I love the Motus engine, the transverse V4 is seriously cool. I don't care so much for the styling, and the price is a bit steep. But it is good that someone is there thinking outside the box.
Currently some of the Japanese brands are doing a pretty good job of building interesting motorcycles. Honda has a few cool V4 powered bikes, as well as a few models using a 700cc parallel twin (I bought one of those). Yamaha has come out with a triple and a twin.
I would love to see Guzzi do something like the Motus. I don't feel they need to do a transverse V twin. In my opinion they mainly need to do something that keeps them outside the box, they need to avoid the standard engine layouts that everyone else seems to use. But it does not have to be a V twin. Guzzi have made other engine designs in the past, and they could do something like that in the future, I would be fine with it.
Other than the MGS 01 (which I would buy tomorrow if I could) I hope they do something interesting that looks towards the future and not continue to capitalize on the past. The PT concepts they did were not exactly what I would be looking for, but perhaps if they went that route with a different designer who was better able to capture the aesthetic of a Guzzi. Moto Guzzi have a long tradition of making beautiful motorcycles. They really don't need to farm it out. They do need to act. I hope they pull something out.
Currently some of the Japanese brands are doing a pretty good job of building interesting motorcycles. Honda has a few cool V4 powered bikes, as well as a few models using a 700cc parallel twin (I bought one of those). Yamaha has come out with a triple and a twin.
I would love to see Guzzi do something like the Motus. I don't feel they need to do a transverse V twin. In my opinion they mainly need to do something that keeps them outside the box, they need to avoid the standard engine layouts that everyone else seems to use. But it does not have to be a V twin. Guzzi have made other engine designs in the past, and they could do something like that in the future, I would be fine with it.
Other than the MGS 01 (which I would buy tomorrow if I could) I hope they do something interesting that looks towards the future and not continue to capitalize on the past. The PT concepts they did were not exactly what I would be looking for, but perhaps if they went that route with a different designer who was better able to capture the aesthetic of a Guzzi. Moto Guzzi have a long tradition of making beautiful motorcycles. They really don't need to farm it out. They do need to act. I hope they pull something out.