Really Solid Review! I think you hit the nail on the head with all points, as a Moto Guzzi rider myself as you know, i do appreciate the characterful aspects of a Guzzi engine and this looks like a really rugged unique step into adv market for them. Bike World, get this lad back for another feature sometime, its a nice change and i think he would be a good asset to diversify some of your content. 👍

The character of Moto Guzzis realy grows on you -have fond memories of 850 le Mans-I love the styling and while its true other bikes in price range have more power, none are shaft drive which would be more useful to me than a bit more power. Nice balanced review.

It’ll sell a ton, because; SHAFT DRIVE, on a bike that’s not the size of the Starship Enterprise, whilst still ticking the other boxes, and looking cool. 😀

Sounds to me like a very good and very fair review. However, why oh why do journalists always have to get the tractor reference in? They've been doing it for 30 years, it seems like a conditioned response. I have two old Guzzis, LM II and Daytona RS, for 25 years and 19 years respectively. Rode the LM to Mandello twice, from Scotland. Rode all day, no annoying vibes, no tingles, no tractor feelings (whatever they are) - great real world road bike, and simple and cheap to maintain. You also never mentioned shaft drive - big advantage on a tourer. As for the second cliché, it rocks to the side when you blip the throttle at a standstill if you try really hard not to touch the bike with your legs; so what? BMW's Boxers do the same but no-one ever mentions it. It never intruded when I was riding the Borders twisties enthusiastically. Everyone wants 20 less Kg and 25 more bhp but enough is never enough for most blokes. Get a S 1000 RRRR....R, then. The main valid criticism of Guzzis, in my opinion, is the dealer network which is a shocker.

You did not talk about the shaft-drive...I think it's a good point in that bike!

Great review.... lets hope they make you a regular feature... and you get the VIP treatment on the bike launches. :D

I have one of the '06 1200cc. Don't worry about the vibrations. There are plenty of things that will bother you more in a long trip.

Great review :) Love the look of this bike, i'd love to test ride one of these :)

Great to see Motobob on this channel. Good on you mate, awesome review as always. L

I appreciate Moto Guzzi has changed rear suspension color from yellow to black. It's more aesthetic in my opinion.

Motobob. You the man! Keep up the good work as usual!

In 30 odd years of riding I've always admired but never owned any of the Italians. I could be tempted by this one. Good looking, characterful and hopefully reliable. Too often Italian stuff doesn't play well with the British weather. I'll wait and see how owners fair. Good review.

Great review Rob, and I hope Bikeworld get you back on again. Time for your channel to really blow up too I hope...

Shaft driven, excellent brakes and hangling, much cheaper and much lighter than a GS

Triumph tiger 800's are around 15 to 16 thousand us dollar, well above the 10 or 11 grand for the moto guzzi, maybe the triumph is cheaper in England?

Great to see you here on this channel. I enjoy your reviews.

Top review .The Guzzi also looks a great D.I.Y. as maintenance goes which a real plus. Also having a shaft drive is a define plus.

Yes mate! Cool to see you on this channel. I’m not totally sure about the look of this bike as a USP.. maybe it’s better in person.

Great unbiased honest review - thank you.

Great review, very clear & concise. Pretty bike too. Not my thing but very keen to see that engine end up in the rest of the Guzzi range and maybe even a cheeky little Daytona. ; )

la guzzi ha uno stile suo e unico

It s Mandello Eagle, not Maranello....

the Moto Guzzi has a very special sound, you can hear the MG immediately under all 2 cylinders.

Great job MOTOBOB! One detailed question which I hope you can answer: you mention the engine's vibrations, but did you have any problems with vibrations through the footpegs? On my short test ride, they would not stop vibrating, regardless of where I was in the rev range. I've not experienced this on any bike before - at least not across the rev range and with this intensity (Triumph's 1200 twin gets vibey in the pegs but only if you really rev it up). Even did a double take to check the pegs visually, and they had bigger rubber inserts (so that apparently didn't help). I really like this bike, but a little afraid I'll end up numb footed after 30 minutes... curious if mine was a one-off?

It is among very few big bikes that are officially launched in my country but they don't offer demo units. Which is a shame. So I can either get this or a clean used BMW F800GS. What is your take on this? BMW or MotoGuzzi?

Nice review motobob! Well done! Good info on the bike, fun to watch and nice footage of the bike. One question tough, what’s in the backpack? 🙂 Cheers!

Hows the quality of this brand? Is it reliable? parts available? What level brands does this equal too?

I'm 5'8" how tall are you? I love shaft drive bikes like this having owned an R80GS and an R100GS. It also comes with a centre stand- great for checking oil levels, rear tyres, removing rear wheels with big fat nails in them... might check one out tomorrow.

Nice to see the Honda CX 500/650 Eurosport on your LHS and RHS, had a few of them over the years. would have another one tomorrow :)

Home Run moto guzzi !

Great real world review pal.

Air-cooled motor and shaft drive FTW. I think the HP should be adequate, but how is the seating and legroom for taller riders? I knock my knees on the intake of the Roamer V9. Any better here?

What? Where I live, V85tt is 13k, Multistrada 950s is 20k and tiger 900 is 17.5k!!!!!!! Maybe in the UK, but certainly not here! And there is currently no air cooled bike that pits out 80bhp, and I'm not talking about air/oil cooled engines.

Interesting how this 850cc TT85 and the tiger 850 sport have around the same horsepower now.

Good job, MOTOBOB!

You confuse Marinello with Mandello.

A fantastic bike! Great review too. Thanks

Or you could just get a used Moto Guzzi Stelvio for a fraction of the price like I did. Check it out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oc-Uq9GCyt7bmo0.html

None of it's competition has.... Wait for it..... Shaft drive! Once you own and live with a shaft drive you'll find yourself wondering why chain and belt drive still exist. I'm never going back. Change the gear oil when required and forget about it for at least 30 years. It's really that simple.

Ease of use or performance, it's not about that. The sound when you give it a full fist, is priceless. Furthermore, the look of the bike. The only two reasons you need! But I can say that, the tires (Michelin adventure anakee) are crap! But the bike is fantastic on gravel!

A very good review thanks

What jacket are you wearing Rob? Terrific review.

What gear are you rocking on the bike, especially the bag :) ?

The shaft drive is the winner

Great review thanks

Good review, thanks, good stuff.

Man this bike is a lot cheaper than tiger 800, f850gs and especially multistrada. This v85tt is 7k cheaper than multistrada, 5k cheaper than f850gsa and 4k cheaper than than the tiger. On top of that, you have to pay extra to get cruise control on those bikes. V85tt is a bike that you only need to put petrol and a pair of crash bars and you are good to go.

Good review, i think its a Marmite bike, i like it👍

That looks like a bike Ronald McDonald would drive. Same colors 😂

Good👍

Gravel roads are not off road, maybe toe path or more open field !

When you’re from California, you learn on dirt (off-road) first.

How does that turn-by-turn navigation work?

It looks btr then the bmw gs?

Go bob, go!

you're not the usual awesome guy, anyway, thanks :p

Gd that's impressive af!

Whats Bobbin

"Marinello Eagle"? What is he talking about? hahaaha

Small windshield 😫

Good video.......Shame about the beard!

So basically it's V-Strom 650 levels of power and unpaved ability, with 3L more fuel, a small bump in torque, shaft drive, Brembos, and more technology.

Man up , its a v-twin of course its going to shake a bit.What a baby he is.Better stick to riding a girls tricycle.

I thought hipsters only ride "artisinal" cloned "customs"?

moto guzzi never again! no service, no support, long time for spare parts!

My God it’s ugly!