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Re: 940 Sport? The new hoped for intermediate Guzzi?
« Reply #30 on: August 23, 2015, 07:15:00 PM »
If I may...

I think my little bro is pineing for:

Classic bodywork and riding position
<1000cc
2V simplicity (not looking to argue rch's over 2v v 4v)
About 400# wet
Maybe 80 rwhp
Decent size tank/range

Something above the small block in power and maybe a smidge in wheelbase, but below the CARC in size/weight.
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Re: 940 Sport? The new hoped for intermediate Guzzi?
« Reply #31 on: August 23, 2015, 07:48:50 PM »
I'll take one of those, too..
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Re: 940 Sport? The new hoped for intermediate Guzzi?
« Reply #32 on: August 23, 2015, 07:54:11 PM »
If I may...

I think my little bro is pineing for:

Classic bodywork and riding position
<1000cc
2V simplicity (not looking to argue rch's over 2v v 4v)
About 400# wet
Maybe 80 rwhp
Decent size tank/range

Something above the small block in power and maybe a smidge in wheelbase, but below the CARC in size/weight.

I'll take one of these as well.
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Re: 940 Sport? The new hoped for intermediate Guzzi?
« Reply #33 on: August 23, 2015, 08:22:21 PM »
Sounds like a good spec to me, also.  Sign me up!

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Re: 940 Sport? The new hoped for intermediate Guzzi?
« Reply #34 on: August 23, 2015, 08:30:29 PM »
Maybe I'm not following the gist of the thread but are we pining for essentially the same weight as a current offering but 15 (1200cc)/33 (1400cc) percent less capacity?

Is the drive towards a short-stroke revver or what?

Assumptions that it will be accompanied by a singularly svelte one-off chassis?


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Re: 940 Sport? The new hoped for intermediate Guzzi?
« Reply #35 on: August 23, 2015, 08:32:39 PM »
Quit dreaming you lot. Get over it.

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Re: 940 Sport? The new hoped for intermediate Guzzi?
« Reply #36 on: August 23, 2015, 08:59:18 PM »
Maybe I'm not following the gist of the thread but are we pining for essentially the same weight as a current offering but 15 (1200cc)/33 (1400cc) percent less capacity?

Is the drive towards a short-stroke revver or what?

Assumptions that it will be accompanied by a singularly svelte one-off chassis?


Todd.

I for one, would like to see less weight too.     A bike that falls between the V7 and the big blocks in weight (say, no more than 470 lbs wet), with 950-ish CC's.    They're more likely to hit that weight with a small block (with hemi heads please) than a big block.
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Re: 940 Sport? The new hoped for intermediate Guzzi?
« Reply #37 on: August 23, 2015, 09:32:08 PM »


Is the drive towards a short-stroke revver or what?
 

That's what I'd like.  Use the short-stroke 850 crank with either 1200 or 1400 pistons.

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