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My

V7 850 California

The way it looked when I bought it in August 2005

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Stats: 844cc V-twin fourstroke cylinder angle 90° 83mm x 78mm (b x s) 64 SAE-hp at 6500rpm 9.2 :1 compression ratio 29mm Dell'Orto VHB carburettors Weight: 250kg Wheelbase: 1470mm Cruising speed: 140 km/h Top speed: not relevant

The bike came with a pair of freshly spray painted Wixom bags and mountingbrackets. Unfortunately the hardware was incomplete. When I first tried to mount the bags, I found that they are larger than the original ones. The lids can't be fully opened because the grabrail of the saddle gets in the way. I fitted modified hinges, that allow the lids to be detached from the bags when I want to load larger objects.

Some links:

MGCN Landmark Rally 2009

Trip reports of the 2007 and 2009 Landmark Rally of the Dutch Moto Guzzi Club (in Dutch)

MGCN Landmark Rally 2007

More Technical information (Dutch)

Riders' report 1972 (Dutch)

Riders' report 2000 (Dutch)

Guy Timmers' Moto Guzzi V7 page (Dutch & English)

Nice site on various Guzzi V7 versions. Lots of information, pictures, manuals & downloads (in German)

www.guzzi-v7.de

Italian motorcycle specialist where I bought this bike; source of Moto Guzzi parts and information in the Northern Netherlands

HMI Moto

Dutch Moto Guzzi specialist, has a good stock of Nuovo Falcone parts

Teo Lamers

Moto Guzzi Club Nederland

Wim Meijer's Moto Guzzi Database (now hosted by the Moto Guzzi Club Nederland)

Report of my journey to Bretagne in France (in Dutch)

Report of my trip to the Harz in Germany (in Dutch)

plus Superalce information & links

Pictures of my Moto Guzzi Superalce

plus Nuovo Falcone information & links

Pictures of my Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone

plus Galletto information & links

Pictures of my poor Moto Guzzi Galletto

my Moto Guzzi California II - Moturist P1 combination

my site on Moturist sidecars

high Moto Guzzi content!

Page created: September 7, 2005

Last update: December 5, 2007

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