The Forgotten $300 Million Betrayal: How Moto Guzzi Deceived a Generation

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  @InfiniteBumblebee337 · 7 months ago

  The idea that Harley ‘stepped up’ is complete BS. Retired HD service manager here. They did no such thing. They simply pushed forward with bluster and bull 💩.

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• JA

  @JamesTalmage-y1w · 7 months ago

  Bah. In other words, Moto Guzzis are still built sensibly and understandably. In OTHER other words, what I want. My 2020 V85TT has 44,000 miles on it. I adjust my own valves. The only things I don't like about it are those "modern advancements" that this AI video evidently "thinks" everyone wants (needlessly expensive nanny electronic instrumentation and government scam-dictated complication). So building what "aging riders" (i.e., LONG EXPERIENCED RIDERS) want is somehow unscrupulous? I'll keep my Guzzi, thankyouverymuch. I'd give up AI in a heartbeat.

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• LU

  @LucRacine-mn3pq · 7 months ago

  What a pack of AI generated lies, the same untrue stereotypes repeated over and over.<br>The only fiasco was the cam followers on the 8V engines. All the small blocs stayed utterly reliable.<br>As for the purchase price, if you knew that it is made in Europe paying European wages ( unlike ALL of its competitors) you would have kept your artificial mouth shut.

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• TB

  @tbojo77 · 7 months ago

  Although I never owned a Guzzi, I always admired their uniqueness and heritage. That’s one of many reasons why I was attracted to and continue to enjoy BMWs. The thing that separates the two has been a dedication to quality and innovation. They are now however, in a dangerous position to allow technology to overrun an important part of the owner experience, that being the owner’s desire to be directly involved in servicing and updating their bikes. New BMWs are so complicated that you need an engineering degree to work on many things. &nbsp;Moto Guzzi I believe can compete on the same turf but without the quality control, innovation, and corporate support of dealership relationships with customers through warranty support, they will become yet another sad tale of motorcycle industry failure. It could be revived with the new V100 Mandelo and Stelvio &nbsp;but they have a lot of repairs necessary to in their corporate culture to ever make them a viable competitor again. I hope they will!

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• BI

  @billfowler2867 · 7 months ago

  I’ve owned 2. Great bikes. Loved them. 😊😊

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• AM

  @amtatrirlo · 5 months ago

  Try one and you will realize how more exciting than any other brand they still are to ride for an experienced and mature rider… quality is on par with the best competition and soul is far superior. Longest standing brand that operates from the same factory, being fully renovated this year, while everyone is producing in China and Thailand…

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• RL

  @rlsedition · 7 months ago

  Nice hit piece. Where&apos;s the mention of the V100 &nbsp;models,. which show the company is quite capable of creating modern motorcycles?

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  @t.g.z.4372 · 2 months ago (edited)

  If you go to Mandello del Lario, which I highly recommend, you can still see the very old Ripamonti workshop where the MG Nórmale was meant to be built, now a small hotel. You can visit the MG Museum but you can’t access the wind gallery. MG has been in my life in all forms and I still keep in my garage an adorable 1958 two stroke 98 Zigolo and a 1975 750-S3. MG is today the oldest European brand which still produces theoretically in the same place as in their beginnings. However, my motorcycle for daily use has never been a MG, which I regard as highly temperamental, but Japanese motorbikes. I’m now thinking of trading in my current NC750X DCT for something adequate on dirt roads as well as roads and motorways and would like to get a Stelvio but I’m sure a Honda Transalp or Suzuki B-Strom will never let me down, while I’m not sure about the Stelvio.

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• TH

  @thefrozenbiker3881 · 5 months ago (edited)

  Well... after having owned two V7s, my experience couldn&apos;t have been worse. The first one (V7 Café Classic) was faulty so I fixed everything and got rid of it. After some years I decided to purchase a &apos;18 V7 III Rough brand new and, apart from the engine, gearbox and clutch, important parts of the motorcycle that worked just fine, the rest was a nightmare. In fact, certain failures happened more than once (speedometer, drive shaft, brakes, electric issues over and over again...). To be honest, I haven&apos;t met anyone who has a Moto Guzzi as an only vehicle. Anyone, but me, of course, I thought a &quot;simple&quot; bike would be reliable. I was wrong. I was so depressed after having to pay so many expensive bills that I purchased a bulletproof Suzuki SV 650, motorcycle that I hadn&apos;t ever considered before, also as my only vehicle. Best decision ever. I&apos;m writing from Spain where there are just two or three dealers that are able to fix these bikes up properly. It is a pity, it certainly is.

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• PA

  @paulconlan2945 · 7 months ago

  So sad that it has come to this! I myself once owned a 1981 V35 MK 2 Moto Guzzi for 8 years and I found this machine very dependable and reliable as well as comparatively &nbsp;easier to maintain when compared to a Japanese machine. I had many a long distance ride on this machine, often with a tent and sleeping bag attached with bungie cords on the rear set and carrier. If I were ever to acquire another Moto Guzzi again I would prefer a model built in the 1980&apos;s or early to mid ninety&apos;s. But then again it&apos;s nice to dream.

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• RG

  @rgijsbertsen4887 · 7 months ago

  This is typical AI generated crap, just to fill space in time .... <br>Not worth viewing at all. <br><br>I own 11 Guzzi s and they are pretty reliable , but not the hot selling fashion demand.<br>Thats all.

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  @hanshart314 · 5 months ago

  I put 38 k on a 2006 sport 1100. Leaky front fork was the only problem. MOST BEAUTIFUL BIKE EVER MADE. THEY ALL ARE .

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