guzzi bro

There's this thing with bikes and me. I look at my mates big Beemer and it's kinda nice....
I stand and admire my other mates Buell, sorta.
Then there's all types of Hondas, Suzukis, Triumphs and Massive Harleys, but I just dont get it. Well I get some of the Triumphs, and the Ducati thing is pretty obvious to me, but I don't want one. I want the Guzzis, even the really ugly ones. It doesn't matter if almost everything else has more horsepower. I don't care if an old 1990's 250 Honda zips past my 750. I don't go much over the speed limit anyway.
I can listen patiently to some guy in the cafe boasting about their 900 Kawasaki, but inside I'm thinking "poor bastard" and hoping he stops soon. Somehow though I can spend hours listening to someone drone on about anything Moto Guzzi. I take a huge interest in everything about Ken's California and admire it's easy style and comfortable riding position. The big motor is quite a statement, and it sounds good too.
I'm not big on tech stuff, it just doesn't stay with me, I have read all the spec's on my bikes gear ratios, can't recall a thing about it. My bike has electronic fuel ignition and I've read up on that too, couldn't explain how it works to save myself. So I don't know what it is about the Guzzi's that scratches my itches, but it works.
The Guzzi is a great ride, passing is such a pleasure I'm tempted to do it too often. Just click down a gear, point it in the direction I want to go, wind up a big handful of throttle and it gets the hell out of there. Wooeee, there's nothing quite like it. By the time I select top again the stinkin camper van or whatever is barely visible in the mirror. Chugging along doing 4000 rpm at 100 k is relaxing and the scenery flows past. In the curves it's predictable, but fun.
I had no problem deciding which Guzzi to buy, a two year old 750 Breva was the newest I could afford and the biggest I felt confident I could handle. Everthing I read about it seemed positive, and the parts were supposed to be easy to get.
It was also damn nice to look at especially in red, and when I put the staintune mufflers on, it sounded great too.
Sometimes though I think an 850 Griso would be nice to have, and the classic old 850 Ambasadors were particularly magic machine. Financially I might be able to afford an old 650 Lario in a year or so for a project bike. So me amassing a collection of Guzzis is unlikely to occur anytime before I win lotto, but that doesn't stop me wishing. Have you seen the new 1200 Sport, man what a machine.