I’ve owned a Moto Guzzi Le Mans for 34 years and I’ll never part with it. It’s so easy to ride. The Griso is a lovely bike and if there was room in my garage there’d be one in there tomorrow. I’ve ridden one and I loved it.
Hold onto her mate. There isnt much about the Le Mans to not love. I rode across Australia on my 82 MK111 . Not realy ideal for that distance ride but i loved every minute of every day i rode her. Run good oils and regular changes, carb tunes along with valve set and they never miss a beat.
Sean, you inspired my passion for working with motorcycles and I appreciate you more than you know! I just got hired at my local Harley dealer and I’m super excited to start this journey! Thank you from Pittsburgh Pa!! 💪🏽💯
The Griso has always been one of the best looking made. The versions with the 8V motor are the best. Not even sure if they will continue this bike any longer, but would be perfect as a 2nd or 3rd bike. The flagship torch will be carried for Guzzi by the Mondello, which has a thoroughly updated, and now water-cooled, v-twin wrapped in a gorgeous, flowing design. Love these bikes.
Man, I've been wanting for someone to talk about the the Griso for ages. Even though they're not being built anymore. I own one, it's my forever bike. Been following SRK for a while now, this video really made my day! Thanks, Sean!!!
Thank you, for those words young man. This is the nicest bike i have ever owned, i did over 14.000 km all over this gorgeous Ireland of ours, last summer. You don't always have to be a hooligan you know, she's with you, whatever you decide, up and back, pure bliss. My girl is an 08 1200 8v. I had a Bandit1200n before that, been riding nearly 40years. This Griso though, is like nothing else, it's a participatory event. The most rewarding thing i've ever thrown my leg over 🙃.
Totally love your channel brother! I’m also a Christian biker from Pittsburgh. It’s nice to see you spreading the word as well as good wisdom regarding riding!
I owned two of the lapd bikes great machines..1973 ..it was 1981. When I bought the 1st one for 350 dollars if you can believe it.. and I had no idea what it was.
Word of warning. There are two Griso models. The 1100 from 2005 is bomb proof and a safe buy. The 1200 8v version as featured here came out in 2007 and had major top end problems. They would fail catastrophically and it wasn't a question of if, but when. Same goes for the Stelvio and Norge with the same engine. Piaggio finally admitted the problem and issued flat tappet to rollers conversion kits free to customers with full service history and at cost to everyone else. Sadly by the time this happened it was too late for many bikes that already had metal fragments floating around in the oil from a fault in the hardening process. Even after the modification the damage may already have been done. If you buy one of these from late 2012 you are safe because they sorted it out. It took 5 years but better late than never. Most Internet resources provide good information about this issue and what to look out for, the best of which I think is Guzzitech. A great bike nevertheless.
@@paultruesdale7680 That's not true. Many japanese bikes have had major issues that the manufacturers tried to cover up. In the 80s some Kawasaki's suffered carb icing that was responsible for killing some riders. Also in the 80s Honda V4's suffered catastrophic engine failures. So much so that they got nicknamed the Honda chocolate cam. You obviously haven't been riding long so I suggest you do some research before making such ignorant comments
Chill out WB. More than half a million miles on two wheels. Mostly on Yamahas. I know Honda had cam and crank issues on their V4s. I never heard anything about the icing problems on the Kawasakis so I’ll have to research that one. I must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed. My apologies for my ignorant comments.
One of the most underrated bikes. I own 2 Griso 1200SE's, also a Stevio 1200 NTX. The 1200 8v motor is amazing once tuned properly with a good exhaust. I'm 6'4" and find the Griso even more comfortable than the Stelvio. The stock seat is a factory 'gel' seat, I love these bikes. I wish Moto Guzzi would bring back a new version of it.
These bikes have spirit, bought my first in 1978-ish used. Got a ripping deal because at the time few people wanted Italian anything. Ran like a beast until a box made an illegal left into me. I was ok, the Guzzi was totaled.
Sean, you've slipped some zingers in over the years... But this vid has to get the MZA(Mostest Zinger Award) 🏆, you had me rolling and damn it! I was trying to exercise..
Always love Guzzi's. Never owned one because you get so much more for the money with any Japanese bike. But I understand why some choose the Guzzi anyway. It has tons of personality.
Hoping you open the bike business again would love to purchase my first bike from you guys this spring. Glad you’re keeping up with the videos love the entertainment
The Grizo is cracking bike. I think you would be better off with the two valve model instead of the four valver in the vid. PS.. On the dyno it will make about 85/90 bhp. Pps.. The Norge GT is a sports tourer... Not adventure.. Guzzi adventure bike was the Stelvio
As the owner of a V10 Centauro , a guzzi that was there much before with a 4V , I admire the Griso design but miss a steering dumper , the handling bar has a bicycle feeling that I can’t relate to
Just couldn't get on with my 1200, loved the look of it but way too heavy so it felt underpowered, OK in a straight line but it didn't like cornering, chopped it in for Blade x
i first started watchin sean, when i recognized the roads he was on a test ride on, from driving a truck years ago.& stayed for the content.am sure he dislikes my kind cuz 1 magna has lasted me well over 2/3 of my lifetime.& very hopeful for the last 1/3. my cams still look brand new.thank GOD.i learned alot from you sean, thanks.
I love the Guzzi brand... Have not owned one yet... But they are a beautiful bike... Thanks for featuring this one! Blessings from Georgia, USA 🙏 Footnote: I never want to own a "Hillary Harley" 😁
Since my friend is a MG aficionado and had two of those and I've rode 1 of them, I've heard about Griso. As I have heard about and (and rode) V85 TT, V7, V9, V100... 🙂
I used to ride a Honda CX500 back in the 80's and it has an V-twin engine mounted like this too. The main problem with the design choice is the cycle torques to the right when you twist the throttle. It can be a problem on curves when you're pushing it hard and something comes up and you have to let up on the throttle. Depending on if you're on a right turn or a left turn the bike will either try to stand up or worse, lay down!
I owned the GRISO 1200 4 Valve SE BLACK DEVIL version from 2012. Bought it in Germany anx brought to Spain . Great bike. But , here in Spain , where I live , the technical service is poor. So , after 5 Years I sold it to an Italian Guzzi Fan , and got myself a Harley Davidson Fatboy 2018 model.
I wonder if you ever reviewed the Honda VFR1200X? Would love to see that. 126HP, 109 torque, V4, 1237cc, shaft drive, combined anti lock brakes. This bike is a beast especially on the highway, effortless at any speed at any gear, just roll on. Please do a review on it if you get a chance.
I'd never seen one of these until last summer in South London. I heard it first and then tried to follow him but lost him. It was green with brown seat. Sexy
The model name Norge originates from a 28-day test trip to the North Cape in Norway that Giuseppe Guzzi, brother of the founder, made in 1928 with a Moto Guzzi GT from the Italian headquarters in Mandello del Lario. Norge is Norway in Norwegian.
One of, if not your BEST dialogues, EVER ! Let`s see: air/oil cooled transverse mounted fuel-injected v-twin, electronic ignition, inverted forks with 3 discs & shaft drive....What`s NOT to like ? Oh yeah---the lack of MG dealerships in the US that services this "Griso' !
Have a number of Honda CX500's and a very nice CX650 which is a night and day different bike ! But I am determined to once in my lifetime, to own the what I consider my crowning jewel, I will own a GUZZI before I die at least once ! My CX collection has put me on a determined path to experience the ultimate, of owning a GUZZI ! I own a like new, 1972 Honda CB350 that I am going to sell, and put it toward my GUZZI purchase fund ! Great job, great video !
Fun video I like these unique bikes. Personally the lateral vibration doesn’t do it for me. I still prefer my 2022 Bonneville T 100 the most satisfying sound n feel
I’ve always wanted to Ride a Moto Guzzi but never have. I really like the looks of the Adventure Bike Model. I cracked up when you made the reference to Hillary Clinton. That’s exactly the way I Think about her, A Monster. Thanks for another Great Video Sean. 👍👍
I have had four moto guzzi’s since 1979. Never had a mechanical failure. I have just under 300,000 miles combined behind bars of a Guzzi.. I have never had to take my machine to a dealer for anything. My last Guzzi - a norge I rode from 2007 through June 2021. Just tires, filters, brakes, and one oil pressure sending unit. Which I have replaced on three of my machines. Guzzi needs to get a different supplier for oil pressure sending unit which is just an electrical switch that closes when oil pressure builds and turns the light off on the dashboard like all cars have and motorcycles, and, they need to find a different supplier for their relays. My V 11 sport(. The most uncomfortable motorcycle in the history of the universe) had weak undersized relays/start relays. That relay had 8 amps of load when you turned the key on.. that’s before you even touch the start button. The problem was, the relay is only a 10 amp rated relay.. One of the Guzy national owners club members cross referenced a Chinese made relay that can handle 30 A. He was selling them to club members for four dollars apiece. That solved my starter issue. no German or Italian or Indian made motorcycle has the quality of a Japanese motorcycle. Just get that thought out of your head. In fact, the most flawed motorcycle I ever owned out of the dozens I have owned since 1968 was a BMW K 1200 LT. I don’t wanna say it was rushed to market before it was ready, but that’s what I believe happened. I will never buy another BMW. They are not the old BMWs that got them they’re great long-distance reputation. With today’s BMWs, you have to marry the dealer to plug it into his special diagnostics laptop. and you need special tools to do simple jobs on BMWs by design. I know one of the mechanics at a BMW dealership for motorcycles and I know another BMW mechanic at an auto service department of a BMW dealership. They both said, BMW seems to be a company that makes tools, and vehicles to fit those tools. They do that to guarantee service work for the service departments.. moto guzzi’s are different.. you do not have to marry the dealer. Example: my Norge had a display screen, that would display a malfunctioning part like oxygen sensor or oil pressure switch or airflow sensor, right on the dashboard. It would tell you what part has failed, and you can replace it yourself. you don’t have to take it to the dealer to have him plug in his diagnostics computer like you do with a BMW.. I have never had any of my Guzzi’s have a major mechanical problem. I had a SP 1000, I had a V 50 ll,, I had the V11 sport( that and the newer Le Mans are pretty much the same machine, the most uncomfortable motorcycles in the history of the universe. If you never had knee or back problems, you will if you buy one of these machines. When you find them used on craigslist, they never have many miles on them because you can’t ride them for more than an hour at a time.. I tried to civilize my V 11 by putting a Corbin seat on, I eliminated the clip Ons, by drawing the upper triple clamp and putting 7/8 inch handlebar perches on From a 1980s Yamaha virago which go right on and have a setback angle so you can see the dashboard better, and I put Honda CB 400 F/1975 handlebars on I had from one of my 3 CB 400 F motorcycles. I put soft foam grips because on that bike you are leaning on your hands even with handlebars raised 5 inches like I did. I put the Buell Ulysses foot pegs on which lowered the foot pegs by almost 2 inches. That allow blood to flow to my lower legs because the standard height of the foot pegs on that machine causes your Jeans to bunch up behind your knee shutting off your circulation.. I installed a Corbin seat on that machine, but that put my balls to sleep because they had a mysterious hump at the front of that seat that met the gas tank at an angle. I installed a small fairing/windscreen, but something about the width of the foot pegs from each other at that angle, and with those vibes going through the non-rubber mounted engine, made me want to go to a chiropractic emergency room after any ride that was over two hours long. I always took 800 mg of ibuprofen before I wrote that machine or I would have had to call for a ambulance.. when I bought that machine it had 4200 miles on it and it was six years old. When I sold it, it only had 5800 miles on it. Gorgeous machine. Wonderful motor, great handling for a shaft drive bike, rough ride. it had Olen shocks and forks. They say that only people that can tell the difference between 24 inches of concrete, and 24 inches of concrete with rebar reinforcement, can tell the difference between the suspension settings with those suspension components. They are made for a machine that is always going to be operated at speeds above 80 miles an hour. Anything below that, there is no suspension compliance. You feel every grain of sand you ride over.. that suspension makes the tires feel like they are made of stone. I wouldn’t suggest the V 11 sport to my worst enemy if he thinks he’s going to ride it for more than an hour at a time.. but that machine was easy to maintain, it had fantastic brakes, and it looked like a sculpted Italian work of art. Gorgeous. And that was an impulse buy on my part. I should’ve taken it for a longer test ride before I said goodbye to my money. my Norge, which I bought right after the V 11, was like a Cadillac. Not as powerful, but just as light on its feet, comfortable, heated grips, electric windshield, ABS brakes that could be turned off, which is a very big deal. On my BMW K 1200 LT once, I was looking for a campground I couldn’t find and I ended up on a back road. I went to turn around, I went on a paved road that was covered with fly ash cinders. When I touched the brake levers, I had no brakes.. I was on a 900 pound motorcycle going down a pretty steep hill with a turn at the bottom with no breaks. I was actually dragging my feet to try to stop. I ran straight off the road into the grass at the turn which I was not going to make, and I ran into a cyclone wire fence to stop. I didn’t go down, all I did was break my front fender.. you cannot turn the brakes ABS system off on a BMW. That is the reason I sold that machine and I will never buy another BMW because of that, and many other flaws. ABS is for idiots, just like traction control.moto guzzi knows this, That’s why they put an easy to reach large button that says ABS so you can turn the brakes ABS system off, and you will actually have conventional breaks then. The federal government needs to get involved in this so that you can turn off ABS and traction control on vehicles when necessary. I have been caught in the snow on my motorcycles on my commutes, and I’ve had to drive home in the snow it caught me by surprise. I would not have been able to do that on any motorcycle with ABS brakes.. as far as the Grizzo. I have not ridden one. But other Guzzi riders i know love them.. you will be lucky if you can find a dealer to even buy one. I had five dealers within two hours of me here in western Pennsylvania. Now I have zero guzzi dealers..There are two ways of looking at that. Guzzi’s are simple reliable machines.. easy to service. You can adjust the valves without even removing the gas tank. Just pull out the spark plugs so you can rotate the engine, and you don’t need to have special tools or shims to adjust the valves, if they need to be adjusted. Just a screwdriver, a wrench, and a feeler gauge… get yourself a can of rust oleum aluminum color paint. Coat the valve cover gasket with the paste you scraped from the bottom of that can of paint. Put the gasket back on the machine wet when you reassemble. That gasket will never stick and you will never have to buy another gasket. That was a bulletin from Honda when I was a Honda mechanic back in the early 70s..i use that goo from the bottom of the same can of aluminum rust oleum paint on all my dry gaskets to this day, and I have never had one stick or tear.. if you go to bike night’s on your grizzo, You will probably be the only one there, and then draws a crowd. But keep in mind, any Japanese 600 sport bike will leave you for dead
I just got into motorcycling this year and have been wondering what my upgrade path will be from my Vulcan S 650. Though I do plan on keeping it as my daily, I know I'm gonna want something with more power. And I may have found it, might not be all that close to what the Vulcan is but looks as close to what I am looking for as I'm going to get, very beautiful, and I hope the handling and performance is what I am expecting it to be.
I went from a Suzuki SV650 to a 1200 Griso. At first I didn't even notice that I was going too fast already. If you can manage the throttle well, it should be a nice upgrade.
This is high on my "wanted if I get healed" list this or next year... edit: And btw, that is one of my favorite Bible verses in the greatest book ever written. May God bless you and your family brother. We will meet when home. Love from Norway.
Between my son and I we have 3. Two are from 1984 and 1 is a 2015. None is for sale and never will be. They kind of become family. And we can work on them, altho rarely necessary. Unlike most of the big twins, like Harley, the faster you go the smoother they get. My son's newer Harley isn't bad tho.
I have Moto Guzzi Griso 1100 2007yo in black with G.P.R. Exhaust and it’s sounds amazing, very stable on highways, brakes Brembo do their thing😎 all the best from Poland 😉 P.S. service code to modify miles to kilometer is 12435
The Griso was cool, trouble free but lacked any real poo. The Diavel checked all the boxes. Certainly a generation apart though. Griso still looks good!
I started to buy a Moto Guzzi Jackal that needed some work. Before buying I looked on line for the part's it would need. They are few and far between where you can buy them, which is more difficult than I expected. That's the reason the Jackal I was thinking of buying was in the condition it was in, had been for sale for years, and was now cheap. Just basic parts take months to arrive after ordered and are expensive. Worse is Italy is a EU country so taxes and shipping would almost double the cost of them. I've always wanted a Moto Guzzi but I came to the conclusion it's simply not worth the cost and availably harassment of attempting to return one to road worthy status. Perhaps if the bike had been properly maintained and issues fixed when they appeared it would have been worth buying and riding, but not the one I found.
Very nice bike. Reminds me of a buell I had, but this seems better put together. Beautiful And you are true, there’s nor a four season gloves, just three seasons I have a goretex bmw gloves that goes amazing, but I can’t have them in summer. For sure. But they walk amazingly tue rest of the year
Right Away, i head for the Moto Guzzi website, and it's not there ??? ..... i can't remember where i saw it, but this one custom builder had built up the most awesome Moto Guzzi i had ever seen .... and i thought Moto Guzzi should recognize his passionate work on that machine, and let it influence the designs.....but this Griso is also amazing, so why is Guzzi holding it back?
Looks great, sounds fantastic, great engine configuration. I'm a Bonneville guy these days but i've been intrigued by Guzzi with the first one i saw back when, a Jackal, though i like this one better. I WOULD like to have one! Extra power is absolutely a very important thing if you are riding on major highways. I am curious what an American thinks is a good name for a bike - the Moto Guzzi Bass Fisherman? "The Hilary Clinton" - 😂
