Parent company Piaggio didn’t make a bit deal out of it, but it totally re-designed the Stelvio in 2009 with a new motor and new frame. Is the Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 NTX now a worthy alternative to the class-defining … Continued
What’s it like to go on a date with pampered Italian models in the wilderness? Grant, Jamie and Wes ride the best mountain roads of the Los Padres forest on the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S and Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX … Continued
It happened by accident, this strangely symmetrical mix of bike and destination. Needing to escape from a town with its population temporarily doubled by the Germans in laced leather trousers that inexplicably descend on any European bike event, I made … Continued
The biggest complaint about the old Stelvio wasn’t that it was cross-eyed, it was the miniscule fuel range. The 2011 Moto Guzzi Stelvio cures that with a 32-liter/8.5-gallon tank that should more than double the existing fuel range to at … Continued
Listen BMWR1200GS, I’m tired of you thinking you’re superior just because you’re German. You got your ass handed to you in the war just as badly as we did. And you, Ducati Multistrada 1200, I’m tired of you bragging about … Continued
Here’s an Intermot release that we forgot. Well, not so much forget, as ignored because it’s just the normal Moto Guzzi Stelvio with standard sump guard, engine protectors, handlebar bash guards , aluminum panniers and halogen spotlights, but hey, there’s … Continued
Take the road-biased Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 and change the torque curve from 80lb/ft peaking at 6,400rpm to 83lb/ft at 5,800rpm, add a narrower 4.25×17" rear rim (capable of accepting enduro rubber), an aluminum sump guard, brush guards, aluminum luggage,…