1974 Moto Guzzi 850T - A Prized Possession

[@papa-tango-9114]

Eine wunderbare Italienerin. Oh wie ich sie liebe! Habe zur Zeit eine in meinen Händen. Gewinde reparieren im Zylinderkopf. Diesen demontiert. Und neue Zündspulen bekommt die herrliche Maschine. Mein Kunde fährt sie seit 1993, habe die T3 ihm damals verkauft. Sie ist in ausgezeichneten Zustand, davor (viele Jahre her) bekam die T3 neue Kupplung und neue Zylinder. Sie zu reiten bereitet riesen Freude! Google trans?

[@sprezzatura8755]

Moto Guzzi turned 100 years old in 2021. The factory is on the shores of Lake Como one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

[@llamamanism]

I admire you for presenting a video on something you know little about and could have hardly ridden and still keeping it semi interesting

[@JohnHowerton137]

Haha. It was a little tongue and cheek… but no, I’m not a Goose expert… my friend was. Ridden it, I have. I think I commuted on it about 8,000 miles in 18-ish months.

[@llamamanism]

@@JohnHowerton137 thank you for replying, it’s a great bike and I understand why you call it a prized possession

[@JohnHowerton137]

Wish I had a garage here in Hawaii so I could pimp it out and commute on it once again. It wouldn't last in this climate without protection and no time to restore it without a garage to strew parts across 😞 #Someday

[@nolanwoodbury4594]

Glad you're loving the old Guzzi. One thing - the Moto Guzzi twin wasn't developed from a tractor engine. That's a myth. The legendary Carcano designed it in the 1960s and Lino Tonti refined it. It also isn't 600-lb, more like 510/515 full of gas. Sorry! That's two things. Anyway, enjoyed the video.

[@JohnHowerton137]

About 18 years ago last time I looked up the specs 😆 I think the tractor part was a brainfart. Was it maybe based on a aircraft engine? I was remembering it being 585, but maybe it was 485 (assuming dry). The manufacturers are always a bunch of damn liars on those numbers anyway 🤣 I get people telling me my 690 is 308 pounds when I say it's 350. Watched a Baja bike build on that bike where they stripped off like 45lbs from the stock bike and it was still like 340 with gas or something 🤣 One of the videos I told them if they were going to say that, they'd have to show me a video proving it. No takers in a year. Haha Goose is a fun crusty old bike. I miss it. Wish I had a place to store it here. It's just fast enough handles well enough to have fun. Didn't want to be an organ donor on a GSXR or Duke.

[@anthonygebala1198]

I remember when these were new! Still one of the best looking bikes ever built 👍

[@JohnHowerton137]

They're head turners for sure. Just so damn weirdly unique.

[@griso107]

Life is better with a guzzi 😎

[@coreydavin1797]

Great memories huh...thanks for sharing bud that was awesome.

[@JohnHowerton137]

Pretty fun bike to ride too. Can be had pretty cheaply if you can find them. I paid $1,200 for this and put about $700 into it (?). Upgraded to digital ignition, Avon Super Venom tires, K&N filters and then rode it for 2-3 years didn't even change the oil 🤣 One carb clean due to bad fuel from a gas station. Thats when I quit running 92 in it and switched to 87 that doesn't sit in the station tanks too long and goes bad. Fun project if a guy has a nice work area. I'd take it back to showroom condition if I had a garage.

[@simondumbrell353]

Great minds!!! Watched your 690 videos when I bought my KTM, now I'm looking for a Guzzi and I see you again...

[@JohnHowerton137]

Right on! They're neat machines. Don't see myself ever selling it. It's not worth $ wise what it brings me in enjoyment... even if i don't get to ride it.

[@ulicloesen7388]

Nice bike. I applaud you for talking to your audience! So many videos are either of the silent type or just loud music to present a bike

[@JohnHowerton137]

I enjoy it. She's been thousands of miles away and I haven't ridden her for 11 years, but I still love it. Hope to do a nice restoration some day.

[@wellshutchins6885]

1975, newly married, got my wife a horse so I could get any bike I wanted. Got the Guzzi 850-T, a subtle metalic brown with gold accents. Could easily keep up with my buddy's Z-1s and pass 750s. (on winding roads). 30+ bikes and still riding... It's the one bike I wish I still had. Love those big oval jugs... the square ones just don't do it for me. Looking at current video's, I don't see any 850s with the steering dampener knob mine had. - I appreciate how this guy is concerned about bringing it to Hawaii. We had an apartment on the shore of SF Bay with a carport, and within two weeks, before I could protect it, it had started to corrode.

[@JohnHowerton137]

Yeah, the square jugs look too 1980's. Someday she'll be back on the road, but I'd spend my life trying to keep her from rotting in Hawaii. It would take all of about 20 mins for the brakes to rust closed after each ride.

[@nigelfisher3756]

A Suberin bike made from quality parts and hand assembled, mainly. Will cruise, handle, potter about and fast, too. A own the T3 and also a BMW R75/6 and a can tell you, although the Beemer is nice, it doesn’t hold a riding candle to the T3 - and it certainly doesn’t have the Guzzi’s character. One to keep for sure.

[@jimmarshall807]

Guzzi vs. Harley? Not a tricky decision, which is right I put a ('modern') V7 in my garage a month back. Those T3s always looked distinct and pretty good to me when I was a kid but could barely afford to keep a smallbore Suzuki 2-stroke on the road, they're pretty old now but still look good and ooze long-distance charisma

[@JohnHowerton137]

I enjoy that it's a cruiser, but it actually handles pretty decent in twisties. Harley in general is mostly a hunk of overpriced metal to me. Better than no bike, but I can't say I've ever enjoyed riding one.

[@ziorufus7369]

❤️your Passion is so beatifull

[@emilyk-m9z]

That is a pretty cool bike.

[@andrewbobro6094]

Love Moto Guzzi

[@rossg9363]

Nice wide rims on it 🤙

[@JohnHowerton137]

110/100-18 I think 🤣

[@rossg9363]

@@JohnHowerton137 Nice man! Ahead of its time for a vintage bike🤙👍

[@Captainherb48]

John... wd40 not for corrosion protect its more a cleaner "Water Displacing number 40".. Use T9 tenacious oil . Coats metal and sticks

[@JohnHowerton137]

Good tip. I've seen that when it comes to guns. It's soaked with lots of stuff right now 🤣 Maybe this summer I can get it out and spray it off and re-coat it. It's been buried in bowels of my folk's remodel for more than a year 🤣

[@coreydavin1797]

NICE......!-)

[@herbb8412]

“Chromed”? My fenders are polished stainless steel

[@JohnHowerton137]

You know what? They might be. They don't have any rust or anything. Bike is 3,000 miles away so I can't check.

[@rongeernaert1208]

3* Moto Guzzi 850 T, my 859 Lemans 2is not so comfortable !

[@manybikes]

Bitchin!!!!