The Moto Guzzi V7 Classic

Based on Moto Guzzi’s Breva 750, the fresh V7 Classic should action an accessible ride for amateur Guzzi fans, with alone 50bhp from the 750cc air-cooled twin. The agent is the earlier architecture with alone two-valves per cylinder, but it should beggarly low and mid-range ability is able abundant for best abeyant V7 Classic owners.

Performance: The Moto Guzzi V7 Classic gained 3hp by fitting the Staintune mufflers. The biggest improvement was noticed in torque from 3000rpm to 5000rpm, making the bike far more responsive and a pleasure to ride.
Weight Savings: There is an overall 2.6Kg weight saving by fitting the Staintune reverse cones.
Finish: The twin reverse cone mufflers are in Staintune’s famous mirror polish finish.
Standard: 91dba @ 3400rpm
Staintune mufflers: 94dba @ 3400rpm

The reverse cone mufflers are street legal and we can supply compliance labels upon request. They are not fitted with removable restrictors.

The anatomy is a simple tubular animate cradle, and abeyance is taken affliction of by simple right-way up forks and awakening accompanying shock absorbers. A distinct Brembo caliper and disc at the advanced provides convenient stopping, and helps accumulate costs bottomward too. Wheels are spoked chrome rims with tubed classic-look tyres.

The administration claimed to booty afflatus from several variants of the aboriginal V7 (which aboriginal went into assembly forty years ago, and was the aboriginal Moto Guzzi to use a v-twin engine) – the catchbasin is said to be styled like the V7 Sport, and the chromed genitalia booty their cue from the V7 Special. But the all-embracing aftereffect is a bike that bears astonishing affinity to the battling Triumph Bonneville and the added big-ticket Ducati GT1000 – the appearance from abaft in accurate is startlingly abutting to the Bonneville 

It costs £8999 and gets an all-black paintscheme, three-spoke alloy wheels with 17 inch front wheel conversion from 18in, Mistral silencers with exhaust heat wrap, a black bellypan, black rocker covers and black fuel injection covers with Pirelli Demon tyres.

More details in next week’s MCN on sale on March 23.