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Moto Guzzi V 7 700
With the Ml Moto Guzzi had built
a big, solid, reliable and comfortable touring machine with an incredibly
flexible motor. At 700 cc, it was bigger than the R60 BMWs and also weighed
more, at a 'heavy' 230-odd kg. It also cost $1500 at a time when an R60 sold
for $1150 and a Triumph Bonneville asked $995. However, if the V7 established
Guzzi's big twins, it also demonstrated quality lapses. The stands were less
than ideal and the paint was below par, among other things. TWs first test
bike had a broken speedo cable, the first of many broken test-Guzzi cables.
Buyers found these things outweighed by the decidedly over-engineered
robustness of the rest of their machines. As long as oil changes were
frequent and regular - these early Guzzi twins had a relatively small sump
and no oil filter - this was a bike which would easily last 100,000 km and
more.
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