MOTO GUZZI V85

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Did they forget the left side rear shock? Looks kind of odd without it.

those weird Italians

Want to know about any particular model ( except un released ones) go to their owner forums like this one, or google " issues with Brand X bike".

I've found with most Euro bikes thier owners all love them with the caveat that you have to fix a few things first..or put up with this or that.

Ive only personally known 4 people that have had modern Italian machinery. 3 out of the 4 had enough issues that they traded them in for other bikes of a different brand. The 4 th is stubborn lol

I know (real life and on forums-non duc forums) owners of Ducati specifically and non of them talk about major issues.

Most negatives I read about Italian bikes are from thise who didn't own them....and I was one of them.

I've owned my Multi for about 7 months and already rode 5600 miles, only during weekends and during my 3 week holiday.
Bike has been dropped twice (by myself this week and a friend), been ridden and parked in heavy rain.
And most importantly, it has been ridden, ridden hard.
Bike always performed flawless.

Why do people put on the sticker those bikes are unreliable?
I think because of the higher cost of maintenance and build quality of certain parts.
And everything else is hearsay.
Plastic tabs are not strong, there're panel gaps, there too much flex and play.

But I had to change or fix nothing to love this bike.
I added for my thousands of euro's of parts to make it look more bulky, not to fix something
I did add parts wich could be applied on every bike, such as a high screen, comfort seat, to make long distance travel as comfy as possible

If there had to be a major 'fix' it should be the full Termignoni line, because these supposedly makes the bike breath even better, much smoother, so its an upgrade that actually makes a great bike perform even better.
I haven't done this because its costly, the stock pipes look better and I am more than happy with the performance.

So no issues, no problems and it has been used, not your typical Italian dust collector
Only thing, it drank 1.6 liter of oil in that time.
The model is supposedly a thirsty type.

I traded my CB1100 for a Moto Guzzi this spring - a big mistake - difficulty selecting 1st,clunky gearbox,cheap switchgear,leaking final drive bevel gear,leyshaft rattle in neutral,and worst of all the feuelling was dreadful - unable to control revs between 1000 and 3000 resulting in very snatchy performance for city riding.
Finished by returning the bike to the dealer cause they couldn't sort the leaking shaft drive - had to use our consumer rights act/lemon law to get my money and my CB back - never again.
John
It looked a lot better than it performed.

thx for sharing the experience, sorry it didnt work out.

Wich model did you have? Where your issues common for the model, V9?