Ken Smith. London, Kentucky.
I'll be trading my 2019 Yamaha Niken GT for a Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello in early 2023. I'll be getting the bags and a taller windshield. I would expect to put somewhere between 7,000 and 12,000 miles per year on the bike. I ride a lot of twisty roads in Appalachia. I will also tour a bit with the bike, but my Honda will remain my primary tourer.
I've never owned a Moto Guzzi, but I always wanted one. I've owned four Hondas with 90 degree V4s mounted the way Moto Guzzi mounts the V Twin. I like that configuration. I think the Niken may turn out to be the last chain-drive bike I ever own. I prefer shaft drive.
I've been riding on the street since 1974. Early on, I did most of my own wrenching. But I haven't really done much of my own work since the turn of the century. If I ever get to retire, I may go back to doing my own work on the bikes.