Comments on: Cleveland Motorcycle Show 2007

By: kneeslider

kneeslider — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:31:03 +0000

Ken, the Guzzi was built by Rodney Aguiar and was one of the featured bikes in the December 2006 Cycle World American Flyers section. The bike is a 1987 Moto Guzzi SPII 1000. Hand made tail section, inverted fork from a 2004 GSX-R 750. Some other parts from an 04 GSX-R 1000.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:18:17 +0000

….Steve Carpenter’s Honda CB750 cafe racer was on display….It was displayed next to a Moto Guzzi given the cafe racer treatment … I attended the Chicago Show this weekend and would like info on the Moto Guzzi. Can you help??

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:20:13 +0000

haha! hoyt, I didn’t bring up the welds cause I didn’t want to sound like I was being petty! what ones really caught your eye – the lumpy exhaust? or the spatter galore on the swingarm? the frame, however, was nice enough for me.

what suprised me was not that I like the 999 better, but how much this opinion grew on me after flopping a leg over a 2006 “R”. a million tiny details on that bike (like the tiny air ducts on the carbon belt covers) but the 1098 looked more plain the closer I looked…

I’m not going to complain about the performance boost, although with ducati’s WSB form in testing I cannot see why they think they need extra cc’s to compete.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:30:53 +0000

ref: Cleveland Motorcycle Show 2007.
Old? Old you say?,… “Old” friend? Sorry, but I resemble that fact.
Why you must to have loved motorcycles for at least 50 years,… right after me.
Don’t forget what Bud Ekins really rode over the “Schweizer Grenze” fence.

By: hoyt

hoyt — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:29:52 +0000

I really hope Victory execs. & Product Development personnel stop by your site….the Big Twin sport bike from Victory would be awesome….just make it smaller than an MT-01 and slightly larger than a current Buell. (a Guzzi V11 Sport “fits” a wide range of different-sized riders)

The 1098 in red looked much better than the tri color. I don’t want to come off as picky, but the welds on the 1098 didn’t look good, aesthetically.

The red Sport Classic looks much better in person than in pictures (as most bikes do, but this one is more profound).

The show I went to had the street version of the MotoGp bike – intense.

Triumph should reconsider attending these shows – what gives? This show was a big reason I bought the bike I currently own. After sitting on the two bikes in consideration, I had all winter long to think about them and then test ride in the spring….done deal.