07-07-2016, 10:57 PM
(07-07-2016, 02:35 PM)Rboe_imp Wrote: I was exaggerating just a bit. It's closer to 36".
Ya, confirmed, CARC is now history. Guzzi will concentrate on the V9 (some say the V7 is not yet quite dead) and the 1400 lump and all of its' derivatives. For the simple reason as that is were the sales numbers are.
We tease gals about buying shoes because they are pretty but that is the main reason I bought the Tenni Griso. Dang she is a looker. More power than I'll ever need too.
The new map the guys came up with let the Griso pull from deep in the basement. Around 1000rpm. Idle is at 1200 so I guess from idle up. Not unlike the CB. They have maps for the stock pipe and many of the popular after market pipes. I don't hear my pipe at speed (anything above 55 or so) but when I've done high speed passes of fellow riders they say it sounds pretty good. Stock pipe too.
Guzzi's in general are much freer reving lumps than other V twins. I hit the rev limiter (8500) from time to time, usually on the entrance ramp - I've been known to forget to shift - as the motor does not act like she is sweating or running out of breath. If you run under 4K you are lugging her.
Now that said, it sounds like a lot of rpm's but it certainly does not feel like it. The CB is much more busy at 4K than the Griso. I think it's because of two fewer cylinders firing away. I bet you could get used to it, especially with the new map. But I don't think you are a Griso person (I rarely fit the mold myself!) so don't take that as trying to sell you one.
The Griso is a wild Italian woman that many guys fantasize about; the CB is the one most will marry.
I agree, I had to divorce my Tenni Griso, she tried to burn my house down...but I still fantasize about her. I'd cheat on the CB with another!
Jury still out on the V9, I hope they come up with some more interesting derivatives.