A NEW EAGLE HAS LANDED

Moto Guzzi seems to have stepped up its game to produce a Best-in-Class ADV bike

STORY BY ALAN CATHCART

Born in 1921, Moto Guzzi is Italy’s oldest bike manufacturer in continuous production. Covid forced the postponement — by a year — of its 100th birthday celebrations, which were held at the manufacturer’s Mandello del Lario factory on the shores of Lake Como. But Guzzi’s 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 — the multi-faceted V100 Mandello, which aspires to be both an urban Roadster and a mile-eating Sports Tourer — comes a second new model, the Stelvio Adventure tourer. Given the current significance of the ADV segment in global market terms, it’s rather surprising that Guzzi’s owner Piaggio didn’t prioritize the Stelvio over the Mandello; better late than never. I soon understood on an…

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