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I own both a '17 Guzzi V7 III Special and a '19 Triumph Bonneville Street twin. The Street Twin, accelerates much quicker, handles much better, and even in stock form has suspension far better then the V7, fueling is spot on( far better then the Guzzi), build quality is excellent and dealer...
Stefan Knopf shipped two of my bikes to Heidelberg Germany, he's honest, reliable, trustworthy, knows his stuff, he's German and gods to riders from the US wanting to explore Europe. He may be able to help you out. For sure he can get it to Heidelberg and from there it's a great ride over some...
Beautiful seat. Can you post up a profile picture of the bike and seat. Tell me about it. Is it firm? Does it have a rain barrier between the leather and padding? Does it have a gel pad? How does it change your riding position?
Paul
Mr. Pepperoni, tell me more about the Narrowed bars bars please. What did ya do? How did ya do it. How has it affected handling? I like my bike and my women to be slim and trim....;)
Paul
That's great news!! Makes it less likely that new owners will be stranded at road side as I was 1000 miles from home, on a fly/ride and only 1200 miles on a 2 week old V7 Special. Even though I was about 250+ miles from the purchasing dealer, Hamlin Cycle in Bethel Ct., they came to fetch me and...
I negotiated the 1st service price when I purchased the bike but after agreeing on the price of the bike. that way I have a little leverage, know what the price is, and get no surprise's. The dealer's gotta make a buck to keep the doors open, pay salaries, taxes, insurance, employee benefits...
That suxs. Each bike has a character of it's own and the only way to know what each brings is a ride. Perhaps you can hook up with some folks in your area that will be kind enough to allow you to take a ride on their bike?????
Are you an experienced rider? If so, what have you owned.
Paul
Given equal displacement V/flat twins are, in general, likely to be tuned for more torques in the low/mid RPM range and poses a very flat torque curve. The Duc is a different animal, that motor config have perfect balance and because of that is able to rev higher with less vibration.... Sure...
Not sure how you define 'that much difference".
V/flat wins are noted for the greater low-mid range torques and very flat torque curve. It's not uncommon for parallels twins to have more HP the V-Twins. The heptic feed back the rides receives is completely different. I find the v/flat to have...
One notable reason I wouldn't compare it to those you reference is the motor. None of those are V-twins which has power characteristics far different then The parallel motors configuration in the bike you reference.
Paul
Sorry to hear that. It could have been worse, good to know you and the pillion got home safe and sound. I hope it turms out to be nothing more then a minor inconvience for you. Waiting to hear more from you on this.
I suspect M. G. is very interested to their hot little Italian hands on your...
I suspect it may need a little back pressure in the exhaust system to reduce the effect of reversion and allow for a proper cylinder fill of fuel. Even with PC's and other fueling aids or crb tunes my bike have run better in the lower and mid RPM range when the exhaust was baffled. Recently I...