BMW v Moto Guzzi

[gregor]

My brother in law is a Moto Guzzi fan. He is what we call a short a**e here. He sent this to me



Any more insults I can throw back?

[kirby]

Published in a moto mag. Pretty close...
Its an acquired taste, sorta like Guinness!!

:-)


"There are different levels of questionable choices when it comes to motorcycles. I'd have to put Moto Guzzi at the upper level of that scale, being a brand that normal people might want to own but not quite. Moto Guzzi has been trying to get into motorcycling's USA kingdom of acceptability for nearly 100 years now, never getting farther than camping outside the castle walls, like a weird tribe of migrant serfs. Guzzi's sideways-mounted shaft drive V-twin is so peculiar that Honda once copied it.

There's too much to admire about Moto Guzzi motorcycles to not want them to succeed, but they're just a bit too strange for the masses. So, since we want them to survive, I think that you should buy one, while you might think that I should buy one. Neither of us will. Moto Guzzis are great bikes, but they're bikes that only Moto Guzzi owners would own and somehow we all know what I mean by that, even though I can't explain it."

[lcarlson]

If you haven't tried a Guzzi lately, maybe you should....

2002 R1150R
2014 MG California 1400 Custom

[Keppelj]

I've had a couple I liked a lot. One was the original V-7 Sport. Seventy HP, fast, great handling bike. Finely made too.

[AZBMWRIDER]

I got my first Guzzi, 6 years ago .
It's an '87 model, so comparing it to a like era airhead is more realistic .
It's quirky and has been mentioned before, it does not appeal to the masses .
I got it, because you don't see very many Guzzi 's on the road, oh yeah, the price was something I couldn't pass up .
The newer Guzzi's are similar to the oilhead bikes .

[kirby]

Guzzi rider/owners tend to be motorcycle "enthusiasts' " more often than not.

[riceburner]

Published in a moto mag. Pretty close...
Its an acquired taste, sorta like Guinness!!

:-)


"There are different levels of questionable choices when it comes to motorcycles. I'd have to put Moto Guzzi at the upper level of that scale, being a brand that normal people might want to own but not quite. Moto Guzzi has been trying to get into motorcycling's USA kingdom of acceptability for nearly 100 years now, never getting farther than camping outside the castle walls, like a weird tribe of migrant serfs. Guzzi's sideways-mounted shaft drive V-twin is so peculiar that Honda once copied it.

There's too much to admire about Moto Guzzi motorcycles to not want them to succeed, but they're just a bit too strange for the masses. So, since we want them to survive, I think that you should buy one, while you might think that I should buy one. Neither of us will. Moto Guzzis are great bikes, but they're bikes that only Moto Guzzi owners would own and somehow we all know what I mean by that, even though I can't explain it."

CHP seemed to like theirs iirc.




Once I've completed on my new house (6 months!) I'll be picking up my first 'big' bike from my parents house and rebuilding it..... Moto Guzzi V50 mk 2.

[lcarlson]

Looks very nice....

[gregor]

From the replies, I guess the phrase brewers droop and the sagging cylinders of the BMW do not make it a funny across the pond.

[racurley]

Had to google that one. Apparently a reference to ED vs. a band Mark Knopfler once played in in the 70's.

[EasyBee]

My brother in law is a Moto Guzzi fan. He is what we call a short a**e here. He sent this to me



Any more insults I can throw back?

Well if the boobs of the Beamer are hanging, then the boobs on a Guzzi must have had a boob job.