A couple take their 850 to the track 
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Le Mans at the track.
- Thread starter DeadEye
- Start date
Don't do this to me. Now I miss mine...
Was there ever a better looking Guzzi?
Was there ever a better looking Guzzi?
Sounds great too 
Enjoyed the video but had to leave a comment on YouTube.
I utterly despise it when Brits and Aussies intentionally mispronounce the name as:
MOTO GUZZ EEE. Ugh!
The man’s name was CARLO GUZZI and his name is pronounced with the break in syllables taking place between the double zz.
Carlo Gootz Zee.
FFS: We don’t say:
QUEEN VICTOR RYE AYE.
I will be so glad when they finally show a modicum of respect and stop massacring a damn simple Italian surname.
I utterly despise it when Brits and Aussies intentionally mispronounce the name as:
MOTO GUZZ EEE. Ugh!
The man’s name was CARLO GUZZI and his name is pronounced with the break in syllables taking place between the double zz.
Carlo Gootz Zee.
FFS: We don’t say:
QUEEN VICTOR RYE AYE.
I will be so glad when they finally show a modicum of respect and stop massacring a damn simple Italian surname.
We should start pronouncing it “QUEEN VICTOR RYE AYE.”
Yet, around the world, we all know how to pronounce PIZZA
Typical Utuber. Flaw I saw was them talking of a 77 year racer & bike they show was a Square head bike. Just tells me they don't know the difference in motors. Would be nice if all the LM1 owners take them on track days or at least ride them. A lot just sit.
That was how I figured it out.
That's exactly how I explain the name to Harley riders!
The brand has always been pronounced Gooz ee here in the UK, at least in my 60 year life time. There was never any intention to disrespect the name. I only heard it being pronounced the same as pizza fairly recently when I stared looking at You Tube vids.
Strangely maybe, because I lived in Germany for 10 years I still pronounce the letter W as a V as in Vagner not Wagner. I'm sure nobody is trying to deliberately trash a name or language by emphasising the W though. Gooz ee owners have always been very enthusiastic about there bikers regardless of how they pronounce the name.
There exists in Belgium a town called Ypres, pronounced eep. When the British Army fought in Flanders in WW1, they pronounced it wii- pers, which is still said today. English is a funny thing, which I'd think Americans understand as they took the English language and made it their own.
Strangely maybe, because I lived in Germany for 10 years I still pronounce the letter W as a V as in Vagner not Wagner. I'm sure nobody is trying to deliberately trash a name or language by emphasising the W though. Gooz ee owners have always been very enthusiastic about there bikers regardless of how they pronounce the name.
There exists in Belgium a town called Ypres, pronounced eep. When the British Army fought in Flanders in WW1, they pronounced it wii- pers, which is still said today. English is a funny thing, which I'd think Americans understand as they took the English language and made it their own.
Maybe I was unclear and it caused you misunderstand me.
I just dislike it when they say
GUZZ Eee
Like you would say he guzzled a drink.
It hurts my Italian ears
I just dislike it when they say
GUZZ Eee
Like you would say he guzzled a drink.
It hurts my Italian ears
Begone with your letter Zee and thou's of an inch.Maybe I was unclear and it caused you misunderstand me.
I just dislike it when they say
GUZZ Eee
Like you would say he guzzled a drink.
It hurts my Italian ears
That's a nice SE
AGL
Just got it firing!
On pronunciation, I can only add that when I was drooling over getting an 850 Le Mans throughout 1976-77, it was always pronounced Moto Gutz-Zee. When I bought one in 1978, that was what the London dealer, the Glasgow maintaining dealer and I as the rider called it, too; none of that 'gussy' stuff. That was what later became known as the Mk 1, series two (rectangular-type rear light). It was an absolute delight to ride back to Manchester on after buying it, handling and braking stupendously compared to the British and Japanese bikes I had before that. I subsequently rode back and forth between Manchester and Glasgow each weekend in all conditions, including heavy snow at night on Beattock Summit, and it never missed a beat. The bike would see off any Japanese bike when riding on anything other than on motorways in straight lines and cruised effortlessly for as many hours as one liked at the UK national speed limit. I would also add that it could reach the advertised 130 mph and went around the Isle of Man mountain circuit very rapidly and safely, since I did both on it.
Just in case anyone thinks that the rose-tinted spectacles are firmly on, I've got an almost identical Mk 1 nowadays and it can still do all those things, even if the rider isn't so keen on that as I'm a lot older.
Just in case anyone thinks that the rose-tinted spectacles are firmly on, I've got an almost identical Mk 1 nowadays and it can still do all those things, even if the rider isn't so keen on that as I'm a lot older.