Guzzi reliability

[willytheekid]

sounds like it had been miss used and neglected. whats the milage?


so true, owning an iti is more than just a ride...

Hay Dan, yeah twas badly neglected and had been thrashed (raced) got her with less than 18k on the clock, she was a good looker! - previously owned by a collector in Dunners and previous to that one in japan...but neither had actually ridden her.
All good now tho and have put 20k on the clock (now 38k)...no problems since the big clean up.

[dangerous]

hey those moaning bout Guzzi... speaking to a guy I know at a rally last w/e and his 500 Monza has cranked 300,000km and only now is it showing age, little smokie and wont select 1st n 2nd to well... beat that

[nudemetalz]

V50 Monza's are super cool weee machines. Love one of those.
Like an 850 that shrunken in the wash...

[nudemetalz]

Had a laugh this morning..rode the Guzzi in the pouring rain to work.
Sitting at the lights watching the revcounter needle going up and down with the rythym of the indicator flashes...ah how Italian bikes love rain....

[cheshirecat]

Had a laugh this morning..rode the Guzzi in the pouring rain to work.
Sitting at the lights watching the revcounter needle going up and down with the rythym of the indicator flashes...ah how Italian bikes love rain....

I miss vehicles like that - or is it I'm getting old. My old landrover used to keep passengers occupied for yonks trying to get the wipers in sync and that was ony the start.

Miss the old BSA Bantam - safest bike ever made. Never running long enough to get past the garden gate.

[shrub]

I did 48000 ks on my old Mk2 over 4 years and in that time the seal at the end of the crankshaft shat itself and a coil died in the middle of Arthur's Pass meaning I rode home on a 425cc single. And the electrics died regularly in the rain, but that's it. Pretty good for a 20 year old bike.