| | | | MOTO GUZZI GRISO 1100 |  Written: 09/09/2005 : 11:23. Read 14180 times (15/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | PURE ART, ITALIAN STYLE.
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INTRODUCTION
 Griso. Simply unique.
Before, it wasn’t there. Now it is. But trying to find a category to fit the Moto Guzzi Griso is more difficult than trying to think up a name for a wind, an idea or a feeling. Because the Griso has come to life at the hands of the man who conceived it, and has evolved in such a way that even the design team are amazed.
It all began with a blank sheet, and an engine. No mean engine, of course, because Guzzi’s legendary 90° V-Twin is the hero of a thousand battles; super-reliable, tried and tested like no other, and part of the very history of motorcycling. A special place is reserved for it in the hearts of all motorcycling enthusiasts. This legendary unit has been invigorated by the latest technology, and thoroughly redesigned from the valves to the crankcase to ride us into the new millennium. Its reassuringly powerful throbbing is like an invincible and tireless heartbeat, pulsating to the rhythm of a lifestyle in which pride of place always goes to a motorcycle with an eagle on its tank.
At the outset the equation was simple. Multiply 1.100 cc of pure passion by the relaxed power of a large V-Twin and the result must be a Power Cruiser. But then the designer’s hand started to forge a brand new concept around that pulsating nucleus. And the concept became an idea, so amazingly innovative that there was no way it could be described as a touring muscle bike. So perhaps it could be a Techno-custom, somebody said; technically advanced, easy and satisfying to ride. But there was too much that did not fit the mould. Customs are made for straight roads, while the Griso loved to lean. So make it a Naked, the next man suggested, still not quite convinced by the mere absence of a fairing.
The fact is that the Griso can only be described as a fantastic new Moto Guzzi, stunning to look at and amazing to ride, but certainly well outside any mould, beyond market segments and categories. That is precisely why it is such an object of desire, a masterpiece designed and made for the motorcyclist in search of an individual, distinctive machi ...
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