2024 Moto Guzzi Stelvio - After An 8 Year Hiatus 

The question for Guzzi, is ALWAYS the reliability….

@@martyn_g The leading European motorbike journal MOTORRAD has testet the V85TT over 50.000 km (published in MOTORRAD 05/2024) with amazing positive results. I ride the V85TT since spring 2022 over 30.000km without any problem. Times have changed even in Mandello di Lario…🙂👍

@@martyn_g 19000 miles on my V85tt with no problems at all

​@@martyn_gbollocks. You're one of the ," Italian bikes electrics are dodgy brigade" you're 50 years out of date mate. In the present Moto Guzzi make reliable bikes with cutting edge technology.

​@@moppedbuaontourwhat power and tork your bike has?

Can you explain your reasoning please. Im very interested to know how it compares 😎

@tigdurrant8939 The bikes are very different, the Ducati is smooth and powerful, but it is a big bike, I don't like how the engine is tuned, low end grunt is lacking, flywheels are to light. Gearing is extremely close and requires working the gears constantly. Front end feel can be vague at times. Guzzi, on the other hand, has good power, a wider more usable power band, better front end feel, and stability. The Guzzi is effortless to ride, while not as refined as the Duc, it is also 10k less expensive. Every individual is different, and we have to sync with the bike we ride, I just have not been able to sync 100% with the Duc. Guzzi has a couple of niggles, I have synced with it much better.

You made a great choice. Rode the V85tt and I see it as a great machine. Can check my test ride. Just drop by bro.

Couldn't agree more!

No and most people must be agreeing since these are already discounted here and te BMW is out of stock and far more populiar

I think the exhaust swap to the left on the BMW was before the liquid cooled boxer. A year or two before im sure.

Considering that a Multistrada 1200S weight was 224K fully loaded, this engine is a pig.

Electronic suspension and quick shifter. Not worried about the big screen. This is the best looking adv bike out there.

Has its pluses. No f$&king around with spanners when you load up your bike, to set the preload.

@@martyn_g I thought it had dialed adjustable preload

Exactly. This machine has all one may need. Drop by bro, you may like my content. :) Cheers.

Agreed! 👍👍

Yeah, behind the pack. I don’t trust them with reliability. In Australia, the dealer is the distributor, and they don’t have the best reputation- their techs are awful.

Thanks! 👍

Hey, thanks! Scott

If that were the reason, they would have done what all the other OEMs do, (Honda/BMW/KTM/Triumph/Ducati/Yamaha) put the money into it and bring it up to current emission standards. Simple business case. Plus the 3 dealers I talked to said that they were "not selling". Also, every moto mag article I've read said the same thing, "not selling" enough. This is why I used the term "not selling", I didn't make it up, I got it from them. Take care, Scott

They had ABS.

They all had or developed liquid cooled engines that could meet the standard. The Guzzi bikes weren’t great sellers so at the time it wasn’t worth developing a new powerplant.

This is why I started out the video with the V85TT in the background, a 850cc and that competes with the V2/900GS and this is according to Moto Guzzi the replacement for the 1200 Stelvio and they "say" competes with the V4/1300GS and this weights more than those...so...logic. 👍😊 Take care, Scott

​@@NothingToProveFair enough but it does seem the V85 sits more in Vstrom 800, Transalp & F800GS territory. All this makes me wonder why Guzzi didn't make the new unit a 1200 to start with...

@@TheLudojay Yea, I wished they had made it a 1200 😒😒

Well said sir 👏

Yes, agreed, I have to compare to what the other bikes are doing in the same category, that is the only reason I mentioned the "smaller" 5"TFT. It looks good and does everything one needs it to do 👍👍 Take care, Scott

Thank you, I try to not say stupid things...just don't talk to my wife 😂🤣

Danke Marcel! I like this bike! Once I sell the 1300GS, I think I'll consider this to be my next NTP Project bike 😊👍

Yes, it does! I used to think that it does not matter but then I started riding bikes with it. I'll never go back to manual.

The V2S is on the middleweight ADV chart, right next to the V85TT.

Thank you. Yes, your 22 V85TT has a 4.3"TFT, the new 24 V85TT & Stelvio have a 5"TFT. Yea, I'm looking forward to doing a review of the new 24 V85! Take care, Scott

It's just a little more "chilled" than road mode. Made for the long "tour" day after day, just relax and enjoy the ride, typical of Guzzi 😊👍

Thank you. Umm...I went past 7k several times even in the video, sometimes it's hard to see the tachometer. Also, 90% of torque is at 3,500 RPM. So from 3500 = 90% to 6500 = 100%. That is the sweet spot and I didn't want to rev the snot out of an engine that is not broke in yet. Take care, Scott

Rode a Multistrada V2 last autumn. Didn´t like it. Too cramped for my length and top heavy, like you mentioned. Pretty underwhelming. Looking too buy a KTM 1290SAS this spring.

V4

@@NothingToProve Ok, thanks! Makes sense.

@@anderspetersson5279 I'm pretty tall too. Couldn't take more than 20minutes in that saddle! Extremely uncomfortable. And that sound - or rather the absence of the sound.. Lost a big chunk of money selling it back to the dealer but good riddance!

Thank you! Yes, same powertrain and yes, the Mandello S has the electronic suspension, so they'll just put that suspension on this 👍👍 Take care, Scott

Next year...at least that's what Moto Guzzi is saying 👍👍

No I don't know but if it was lithium, then they'd probably say it cause that is a premium item on bikes today. The 1300GS has a lithium battery, that was one of the changes to the new GS but the GS is also way more money than this. So...it was probably a cost save to keep the price down. Thanks for the encouragement and take care, Scott

Thanks again.

Stelvio 👍👍👍👍

Next weekend 👍👍

Even if they were the same price, I would still take the Guzzi. I am not a fan of the waterboxers, still love my airhead GS though.

Moto Guzzi - been doing that since 1965. Now that's more than just confidence. 🤣🤣😂

It is for me, my eye sight is not what it used to be and I wear reading glasses but reading glasses under a helmet just don't work that well and the distance that a display is from the rider is in that zone to where it's not close enough to use them. Take care, Scott

Yes, it's a smaller engine, 1042cc, but it's also heavier and physically bigger then the two you mentioned. So, it's a draw...well really not the Guzzi should be in a bigger class, more with the Versys 1000/V-Strom 1050/Super Tenere 1200. Those 3 are more in line with less tech, less power and more weight but hey it's unfair to compare a European brand with other European brands, should stick to comparing to the Japanese brands 🤣 But if you are buying a Guzzi, numbers really don't matter and I'd take this over almost all the others but I love Guzzi's, probably buy one next year. Take care, Scott

The bike was not broke-in yet. I was the second person on it, the head mechanic was the first, so I was being nice to the dealership 😊