New V7 Sport

[rocker59]

The Italian Air Force eagle didn't exist in WW1. So who knows where the Guzzi eagle came from, it's all speculation at this point.

Your AI overview from your Google search response is letting you down. 

The image in my previous post is a WWI Italian pilot's badge.  Unofficial as they may have been, they existed.

History from the eagle's beak:

On 15 march 1921, the company "Società Anonima Moto Guzzi" was constitued in the offices of the notary Paolo Cassanello in Corso Aurelio Saffi, Genoa, for "the fabrication and sale of motorcycles, and all other activities pertinent or correlated to the metalworking and mechanical engineering industries". the partners in the Company were the renowned Genoese ship owner Emanuele Vittorio Parodi, his son Giorgio and his friend Carlo Guzzi. Guzzi was a former comrade of Parodi's in the Italia Air Corps, as was another friend giovanni Ravelli, an aviator - like Parodi - who died, however, on 11 August 1919 during a test flight. It was in memory of this friend that the spread-winged eagle motif in the Moto Guzzi badge was chosen.

https://www.motoguzzi.com/hk_EN/tradition/history/#:~:text=Dedicated%20to%20the%20US%20market,Nevada%20and%20V11%20Sport%20series.


From Guzzi Club UK:

During WW I, two Italian Pilots and their Mechanic friend Carlo Guzzi decided to create a motorcycle company after the war.

From the beginning, Moto Guzzi’s logo – an eagle with spread wings – was adopted in commemoration of their dead friend, being identical to an Italian military pilot’s wing.

https://www.motoguzziclub.co.uk/the-history-of-moto-guzzi


This information is well known in the Guzzi World.  The fact that it's being debated here is saddening. 


Another example of a WWI Italian eagle pin:

worn by a "US Air Service Pilot member of the "Foggiani" who served with the Italian Air Force in WWI".

https://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/incredible-wwi-italian-pilot-wing-in-gilt-bronze-jewelry-modified-for-usn-or-usas-pilot.html

[Vagrant]

Ed, did the forks come from the Aprilia 660?

[Scott Carpenter]

Well after 700 miles I'm very much loving my new V7 Sport. Yesterday I rode both bikes, the Sport to a Morini Owners Club Breakfast at which there were about 30 bikes, but not a single Morini  , and then the Breva 750 in the afternoon only about 15 miles or so to visit a friend in Plymouth and back. The Sport just has so much more torque than the Breva, then engine of which now feels a bit weedy to me. Yet I've travelled 100,000 on that weedy engine. Cest la vie.  The Sport handling is in a different class as well, much more secure/planted. Everyone comments on the excellent engine note of the Sport, and it attracts a bit of attention.

Yesterday ordered my hard luggage for it and will have to think about booking in that first service. Then I think a trip to the mountains is in order, a long weekend in Wales I think.

And sadly also advertised the Breva for sale.   

[DoubleGuzzi]

And sadly also advertised the Breva for sale.   

Could at least wait until I sold mine!
Equally sad but something's gotta go.
(Unfair to compare the modern, 'sport' oriented, bigger capacity bike to the auld stalwart.)

[Ed / AF1 Racing]

Ed, did the forks come from the Aprilia 660?

no, the forks are unique to the V7 Sport at 41mm....RS660 are 43mm.  Adjustable in preload only.

only markings on forks show they are supplied by Wuxi KWT -- Looks like the China branch of KYB

Wuxi KYB Top Absorber Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “KWT”), one of the KYB Group’s production bases in China, is located in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, and
mainly manufactures suspensions for motorcycles.

[Vagrant]

Whateverhappened to "economies of scale"?

[rocker59]

Whateverhappened to "economies of scale"?

And Guzzi supporting local vendors???  Marzocchi, etc...

I know it's the way of the world, but one of the charms of Moto Guzzi was the very high Italian-made parts content in their motorcycles.

[Kev m]

And Guzzi supporting local vendors???  Marzocchi, etc...

I know it's the way of the world, but one of the charms of Moto Guzzi was the very high Italian-made parts content in their motorcycles.

Yeah and I lament it too, but charm comes at a cost.

My local breweries charge $15-18/4-pack (16oz cans) of craft Pilsner.

My local liquor store sells a decent German pilsner for $8/4-pack.

I buy a little of both.

PS gawd I want a V7 Sport!

[blu guzz]

I got to see the new V7 Classic today in Black-Green.  It is a stunner.  I only saw it under florescent lights and still it was beautiful.  The 2 Sports that arrived were pre-sold so had been picked up already.  There are several classics and some stones presently at Cadre but a Sport is on the way and may be the demo. 
It is a good thing that the Black-Green was not set up and ready to ride or my wallet would have been in trouble. 
Only down side for me is that they will all have the single gauge from now on.  It would have been perfection with the 2 clocks, at least for me.  It won't stop me when I am ready.

[Scott Carpenter]

Made a bit of a mistake by not booking in the first service on the day I picked it up......so it's going to be minimal mileage until the 28th and the first service. Phoned up for the first service when I had 830 miles on the clock...whoops!

But hey I still have the Breva to ride around on in the meantime. 

[smdl]

Probably old news, but I just noticed a heated grip icon on the V7 dash for 2025.





Another nice and thoughtful feature for the V7 line.  I would likely Interface Oxford grips to the integrated controller, just like I have with all three V85s that I have had.  👍

Cheers,
Shaun

[bad Chad]

Must watch review..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJw3ybvxIps

[blu guzz]

I rode it today, the V7 Sport, that is.  I would say there is one in my future.  Such a fun machine.  Practically zero miles on it and everything worked perfectly.  On paper, the changes don't sound massive, but when you ride the machine, it is sublime.  Just think, 10 years ago we were on the V7 750 version 1.  To come so far so fast is truly extraordinary for an Italian company.  Bravo Moto Guzzi.

[Scott Carpenter]

Next Thursday my new V7 Sport gets its running in service, screen, centrestand and the following weekend I'll mount the pannier racks. Then its away for a 4 days shakedown tour ASAP probably to Wales. Really looking forwards to it, and how it compares to the Breva on a longer trip. I have about 90,000 miles on Brevas, so its a high bar.