04-22-2017, 01:58 AM
I just returned from a trip to Italy, where I rented a MG V7 for two days to strafe Tuscany. It was a 2013 with 66K KM on the clock, and it has lived a hard life as a rental bike. It was absolutely the perfect bike for the task.
It is an antediluvian- feeling machine, and I felt that if it broke down, I could scavenge parts from a tractor or field pump in one of the many vineyards i rode by. I say this with admiration...it really is a sweet, vintage- feeling machine, perfectly suited for winding, narrow Italian roads. Thumping v-twin, vibrations galore (but of the basso profundo variety, which don't bother me near as much as the CB's tingles) and a gearbox with a wide array of neutrals to enjoy between gears.
A GPS with a wicked sense of humor put me on a dirt and rock mountain road for over 20KM...what a treat on this little machine! Stand on the pegs, let the rear wheel slide a little...Guzzi should go flat tracking! You really feel the 100 LB difference from our zaftig but elegant CB.
The CB is several generations of evolution ahead of the V7, and is meticulously built. But for ride through Chianti, there's no way I'd rather have had the CB, and I grew fond of the rattle- can black V7. I'd happily own one, even in light of my past experience with my Griso flambé bike.
It is an antediluvian- feeling machine, and I felt that if it broke down, I could scavenge parts from a tractor or field pump in one of the many vineyards i rode by. I say this with admiration...it really is a sweet, vintage- feeling machine, perfectly suited for winding, narrow Italian roads. Thumping v-twin, vibrations galore (but of the basso profundo variety, which don't bother me near as much as the CB's tingles) and a gearbox with a wide array of neutrals to enjoy between gears.
A GPS with a wicked sense of humor put me on a dirt and rock mountain road for over 20KM...what a treat on this little machine! Stand on the pegs, let the rear wheel slide a little...Guzzi should go flat tracking! You really feel the 100 LB difference from our zaftig but elegant CB.
The CB is several generations of evolution ahead of the V7, and is meticulously built. But for ride through Chianti, there's no way I'd rather have had the CB, and I grew fond of the rattle- can black V7. I'd happily own one, even in light of my past experience with my Griso flambé bike.