v11cafe Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Here is the original V7 special.The logo on the tank is a lot better. Don"t understand why they use this small oval logo, instead of something bigger like before. Even V11 has a smaller than older bikes, but still decent size eagle on the tank!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 If it had a 200 tire, 150 hp, clip ons, fairing and chain drive then it would be, something else! If my aunt had nuts, she would be my uncle. Does every motorcycle have to be a repli racer? This bike has class, I like it. We might ought to leave the whole nut thing out of it . . .I think I have a picture of you looking for yours on some Alabama highway . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 We might ought to leave the whole nut thing out of it . . .I think I have a picture of you looking for yours on some Alabama highway . . . Different type of nuts all together. I've got new nuts, thanks to the worlds largest ACE hardware store! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biesel Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzzista_Joe Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I've found out some interesting stuff about this bike out there, esp the poss price. I've just written a preview of it: http://guzzista.wetpaint.com/page/Moto+Guzzi+V7+Classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchbob Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Sorryn, but I think V50 man is right - it's 'orrible! Triumph Thruxtons are mere shadows of the original pre-unit thunderers, and I don't think this will bear any better relationship to the original Guzzi 750s. But I'm old, and what do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzzirider Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 You could buy a lovely original V7 Sport instead, for less money. I know which one I'd prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocker59 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Triumph Thruxtons are mere shadows of the original pre-unit thunderers, and I don't think this will bear any better relationship to the original Guzzi 750s. LOL !!! Do you even know what that means ??? "Pre-unit" as applied to Triumph ??? Pre-unit Bonnevilles were built between 1959 and 1962. From 1963 to 1983, they were "unit-construction".. Are you discounting all the Triumphs made from 1963 onwards ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchCityBallabio Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 You could buy a lovely original V7 Sport instead, for less money. I know which one I'd prefer. I don't know....last time I saw a really nice V7 Sport on Ebay, I think it went for somewhere in the neighborhood of 16,000 U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlaing Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 A dog with fleas. Ducati and Triumph got the retro thing right. Unremarkable -- and dull. Needs clip ons -- an attitude -- and a better color scheme. Could spell the end of Guzzi if they don't correct this camel.......... FF <_>Much nicer than a V50III, and I'll bet it will be more reliable, too. And way much nicer than Breva which is way more sweet than a crappy lookin' Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macguzzi Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Bike mag report good pics http://www.motomag.com/Salon-de-Milan-Moto...#suitedeArticle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchbob Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 LOL !!! Do you even know what that means ??? "Pre-unit" as applied to Triumph ??? Pre-unit Bonnevilles were built between 1959 and 1962. From 1963 to 1983, they were "unit-construction".. Are you discounting all the Triumphs made from 1963 onwards ??? Yes, I know and no, don't be silly: my Hinckley 900 was wonderful. The words grandmother, teaching, suck and eggs might come to mind here, were I feeling unkind. I currently own a pre-unit Triton ['59 Thunderbird motor with T110 head, E3134 cams, 10:1 pistons; needle-rollered, close ratio Norton box, etc] and an original '59 Thunderbird which I built myself from a burned-out wreck.....as well as a big-block 750 Guzzi. I've also owned examples of 1960s unit-construction bikes and Meriden Co-op 750s, and they weren't as good to own, repair or ride. None of them was as fast as either my old, mildly-tuned pre-unit Bonnie or my current Triton. Neither was the Thruxton I tried in 2005. But you're entitled to your opinion, my friend: just don't insult me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocker59 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 But you're entitled to your opinion, my friend: just don't insult me! Show me an insult and I'll appologize... None was intended... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan M Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 You could buy a lovely original V7 Sport instead, for less money. I know which one I'd prefer. Yea? Where? I'll take 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchbob Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Show me an insult and I'll appologize... None was intended... Oh, no apology necessary, really. <_> I didn't like the Thruxton when I rode it because it was a shadow of what it could have been. I would love to be proved wrong about the new, small block 750 Guzzi, but I suspect that those who implied it was just another 750T in drag are quite correct. A cynic would suggest that this is the accountants trying to ring the maximum profit out of a very dated design. Nothing too wrong with that in principle, I suppose. After all, it brought us the V11! Nothing wrong with the Breva 750, either - it's a proper, cheap, go-to-work bike. But this one looks to me too much like Guzzi taking the p**s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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