A couple of days ago, I looked at a blue one. The guy wouldn't let me sit on it until I stopped drooling!! If I bought it, I would need a white helmet, as my red & black one just wouldn't be right! The brown seat is nice, but I'm more accustomed to a regular black cover. I heard that it's actually a real leather seat cover though. That's pretty special.

Would love to read about your impressions of the bike or decide to get it..

Wow, that's weird to have a Guzzi dealer nearby, but not a Harley one. Here in Central Texas H-D dealerships are almost as numerous as Starbucks.

Yes, we messed that part up. Sorry about that.

hi could you explain mesmerizing riding this bike ? i ride a enfield interceptor 650 now …thinking to swap over to guzzi v7 or v9

@@Alex-io6ky to me the are like a pulsing metronome and better the longer you ride them

So funny how we are all so different. I'm looking for an older V7ii model for all the reasons you wouldn't like it! Edit: a month later I found a 2016 Stone with low miles. Snapped it up & loving it on the back roads in New England, USA.

Thank you!

That's a great point👍

LED are bright but to be honest I've not found one with a beam shape that provides good illumination of a dark road at night. The Stone has the LED lamp, the Special appears to be H4 Halogen, stick a super-bright H4 in there and they're perfect.

@@jeffslade1892 I have the Stone and its LED throws a very strong, wide beam with no dark spots.

Initially I was attracted to the Special, but having had a Ducati GT1000 with spoke wheels I remembered what a chore washing and detailing them is. I also didn't want to go back to tubed tires. The Stone's blacked out and matte finish make washing a breeze, and the rubber fork gaiters remind me of the '68 Yamaha 125 scrambler I had as a kid.

Yes. I screwed that part up. Sorry about that.

@@cyclenews No worries, I'm just a pedantic bastard lol. Love the vids so keep them coming!

Very reliable, there is little to go wrong. Changing the clutch is not a thing, a clutch only wears when it is slipping, and that's a big car-like dry clutch in there. Nobody would accuse Guzzi of having the world's lightest clutch. The trick is to keep the actuating arm clean and lubricated despite the back wheel throwing muck at it.

@KZfaq needs a Snickers Both Aprillia and Moto Guzzi are Piaggio, there are a few shared components. I think the main difference is the QC, Guzzi are hand built at Mandello.

@@jeffslade1892 And the clutch reliability is fine as long as you add a bit of grappa .

@@davidturner7590 - ah yes, but the caffè corretto is for the rider :)

You are correct. We screwed up the pricing and order in this video. Thanks for pointing it out. We got confused...

@@cyclenews Yes, I own the V7 Centenario and was literally screaming at the screen. Also, please ask an Italian how to pronounce "Guzzi"... I know you are an American, but still. I mean you know how to pronounce "Pizza", right? ;)

@@dimi_tree I'm Australian.

@@dimi_tree I am pretty sure not every Italian dialect pronounces the "zz" the same. And, if one wants to get really picky, not all the other vowels and consonants in Moto Guzzi are the same in Italian and English. And maybe we should then worry about using the appropriate Italian hand and facial gestures. And being sure that we are drinking the right kind of grappa when saying Moto Guzzi.....!

Edit out the barking dog. Put it out of my misery.

No bike that can easily go ton-up should be considered small. Rule of thumb, any bike with 48hp will go ton-up easily. Another rule of thumb, any ton-up bike is not for beginners; they always go too fast and misjudge braking distance. Top speed of the 850 is given as (cof) 110mph but top speed of the less powerful V7ii is over 120mph. The 850 has gained a lot of weight, its power to weight is not much greater than the 48hp V7ii, and it has lost the bottom end grunt below 3000rpm. (the V7 III gained weight too, gained 4hp but lost bottom and top end, thus reducing its performance; on paper the V7 III has better power to weight than the 850 but in practice is slower and less nimble than the V7ii). Whilst it's no crotch rocket, the actual performance of the V7ii is very similar to a Honda GL1800 which is no slouch, with a nod to the Guzzi for taking bends quicker. There's no doubt the new V7 850 will accelerate more quickly but having more horses is not the whole story. On the V7ii the power band is from around 2000rpm to about 7400rpm, ridiculous. For a given stretch of road you can stick it in the appropriate gear for the general speed you're doing, and not have to change gear, even through twisties. A very relaxing ride. Having said that, there's not much between the models. Someone who has never ridden the previous modern V7 models will probably not notice the little differences.

@@jeffslade1892 thanks for the comprehensive reply but I was meaning physically small

@@rodneyhull9764 I'm not physically small neither but I don't need a monster bike to ride. Nor would I call a bike roughly the same physical size as a T120 small.

@@jeffslade1892 how can I copy and paste your comment? I don't want to lose the information contained here.

I guess I will transcribe it to an email! Currently shopping for a V7. Honing in on a V7ii over a brand new 850. Thanks for writing out your views on the engine power differences. At this age (retired) I'm more inclined to go for grunt over horses.