With a gloriously smooth yet characterful engine, agile and sporty handling and all-day comfort, this sports tourer is a fitting tribute to 100 years of the Italian firm which still makes its bikes in the factory where it all began in 1921
Here is a message for the Austrian manufacturer of a well-known energy drink.
You don’t need Red Bull to give you wings.
You see, the V100 Mandello, Moto Guzzi’s latest sports tourer, comes with an elegant pair on the side of the tank which pop out to keep your knees dry in the rain, and cossetted in a cocoon of still air even in the middle of a howling gale.
Innovative â but then, so is the whole bike, which was created from scratch to celebrate the centenary of the company founded by First World War Italian Navy pilots Carlo Guzzi, Giorgio Parodi and Giovanni Ravelli.