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Enrico Punsalang

Moto Guzzi’s 105th Birthday Present Is Basically A Fancy Paint Job

Moto Guzzi turns 105 this year, which is an impressively long time for any motorcycle company to survive without being turned into a clothing brand, a licensing exercise, or a Wikipedia page about something that used to exist. Naturally, such a milestone deserves celebration. Moto Guzzi’s chosen method is pretty straightforward and very Italian: take a bunch of motorcycles it already makes, paint them grey, add some yellow bits, and call the whole thing the 105th Anniversary edition.

That sounds dismissive, but it’s also pretty much what’s happening. The 105th Anniversary treatment will be available on the Stelvio, Stelvio PFF Rider Assistance Solution, V100 Mandello, V85 Strada, and V7 Stone. Moto Guzzi hasn’t announced any engine changes, suspension upgrades, brake hardware, electronics packages, or performance tweaks tied specifically to these bikes. Mechanically, these appear to be the same motorcycles you could already buy.

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