, but there seem to be a lot of really cool and intelligent Guzzi owners judging from the contributors to this forum. Bonus! 
Well thank you kindly sir. never thought of myself as cool
or intelligent (more
) but it's fun trying.
Seriously, to both yourself and the O.P., there is a massive amount of experience on this board with a lot of helpful people. If you have a (good) dealer close by then you are indeed lucky. A lot don't. Fortunately, they are reliable and quite easy to work on.
I have the first incarnation of the "new" smallblock with it's fuel injection. It puts a smile on my face every time I ride it. At this stage at least it will be my ride in to oblivion. I have no hankering to sell it at all.
