My Griso in her new scrambler dress

[tazio]

Few mods for stance, confort and look..





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You can't kill the mighty GRiSO!
Even this thread came back to life!!
P.S. Add a set of guards to complete the look.
And nothing here can't be undone after a season of tomfoolery 

[oldbike54]

 The OP hasn't been active on WG in over a year , you might try sending him a PM .

 Dusty

[inditx]

I know the op hasn’t been active but I like the look of his Griso.
Ride what you like, like what you ride!

[Darren Williams]

Taking a street bike and spooning on some knobbies, along with some off road guards and stuff, might look cool but...

Bombing down gravel roads and such are mostly about suspension. Something my Griso isn't suited for. Not saying you can't do it, but not the best tool.

[Moto]

My Griso is very stable running down gravel roads (with street tires), which some bikes are not. Also its lower center of gravity will make it less of chore if I have to pick it up someday due to a mistake. (Thinking here of a recent "Black Rhino" Stelvio report.) Finally, it's a great bike for going places far away, and then riding around on whatever roads are available. It's an all-rounder, in my book.

I have a lower center of gravity too.

Moto

[oldbike54]

I know the op hasn’t been active but I like the look of his Griso.
Ride what you like, like what you ride!

 Someone asked the OP a question , I was simply suggesting it is unlikely the OP would see it .

 Dusty

[John Warner]

I'm beginning to think that the Griso is the "do it all" Guzzi.. 

Nah!
You're thinking of a Stelvio, one that's slightly lowered, and fitted with Griso Wheels . . .



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[Bulldog9]

You can ride a motorcycle just about anywhere, but the Griso is NOT an ADV bike. This is a styling exercise.

We've all found ourselves on dirt and gravel roads, and due to it's overall feel and control, of course the Griso can handle it, but the suspension is NOT up to the task, or in anyway ideal for meaningful riding on dirt and gravel roads, as it reminded me of this just this afternoon. I'd say other than my 79XS11, the Griso is one of the worst I've owned for grave/dirt rough roads.  The Norge with a more compliant suspension was much nicer, balanced and stable. The Griso is very unhappy. But for many today, it's all about the look.

My surprise find while wandering today.






A couple years back on Vancouver island.... If you want to see the Island, you gotta get of the hardtop.... Norge handled it very well on the stock Angel ST tires, though I did have to borrow a hose a few times to hose out the oil cooler. The local law was watching for me, and kept telling me I was crazy. Turned out the exposure worked to my benifit, as when I did get back on the pavement and needed to make up some time I got out of a ticket and what should have been a 'go to jail' speed violation ;-) Well, that and the grace of God....

[Moto]

You can ride a motorcycle just about anywhere, but the Griso is NOT an ADV bike. This is a styling exercise.

We've all found ourselves on dirt and gravel roads, and due to it's overall feel and control, of course the Griso can handle it, but the suspension is NOT up to the task, or in anyway ideal for meaningful riding on dirt and gravel roads....

I don't think anyone said the Griso is an "ADV bike." I wouldn't ride a bike called that, anyway. I said the Griso is an all-rounder, what you might think of as a "standard" (or not, not knowing you).

As for "meaningful riding on dirt and gravel roads," what in the heck is that supposed to be? Meaningfulness does not come from suspension travel, it comes within, Pilgrim.

I don't need a special-purpose motorcycle to go on gravel roads, or to go on them in a "meaningful" way. Grisos go well enough on gravel for me.

Moto

P.S. I resent you seeming to suggest I like my Griso only for its looks. Maybe you meant everybody but me, I don't know. But you don't know me.

M.

[oldbike54]

I don't think anyone said the Griso is an "ADV bike." I wouldn't ride a bike called that, anyway. I said the Griso is an all-rounder, what you might think of as a "standard" (or not, not knowing you).

As for "meaningful riding on dirt and gravel roads," what in the heck is that supposed to be? Meaningfulness does not come from suspension travel, it comes within, Pilgrim.

I don't need a special-purpose motorcycle to go on gravel roads, or to go on them in a "meaningful" way. Grisos go well enough on gravel for me.

Moto

P.S. I resent you seeming to suggest I like my Griso only for its looks. Maybe you meant everybody but me, I don't know. But you don't know me.

M.

 I don't think that's how it was meant bud , seems maybe he meant the OP's Griso is a styling exercise .

 The fact is that most motorbikes can be ridden on a gravel road , albeit at a slower pace than a 220 LB dedicated off road bike . The original R 80 GS was inspired by a modified /6 R75 built by an Okie who decided he wanted to ride to Alaska with his friend . Yes , the two Okies who inspired the Dust to Dawson NAR helped start the whole thing . Most of this is lost to history , but most of us Okies know the story .

 Dusty

[Bulldog9]

Easy there...... Need a tissue?

Glad you like your bike, enjoy it. That's all that matters. And YES, many bikes are styling exercises these days.

I don't think anyone said the Griso is an "ADV bike." I wouldn't ride a bike called that, anyway. I said the Griso is an all-rounder, what you might think of as a "standard" (or not, not knowing you).

As for "meaningful riding on dirt and gravel roads," what in the heck is that supposed to be? Meaningfulness does not come from suspension travel, it comes within, Pilgrim.

I don't need a special-purpose motorcycle to go on gravel roads, or to go on them in a "meaningful" way. Grisos go well enough on gravel for me.

Moto

P.S. I resent you seeming to suggest I like my Griso only for its looks. Maybe you meant everybody but me, I don't know. But you don't know me.

M.

[oldbike54]

Easy there...... Need a tissue?

Glad you like your bike, enjoy it. That's all that matters. And YES, many bikes are styling exercises these days.

 Hate to break it to you , but motorbikes have always been styling exercises .

 Dusty

[Moto]

No doubt motorcycles have always been styling exercises.

I don't need a tissue. I need less pontificating from ADV riders.

Moto

[Moto]

The original R 80 GS was inspired by a modified /6 R75 built by an Okie who decided he wanted to ride to Alaska with his friend . Yes , the two Okies who inspired the Dust to Dawson NAR helped start the whole thing .

 Dusty

With all due respect, Dusty, the "whole thing" existed long before the BMW R80 GS. No body needed one of those to have great adventures off road.

Unless by "the whole thing" you meant the "ADV bike" cult, in which case I suppose I'd agree with you. But to me, ADV riders and bikes are not the whole thing, or even part of the whole thing.

M.

[oldbike54]

With all due respect, Dusty, the "whole thing" existed long before the BMW R80 GS. No body needed one of those to have great adventures off road.

Unless by "the whole thing" you meant the "ADV bike" cult, in which case I suppose I'd agree with you. But to me, ADV riders and bikes are not the whole thing, or even part of the whole thing.

M.

 I was simply referring to the factory built ADV style bike . Yes , there were bikes like the DT Yamahas , and even before that the C model Triumphs, or heck , there were Mustangs with high pipes   

 Dusty

[Darren Williams]

The original R 80 GS was inspired by a modified /6 R75 built by an Okie who decided he wanted to ride to Alaska with his friend . Yes , the two Okies who inspired the Dust to Dawson NAR helped start the whole thing . Most of this is lost to history , but most of us Okies know the story .

 Dusty

I would like to know more details of the story.

[oldbike54]

I would like to know more details of the story.

 We called the guy Ca$h Register , he was originally from Stidham . Sometime around 1978 he took his R 75 and copied the ISDT bikes that BMW had been building and built a bike to take an Alaska trip on . Some of the details are lost to history , but either on the way up or on his way back he was in the PNW and encountered some executive from BMW . His buddy Jim Coleman told me some of the story years ago , sadly Jim was killed somewhere near Dell City in the mid 90's . Oddly enough , Ca$h had survived a really bad heart attack some years before , hell , he may still be alive , haven't seen him in over 20 years .

 Dusty

[80CX100]

     It defies all logic, with the weight slower steering and longer? wheelbase, but the first week I was out on my Griso, I took it for a slow tour down some ATV trails and felt quite comfortable. I turned back relatively easily, when I got to a small creek, that I'm sure I could have crossed, but I just didn't want to get mud on my new to me bike.

     I think it was only a few days later, I read of KiwiRoy's expedition on his Griso up the Alaskan/Dempster? Highway and I realized I wasn't crazy after all ,lol.

     Last summer I took the Griso up the steep loose rough gravel road to the Historic Stone Fence site on the top of one of the mountains, close to Foymount (the highest civilized point in Ontario). Coming down the mountain using the Griso rear brake, felt quite composed 

      Kelly

[oldbike54]

 ^^^Kelly , are there uncivilized points that are higher in Ontario ? 

 Dusty

[cappisj1]

 Very cool!! 

[Moparnut72]

I rode my 1970 R75/5 with the 6.3 gallon tank and a plywood top box all over the gravel roads of Colo in the early 70's You could almost call it an early adventure bike too. I only used Dunlop K70 tires so I guess I wasn't quite there.   
kk

[80CX100]

^^^Kelly , are there uncivilized points that are higher in Ontario ? 

 Dusty

Hey Dusty,    Yes I think there are 1-2-3? other points that are higher, but no body living in the area;

     There used to be some type of military communications base in Foymount, it's been shut down for long time, basically a ghost town now, but amazing riding in the area.

     Just as a point of interest you guys in the US would appreciate, Al Capone had one of his favorite famous hideouts built in the area close by on the LetterKenny Rd 10-20 miles due south from there as the crow flies down near Quadville.

     Kelly

[Griso8V]

Be careful this thread will evolve into how the Griso will blow up at any minute, don't ride it, don't even look at it! 
Not being an off road guy,  so my opinion is not worth much, but I think the Griso is a good road bike and not an off road bike...

[oldbike54]

Hey Dusty,    Yes I think there are 1-2-3? other points that are higher, but no body living in the area;

     There used to be some type of military communications base in Foymount, it's been shut down for long time, basically a ghost town now, but amazing riding in the area.

     Just as a point of interest you guys in the US would appreciate, Al Capone had one of his favorite famous hideouts built in the area close by on the LetterKenny Rd 10-20 miles due south from there as the crow flies down near Quadville.

     Kelly
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 Is there a Canadian regulation that states civilization ends above a certain altitude ? 

 Dusty

[Blaufeld66]

Disclaimer: I DON'T like scrambler bikes. Can't stand them.

Comment: Your work is very well done, congratulations and hope you enjoy your bike 

[kidsmoke]

As an aside, I have to ask, rhetorically, how it is possible that a live-axle car like the GTV (to the extent that the live-axle is KEPT in this "make-over") - how come it's not visible in the photo  (i.e. the axle tube)?

Photoshopped?

Or, some kind of AM General / Hummer (original) reduction gear set-up at ea. rear wheel (to gain road-clearance)?


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(Sorry for the naming of the photo; however nicely done it was, it pains me, as the GTV is one of my all-time Favorites.

not photoshopped. Here are a couple of articles with a bit of an explanation and many more photos.

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/road-alfa-romeo-gtv-ready-anything

https://jalopnik.com/this-alfa-was-dropped-by-a-tow-truck-and-then-it-became-1820805337