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Hi guys, potential new Moto Guzzi owner here, doing a bit of research before pulling the trigger :)
 
scottmastrocinque said:
Welcome! Pray tell, what are you lusting after? 😁
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Looking at the V7 Stone (possibly used). I went to see a 2009 V7 III with only 16000km, but the finish on the bike looked like it literally had 150000km+. I'm thinking I'd probably be better off with the 2014+ with a 6th gear. Dealerships are 1h30 away from me. I absolutely think these bikes are gorgeous. I love the character of the engine, I love the fact that they can be enjoyed at slower speeds (as opposed to an R1 on which I can lose my license in first gear on the highway!), their simplicity, the ease of maintenance (valves are easy to access), no chain, etc. But I am a bit concerned about the quality of the finish on these bikes. I've owned bikes from Ducati, KTM, BMW, Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki, Triumph, I'm not loyal to any brand, and our roads around here are covered in more salt than a NY pretzel. I ride from early spring, until it snows, and I've never had any rust issues on any of my bikes. I had a 2006 MT-01 last year with 90000km and if you didn't know, you would have thought it had under 15000km (heck my DR650 with 30000km that has been ridden through hell only has surface rust where the paint was worned off exposing bare metal, all bolts still look like new). I'm seeing posts of owners of 2022 Moto Guzzis having rust issues, I'm a bit concerned, more than by any reliability issues that might come with the "Italian character" as my DR would still be my main bike and this would be my cruise around town bike.
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There are several Moto Guzzi dealers in the Montreal area. Moto Illimitees in Terrebonne has a lot of new 2022 and 2023 V7 as cheap as $10,777 CAD. They have a couple of used ones also.
 
Raven said:
There are several Moto Guzzi dealers in the Montreal area. Moto Illimitees in Terrebonne has a lot of new 2022 and 2023 V7 as cheap as $10,777 CAD. They have a couple of used ones also.
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Yeah I put Montreal in the description, but I'm in a small town 1h30 away from MTL and 1h30 from Quebec City
;) And yes I've seen even new 2020 V7 for 8999$ which is interesting, but then makes me wonder how hard it will be to resell if they were stuck with it for 4 years (including covid years where all dealers couldn't get enough bikes to sell).
 
Good choice! We have lots of Canuks here that ride just about everything. You see, they already arrived! 😆

Anybody who complains about the finish on a Moto Guzzi, doesn’t take proper care of it. If you care for her, she will always look new.

There was just a discussion about this topic.

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Winter weather motor protection

I'm feeling a bit frustrated because I can't ride my bike at the moment. I made the mistake of riding it when there was still some salt on the roads, and it made quite a mess of the engine and swing arm. It appears to be unprotected aluminium, without lacquer like most Japanese and German bikes...
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scottmastrocinque said:
Good choice! We have lots of Canuks here that ride just about everything. You see, they already arrived! 😆

Anybody who complains about the finish on a Moto Guzzi, doesn’t take proper care of it. If you care for her, she will always look new.

There was just a discussion about this topic.

www.guzzitech.com

Winter weather motor protection

I'm feeling a bit frustrated because I can't ride my bike at the moment. I made the mistake of riding it when there was still some salt on the roads, and it made quite a mess of the engine and swing arm. It appears to be unprotected aluminium, without lacquer like most Japanese and German bikes...
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Yeah I was looking at some other posts about this. But it is still a motorcycle, from what I've seen so far, they do seem to be maybe more sensitive to the elements than the average bike. I had a 2015 Triumph Scrambler (and I think those were made in Thailand) with 70000km, rode it through dirt, mud, rain, salty roads, and when I sold it it still looked like new, not one rusted bolt and I wasn't coating everything with ACF 50 or anything I just washed it once in a while and rode it (at least that's what I expect from a motorcycle) :)
 
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V7 850 2022 already rusting

I am noticing that everything chrome on my v7 special is already starting to rust,I'm using the bike to commute for about 2 months now. Anybody else got some experience with their bike starting to rust so quickly?And how did you solve the problem if so? Groetjes Diederik
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Like the pictures in that first post, even as a Canadian, I wouldn't know how to make my bike rust so fast (the bike is barely 2 years old) except for the header bolts, even stainless steel will eventually rust when heated)...this is something I would expect of a 15-20 year old bike that was left outside exposed to the elements.
 
You should create a new thread in the appropriate forum as this is an introductions area.

Thank you very much.
 
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