Two new Guzzis - V7 Scrambler and 1400cc California

[dangerous]

Like the scrambler but the engine looks like it needs to grow up (just like the new V7)

but I'd prefer the cylinder finning to be more traditional, the square look makes the engine seem a bit small.

but you guys are right about the engine- it looks puny. The gas tank is the same as all the classic range and is made from nylon so it should deform nicely with our wonderful fuelsry:

The engine??? it looks no differant to any small block dating back to the early 80's
The squarer look usually ment it was a small block 4 valve.

Dodgy... what ya mean re the nylon and deforming? my tank is nylon and looks no more deformed than in did the day it was made.

[Dodgyiti]

Reports of the Ethanol content in fuels deforming nylon tanks are rife.
And I agree the motor is the same as all the other small blocks but the exhaust (which I like) dwarfs the pots IMHO.

I just can't believe how good the classic range of Guzzis look in pictures but in the flesh...oh what a let down.
The dealer in Christchurch apparantly has one of those gaudy chrome tank 'special' V7 Classics. Anyone seen it in the flesh or are they advertising it for sale but not in stock?

[James Deuce]

The dealer in Christchurch apparantly has one of those gaudy chrome tank 'special' V7 Classics. Anyone seen it in the flesh or are they advertising it for sale but not in stock?

The V7 Racer is hand-built to order. I was led to believe that they would be $15-$16k but they turned out to be $22k. I'd love one, but would rather have a Bellagio with extras for that money.

[nudemetalz]

A lot of money considering the Racer still has 49hp. Sure, the speed limit is 100km/h but if it made the same hp as the 1971 V7 Sport 750 (62hp) it would be okay.

[Dodgyiti]

Yep Nudes, and that 49hp is only because it is choked to buggery with Euro compliance crap. My older 750 small block engine is way better in that respect even though, shock horror, it has carbs...

[dangerous]

A lot of money considering the Racer still has 49hp. Sure, the speed limit is 100km/h but if it made the same hp as the 1971 V7 Sport 750 (62hp) it would be okay.

the 71 V7 is a big block, ya cant compair

The V7 Racer is hand-built to order. I was led to believe that they would be $15-$16k but they turned out to be $22k. I'd love one, but would rather have a Bellagio with extras for that money.

Not built to order, MG do a limited run as they always have... and I expect the price to benear 20k

Reports of the Ethanol content in fuels deforming nylon tanks are rife.

news to me, show us some evidance...

[James Deuce]

the 71 V7 is a big block, ya cant compair



Not built to order, MG do a limited run as they always have... and I expect the price to benear 20k


news to me, show us some evidance...

Sorry mate but you're wrong. I was really keen and went to the shop to order one after being told via email they'd be $15-16K. There's no limited run. They only build if you pony up the money and it's $22k.

[dangerous]

Sorry mate but you're wrong. I was really keen and went to the shop to order one after being told via email they'd be $15-16K. There's no limited run. They only build if you pony up the money and it's $22k.

dont be sorry I can stand corected, just that our local dealer has a couple on the burn, hes sold one but not the other, I asumed he had them cos he had them, but he may have put the order in himself hoping to be able to sell.

[nudemetalz]

The earlier one may be a big block, DD but that is still wayyyyy more horsies than the new one.. 'cause at the end of the day they're still both 750's.
I guess the '71 it isn't as smooth and more tempermental, not to mention louder (like that's a bad thing !! )

[dangerous]

The earlier one may be a big block, DD but that is still wayyyyy more horsies than the new one.. 'cause at the end of the day they're still both 750's.
I guess the '71 it isn't as smooth and more tempermental, not to mention louder (like that's a bad thing !! )

They may be 750's but nout a like... the big block can be built with more HP due to having guts in the casings, beter cooling, higher compresion etc small blocks are kinda brital in comparasion eg: the 4v heads... just not enough meat between the moving bits etc cos there aint the room.

[Dodgyiti]

The '71-'74 V7 Sport is actually very smooth and fairly quiet. It was really tall geared and rarely does 5th gear get used on the road, in fact you have to be doing about 70mph to even get it to pull top gear. I am fitting a set of V7 Sport mufflers to my Calli II at the moment, Lafranconi 26 which have a removable baffle end. I got them because they are so quiet, oh and they were cheaper than stock ones for that model

DD- I'm too lazy to find this evidence for you, sorry pal
Might have read it in a bike magazine as well.

[shrub]

with the newer engine but a Tonti frame and the original bodywork my Thunderbird would be on Tardme in a second.

[dangerous]

with the newer engine but a Tonti frame and the original bodywork my Thunderbird would be on Tardme in a second.

Well why not in true Guzzi owners form... build it ya self

Ill get ya started...

[nudemetalz]

That is gorgeous, DD

[shrub]

Well why not in true Guzzi owners form... build it ya self

Ill get ya started...

Yeah, that's a good option, and I considered getting a Cali or a Mk5 lemon and doing an S1000 conversion and was browsing Tardme, but going back to uni to do my masters means buying another bike is not an option until I've finished as right now I'd need to sell my T Bird first, and while my next bike will probably be a Guzzi, it will share the shed with the T Bird