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I’m sure there are some Moto Guzzi fans amongst this group. I am very drawn to the brand but know next to nothing about them. Can anyone suggest a forum like this one where I can browse and learn a lot more about them? I’d love to pick one up as a project some day. I knew next to nothing about the XS when I joined this forum, but now know enough about them to consider myself somewhat knowledgeable on them. Hopes are high, but I don’t think I’ll find anything like the community we have here.
 
https://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php

This is where you want to go. It's a close knit group. I've been to some of their events, but the last was probably 2016. They can certainly point you to the right bikes and help you avoid the ones of lesser quality. I check in every week or so and look at the SWAP MEET.
 
What little I know is that 70s/80s 500 and 650s, including the 8 valve Lario model is best to avoid. I believe they were based on a 350, and that the owner/ ceo mr. De Tomaso badly wanted larger versions of this "small block", without listening to the engineers. So these engines were compromised straight from the drawing board. Short conrods relative to stroke may be tbe worst flaw.
 
Morning, I am not a member over there but advrider.com has a pretty good amount I have found on the gutzt Guzzi. I somehow feel the Honda Silver Wing 650CX and the 500CX took some pointers on the design, twin cylinder and shaft drive, just the whole package smacks of market cloning,
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Ridden a couple had a Nevada for a short time polly detailed in here somewhere. That bike was not for the long legged and I think that's generally true of guzzis cuz of the motor layout, and Italian provenance.
 
Ridden a couple had a Nevada for a short time polly detailed in here somewhere. That bike was not for the long legged and I think that's generally true of guzzis cuz of the motor layout, and Italian provenance.
I have a 36 in inseam. I was comfy on my Moto Guzzi. My shins didn't touch the cylinder head, even with my heels to the front of the floorboards.
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They have a solid reputation for engine and frame + handling
An old firm been doing this for a long time
perhaps the most Durable engine .out there. Solid fine crank bearings ( what I heard )
I have rescued one person having electrical problems on 2 different bikes late 90 ies early 2000 models
It may well be the worst electrical solutions I have seen . Even Below Mr Lucas standards.
Series circuit with a couple of protective switches Kickstand / Gear in neutral / Clutch lever
by the looks of them the cheapest components money can buy ..
And sitting in an exposed position for water spray and dirt.
The ones I rescued was well kept low mileage bikes Indoor winter storage .
I know how to solve it And a Guzzi is one of the few bikes I am thinking of buying.
But they have been saving costs there in my View at the wrong place and to much --and causing problems for customers
after some years ...That was the feeling I got fault finding on them
And not easily accessible to check them I Bypassed all of then so we could start the Motorcycle
If i remember correctly at a relay box under the saddle.
I do understand that cost saving is a factor but I believe a little better components .
Would be overall better
I have not worked on other than these two so I don't know if there are variations
But I don't think so
But again I keep my eyes open should an older model come close at the right price.
One with electrical problems.
 
My Norton survived hitting a truck, better than I did. but we both kept right on keeping on.
As I somersaulted towards my eventual landing spot I looked back and saw the Norton also doing a flip. The ccccCuncusion was my worst injury though a wrist bothered me for years.
 
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