016, 07:11:45 PM »
To answer the original question.. no.
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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2016, 07:40:29 PM »
With a current line-up named 'Roamer' and 'Bobber', the next two may as well be called 'Oozer' and 'Farter'.

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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2016, 08:08:03 PM »
A small block Quota or Stelvio would be great.

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Re: should Guzzi bring back the Breva and Quota?
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2016, 02:10:20 PM »
What do we want? Cafe Racers? Nah.

What do we really need? Dirt Choppers!


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