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A week with the Moto Guzzi California Vintage Street Cred without the "wannabe" Moto Guzzi has more "cruiser street cred" than most people give it credit for. They have around continuously since 1921, longer than anyone but Harley Davidson. But for Harley Davidson, Guzzi cruiser built for longer than anyone els - their first cruise in the incarnation you see above coming out in 1967 with the V700. Guzzi has always liked building "big" bikes, but we need to set scale. Italy, the Guzzi is the largest market for most, it was life, had the production line with less than 100cc motorcycles for decades - a bike over 300cc was considered "large." Guzzi was at the top of the pile early in the 500cc production motorcycles that were reliable and sporty. The 500cc Falcon 50s is an excellent example of a bike with incredible reliability, to the point where an American Guzzi Club member a original owner of two, both ridden near daily basis over 50 years! Guzzi builds cruisers, and they have built for a long, long time. This is not a laggard, me-too, train cruiser built for a niche market that some of Harley-Davidson Renaissance came to use. Moto Guzzi toughed it for years, if companies with better resources and larger distribution networks were all over it.




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The thing is, they never gave up, they never stopped the construction of the platform, and they remained faithful to their mission. The current "cruiser" platform is built around the side-mounted V-Twin engine (originally 700cc, now 1100), which is definitely a line, automobile-type transmission going through a drive shaft and bevel drive. After more than 40 years, it is a highly differentiated system. The engine is best described as "two-cylinder Small Block, American describes V-8?. This is not really a stretch. The cam is in the V, there is a conventional oil pan, it has a Hemi-head with arm and Bouncers . It also gobs and gobs of power of torque is to process incredibly easy, and is dead-nuts reliable. The California Vintage is a celebration of this cell line, from the first V-Twins, by the Police Bike-era and up until today. The first California on the Eldorado platform appeared, all white-pinstriped black with white-trimmed "buddy seat". So, what have Moto Guzzi want (start arguments here) with this popular platform cruiser bike to ever come from Europe? The second oldest continuously built cruiser platform in existence, please refine it continuously




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The improvements are many. Brakes are sports bike double standard Brembos in the front and one in the rear. The 1094cc engine has a smooth, trip-free injection system. The exhaust system complies with tough Euro 3 standards, and the standard bags are best-of-breed huge and perfectly integrated into the design. The seat is just sweet. The windshield has been tested to ensure the smooth driver. The suspension is a Marzocchi telescopic fork with adjustable train and rebound. The rear suspension is ubiquitous Twin Shock, with tension and compression adjustability. The Guzzi sound is still there. It sounds like no other V-Twin engine, as opposed to their more "me-too" cruiser stragglers. It is a kind of V-Twin, but rather "small block". Bring smiles to load from the bag, and "Harley patented their sound does not enter the conversation. Unique is good. It looks like a real, honest to goodness, Magnum Force police bike. The Cal weighs about 560 pounds, and it really shows when you appear before the turns. You can choose between three courses at all "happy speed". The engineers do not give in drag racing slicks on the back look. It is ALL Guzzi, and that means its not a Harley, Harley-clone, Harley-wannabe; Harley nothing. It is the anti-Harley cruiser in the market. It is the non-wannabe. It is the Cruiser Bike for someone who drives a lot of sport bikes, the combination of chassis, brakes, handling and balance make this a bike for a non-cruiser-cruiser buyers. Guzzi not give to fads, he put his principles. No fat tires or large cubic inch engines not in use. The goose is definitely going "fast enough" (Jim Barron of Rose Farm Classics demands far more than 135 mph).