Not a GRiSO but I must ask

Grignapoco Posts : 150 Join date : 2022-02-24

2000 Quota with 9500 miles
$7500 USD
4 hrs from me at Cadre Cycle

What say the cognoscenti ?

Tanabuso Posts : 75 Join date : 2017-08-12

I have no affiliation with this and it’s on the other side of the country from you but if it’s any help in your decision...
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Grignapoco Posts : 150 Join date : 2022-02-24

Yes the price is far higher than any others I see.

Big question, any one here ever ridden one ?

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10460 Join date : 2013-05-30 Age : 67

Yes, IMHO they are not an example of Guzzi's best.

Apart from being built at one of the points where the company was on the bones of its arse they have a very weird throttlebody system that is difficult to tune that uses a TPS that has long been unavailable. The gear ratios are a one-off and spares are almost impossible to find. Need a bit of bodywork? Forget it!

My advice? Don't walk. RUN. Run away! Like the wind!

Oh, and 90% of their owners are seriously mad in the sort of way where they will back you into a corner at rallies and spend three hours telling you about how their aunt Gertrude used to run a school of interpretive dance for guanacos in Uttar Pradesh and showing you pictures of their operation scars.

Nope! Not today Satan!

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10071 Join date : 2013-09-30

Hells no!

Enzo is a good guy, so I wonder if it’s on sale by consignment? Undoubtedly owned by one of Pete’s interpretive dance people.

Shocked

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10460 Join date : 2013-05-30 Age : 67

I should of added that you can buy a Stelvio for similar money to the OP's find. Apart from being ten times the bike a Quota is you can still get most bits for them.

Godfather Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59

eighteight wrote:: 2000 Quota with 9500 miles
$7500 USD
4 hrs from me at Cadre Cycle

What say the cognoscenti ?

Highway robbery! You'd be lucky to get that price for a 2013 Stelvio NTX.

That's a $3500 - 4000 motorbike at best.

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Godfather Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59

I have ridden Quotas. They feel a bit off putting in my opinion. Wherein the v-11 spineys are a joy to ride, as is the Stelvio...

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Grignapoco Posts : 150 Join date : 2022-02-24

Thank you gentlemen.

New M-G dealer in Columbus OH ( only 2 hrs away)

Riding that way in Sept, perhaps I`ll test sit a V85

Comments ?

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1722 Join date : 2014-07-03

eighteight wrote:: Thank you gentlemen.

New M-G dealer in Columbus OH ( only 2 hrs away)

Riding that way in Sept, perhaps I`ll test sit a V85

Comments ?

Granted, it's populated by cultists, but this is as close to the GrisoGhetto of V85's as is out there:

ADVRider V85 Chatter

Kathi and I just got back from a few days in Wellsburg, Pa. -- where she tried to kill me by hiking; almost succeeded. Shocked

Anyway, it's a lovely part of the middle of nowhere. But when we pulled in to the lodge parking lot, two of the few guests were on motorcycles. One, this!

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New to Guzzi all-brands, but mostly, a Ducati guy. On his first 1K miles. Likes it.

I cannot quite flatfoot it with my 30" inseam, or the model would be of more interest.

Bill

GRiSO Capo Posts : 582 Join date : 2016-12-20

eighteight wrote:: Thank you gentlemen.

New M-G dealer in Columbus OH ( only 2 hrs away)

Riding that way in Sept, perhaps I`ll test sit a V85

Comments ?

Throttle Co in Columbus are as you said a new MG dealership. They are enthusiastic & honest, Dylan & Nicole. They started off working on vintage Nortons Triumphs & 70’s bikes, Honda 750’s etc. Then they got the Royal Enfield dealership which has worked out well for them. Now they have taken on Moto Guzzi’s as well. They are building a community around the various bike events here in town & developing a presence for the non HD bikers in Columbus

Honestly, though I know & like them & what they are doing, Enzo & Cadre are more knowledgeable about the marquee.

I’d still buy from them if they had the bike I wanted in stock.

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1451 Join date : 2016-01-26 Age : 69

EightEight
If you are 6 foot 7 inches and 17 stone - a Quota might be interesting..
But even then the technical peculiarities that Pete lists mean
$2800 - maybe

GRiSO Capo Posts : 685 Join date : 2019-08-17 Age : 70

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More ice cream and you can compress the suspension and flat foot any bike.

Don Abbondio Posts : 6081 Join date : 2014-03-13 Age : 69

I am 5'6" and the V85 TT is too tall for me, even when fully loaded. Looks like the forks can slide up the triple clamps for a bit, would require a shorter shock to get it lower. Unless you are tall, like 6', I would say forget about it

Grignapoco Posts : 150 Join date : 2022-02-24

6'+ /34" inseam / 170lbs
I suspect the V-85 would fit

Godfather Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59

Skinny bastard.

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Grignapoco Posts : 150 Join date : 2022-02-24

Steak wrote:: Skinny bastard.

Well, the last thing the U.S. needs is yet another old fat guy on an H-D

( Happy Labor day to our U.S. correspondents )

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