08-12-2017, 06:24 AM
I had yet to see a '17 V7iii in the flesh until this afternoon. Riding home from breakfast, I noticed an Anniversario model parked on the opposite shoulder. I made a u-turn as soon as I could and caught up with the rider about a mile down the road. He was pulled over on the shoulder again, this time chatting with a gal in leathers on an FZ-07. I pulled up, got off the CB, and chatted him up. Wow, what a gorgeous bike. It's so much prettier in person than in any photo. I didn't think I'd care for the chrome tank and brown leather seat, but it's a very classy combination. I decided right then and there that I'd have to have one. BTW, the rider was probably in his early-30's, so good on Guzzi for appealing to the younger crowd.