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All I need is a couple of warm springlike days in a row, after one really good rainstorm to get the salt off our roads! My 2014 standard is waiting at the selling dealer for me to take delivery. And I refuse to trailer this lovely machine home. My last two bikes (2008 Moto Guzzi 1200 Sport and 2012 Moto Guzzi Griso) were purchased out of state and ridden home. The Sport (drive and ride) from New Hampshire, the Griso (fly and ride) from just north of Atlanta, home to Hudson Ohio.
The ride from Clarksburg WV to Hudson, Ohio will be a short one, barely 200 miles, taking historic US250.
But that's how she's coming home, even if I have to wait until the end of April for the right set of circumstances.
I'm thinking (imagining) this may be the nicest homecoming I've experienced recently.
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Sounds like a plan. I rode my CB home. Heck, I rode my '76 CB 750 home from purchasing it out of state. I've done this for many of my cars. One from RI, one from Boston, Flew out to Michigan and drove home for a car, flew out to Atlanta and drove home for another car....
Good luck, and have fun!!!
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The hardest part can be waiting for a perfect string of days in Ohio/ W Va . If you only ride on the perfect days, figure on riding about 20 days a year lol.
I test rode a Griso last summer. A lot different than the CB1100.
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If and when you have a pretty day or two take the long way home and really enjoy the ride.
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So over on the right side where it says, "Recent posts," I saw the first part of Ferret's post: "The hardest part can be waiting for a pe..." Yeah, I guess that happens once you're older than 50
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I owned two V7 Classics. Two of my all-time favorite bikes, only sullied by a sketchy dealership experience. I've not ridden a Griso but a good friend had a 1200 Sport. Incredible motorcycle.
Anyway, you'll enjoy your new CB. It doesn't have the character of a Guzzi but it does have a certain jewel-like quality and precision that eludes the Italian marque.
Not sure if this link will work -- it's a comparo between the Griso, CB, and RnineT that you may find interesting and relevant. I think they say "...harken back..." three times.
[url=https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=18&ved=0ahUKEwi-tcrEwb7SAhUP2GMKHVfAA3MQwqsBCEowEQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dq9iReQajVU0&usg=AFQjCNHK97vFq3qgY-03EahYb_f4Zo-xHg&sig2=6bjcS0GnpxcxMI2YKsqmvA]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...MI2YKsqmvA
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That's 200 miles of grinning on the horizon. Sounds fun! Not too far from where I grew up. On the Ohio side of the river from Parkersburg. Belpre. Sooo glad the weather here in NC is much more favorable to ride!
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(03-04-2017, 02:31 PM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: I owned two V7 Classics. Two of my all-time favorite bikes, only sullied by a sketchy dealership experience. I've not ridden a Griso but a good friend had a 1200 Sport. Incredible motorcycle.
Anyway, you'll enjoy your new CB. It doesn't have the character of a Guzzi but it does have a certain jewel-like quality and precision that eludes the Italian marque.
Not sure if this link will work -- it's a comparo between the Griso, CB, and RnineT that you may find interesting and relevant. I think they say "...harken back..." three times.
[url=https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=18&ved=0ahUKEwi-tcrEwb7SAhUP2GMKHVfAA3MQwqsBCEowEQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dq9iReQajVU0&usg=AFQjCNHK97vFq3qgY-03EahYb_f4Zo-xHg&sig2=6bjcS0GnpxcxMI2YKsqmvA]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...MI2YKsqmvA
Yep, the link worked! The reviews were interesting, and not so different than I thought they would be.
Re my 2008 Guzzi 1200 Sport. She's not a lightweight, weighs in at approx. 530-540 pounds. Guzzi didn't bring the later 4 valve per cylinder bike over to the USA, and probably just as well, since they had tappet/camshaft issues. OTOH, my 'old' pushrod 1200 Sport is Guzzi to the core, sounds like a small V8. Doesn't have the grunt of the 8 valve engine, but doesn't have valve actuation issues, either.
This may have been a bike they got right!
Cannot wait to take delivery of my CB1100!
