07-19-2013, 11:10 PM
My younger brother and I used to work for a Guzzi dealer, and he ( my brother) had a 72 850 Eldorado. His favorite bike of all time to this day. Back then the Guzzi riders, for some reason, all wore black engineer boots, and tucked their jeans down into them. My brother was only 19 at the time but refused to do that. The Eldorado was a great touring bike with a Bates fairing on it. Truly all day comfortable, large gas capacity, shaft drive. Great sound, and reliable as long as you don't ride it like a 19 year old tends to ride. He went thru several universal joints pulling wheelies on that behemoth. Wasn't the Guzzis fault. Only left him stranded once in Ga when his automotive style distributor drowned out in an all day rain. They've since cured that problem with modern electrics.
I don't care for the small jug 750s they are making now. I test road one and it was really uninspiring. The CB 1100 is a rocket bike in comparison. Id like to go look at Guzzis again just for fun, but the Guzzi dealer locator on their website cant find one for me to visit lol
I don't care for the small jug 750s they are making now. I test road one and it was really uninspiring. The CB 1100 is a rocket bike in comparison. Id like to go look at Guzzis again just for fun, but the Guzzi dealer locator on their website cant find one for me to visit lol