01-07-2022, 01:11 PM
Having owned two prior-generation V7’s, I can certainly appreciate the attraction to the new Special. I found both bikes to be an absolutely joy to ride, with plenty of performance and surprisingly good handling, but the suspension was not the best and the dealer experience was very disappointing and unsustainable. The suspension has been improved on the 2021 bikes. My CB1100 was a superior bike to those two V7’s but I did love those Guzzi’s.
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The upcoming V100 Mandello is quite the seductress but it remains to be seen if I have the stomach to go down that rabbit hole again.
The upcoming V100 Mandello is quite the seductress but it remains to be seen if I have the stomach to go down that rabbit hole again.