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    Moto Guzzi V85TT

    Jul 17, 2019 6 minutes
    WORDS STUART
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    IT’S HERE! YEP, the long awaited Moto Guzzi adventure bike has finally surfaced. Shown some time ago across many motorcycle shows around the world, Moto Guzzi has released the V85TT. Classically styled it’s a machine that grabs a lot of attention. We headed off to the Aussie launch in the Victorian High Country where it snowed – of course!

    The new Moto Guzzi V85TT is a kind of niche adventure motorcycle thanks to an 850cc engine and shaft drive. Guzzi aren’t billing the V85TT as a full-on adventure machine – more a touring bike that will handle some dirt roads, but I wonder if they’ve underestimated the capabilities of the bike as it will go places most other adventure bikes can. The only thing I can see that limits it’s ‘hardcore’ off-road ability is the ground clearance (still quite good at 210mm) but then again most adventure riders aren’t going

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