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Falco9
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by Falco9 » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:34 pm
Very Nice.............Something about Guzzi's I love , especially this model
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HowardQ
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by HowardQ » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:32 pm
Same sentiments as Rich, always liked them.
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Kwackerz
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by Kwackerz » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:58 pm
You been over bloody Wymondham again aintcha! Dont do it!! Get over to Newton Flotman and get a proper bike. One of those green ones...

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HowardQ
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by HowardQ » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:31 pm
Perhaps that's what he meant about the respray.
Kwack green rather than PINK
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HisNibbs
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by HisNibbs » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:10 pm
I have a Guzzi dealer at the bottom of the road and I pop in now and again.
Despite having a on the whole negative experience of 15 years of Guzzi ownership I still realy like them. I think the post Aprilia development effort models look a quality product. I've ridden the 8V Stelvio but if I were to change the Falco any time soon then the Grizzo whould be the "heart" purchace.
I'd have one over any kwak any day

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BikerGran
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by BikerGran » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:45 pm
That reminds me, I haven't checked last Friday's Euromillions ticket!
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HowardQ
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by HowardQ » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:01 pm
If it comes up trumps BG, just thinking
I've never seen a Guzzi trike.
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BikerGran
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by BikerGran » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:32 pm
I have, Guzzi California, and very nice it was too! Even the owner reckoned it looked better as a trike than it did as a bike.
BTW I didn't win.
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fastasfcuk
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by fastasfcuk » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:37 pm
like the falco it's alot of bike for that money.
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HowardQ
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by HowardQ » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:59 pm
BikerGran wrote:I have, Guzzi California, and very nice it was too! Even the owner reckoned it looked better as a trike than it did as a bike.
BTW I didn't win.
Yeh, but that's not as bad if you've already had one.
Better luck next week (or Saturday).
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Nooj
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by Nooj » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:40 pm
Is it only me that doesn't like the Grisso? The V11 looks much nicer I think, and the MGS-01 is sex on a stick.
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by Kwackerz » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:29 pm
*whispers*
I dont like it either..
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HisNibbs
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by HisNibbs » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:45 pm
Nooj wrote:Is it only me that doesn't like the Grisso? The V11 looks much nicer I think, and the MGS-01 is sex on a stick.
I'll not argue about the MGS-01 well maybe the "on a stick" bit. I'm not likely to see one in the flesh let alone own one. I 've always like the Daytona and the similarly styled V11 but as sport bikes dynamicaly, I don't think they match the Aprilias. As a less intense machine for every day use and heaven forbid a style accessory, then Grizzo looks competent and unique.
Tim, I'm sure Kawasaki have earn't their brand loyalty. I've owned two and didn't find them bad bikes but to the best of my knowledge they don't make a bike I'd lust after.
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by Kwackerz » Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:41 pm
Ive looked and looked and loooooked at that bike, all I see is a foursome between a Suzuki Bandit, A Ducati Monster a Ford Escort gearbox and a very very startled air compressor..
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but for me I'd rather have a Le Mans (one of my favourite bikes as a kid, until the Ninja burst onto the scene in '84)
..which the GPz seems to have taken some styling cues from.
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