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V85TT Registry and pic thread

Pb4uride said:
I Rushed to pick it up 300+ miles away in Portland, Oregon on July 2nd. Didn't ride it until I got to the Washington Moto Guzzi Clubs 4th of July Deep Forest Campout between Mount Rainier & Mt St. Helens. She is a Red&White one - losing virginity at the Independence day Guzzi campout - so my wife Joanne named her "LIBERTY". Joanne and I travel around the country in a smallish 24' RV with LIBERTY riding on a hitch rack. The Liberty weighs the max allowable weight for the rack as well as the hitch. Should work out fantastic.
1st Impressions:
Breaking it in on the paved forest service roads was exhilarating, to say the least. After putting nearly 100 miles on it at constantly varying rpm's I opened it up to 104mph, it had no strain getting there and had plenty more speed left in that throttle. From start till you reach your intended speed the engine pulls strong & smoothly the entire range of acceleration. At 4200rpms it seems to activate the afterburners and you can feel it propel you even faster forward - smoothly. The shifting started off being rough & clunky, but with experimentation, it mellowed out; I found that by applying a tiny bit of preload on the shifter with 1/2 clutch pulled smoothly and it would snick into any gear as smooth as the best shifting Guzzi I've ever had. (It also speed shifted very efficiently.) The instrument panel indicates what gear you are in, but it is blank unless the clutch is out and you are moving in gear. Like, if you are sitting at a stop and look to see what gear you happen to be in - it is blank, does not tell you! so, what good is that? I did not like the high tingly vibrations after 4200rpm, makes my hands go numb. When getting on the throttle the engine vibrations are pretty strong, then after 4100rpm just get higher pitched and zing through that handlebar. Gotta fix that somehow. The throttle is super stiff and hard to turn. I know it is ride-by-wire and should not be that stiff, so hopefully at my 1st service that can be remedied. The Brakes are GREAT. The instrument panel is like a jet fighter cockpit - it's awesome. The tires are howling on some pavement when you lean? You Betcha, I took it Off-Roading on a 26-mile forest service road full of washouts, frost heaves, & pot-holes coming down from the rim of Mt Saint Helens crater. It behaved BRILLIANTLY. I didn't test it's limits by any means, but it was really really fun and the sort of mixed riding surfaces I will do while traveling.

2-UP! My wife Joanne is always riding behind me, and this bike has to work for us 2-up in all conditions. I am super pleased to report that the seating arrangements on this bike are simply excellent. The seat is long and wide, soft yet supportive. Longest ride so far was 5 hours: out - lunch - back without any complaints, sores, cramps, or stiffness. I'm so glad I bit the bullet and bought this Moto Guzzi V85TT. It is sure to give us many miles of pleasure and Liberty.

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Hey Pb4.... I'm just wondering about 2up. did you have any kind of back rest for your lady? or just the pannier with a cushion? I'm about to pull the trigger on my new v85tt and wondering the best way to bring my lady. Thanks!
 
Faisal said:
Congratulations on the bike! If I was obliged to name my bike, it would have to be "Big Bird"...

I've been driving mostly bikes that will vibrate your spine through your brain, so I don't really notice much vibrations. I mean they're there, but to me they're minor. Plus the cruise control solves that for long rides, but it would be cool if Todd could somehow eliminate it completely or most of the vibrations. Definitely waiting on Todd to get his hand on his so we can get some products for it.

I recently purchased the lower seat, fog lights + fog light kit, engine guards, the aluminium/plastic side bags, center stand, and the foldable mirrors. I'm waiting on them to arrive to install.

I haven't purchased a larger windscreen or an exhaust yet for a few reasons. Firstly, I'm waiting on Puig to put out their windscreen for the V85TT, which I'm quite certain they will at some point in the near future. Secondly, as a 1.74m rider, the current short windscreen on its lowest position is just fine for me, even at highway speeds. Yes, its windy, but I live in the Middle East.. I ride in 48+ Celsius weather (120+F) during the Summer. I need wind passing through me at these temperatures... But I don't get any head bobbling from the wind. Amazingly, the wind that passes over my head is clean. Maybe I'll switch to a larger screen for the Winter.

As for the exhaust, I contemplated purchasing the Agostini Cat delete along with the Zard slip-on, which, might I add, sounds absolutely astounding; however, the exhaust guard rubs against my heel and is quite annoying at times. Hopefully Todd will solve this when he gets to it, but from what I've seen, there doesn't seem to be a way around this. Hopefully I'm wrong.

The gear indicator is just stupid. Moto Guzzi need a software update ASAP. There is a significant delay when running through the gears and the indicated gear on the screen. The "dash" that appears when the clutch is pulled is just very unnecessary.

The suspension on both the front and rear need to be altered with, for me atleast. The front seems to be stiff to the point where I can feel the slight imperfections on the road through the handlebars, and the rear is extremely soft (very comfortable). I've seen reviews of people scraping the pegs very easily and from what I understood, Moto Guzzi had the suspension in the softest setting, therefore heavier riders seemed to scrape the pegs easier than lighter riders. I'm 70 Kgs and I'm pushing the bike near its leaning angle limit (in my mind), and I'm having trouble scraping the pegs easily. I've done it once or twice but that was just me riding like I was Valentino Rossi's 3rd cousin twice removed.

The lights illuminate the road infront really well. I don't like how they placed the switch for the DRL, the low beams, and the low beams + fog lights on the right side of the handlebar, though it's something that you'll probably use only once or twice during your entire ride, so it's not a big deal. I would've like if they gave you the option to turn the fog lights without having the low beam on, which brings me to the heated grips button.

Since the heated grips is an additonal option for the V85TT, they placed a small button to the right of the horn button which turns the heated grips on and off (there might be levels of heat intensity, I do not know). I'm thinking about wiring the fog lights to the heated grips button so I can turn them on along with my DRL only. I don't know if that is possible or not bit we'll see.

It rides like a hot knife through butter. The handling is just spot on. Power is sufficient especially above 3500 RPM. The claimed 80 hp is obviously to the crank. I would eat my own hair if it did anything above 55rwhp, but I feel like it has more to give.

Low speed handling is an absolute peach. No jerkiness to the throttle at low revs / speeds. It handles adequately when you need to lane split, but that transverse V-twin will cause you to adjust the steering often at very low speeds.

23 liter tank, and boy does it manage those 23 liters VERY well. I've managed 400 Km of city driving on a single tank and I wasn't even trying. I bet it can do 500 Km of long distance touring without an issue, which is darn impressive.

The tires (Michelin Anakees) give very good grip on dry roads, I haven't tried them in the wet, because the Middle East. I've done like 5 Kms of sand riding. It does well I guess. I'm no expert offroader so I don't know how it is supposed to behave.

I've done 1,500 Kms on the bike for now, and many many more will come. 1,500 Kms is the first service mark so we'll see how reliable it is after that!

Here it is in my garage, there's a 2019 KTM Super Duke GT and a 2004 V-Rod missing in the picture. If I get the chance sometime I'll take a proper picture.

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Wow Faisal! I love that garage with the bikes! Jealous. And looking at the outdoor pics, i think i need to consider a move - at least for the non-summer months! Thanks for the great write up.
 
Faisal said:
It's 2cm lower than stock which is less than 32 inches. I think it's something like 31.4 inches or high 30 inches, something like that.


I regret purchasing it to be honest. Even at 174cm, ergonomically it doesn't feel right. I like hugging the tank with my knees and the lower seat just doesn't let me do that properly. It feels wrong for me, so I switched back to the stock seat. If I wasn't soo short I would put the higher option seat.

I'll probably keep the lower seat for when I'm going to have a pillion with me just so I can plant my feet better on the ground.
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probably old news now but the stock seat is 32.7" and the lowered is 31.9". I sat on the bike i plan to buy and had the balls of both feet easily on the ground. I'm 5.9" - pretty much your height. I'm glad to hear that the smaller windscreen is good. I live in wisconsin, usa and can't take it out for a test yet because of the weather. hopefully soon!
 
Very happy I found this forum. Must admit that I was a bit sad when I came to the end of the posts. I was enjoying them so much! I am now debating whether to buy the 2020 or wait for the 2021's. We have a dealer close to me in Milwaukee, WI which is great. I'm leaning toward the red/white 2020. Planning to get center stand and engine guard.

I've been riding big baggers for a while now. Currently riding 2017 HD Road King Special. I've done a ton of mods to it including full exhaust and flashing, plus new cam and air intake and high performance fuel pump. This bike comes after my Triumph Thunderbird Commander, Yamaha Roadliner and Honda Shadow. Been jonesing over adv bikes for a while now and decided I can't wait any longer. Riding my big bike on anything other than pavement can be perilous. It weighs north of 900 pounds all suited up so the idea of shedding 400 pounds on my ride is really appealing. I'm a bit worried about losing the HP though - I love feeling that punch when rolling on the throttle at speed. It's all good though, I'm keeping the harley.

One other point that made me laugh: the comments about the gear indicator! Boy did I get a chuckle at that. I've been riding big boy bikes for 20 years now and never had one. The idea that I get any help at all with what gear i'm in will be a huge upgrade - in fact the display on the VT is so far superior to any bike I've owned that I won't know what to do with it all! And my current harley does not have an analog tach, so I have to scroll through a very small display to get to the digital tach.....

Anyhoo, sorry for the long post and thank you so much for starting this forum. I'm definitely gonna start hunting for MG riding friends. I'll start with my father-in-law who rides a California.

p.s. grew up in Huntington so I'll definitely come see your shop when I'm home visiting family. Thanks again. Pics to come soon.

Oh, and please feel free to opine on the 2021's. I know about the tubeless tires and supposed low and mid range torque boost.... seems like a big bump in price for little benefits. I am a mod guy though, so I'll be perusing your shop to see what performance upgrades you've got!
 
Drank the MG kool-aid, and picked up a 2020 factory demo bike. VIN: ZGUKWU00XLM000225

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Galactic said:
Drank the MG kool-aid, and picked up a 2020 factory demo bike. VIN: ZGUKWU00XLM000225
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Congrats and welcome to the GT Forum & Guzzi Famigia. That's GP. Hope Paul & Co did well for you on it. Also hope to see you out and about on it one day this year.
 
My first ever Moto Guzzi & to be honest the only motorcycle that MG has built that held even the slightest appeal to me

V85 TT Travel VIN# ZGUKWUA00LM000121 Purchased from Cycle Works North in Calgary Alberta Canada through Dave Anderson

Since I own a cpl web domains, I have made one dedicated to the various ADV Styled bikes that I have owned (link in Sig File)

Just had a new top case delivered (Kappa KRG 52) & am in the process of adding extra running & signal lights. If I can figure it out, there will also be extra brake lights
Picture taken a couple of weeks ago & the bike has just shy of 5000 km so far
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Night_Wolf said:
My first ever Moto Guzzi & to be honest the only motorcycle that MG has built that held even the slightest appeal to me
V85 TT Travel VIN# ZGUKWUA00LM000121 Purchased from Cycle Works North in Calgary Alberta Canada through Dave Anderson
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Congrats, and welcome to the Guzzi Famiglia and GT Forum. Warning: Guzzis are quite addictive, no matter what you think about them before owning one. Next you know, you'll have many. If you haven't, please read both paragraphs in red above. Enjoy and post often.
 
I picked up my first Moto Guzzi on May 18th. I was looking for an air cooled, shaft drive adventure bike and found out about the Moto Guzzi when searching for adventure bikes online. I sat on a 2020 and was hooked because it feels light and my feet reach the ground. I chose the Centenario because I wanted tubeless tires and the increased low end torque of the 2021. I hoped to get the special 100th anniversary edition and found one at a dealer nearby. I added the heated hand grips and center stand. The aluminum luggage set should be arriving at my dealer soon. I am using a small tank bag strapped to the luggage rack for some storage for now. I have a 2002 BMW R1150RS (purchased new) for pavement riding, but the only dirt/gravel it sees is short construction zones at very slow speed. Centenario
 
Wow... you found a dealer in the US that just happened to have a Centenario in stock to sell you? They only started showing up very recently, and most it seems are pre-sold. I ordered one months ago and should be taking delivery any day now. Congrats!

__Jason
 
jwtucker said:
Wow... you found a dealer in the US that just happened to have a Centenario in stock to sell you? They only started showing up very recently, and most it seems are pre-sold. I ordered one months ago and should be taking delivery any day now. Congrats!

__Jason
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You will really like it when it arrives! Several dealers in Colorado show in stock listings, but I did not call any of them since I found this one in Arizona.
 
GerryAZ said:
I picked up my first Moto Guzzi on May 18th.
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Congrats again Gerry. If you would, please post the VIN# and related for the first post of this thread. you'll be he first for the Centenario.
 
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