Manufacturers approach the sport-touring segment from a variety of angles. Some adapt existing sport bike and ADV platforms for long-distance travel. Others build new sport-tourers from the ground up. Moto Guzzi falls in the latter category with its all-new V100 Mandello model.
The recently-hatched Goose is both Moto Guzzi’s million-dollar baby and it’s the Italian firm’s first crack at a liquid-cooled engine. That 1,042cc, transverse V-twin isn’t the lone star in this production, either. The V100 also champions the first active aerodynamic winglets. While Mandello Del Lario’s latest sport-tourer sides with novelty, Honda’s NT1100 favors the tried-and-true track.
