foggy95
Tuned and Synch'ed
Having seen the various on line pictures and reading much about the Griso SE, I decided I must see one of these magnificant machines in person. The green with white stripes also reminded me of my since departed Centauro Sport, also green with white stripes. The 4v Daytona engine (8v in Griso speak) in that bike was a peach.
Glancing through the on line Cycle Trader, I find a dealer not too far away (Princeton NJ, about 85 miles from me), with listings for a number of bikes in stock, including the Griso SE. So, with nothing better to do with still 16 inches of snow on the ground, I plot my course on my GPS and head for NJ.
When the GPS announces my destination is on my right, I look around and see nothing but car dealerships, particularly a Chrysler/Jeep dealership to my immediate right. It's called Bakers, and the Guzzi dealership was called Bakers Cycles. This must be it. So I park my car and walk inside, seeing nothing but Jeeps and SUVs. As the nicely dressed salesman glides up to me, I say "Where do you hide the Guzzis?"
"Oh, we got rid of those", says he. Sounded like good riddence too.
Curiosity and great disappontment made me ask why. Seems they couldn't sell any. Or at least enough to make it worthwhile. Seems a trend that car dealers think for some reason they can sell Moto Guzzis, anyone else notice that?
So that's how I spent most of Saturday. Still need to see a Griso SE "in the flesh"...I am thinking that may be my next bike. Anyone know of a dealership anywhere near Southeast Pennsylvania that may have one? Also, when the SE was first released, I saw somewhere that production would be limited to 200 units. Can I assume that is no longer a true statement, since it seems to be in the new bike linup as a 'regular' model.
Thanks all who have beared with me! (I won't try to save this as a draft -that's another story!)
Glancing through the on line Cycle Trader, I find a dealer not too far away (Princeton NJ, about 85 miles from me), with listings for a number of bikes in stock, including the Griso SE. So, with nothing better to do with still 16 inches of snow on the ground, I plot my course on my GPS and head for NJ.
When the GPS announces my destination is on my right, I look around and see nothing but car dealerships, particularly a Chrysler/Jeep dealership to my immediate right. It's called Bakers, and the Guzzi dealership was called Bakers Cycles. This must be it. So I park my car and walk inside, seeing nothing but Jeeps and SUVs. As the nicely dressed salesman glides up to me, I say "Where do you hide the Guzzis?"
"Oh, we got rid of those", says he. Sounded like good riddence too.
Curiosity and great disappontment made me ask why. Seems they couldn't sell any. Or at least enough to make it worthwhile. Seems a trend that car dealers think for some reason they can sell Moto Guzzis, anyone else notice that?
So that's how I spent most of Saturday. Still need to see a Griso SE "in the flesh"...I am thinking that may be my next bike. Anyone know of a dealership anywhere near Southeast Pennsylvania that may have one? Also, when the SE was first released, I saw somewhere that production would be limited to 200 units. Can I assume that is no longer a true statement, since it seems to be in the new bike linup as a 'regular' model.
Thanks all who have beared with me! (I won't try to save this as a draft -that's another story!)