V85 TT Merged Threadfest

[Smithy]

I will be seriously considering immediate dismantling and having the frame done in Anthracite grey as in Ducati monster etc..
And the tank and panels in proper Guzzi Red.
The black will need to come off the engine as well.
Bugger that Ronald McDonald look. Looks like poached eggs swimming in tomato sauce.
Would make you chunder if you had a hangover.

I do hope it comes in some plain colours..I could be tempted if it comes in the blue like the photoshoped image doing the rounds.

[Huzo]

I do hope it comes in some plain colours..I could be tempted if it comes in the blue like the photoshoped image doing the rounds.

Touche'

[rocker59]

Bugger that Ronald McDonald look. Looks like poached eggs swimming in tomato sauce.
 

Looks like a Paris-Dakar rally bike.  I'm just glad to see that Guzzi can still paint motorcycles.  Three color paint scheme is nice.  I'm sure they'll have some solid colors, but I like this rally-inspired scheme, myself.

[Trialsman]

I have already figured on re-powder coating my frame if it is red and I am OK with that.  I usually tear a bike down when I get it to inspect bearing grease (never on a Guzzi), Location of wires that might chafe, and Anti seize or Loctite all fastners depending.  Huzo, the Anthracite is the color I had already picked as well.

[Tusayan]

Looks like a Paris-Dakar rally bike.  I'm just glad to see that Guzzi can still paint motorcycles.  Three color paint scheme is nice.  I'm sure they'll have some solid colors, but I like this rally-inspired scheme, myself.

The styling is a direct copy of the 1985 P-D bike, obviously that was the concept, and the V85 name  is a reference to the year... They're now finishing up with 70s retro and moving on to the 80s.  I'd like something 2020 that draws upon creativity and taste of the guy who created it in the here and now. Values carried forward is one thing, although a difficult thing for Piaggio which doesn't share much with Guzzi in that regard, but rehashing old designs is another.  I think however it's proven to be the best Piaggio can do, which is sad to me.

[Huzo]

Looks like a Paris-Dakar rally bike.  I'm just glad to see that Guzzi can still paint motorcycles.  Three color paint scheme is nice.  I'm sure they'll have some solid colors, but I like this rally-inspired scheme, myself.

Well that is all that matters.
I hope they sell zillions of them.

[Dogwalker]

It has already been said that there will be two striped colors (the yellow one and a red one) and some solid one.

[oilhed]

It has already been said that there will be two striped colors (the yellow one and a red one) and some solid one.

Red frame & icky green tank....pleeeeze

[egschade]

PRESUMING the V85 is introduced with a red frame and NOT offered in a solid color I will still seriously consider buying one but would have to factor in a partial re-paint. Dogwalker's picture does show what appears to be a couple solid grey/black versions in the background so there's hope for us more subdued types.

To my taste, a red frame requires matching red pant or a more neutral color to accentuate it like silver or grey. Ducati did a red frame / dark grey on the Monster


Also like this V7 Racer color scheme

[Dogwalker]

They said the frame will be red in all the versions.
However, all shown until now are pre-production models, there is time to change mind.

[egschade]

However, all shown until now are pre-production models, there is time to change mind.

Never sure what Guzzi will deliver until it's in the showroom. Nothing says US will get all colors either but one can hope. Certainly something to anticipate.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Shamelessly stolen from another site..

[Recht]

[Toecutter]

I hate "flashy" bikes. Just not my thing.

The chrome and red of the racer? Way too much for me.

Red frames? No thank you.

Give me a V85 that looks like it will survive the apocalypse. Give me a black frame and a couple tank/fender options. Make it look like a motorcycle.

[Rainrider]

I think it will look just fine with some dirt on it.

[oilhed]

PRESUMING the V85 is introduced with a red frame and NOT offered in a solid color I will still seriously consider buying one but would have to factor in a partial re-paint. Dogwalker's picture does show what appears to be a couple solid grey/black versions in the background so there's hope for us more subdued types.

To my taste, a red frame requires matching red pant or a more neutral color to accentuate it like silver or grey.

Like this....

[Muzz]

Like this....

That does look nice indeed.

[JJ]

"What a looker indeed..." 

[TimmyTheHog]

"What a looker indeed..." 

She is a beauty for sure...

right now I am waiting for that center stand and crash bar provision :P

like...where are they gonna go on

[SLDMRossi]

https://auto.ndtv.com/news/2019-moto-guzzi-v85-adventure-bike-revealed-in-photos-1911651

Steven Rossi
CT-RI MGNOC State Rep.
East Haddam, CT

[kingoffleece]

THX

[Murray]

The engine comes from the Moto Guzzi Roamer and Bobber models, so it's the same 853 cc, lateral v-twin engine, which will put out around 80 bhp at 8,400 rpm and peak torque of 80 Nm at 3,400 rpm.

Ummm yeah my understanding is the roamer or bobber don't make 80hp no matter the height of the C17 you push it out of. Although you would be hoping with the relatively new motor int he Roamer and Bobber there was room for development.

[Cam3512]

I’ll take one in blue.  This is gonna sell like hot cakes!

[Huzo]

I'll have a red one, washed and brought to my tent please...!

[Lumpy Idle]

everyone will have a different opinion about bike colors - that's why god made chocolate and pistachio. i have a yellow 1100 sporti and i think that this is by far the best color for these bikes. many others (the majority) will say that the ONLY color for these bikes is the red.

i really like the looks of the v85. i want one. looking at this color lineup it is clear to me that, for my taste, the ONLY color is the white with yellow. the blue bike with the red frame looks like it was a salvage vehicle where the owner bought the blue bits off of a wreck at the yard. it is a freakish mismatch. the green bike with the red frame is not as glaringly out of sorts but it still suffers from a weird tank to frame color mismatch.

how could they have gotten it so wrong?

[jacksonracingcomau]

It has indeed become a strange world
The colours of the superfluous plastics are far more important than the technical pieces
Wow
I want to ride the thing, colours be damned, give me the mumbo

[Cam3512]

It has indeed become a strange world
The colours of the superfluous plastics are far more important than the technical pieces
Wow
I want to ride the thing, colours be damned, give me the mumbo

We didn’t say that.  If it’s a performer, the aesthetics are a bonus.

[Murray]

everyone will have a different opinion about bike colors -


how could they have gotten it so wrong?

*colour :P considering of the three pictures only the yellow white and black is real and the other two are simply a figment of a graphic designers imagination and some pixels on a screen. The real thing will probably come down to whatever they have left over in the spray gun from whatever they were spraying last.

[Lumpy Idle]

... The real thing will probably come down to whatever they have left over in the spray gun from whatever they were spraying last.

HAH! yes.

[JJ]

The engine comes from the Moto Guzzi Roamer and Bobber models, so it's the same 853 cc, lateral v-twin engine, which will put out around 80 bhp at 8,400 rpm and peak torque of 80 Nm at 3,400 rpm.

Ummm yeah my understanding is the roamer or bobber don't make 80hp no matter the height of the C17 you push it out of. Although you would be hoping with the relatively new motor int he Roamer and Bobber there was room for development.

Big debate about this...so what is the REAL horsepower number...???? 50 HP??  60 HP??  Other??