{"id":62434,"date":"2024-07-11T13:07:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T17:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?p=62434"},"modified":"2024-07-23T15:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:12:03","slug":"a-new-eagle-has-landed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2024\/07\/a-new-eagle-has-landed\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Eagle Has Landed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Moto Guzzi seems to have stepped up its game to produce a Best-in-Class ADV bike.<\/p>\n
Born in 1921, Moto Guzzi is Italy\u2019s oldest bike manufacturer in continuous production. Covid forced the postponement \u2014 by a year \u2014 of its 100th birthday celebrations, which were held at the manufacturer\u2019s Mandello del Lario factory on the shores of Lake Como. But Guzzi\u2019s now making up for lost time, and after the launch last year of the first bike based on its all-new next-gen model platform \u2014 the multi-faceted V100 Mandello, which aspires to be both an urban Roadster and a mile-eating Sports Tourer \u2014 comes a second new model, the Stelvio Adventure tourer.<\/p>\n
Given the current significance of the ADV segment in global market terms, it\u2019s rather surprising that Guzzi\u2019s owner Piaggio didn\u2019t prioritize the Stelvio over the Mandello; better late than never. I soon understood on an exclusive ride aboard this new model along the fabulously scenic, super grippy and ultra-demanding mountain roads of the Ligurian Alps north of Genoa, Italy, on a sunny winter\u2019s day, this is a very significant new model that moves Moto Guzzi to the forefront of all-round everyday motorcycling.<\/p>\n
Priced at $18,990, this new Moto Guzzi is a valid option to mid-sized twin-cylinder ADV contenders like Ducati\u2019s $21,695 Multistrada V2 S, Suzuki\u2019s $17,999 V-Strom 1050 and Honda\u2019s $17,266 Africa Twin.<\/p>\n
A New Generation of Stelvio<\/strong><\/p>\n The new Stelvio is a very different package which, like the V100 Mandello, ticks an array of new boxes for the historic Italian brand. It\u2019s Moto Guzzi\u2019s first-ever liquid-cooled ADV road bike, its first with DOHC valve gear, its first to be fitted with a gear-driven counterbalancer, and it\u2019s the first to embrace advanced electronics including a six-axis Continental IMU to provide data for the RBW throttle, Cornering ABS and other digital amenities.<\/p>\n The result is a completely modern yet totally individual motorcycle, which could not have come from any other manufacturer. Designer Giulio Rossi Paccani\u2019s instructions were to ensure that his creation was best-in-class, and wouldn\u2019t need the famous Eagle badge on it or the trademark V-twin engine to be identified as a Guzzi \u2014 and he\u2019s certainly delivered on that. The new Stelvio has…<\/p>Named after the legendary Dolomites pass in northern Italy which connects two valleys via 48 hairpin bends, the 2024 Moto Guzzi Stelvio is, nominally speaking, a reincarnation of the previous model bearing that name, which debuted in 2007 but was shelved in 2016 as it was unable to meet Euro 4 compliance.<\/p>\n