Wow MM , she is Sweet. She got some sexy lines !

So...how many cows had to die for the purchase of that Guzzi?  

And were they MM's cows.....or did some of the neighbors cows wander over and become Guzzi cows?

Na , guys

Those were last years cows that bought this year's Guzzi !  

You know , it pays to plan ahead .  

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Norm ,

This one is low to the ground and the front of the seat is narrow , kinda like the old Yamaha DT's were .  The bars are nice and wide too , like a dirt bike with lots of leverage to bend the bike around corners and such.  

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And Stew , those cows don't have to die , ...    But they seem to know they are born to be "FOOD"  for meat eaters.    But there's no way I can keep all them here and them Moma cow keep having calfs ever year so they have to go somewhere .

Fact is , if they quit having calfs , then I have to sell them !     Heck it cost $300.oo  a year to keep them moma cows up !
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Springman ,  I think it will ride with the Savages in mountains just fine , its only 440 lbs.  but feels more like 350 lbs.  

Ya , I imagine the gyro-scope effect of that much rubber would not be conductive to good handling  once you got up to 70 mph or so .    
It might be good around town and/or gravel roads where a big footprint might make a difference ?
I noticed the Honda Rebel is like that fat tire up front , and I can picture it being a great/fun little machine (the 300 single) .    By time the 300 Rebel was running 70 or so you'd be close to top-end anyway .

I don't care for that "Blacked-Out" look anyway.

 How fast can your new bike go in top gear, and does it drag anything in the hard corners in the twisties ????  

Sorry about being so long in assure-ing , I thought I might get a picture of the ground clearance .    
I've got Hay Season going on again and my days are full of tractor ridding for a while .   It seems I can't get anything else done.
I'm rolling today and tomorrow as soon as the dew is gone.

The V-9 doesn't have a RPM meter , but the V-7 does.  I can tell the V-9 is geared a lot higher just by going through the gears.
Also the V-9 get better MPG by a lot ((V-9=63 / V-7=55) ish)
The V-7 would red-line 6th gear about 115 mph but it would be downhill .  
Where the V-7 gears 3,4,5,6, seem to be close together / the V-9 has more difference in rpm when ya shifts .
I'm guessing here but the V-9 Red-line would be 130 ish mph. and the down hill wouldn't need to be as steep !  
The V-9 shaft drive is a lot "BEEFIER" too.

The ground  clearance/corning  is easily as good as the Savage or better.   Price wise the Savage still easily wins !  
The weights Savage 380 lbs / V-9 440 lbs
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They seem to be made for the same thing , Making the Rider Grin in the Twisties  !

Thanks buddy !  

I sometimes think "I've got a disease" called , "Want to ride all of them" .  

I'll have to admit , I've never wanted to ride a Gold-Wing or a Road-Glide --- or anything that looks like them , also those big 4 cylinder "crotch-Rockets" never made me druell either . I've had a couple 4 cylinder bikes and don't need to do that again !