Although I’m going to be hanged for this, in a lot of ways Moto Guzzi has a lot in common with Harley-Davidson. Both have been pushing an ancient architecture air-cooled engine as their mainstay power plant for decades and decades although Harley wins the longevity prize here. Guzzi’s been building a 90-degree V-twin air-cooled pushrod engine (think of it as a slice of a Chevy...

The five minute horn blew and soon we are heading out to our first fuel stop and lunch in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Our Road Guards have everything under control as we roll toward our destination. As we arrive at our fuel stop at the Pilot Truck Stop, I look around as I am waiting to move up to fuel. . As I look across all the bikes, I notice our group is considerably larger now. What a...

  Like every enthusiast-driven industry, there are going to be some ups and downs, but where there’s a will, there’s always a way. One of the more interesting trends I’m starting to see is the guy who’s not trying to make his only means of living out of building one-off customs, but is personally doing a few ground-ups or serious makeovers just for the learning experience and fun...

   And, as the headline says, there’s 285hp lurking in the mainframe waiting to be unleashed. Although this bike is so far from it that it’s probably stupid to even bring it up, but if this was a total rust bucket with 285hp, we’d still be interested. Amazing how overwhelming power will do that to riders who love to whack open a twist grip to the stop. The engine room provides a...