Moto Guzzi V 100 Mandello S Walk Around and Test Ride 

Thanks for checking out the video and sharing your insights. BMW’s boxer is a great engine and full of torque and torque is fun 🤩 Congratulations on the new bike safe journeys.

@@Texas2Tires thanks, take care and ride safe!

I’ve heard this from a variety of BMW fans.

Once owning both a R1100S w/Tele-lever and K1200R w/Duo-lever; telescopic forks(inverted or not) are innately inferior in regards to resistance to bump-steer and brake-dive(steering stem bearing maintenance is also eliminated). Adding GIZMOtronics to telescopic forks is like putting a Band-Aid on a patient with Spina Bifida. It's only valued by production cost bean-counters and Moto-Luddites.

Good to hear. Are you happy with the change?

@@Texas2Tires Yes, it is a modern bike that takes the 1992 R100RT and puts in where BMW never did. A modern light (~ 500 pounds) do it all shaft drive bike that is as pretty to look at as the R100RT, and far, far easier to ride as any updated bike of any brand will be. But, I like the bikes character and twin cylinder layout. Very little rocking issue or pinion climb compared to the old BMW but those mostly never bothered me anyway. I like HOW the power of this engine is developed, it actually loves to rev like my old CB750F but pulls WAY harder. With the better shaft management, I get zippy on this thing where the BMW said to just stop it, already please. Weirdly, the smaller looking seat far exceed the wide flat BMW seat. Go figure. I wanted a little more roadster and less barn door fairing touring bike. But with the GIVI touring fairing you could go anywhere on the bike. Fairings are a few minutes to change/ I have three, short, medium and tall. Wind protection is good even stock as it takes the hang-on for dear life pressure off your chest. The taller screens just throw bugs and rain over your head and less into your face shield! What I do not like about it; - No storage to speak of for gloves or small items. - Luggage panniers are smaller than I like. - Checking the oil is a pain as it needs to be off the center stand to be accurate, and leaning over to pull the stick and not accidentally tilt the bike and spill oil is silly. I re-set the "full" level reference on the stick with the center stand down (a small notch higher on the stick is now full). - Instrument cluster is too "sport bike minimalist" small. Bigger please. - For me the bars aren't just right. I added ROX 1.5" up and back bar risers to get them better for my motocross aged back. Not so bad now but still off perfect for me. - Seat to pegs could be larger reach, but again this may be my 66 years old frame saying that. But so what, it is what I am today! Service is pretty easy on stuff you'd do yourself. Oil changes, brake pads (Brempo), and front shock oil (Ohlins), alternator belt and battery. The really good service manual goes into detail on every aspect of DIY so you can judge what's out of your reach or desire to do. The bike is way too new for reliability but like most modern things, it is a Heinz 57 design with parts made all over the world, brakes, shocks, alternator, levers, mirrors you name it. The engine and chassis are Moto Guzzi for sure but most service items are spread across lots of bikes...same parts. That's fine, they're good parts. My engine has been 100% as promised. Mechanically quiet (no more valve train clatter!) just a nice whirring coming to s stop. The engine uses no oil between changes. There were some external radiator fasteners that were not installed right but that's an easy fix and not really built-in to the bike. Mine was fine so that problem got trained out. Again, my bike has just under 6K (went 130 miles today 48 F is kind of chipper, but it was sunny and dry in Ohio) and zero issues. It is what it is for like / dislike. No problems with that.

@@rower30-mt3tb Thank you kindly for this deep review of your experience with the bike thus far. In my short test ride, I obviously couldn't come to these conclusions. The one thing I loved right away was the sound, followed by the smoother quick shifter. That engine sounds sweat. My RS has that clucky shifter and tick tick tick sound coming from the boxer. Again thank you for the details, safe journeys to you.

Thanks for checking out the video. I agree. It’s nice to have a bike that’s distinctive and if you can get it in a unique good looking color scheme, even better. Just checked the colors on the moto guzzi site and yes that white really does stand out.

Thanks for commenting. Do you have either a Moto Guzzi or BMW?

@@Texas2Tires just demo test, I have Monster 900ie✊🔥

@@helgejohan3604 cool bike.

Thanks for watching and commenting. It was a fun ride and interesting to compare it to my RS. The quick shifter was definitely better. I heard from my friend at my local BMW dealer that BMW has fixed the clunky quick shifter on the new 1300 boxer. I hope so.

Thank you for checking out the video, commenting and your questions. First off, congratulations on your RS purchase. I personally wouldn't want the tubular bars on my RS because I like the sporty lines. The tubular bars are definitely more comfortable. The V100 has the tubular bars and a more upright riding position, which was much more comfortable than my RS. With that said, I still prefer my RS. It has more torque and looks better in my opinion. Agree that it would suck buying a bike that doesn't have service available close by. I guess I'm lucky here in Austin. We have pretty much every brand of bike located within a 20 minute radius of my home. The V100 seemed to be a quality built, but I didn't go over it with a fine tooth comb. Nothing really stuck out as being low quality, but also agree BMW is typically a solid quality build. The suspension was fine a bit overkill to be honest. The settings and adjustments are very deep and would take time for me to dial them in, but I didn't feel a huge difference in the performance. The RS is definitely more nimble or flickable due to the lower center of gravity with the boxer engine. Again thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Safe Journeys!

I love my RS even with its quirky shifter. I understand the new 1300 boxer has a new gearbox which has a smooth shifter. I need to experience that for myself at some point.

Thanks for watching the video and commenting. I appreciate it. Although I really enjoyed my ride on the V 100 I still prefer my RS. With that said if I owned a V 100 and test road a RS I would probably prefer my V. 100. 😂

Thank you for watching and commenting, appreciate it. Each time I bring my RS in for service they hook it up for down loads, but seems only certain downloads are available for each year. My is a 2020, so I can't get some of the newer updates. I'm so used to my RS that changing it would probably throw off my riding style...hahaha. Enjoy the bike, safe journeys!

Hard to say on the vibration as I’m so used to my bike. I don’t remember it being any smoother than my RS. It was comfortable, but yes more like a naked bike. For long hauls I would go with a different bike or get a larger windshield.

It doesn't vibrate it audibly thrums super nicely at cruise speed. Bars are 100% calm as are the give-away mirrors ratting vibration out. My 1992 R100RT vibrated far more and the fairing mounted right side mirror was useless but the left side mirror was dead calm, weird. I never figured it out. Bars had a stronger low frequency vibe than the Mandello. When I test rode The V100, not the S, after hopping off the R100RT it was like an electric bike! Now that I'm used to it, it is still a cream puff to ride hours at a time. I'm good for a DQ after 150 miles anyway! I use three different screens depending on where and when I go. Small (stock), medium (BIONDI touring) and tall (GIVI maxi touring). I usually run the BIONDI in the summer and turn off the side air deflectors to get more cool air around me. In the evening I rise the screen to toss bugs off my face shield. The taller screens put more stuff over your face-shield like rain and bugs. Long term in Ohio you get way to much face litter with your helmet "naked". The airflow is super smooth stock so if you don't have bugs, you're good! This stuff is really true for any bike with a fairing windshield shield, though.

Hi Jeff, thanks for watching and commenting on the video, appreciate it. What are you riding now?

a kawasaki voyager, mainly so my wife can ride. We live down in hill country here too !! I did a few videos on the MG and the Voyager on my channel . Have a great day @@Texas2Tires

Ah very cool. I just subscribed to your channel. I'm getting very close to the 1,000 subs to monetize. I see you have over that, did you monetize? The hill country is great fun. I love Park rd 4 out by Inks Lake. I also have to eventually get out to the Sisters in Leakey. Safe Journeys! Do you go to the Moto Social events in Austin? There's one coming up this Wednesday.