Moto Guzzi launched the Quattro Valvole engine in late 2006. By doing so Guzzi joined the exclusive club populated by BMW, H-D and Buell in having air-cooled 2-cylinder engines producing more than 110 horsepower. These are exactly the companies Moto Guzzi likes to identify itself with and with a history to match. The Griso 8V is Italy’s most stylish Harley killer.
The name Griso comes from Italian literature where Griso was a violent mafia type “tough guy” in The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni. We’re talking muscles here and Moto Guzzi’s Griso 8V certainly has plenty of muscles. To do a quick comparison with the top dogs the BMW HP2 Sport is the absolute and unquestionable super dream bike in this segment but it’s highly specialized and expensive. Then you have the lightweight and powerful air-cooled Buells, Bimota DB5 and then the Harley-Davidson XR1200 at the bottom end when all the performance is counted (horsepower, weight, etc). If you are confused, I’ll make it clear now that we are talking about 2-cylinder air-cooled machines only.
Moto Guzzi, also known as Guzzi, is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer that has endured from the industry’s infancy to its place today as the oldest European manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production. Guzzi is now one of seven brands owned by Piaggio & Co. SpA, Europe’s largest motorcycle manufacturer and the world’s fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer by unit sales.
Established in 1921 in Mandello del Lario, Italy, Moto Guzzi has led Italy’s motorcycling manufacture, enjoyed prominence in worldwide motorcycle racing, and led the industry in ground-breaking innovation – for the greater part of its history.
Today Moto Guzzi impresses its heritage on a range of motorcycles in touring, cruising, racing and naked configurations – each with the company’s iconic, air-cooled 90° V-twin engines.
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Suzuki Motor Corporation(Suzuki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines. Suzuki is the 12th largest automobile manufacturer in the world by production volume, employs over 45,000 people, has 35 main production facilities in 23 countries and 133 distributors in 192 countries.
“Suzuki” is pronounced in Japanese as “soo-zoo-kee” /suzuki/, with emphasis on a high “kee”. It is almost always pronounced in English as “suh-ZOO-kee” /səˈzuːki/, with a stressed “zoo”. This pronunciation is used by the English-speaking public and by the Suzuki company in marketing campaigns directed towards this demographic.
Saturday June 6th, at 8:30 p.m. (EDT), SPEED will re-air Test Ride, featuring the Kawasaki Ninja® ZX™-6R, a bike that’s won every major magazine “shootout” in 2009. Hosted by Jason Britton, Monster Energy/Kawasaki factory stunt rider and the irrepressible star of SPEED TV’s Super Bikes! show. Watch for more airings for this episode of Test Ride on SPEED, throughout the remainder of 2009.
The half-hour show follows Britton and other high-profile Kawasaki riders such as Monster Energy/Kawasaki AMA road-racer, Jamie Hacking, eight-time AMA drag-racing champion, Rickey Gadson, and rising road race phenomenon Elena Myers, as the new Ninja ZX-6R is showcased in different riding scenarios to viscerally demonstrate the advanced engineering of the ’09 Ninja ZX-6R.
On the 3.048-mile, 14-turn Miller Motorsports Park circuit in Utah, Yamaha World Superbike sensation Ben Spies had a brilliant afternoon on Sunday as the Texan made it clear his home race belonged to him and him only. Spies led both races from the go with arguably his best race starts of the season ensuring he took the holeshot and had a clear circuit to work his magic on. Having extended a 4.2 second lead in the first race it was red flagged six laps in when Karl Muggeridge crashed out. The race was re-started and run on aggregate timing to ensure any advantages from the first start where not lost. From the second start Spies led again with a convincing start over second place Checa to take his first win of the day. Race two saw another incredible start from Spies, keeping his pole position at the front of the pack. Followed closely by Michel Fabrizio, Spies ran a perfect set of 21 laps in the front to take his second win of the day to the delight of the home crowd.
Now known as “The Holeshot Kid”, Mike Alessi utilized one of his ”‘good as gold” starts to win the first 450cc moto of his career on Sunday afternoon, the victory coming at the 41st Annual Dirt Diggers Hangtown Motocross Classic near Sacramento, California. (Hangtown hosted its first professional motocross race in 1968 and has been a part of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship since 1974). Initially leading the race, the Californian made a mistake, exiting the track after getting out of shape exiting an off-camber turn. Alessi kept his cool and he and his RM-Z450 reentered the race back sixth place. From there Red Bull Honda’s Ivan Tedesco took control of the race, while Alessi picked up the pace and began a charge back towards the front. As the race forged on, Alessi was up to third and in the waning stages of the moto, was right on the rear fender of Tedesco. Stalked by the #800 bike, Tedesco made a mistake on one of the many Hangtown hills his gaffe allowing Alessi by and into the lead, a lead he maintained to the finish line. Tedesco placed a disconsolate second, one spot ahead of teammate Andrew Short and two places ahead of JGR Yamaha’s Cody Cooper.
The 645cc liquid-cooled, carbureted 90-degree V-Twin devoid of bodywork took almost no time to reach cult status with its sporty handling and user-friendly low-end and mid-range grunt. Its un-faired design caused the eye to immediately focus on the unique mill hanging from the aluminum, oval-tube trellis-style frame. Not many bike makers in those days embraced the naked streetfighter style for the American market.
Nevertheless, the SV’s ease-of-use made it a hit with Average Joe Rider for commuting and weekend play, while its overall performance caused a groundswell in club racing across the country, all for the 1999 MSRP of $5,699. The bike really was all that and a bag of chips.
The first major update to the SV – and the partially-faired SV650S model introduced in 2000 – arrived in ’03 and included fuel-injection, a new beefy square-tube truss frame and marginal increases in power and torque. In 2007 ABS became on option on either model, and in 2008 the S model went full-fairing as the SV650SF. For 2009 Suzuki perceived performance characteristics between the SV and SF models to be too close, so an all-new model emerged to adapt to changing market demands. We know everyone loved the good ol’ SV, but Suzuki has come up with a solution to fill the gap left by the standard SV’s departure: the 2009 Gladius.
Moto Guzzi launched the Quattro Valvole engine in late 2006. By doing so Guzzi joined the exclusive club populated by BMW, H-D and Buell in having air-cooled 2-cylinder engines producing more than 110 horsepower. These are exactly the companies Moto Guzzi likes to identify itself with and with a history to match. The Griso 8V is Italy’s most stylish Harley killer. 
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