Gorgeous bike sounds fantastic. I want a v9, probably the bobber. I teat rode the roamer it's an amazing machine, stunning to look at, especially in that color.

Hi there.Thank you for sharing your early experience. I bought one myself over a year ago (2016-17 model) and love mine. Your bike seems to be the same model - which has since been updated. The upside is styling and character. Downside: seat is firm and I therefore updated it with a softer later model seat. Also, being tall, the legs tend to get close to the air intakes and it does get very hot after a while - kevlar jeans help and splaying my knees a little - but I like the foot position generally so I don't want the aftermarket aft peg alteration that can be fitted or as it was positioned in the later model. A great deal of fun. It's not really a long haul vehicle in my opinion but for an hour or two ride at a time - its lovely. Many seem to want to put aftermarket mufflers on it such as Mistrals or Agostinis, but I just love the stock sound. A downside is that the price of Motoguzzi accessories are very dear eg saddle bags or screens. So other brands are the go for these things. Cheers

I guess from your accent and you are riding on the right, that you are in the USA? I am surprised your speedo and odometer are in metric. I have just bought a new V9, in England, and the speedo is MPH and odometer in miles. The one thing I don't like about the bike is that the speedo and digital readout are virtually invisible. I can only tell what speed I am doing is by knowing where the red needle should be on the dial, and by keeping pace with the other traffic. At night the speedo lights up in a sort of red colour and goes completely illegible. It is OK if the sun shines directly on it, bizarrely. The numerals and letters on the digital readout are too thin to be legible which annoys me. They could have doubled the thickness of the lines forming the characters, and made it a lot better. I have done 35 miles after the 'low fuel' warning, so the lack of a fuel gauge isn't bad, though I would prefer one. If I had bought a V7 I would have got the one with the two dials. One important thing to know if you have a new V9 and want to buy a Givi rear carrier, if you buy what seems to be the only one available, it is advertised as fitting a V9, 2016 model. It fits the frame but then you cannot refit the seat. They seem to have lengthened the seat for the newer models. I made some brackets and fitted the carrier about 2 inches further to the rear. The seat now fits, but the downside is that in effect the carrier is only held on to the frame by half the number of nuts and bolts that it was designed to. I think it is OK though, I can shake the bike round by forcibly shaking the carrier. You don't really need a rev counter if you can read the gear number because as you reach the higher revs and it is time to change up, a red LED flashes quickly on the speedo. I don't know what revs that happens at, but it doesn't seem to me to be anywhere near the upper limit, I think it is just a warning light. I am glad you think that at 200kg, the bike is light. For me, a 68 yr old weakling it is just about manageable but I wouldn't like to have to lift it up if it fell over! I wish it had a centre stand - but hey, it doesn't have a chain to lubricate so perhaps I don't really need one! Putting the side stand down while you are sitting on it, must be something to learn. The foot rest gets in the way. I'll have to find out what the technique is. I have fitted an after market DART fly screen because of the wind drag at 60mph and above. I think the Dart is made in the USA and I must say I was extremely well pleased with the quality of it. It cost just over one third of the genuine MG item and I am sure it is at least as well made, if not better. If you get one you will not be disappointed in any way. One thing about the V9 that I found a surprise, and a pleasing thing was that when the fuel gets low, the digital readout changes to show you how many miles you have left in the tank. I didn't carry on and check its accuracy though! I have had literally hundreds of bikes since I passed my test in 1966, and I really like this one, I think it is a keeper. Anyway I'm getting a bit old to continually change bikes. I also have a Sym 278cc scooter, ( they call it a 300 which is a blatant lie) which of course is totally different. I will keep that one for when I can't ride the Guzzi any more. The scooter is of course an 'automatic' with no gears but it very happily does all the legal speed limits in the UK, and has excellent wind and weather protection and seems to be very well made, I haven't seen any poor quality on it anywhere.

Unfortunately Moto Guzzi isn't consistant between models as far as locking gas cap or style of controls but at lleast getting a locking cap is as easy as going to your local dealer and buying one for California or MGX21 or, oh yeah that "local dealer" is pretty funny huh? ? /

I just bought a v9 Bobber. My first Guzzi. ❤️ I'm in Washington and it's being shipped. No test ride. I hope I know what I'm doing. Lol!

I am looking into buying a used 2017 Roamer. I was worried about heat from the 90 cylinders?

I haven’t ridden in years (had an 86 VFR750), I am thinking about picking up a Himalayan next month after getting my M endorsement (since it is a dual sport and I want one and love the style), then as soon as it is paid off (4-7 months) I want either a V9 or a Griso.... are you still enamored with the V9? Have you ridden a Griso?

Are there any differences between the 2016-2020 v9's?