Review of the Moto Guzzi V11 Sports Scura
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2013
- Rod Gibson provides an insightful review of the V11 Sports Scura.
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I owned a V 11 sport for two years. I was never able to ride it for more than an hour at a time. The foot pegs not having rubber on them, being high, and the angle of my knees was more than I could withstand. I have owned dozens of sport bikes , And I roadraced TZ 250s, RDs, for eight years. But I could not ride of the 11 sport for more than an hour. Both my knees actually started hurting me and the pain would last for days. I tried a set of Buell ulysses foot pegs which are a direct fit, and they lower the foot peg height by 2 inches. They helped a little, but just a little.
The Ohlans Shocks are so stiff and unforgiving for all but the fastest street riding, that it has been said, that only someone that can tell the difference between 18 inches of pure concrete, and 18 inches of rebar reinforced concrete, can tell the difference in the settings on a set of these forks and shocks.
The reviewer is correct about the finish of the paint on the motor, it looks like spray on Styrofoam insulation painted black. If you poke at it with your finger or a screwdriver you will brake some of the bubbles in the crusty finish.
I do love this motor though. I currently own a Norge, and this v11 has much more motor than the mild mannered Norge. In spite of the fact that the Norge has a larger displacement. It must be said that my 2007 norge, is like riding on the most plush softly Sprong well mannered motorcycle in the Guzzi line, and the V 11 is crude and Neanderthal harsh by comparison. I have owned dozens of motorcycles since 1968, and the V 11 sport, I hate to say this cause I love Guzzi,I have owned four so far since 1979, but the V 11 it’s not for everybody. It’s just too harsh, and the angle and height of the foot pegs is a knee killer..I have never had problems with my knees in my life. Until I owned a V11 sport..
I also had a lot of starting problems with it. It seems that the starting relay which is in an area under the seat, of which there are five relays in a row, all the same for various systems, that circuit already has 8 Amps of drawl on it before you even touch the starter button. And it’s only a 10 amp relay..Thank goodness for one of the blogs on the Internet, where I was able to locate replacements from China, at a cost of under three dollars each, these replacement relays handle 30amps rather than the standard 10 Amp relays at a cost of over $40 each.
I bought 10 of the 30 amp relays, and replaced all five of these standard 10 amp relays on the machine, and never had a starting problem again.
In an attempt to make the machine rideable for more than an hour, I bought a Corbin seat, a small tall windshield, I drilled the upper triple clamp and mounted perches for Regular handlebars from my old Honda CB 400 F.. 1985-88 (?) Yamaha virago handlebar perches are a nice fit, and they are angled back slightly moving them back from the gauges
the higher handlebars helped a great deal, so did the windshield, but the Corbin seat put my balls to sleep within five minutes every time I got on it. I have had six Corbin seats on different machines I have owned..the only one I liked was the one they make for my Honda pacific coast. Which I have almost 180,000 miles on with that seat. I can ride that machine, with that seat, for 12 hours a day. But not the V 11 with this particular Corbin seat.
I ended up selling the V 11 sport and replacing it with my current Moto Guzzi norge. And I have been getting bugs on my teeth ever since..
Thanks for your review... it was helpful when choosing to buy this model or not! Greetings from Norway.
LarsGTV6
hello Lars in Norway. Don’t leave me hanging. Which model Guzzi did my rant influence you to buy or not?
incidentally, my Norge I am told was named after your country in commemoration of the motorcycle that Mr. Guzzi rode from the factory all the way to the north Cape back in the 1920s..
I would appreciate hearing the story of the machine that you did end up choosing
You should try the v12 sport, it will suprise you in a verry positive way.
The footpegs are way further forward them on the v11 sport.
Jan Van Besouw
I have never even seen a V 12 sport. Not in person, but I think they are gorgeous in the pictures.
The height of the foot pegs on my V 11 sport, was not the real problem. Actually I’m not sure why that machine had me limping with knee pain. I do a lot of shifting around on the seat, i’m constantly shifting my feet on the foot pegs also. When I go into a left corner for example, I will lift my butt off the seat, slide to the left, and I’ll have my foot on the foot peg, with my toes just hanging over the front of the foot peg. I learned to reposition my feet on the foot pegs from my road racing days.
I believe my knee pain was caused by a combination of the angle I kept my leg at to clear the intake manifolds,The width of the foot pegs apart from each other, the frequency of the engine pulses going up through my knees from the rubberless ,solid mounted foot pegs..
I really loved that V11 sport.. The styling was all business. Massive torque right now, it made all the right sounds and all the right twitches.. it had the look.. I didn’t care that just about any Japanese 600 sport bike would leave it for dead in a drag race. I didn’t care that you had to tinker with it now and then for minor things.. I just loved the effortless way it pulled like a diesel from 1500 RPMs. It felt like it was never stressed. On the other hand, a Japanese 600 sport bike may be faster, but those four-cylinder Japanese sport bikes always sound like you’re killing them ringing their necks, and you’re always into the gearbox to keep rpm’s up.. The Japanese bikes are Soul less.. I know they’re better, I’ve had dozens of them, but they are missing something..
There’s a gleam that few motorcycles have that sets them apart. Japanese motorcycles don’t have gleam
guzzi’s have gleam
I have had several guzzi’s since 1979..When you have one, you have a camaraderie with other guzzi riders..
One of those other riders name is Bob. Bob has a mid 80s 850 sport. Bob is a good rider..Bob does track days, and X Rd. racing buddies of mine say he’s pretty fast/skilled. Bob’s 850 sport has over 100,000 miles on it. Bob claims that he redlines that motor every day..And he has never had the motor apart except for valve adjustments which take less than half an hour and three common tools..I just love them, but the V 11 sport didn’t love me. I wish my Norge had the engine of a V 11 sport, But then again, I would be spraining speed limits more than I already do
@@harrylime5147
Just a question.....
How hard is it to swap a v11 engine in a norge?
Cant be that difficult....
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Complimenti. In Italia è difficile trovare moto tenute così bene!!!!
Guzzis are something that bit different from everything else. If new owners Aprillia can lift the build quality appreciably, that will make owning a Guzzi that much more desirable.
Speaking of the beat of the motor more music from the GUZZI not from the sound track! Like the review please do a review of the Griso please with motor music please as I can't get enough of Guzzi now.
Love the reliability lol
Exhaust did they look at it put on after
I've always wondered what would happen to one of these if it happened to crash on it's side, would it's head fall off ?
No.
Moto Guzzi finally managed to copy Truipmh Thruxton.. And look at the ugly pipes they have ruined legacy of Italian legend with the shape of caffe racer style it look like after market exhaust pipes very sad to see like this....Moto Guzzi wake up lol
I could be wrong but you’re the guy with wrong in his name, but I believe that Guzzi did not copy Triumph Truxton. If anything, Triumph copied Guzzi..Guzzi had the Le Mans and sport models back in the 70s..In fact, the only time I remember GUZZI copying anyone, was back in the 80s when they made the mistake of putting a 16 inch front wheel on the Lemans which they later corrected. They saw the Japanese were going to 16s, and they made that move without doing any of the research to find out how bad a move that was...