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Emily is still looking for somebody as she says....

Enough! Have a nice Sunday before President's day.

Finalmente!

Alone we go faster but together we go longer

I am looking at you.... yeah you!!!!

Apparently the previous photo was overexposed, and this is why the cylinder head appears scratched. I am still not sold on the checkered painted tank though... this is Northern Italy. The building in the left hand background is typical. I would even say it is in Emilia Romagna...

Lots of scratches on the cylinder head... kind of ruin the photo...

And just when I had thought all hopes were gone.... here's Francesca!

From Ragazze in Moto:

This is exactly my experience.... I confirmed it with a long time friend of mine! she told me she never cared much for the ride; much more for the rider!!!

@docc I found a website in Italy, translating into "girls on motorbikes". Lots of day to day ladies riding their own motorbikes, but competing for views of their clichés. Only... after sifting through more than 100 pages of photos, I could not find a single lady on a Moto Guzzi!!! Most of these all around the age groups beauties are from Italy, and the great majority ride on Ducati; many Japanese, a few odds and ends like KTM Duke, even Harley Davidson (when you know how much they cost in Europe!). Sad truth is, I did not (so far) find a single one on a Guzzi, let alone a V11... The people on this site are the last of a kind...

It is probably because I am old, but I like the large round head light on the V11; it really gives its true identity as a café racer. The newer dot lights are more efficient, but in my mind, it kind of desecrates the aura.

I can no longer react today.... We should start our own photo shoot with "normal" ladies and our own motorbikes? I am going to go to Galveston today, they are having their Mardi Gras celebration, and I know there are plenty of ladies willing to pose. Unfortunately, my Le Mans is still at the hospital. So we should post our own pics with whoever we find along the path.

I was going to put a like, but I get a message that tells me I have exceeded my quota of reactions for today...

Lots of good reasons described so far. I only have one question, to which I will never be able to answer; I grew up during the two strokes/four strokes war! All my friends were racing on two strokes, and we frowned upon four strokes, until the time when Honda brought the CB 750, we did not feel threatened. If two strokes engines had not been discontinued, would I own a V11 today? I am not certain... I think maybe.

Well, you know that in Italian there are two genders, unlike in Germany for example, where you also have a "neutral" gender. So in Italian, a motorcycle is feminine. Una moto(cicletta. Delle moto(ciclette). So in English, I don't know, is it a he or a she?

In my experience, motorcycles never were chick magnets; or let me rephrase this and be more specific. In Europe, I used to go to discotheques on my motorbike. I changed before getting close to the bouncers at the entrance. My friends had cars. I quickly discovered a few inconveniences; when you hook up in the club, having a conversation in a quiet place does not translate well when you are with your motorbike.... also, none of the ladies otherwise interested in knowing me better liked that I only had a motorcycle as a mean of transportation. Apparently those expensive hair styling were more important; but it is not my fault if they forget to put on warm clothing in winter, going to a club. Which was pretty good for my wallet anyway....

I have been keeping my ears to the ground in the hope to get some update on a possible V100 Mandello release and.... nothing. Moto Guzzi (Piaggio) has made public their price list for the 2022 models, the usual V7 and V85TT; Nothing about the V100 which reinforces my idea the V100 may not even come out in 2022. However, the well known Italian designer Oberdan Bezzi came up with a few ideas which could possibly be an inspiration to Piaggio; what do you think?