Moto Guzzi Road Tests & Reviews
Moto Guzzi Motorcycle Guide
Moto Guzzi is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer established in 1921 and is one of seven brands owned by Piaggio. In reviews and guides, the company is noted for its historic role in Italy's motorcycle manufacturing, its prominence worldwide in motorcycle racing, and a series of industry innovations including the first motorcycle centerstand, wind tunnel and eight-cylinder engine (the Moto Guzzi Grand Prix V8 in 1955).
Moto Guzzi Celebrates its 90th Anniversary
Rider Magazine
September 20, 2011
Many historic models from Moto Guzzi's 90-year history were on display. The turnout of Italian and foreign enthusiasts to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Moto Guzzi in Mandello del Lario, which reached 20,000 participants during the three-day Giornate Mondiali Guzzi (Guzzi World Days) event, exceeded... Read more »
2011 Moto Guzzi Norge GT 8V Road Test
Rider Magazine
September 20, 2011
[This 2011 Moto Guzzi Norge GT 8V Road Test was originally published in the September 2011 issue of Rider] photography by Kevin Wing Mama mia, look at it lean! The centerstand no longer scrapes but the sidestand will drag on the left side moments after the peg feeler. Still, you can go deep on the neutral-handling... Read more »
Moto Guzzi V7 Racer Limited Edition – First Look
Rider Magazine
July 28, 2011
Fancy an old-school cafe racer but don’t have the time, intestinal fortitude or English wheel to build one from scratch? Well, Moto Guzzi will happily sell you one of these just-released, limited-edition V7 Racer models for $9,790. Seems a very appropriate way to celebrate the Mandello del Lario... Read more »
Moto Guzzi National Owners Club 36th International Rally
Peter Switzer
May 13, 2011
photography by the author and Peter Switzer Italians love to congregate—whether it is the evening passegiata through the town’s piazza, with everybody having an ice cream cone; or the Mafia bosses gathering in upstate New York, thinking the cops will never know; or a couple of hundred Moto Guzzi... Read more »
2010 Moto Guzzi V7 Classic Road Test
Rider Magazine
May 26, 2010
photography by Rich Cox [This 2010 Moto Guzzi V7 Classic Road Test was originally published in the July 2010 issue of Rider magazine] Moto Guzzi has many notable styling achievements on its résumé. Recently, for example, there’s the exotic Griso cruiser, and radical MGS-01 racebike. In this author’s... Read more »
2010 Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic Road Test
Rider Contributor
March 1, 2010
[This 2010 Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic Road Test was originally published in the April 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic Fun! Impractical, but fun. I traded in a 130-horsepower sport-touring bike for this 40-horse Moto Guzzi, and I had more fun with the retro classic. Granted,... Read more »
2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio Road Test
Kevin Ash
September 15, 2009
[This 2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio Road Test was originally published in the October 2008 issue of Rider magazine] Of all the manufacturers attempting to cash in on the success of BMW’s R1200GS by producing rival machines, Moto Guzzi ought to have the best potential of all. After all, the basic specification... Read more »
2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V Road Test
Clement Salvadori
June 22, 2009
photography by Kevin Wing and Mike Callahan [This 2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V Road Test was originally published in the August 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V with Clem The best roads in this country are the ones with little or no traffic—at least to my way of thinking.... Read more »
2008 BMW R1200RT vs. Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 Motorcycle Comparison
Bill Stermer
July 9, 2008
[this comparison review of the 2008 BMW R1200RT and 2008 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200 was originally published in the July 2008 issue of Rider] Any sport-touring motorcycle is going to fit along a sliding scale of sportiness vs. touring capabilities. At one end of the spectrum would be a sporty bike with bags... Read more »
Retrospective: Moto Guzzi V50: 1977-1989
Clement Salvadori
June 22, 2008
(This Retrospective article was printed in the July 2008 issue of Rider Magazine.) In the mid-1970s Moto Guzzi’s outlook was affected by Alessandro de Tomaso, an Argentine of Italian background who purchased the factory lock, stock and cylinder barrel. His marketing types took a look at the line of... Read more »
