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PostSubject: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Thu Aug 25, 2022 7:20 am

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

What say the cognoscenti ?
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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:59 am

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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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:59 am

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

Big question, any one here ever ridden one ?
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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:36 pm

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!

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:17 pm


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.




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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:56 pm

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.

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Thu Aug 25, 2022 7:50 pm

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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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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Thu Aug 25, 2022 7:53 pm

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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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Fri Aug 26, 2022 1:43 am

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

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:20 am

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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

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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.

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:21 pm

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

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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.
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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:48 pm

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

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:03 pm

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

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Sat Aug 27, 2022 6:30 pm

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

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:45 am

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

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:30 pm

Skinny bastard.

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PostSubject: Re: Not a GRiSO but I must ask    Not a GRiSO but I must ask Icon_minitime1Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:58 am

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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