V85 TT Merged Threadfest

[NC Steve]

Personally, I prefer this white version followed by the red.
The all black bike is ok too, but needs something to break up or brighten it, and not a red frame!









al no3 3

[JJ]

Is this correct?!?  

Does 55 HP seem a little...."anemic" to everyone, or it is just me?

[Lumpy Idle]

riding positions:

although i am getting fairly long in the tooth i am still ok with my sporti's barking-dog-yoga position. i would welcome another option like the v85's upright  position: that of a, uh...zen-master-sitting-in-a-chair-reading-a-newspaper-yoga pose.

weight:

as far as practicality in the dirt i wouldn't mind sacrificing 200 cc's  if it would shed 100 pounds off the bike weight. yes, i realize that there is no 650 cc box of biscotti in the guzzi pantry. for me anything to do with with off-road or ADV means lighter weight. i had a bicycle accident last year and broke my wrist. the bike weighs in at 25 pounds. i did a face plant over the bars and the bike came down on my wrist. for me, the idea of riding a heavy bike in the dirt is unimaginable.

the sport does a nice job of canyon crawling for me and i wouldn't expect the v85 to serve as a suitable replacement but the sport sucks in the commute and its not really any kind of tourer unless you have a deep and unfulfilled need for both mobility and masochism.  the v85 would be a more reasonable substitute.

for me then the v85 would not be be a suitable off-road bike but it would serve to fill the bill as a tourer, an around town putterer and a commute bike. that ticks off a lot of bullet points on the check list.

yellow and white please.

[Kev m]

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

Really?!?

I was always a blue bike whore, but that just looks weird.

If I was to take one as they appear in that article I think I'd go green.




Or otherwise I would probably prefer white, but I'd have to paint over the horrid yellow.





That said this probably just isn't my style of bike. I can't stand the front fender, don't like spokes, and don't need those tires.

Still I like the functionality, the red frame, the dual discs, and that integrated luggage rack is divine.

A more classic street going model would be more up my alley.

[Cam3512]

Apparently they're photo shop colors anyway. But I do like the red frame.

[slopokes]

Doesn’t matter what color they are cause they will be faded by the time they get to the USA.🤓😅😂

[Litre1000]

It shouldn’t be so tough for them to get 80+ hp from a motor this size[emoji848]


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Paul Brooking]

Waiting, waiting, waiting
 

[TOMB]

FoR Color , how about this . Think of a 1000 S black with green frame and Stripes beautiful bike
TOMB

[egschade]

I'll probably buy one regardless of color. Like my V7 III but more power and better suspension would be welcome IF it doesn't weigh a ton. The only thing these garish colors will dictate is how quickly the bodywork gets repainted.

[pete roper]

It shouldn�t be so tough for them to get 80+ hp from a motor this size[emoji848]


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes it will.

It will undoubtably make more power than the V9 series but IMHO little of this will be due to anything *Newish* in the engine per-se but it does have a sodding great big 50mm throttle body rather than the 30? Mm stranglometer on th V9!

It's still a pushrod twin though with a heap of emissions controls. It won't be within cooee of 80hp.

Pete

[Huzo]

Waiting, waiting, waiting
 

You can ride mine Paul..

[Chuck in Indiana]

Waiting, waiting, waiting
 

I'm still waiting for the Ippo.. 

[roadscum]

Nut'n new here, move on, ……... it's just more speculation.   

Paul

[bad Chad]

The official web site claims 80HP for the v85TT  Much better photos to see of the production bike there as well.
http://www.motoguzzi.com/en_EN/

[Kev m]

The official web site claims 80HP for the v85TT  Much better photos to see of the production bike there as well.
http://www.motoguzzi.com/en_EN/

Yeah very good pics - and it looks GREAT. Fit and finish look fantastic.

[Unkept]

Yeah very good pics - and it looks GREAT. Fit and finish look fantastic.

+1

I signed up for the test ride alerts. :) Looks really nice in those pictures.

I hope the green and red one comes to reality!

-Joe

[rdbandkab]

Interesting dash. Too bad that wouldn't plug-n-play with the ole Breva.  There are some interesting little icons on it.

[steven c]

About the motor
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.motociclismo.it%2Fmoto-guzzi-v85-segreti-motore-intervista-cappellini-70088&edit-text=

[Lumpy Idle]

interesting article. not to bury the lead but in the middle of the article he mentions, as an aside, that they are developing a water-cooled, 4-valve plant.

[Rainrider]

Interesting dash. Too bad that wouldn't plug-n-play with the ole Breva.  There are some interesting little icons on it.

Looking at the bottom of that image, it's weird that they spelled "Piaggio" wrong.

Oh, wait, "pioggia" is Italian for "rain". I guess that one is for me.

[Paul Brooking]

I'm still waiting for the Ippo.. 

Either you have dropped an "h" and the V85 is grossly overweight ... or .... I don't know what an "Ippo" is ?

  

[john fish]

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

Plus one.  This thing can be great for the company or just a poseur waste.  Hell with the colors (and the hp numbers), let me see what it can actually do.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Either you have dropped an "h" and the V85 is grossly overweight ... or .... I don't know what an "Ippo" is ?

  

IppoGrifo. Mid 90s. Had the Aero engine, 6 speed transmission eventually used in the V11S, Monoshock. It was in the dealer's brochures. They never built it. Must have been afraid of success. 

[bpreynolds]

Interesting.  Says engine will be used in other models.   

[Paul Brooking]

IppoGrifo. Mid 90s. Had the Aero engine, 6 speed transmission eventually used in the V11S, Monoshock. It was in the dealer's brochures. They never built it. Must have been afraid of success. 

Thanks

first time I've seen that one.

If you whacked a V7 tank on it and leveled the tank out (More horizontal) it would be a good looking bike,

[Chuck in Indiana]

If you whacked a V7 tank on it and leveled the tank out (More horizontal) it would be a good looking bike,

Yes, that tank was an unfortunate styling cue.. but dang! Aero engine, monoshock, 6 speed? It would have sold like free beer.

[Paul Brooking]

Yes, that tank was an unfortunate styling cue.. but dang! Aero engine, monoshock, 6 speed? It would have sold like free beer.

Do you have more specs or thoughts on the "Aero" engine .... as I said I haven't seen (or heard) of that before?

[Cam3512]

I would expect to see a new Lemans with the same engine (not the aero).

[Paul Brooking]

Do you have more specs or thoughts on the "Aero" engine .... as I said I haven't seen (or heard) of that before?

answered my own question  (Thanks to the search function)

https://www.cycleworld.com/moto-guzzi-v9-motorcycle-engine-history-and-evolution?src=offramp&loc=region-3&lnk=img#page-6

I now can make the link as to what an "Aero" engine is