Moto Guzzi

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22 September 2022

Special edition V7 celebrates Moto Guzzi’s 101st birthday

Over 60,000 Guzzi fans attended the 101st celebration of the firm’s existence, after the centennial celebrations of 2021 were cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This special edition Moto Guzzi V7 Stone was recently unveiled at the Italian brand’s World Days festival, or Giornate Mondiale Moto Guzzi (GMG) event, a year on from its postponed party. Held in the historic
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1 August 2020
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2020 Moto Guzzi V85 TT Premium review

Post-covid, we finally get some time behind the ‘bars of Guzzi’s most sensational looking bike in years, the V85TT premium. Is the beauty just skin deep? Sometimes the...
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13 June 2017
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2017 Moto Guzzi Stornello review

Based on the V7 II the Moto Guzzi Stornello is a limited edition offering that looks off-road ready but does it rock out? Stornello is not an Italian...
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13 February 2017
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2017 Moto Guzzi V9 Roamer review

Moto Guzzi has released a pair of middleweight cruisers named Bobber and Roamer, both displacing 850cc, just like the historic Le Mans model. We go ranging on the...
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15 June 2016
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2016 Moto Guzzi California 1400 Eldorado review

We took a Moto Guzzi Eldorado on an extended weekend jaunt from Auckland to Gisborne and then home again via the East Cape. Would the big cruiser be...
4 June 2025
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2025 Moto Guzzi V85 TT Travel Review

In a bike world long ruled by ‘more is better’, motorcycles like the Moto Guzzi V85 TT Travel make you rethink things. Adventure bikes like these – now the default tourers – bask in moderation and they’re all the better for it. Take the time to soak in the environs you’re passing through. This will canter at a trot, but
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13 March 2024
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2023 Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello S E5 review

Moto Guzzi marked its 100th anniversary in 2021 and celebrated by recently releasing the V100 Mandello, the number reflecting both the years in business and engine displacement. It has lots of thoughtful design features and it’s attractive too, with plenty of retro features harking back to the Le Mans era. There’s modern stuff as well though, like a single-sided aluminium
Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello S taking a corner at pace
31 October 2023
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Guzzi V100 Family Expands with Stelvio ADV

Prior to its unveiling at the upcoming EICMA bike show, Moto Guzzi has released details of its new Stelvio adventure-tourer. Named after the highest pass in Italy, the ADV is heavily based on the V100 Mandello and is said to be ready for light-duty offroading. It is therefore primarily a high-rise tourer, the extended suspension travel offering added on-road ride
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18 January 2023
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2022 Moto Guzzi V7 Special 850 review

Moto Guzzi likes to keep things traditional, especially when it comes to its V7. We ride the new Special to see how much things haven’t changed.  With modern bikes you typically get a boatload of technology but with retro specials like the latest V7 Special you see here, not so much; it’s more of a stripped back analogue experience. Okay,
Moto Guzzi V7 Special 850 scenic side action