Great sounding bike. I recently bought a 2009 V7. I've owned over a hundred bikes but never a Guzzi. I bought it after servicing one, and decided it was a great bike for a mechanic. Easiest thing I've ever worked on. The ticking valve train seems to be normal I suppose. I heard it on yours. I checked my valves a few times, and they are spot on. This little bike makes the most wonderful mechanical sounds. I love it!
Wow.... Wrapping the pipes and putting an LED strip on the tail.... Gnarly semi-knobbly tyres... very original. I love what these kids are doing with their bikes... It's important to say here that you'll never see two the same. All too odd.... Silencers are now mufflers. Very nice motorcycle. Hanging the plate off the subframe and doing away with the back part of the mudguard.... Righteous! Up to a point.
Wow, that's a fine individualized example of the V7. I would like mine, when I get one, to be just like yours with just about all the same customization. The yellow fog lights really make it ready for Gotham City. When I do my Guzzi like yours, don't worry, I'm way over here in Westminster...Colorado that is, haha, in suburban Denver Colorado USA!
Guzzi's are very reliable, overengineered bikes. Last forever. Out of genuine interest, what makes you doubt the reliability? Lazy journos throughout the 80's and 90's just re-hashed old myths and they became entrenched in bike culture.
@@barryolaith I use 2 mechanics here in SoCal for my Triumph. I was considering getting a newer Guzzi prior but both mechanics echoed that their reliability/quality is shotty as of late. Not saying they are the definite authority on Guzzis just what I've heard.
Gee mate, I came from a BMW 1150 rockster which cost an arm & leg, if something went wrong and was not really fuel efficient. To a V7c, yes when I picked her up from the dealer I was disappointed with the mirrors but that was fadt forgotten, I just feel in love with the sound & the display. I did trouble free riding in 4 years and 50 T km. Including going around Australia. I sold it because I left Australia for 3 years in 2012, didn't think I would be back. But when I did I bought a 2008 breva 750 (less chrome - and I hate cleaning my bikes) which I flew to Santiago, Chile and we currently have 50t km on the clock, 15 t km since Oct 2019 in S. America. And we be gone until July 2020 all trouble free. And I don't need a PC to service the bike. And it stays below 5 l/100km even heavely loaded & 2up. These bikes if serviced regularly go a long way. A friend has a 1972 Nuovo Falcone that thing still goes off like a rocket. Sorry went for a rant.
I'm impressed by the setup of your bike. I have the same bike and also want to put the additional headlights and the same handlebar like you have. Do you have a Ebay Link to the Spots / Handlebar that you use? Thanks so much to Bike Shed for the amazing content you provide.
Nice bike done to his own taste and looks neat. Always nice to see a legal.plate too as so many don't have them, but I guess the Met Police have better things to do than hassle custom bikes with illegal types of number plates..
The styling of an 80's bike? I'd say that's more 60's or 70's styling. The 80's weren't a great decade for design as far as I'm concerned. : ) I normally don't like crash bars but those look cool with the big fog lights on them. I had a V7iii Special for a little while. They're fun bikes.
Well, I vote for you keeping the tape on just to assert your personal choice. As a frugal teen back in the 70s I was lucky enough to ride a really nice 1967 BMW R69S. But the mufflers rusted through I waited quite a while to replace them (very expensive for new ones.) So for quite a while I rode around with coffee can patches held on with hose clamps (an MJB can on one side and Folgers on the other). When I saw how much this upset some self-appointed purists, I purposely rode with the old mufflers just to enjoy being defiant. Gratuitous advice can be gratuitously ignored.
Proper sound and great swap of rocker covers. Love your bike! How come you've gone for the expensive motogadget bar end indicators up front and only cheap ones at the rear? You've got fork protectors and gaiters - dang, those big city streets must have some rough spots!
Cracker bike, love the seat loop and rocker covers, just wondering if the top shock mounting bolt is up to the job? It could ruin your day if it went bidoing...
Nice job. It's a right shame you didn't use a 2013 model. Same look but much better fueling and power with the single throttle body. Quite a different riding experience. Don't the pre-2012 V7s have plastic fuel tanks too? Can't imagine why you started with a 2009 bike. Best of luck!
Dumb comment, if you applied that logic you would never do anything to any bike, you could say the same about the 2013 model, why waste your time with that you need the 850?. Dude, I don't think bikes are for you, get a car.
I have one issue and one issue alone. If you're gonna go classic then dont add those overused led strip tail lights and tiny indicators that everyone seems to have. It just doesnt make sense to me on a bike like this. Otherwise, as a fellow guzzi owner, it's always nice to see more V7 customs
@@AkaiSuzume see there is a time and place for "constructive criticism"...when someone is being graded in school or evaluated at work, yes. Here where people are sharing their bikes on a UA-cam page and not asking for suggestions, not so much. You just come off as a douche bag that criticizes just to criticize.
Who else here loves their Guzzi? 💛
Subtle and tastful changes; classy. A wonderful machine. Thanks for sharing.
Perfect mix between the growl and the thump.
The 80's style rocker covers are much nicer than the modern ones.
Moto Guzzi makes wonderful motorcycles. My 1974 Eldorado 850 is bulletproof and super cool.
Great sounding bike. I recently bought a 2009 V7. I've owned over a hundred bikes but never a Guzzi. I bought it after servicing one, and decided it was a great bike for a mechanic. Easiest thing I've ever worked on. The ticking valve train seems to be normal I suppose. I heard it on yours. I checked my valves a few times, and they are spot on. This little bike makes the most wonderful mechanical sounds. I love it!
Great bike. Fell in love with Guzzis in the mid 70's when the Mk1 Le Mans first appeared.
This bike is just so well done. I am so inspired to get a v7 and hopefully make it as bad ass as you made yours. Total class.
Thats a gorgeous Guzzi there mate. Interesting crash bars and lights addition!
What a great thing. Nice work sir.
A beautifully done custom V7!
Great video fantastic bike 🇬🇧👍
Lovely job sir. I hope you’re still riding it.
Finally a new video on UA-cam about a Moto Guzzi! Awesome thanks!
shmac96 Thanks! have a look through our library, we have about 8 Moto Guzzi videos..
@@BikeShedMotoCo Thanks! I've only seen 1 or 2 others. Will have a look for these vids you speak of. Cheers!
Simply, classic and wonderful ... congratulations. 🍺
Wow.... Wrapping the pipes and putting an LED strip on the tail.... Gnarly semi-knobbly tyres... very original. I love what these kids are doing with their bikes... It's important to say here that you'll never see two the same.
All too odd.... Silencers are now mufflers.
Very nice motorcycle.
Hanging the plate off the subframe and doing away with the back part of the mudguard.... Righteous!
Up to a point.
Wow, that's a fine individualized example of the V7. I would like mine, when I get one, to be just like yours with just about all the same customization. The yellow fog lights really make it ready for Gotham City. When I do my Guzzi like yours, don't worry, I'm way over here in Westminster...Colorado that is, haha, in suburban Denver Colorado USA!
The Guzzi V-twin sound is the best.
You are an artist
Sounds great! Nice job.
sounds amazing. love the build. proper bliners indeed
Another great vid from the bike shed. 👍
sweet looking bike, thanks for sharing. Cheers
Sounds like an angry wolf. Love it.
Well narrated bikes very stylish well done 👍
lots of really nice touches. well done.
Awesome bike, but I think it is time to change the plugs (3:38)!
Love the the bike! You should hear the Agostini Shortys though :)
Nice bike. Anything you do to the V7 looks good anyway it is such a customizable motorcycle.
Yeah, the Amazing Trademark about the small Town that I live! 🏍🇮🇹👍
Beautiful bike. Great sound. 🏍👍👍🇨🇦
Well done
Nice interventions.. the only thing left and the only I would do are the suspensions 😅
Wow! 😍
Absolutely SICK!!!! 😍😍
Nicely done.
Sweet bike.
Great job, very classy 👌
Fantastic bike! 👍
This is a real cool ride
Nice mods👍🏼😎
Love it. Cant speak to the reliability in the guzzis but definitely had the sound and looks!
Guzzi's are very reliable, overengineered bikes. Last forever. Out of genuine interest, what makes you doubt the reliability? Lazy journos throughout the 80's and 90's just re-hashed old myths and they became entrenched in bike culture.
@@barryolaith I use 2 mechanics here in SoCal for my Triumph. I was considering getting a newer Guzzi prior but both mechanics echoed that their reliability/quality is shotty as of late. Not saying they are the definite authority on Guzzis just what I've heard.
Gee mate, I came from a BMW 1150 rockster which cost an arm & leg, if something went wrong and was not really fuel efficient. To a V7c, yes when I picked her up from the dealer I was disappointed with the mirrors but that was fadt forgotten, I just feel in love with the sound & the display. I did trouble free riding in 4 years and 50 T km. Including going around Australia. I sold it because I left Australia for 3 years in 2012, didn't think I would be back. But when I did I bought a 2008 breva 750 (less chrome - and I hate cleaning my bikes) which I flew to Santiago, Chile and we currently have 50t km on the clock, 15 t km since Oct 2019 in S. America. And we be gone until July 2020 all trouble free. And I don't need a PC to service the bike. And it stays below 5 l/100km even heavely loaded & 2up.
These bikes if serviced regularly go a long way. A friend has a 1972 Nuovo Falcone that thing still goes off like a rocket. Sorry went for a rant.
Very nice guzzi, I love the tappet covers and the seat but I will never get this wrapping thing...
Love this. Tastefully done
Very nice indeed!
Beautiful job!!!
Awesome I’d love to model my Honda XX 500 after your bike! Beautiful man
that's fucking lovely.
Love that bike.
great bike
Proper Guzzi.
I'm impressed by the setup of your bike. I have the same bike and also want to put the additional headlights and the same handlebar like you have. Do you have a Ebay Link to the Spots / Handlebar that you use? Thanks so much to Bike Shed for the amazing content you provide.
Noiceeeee 😎 👌 good job
this is it chief
I’m getting a 2010 Guzzi V7 Classic soon (the white one) and doing almost all of this. Especially the exhaust. So sick. Perfectly-done.
Lovely.
Beautiful moto guuuuciiii ;)
Nice bike done to his own taste and looks neat. Always nice to see a legal.plate too as so many don't have them, but I guess the Met Police have better things to do than hassle custom bikes with illegal types of number plates..
Cool bike
I prefer the previous seat
Just class.
I have the identical bike but standard.
beatifuuuulll la toto guzzi
The styling of an 80's bike? I'd say that's more 60's or 70's styling. The 80's weren't a great decade for design as far as I'm concerned. : ) I normally don't like crash bars but those look cool with the big fog lights on them. I had a V7iii Special for a little while. They're fun bikes.
Bellissima, complimenti....
what a beautiful bike. Well done! (next we learn how to pronounce GUZZI... 😉)
Pronounced Gutsee but that makes you sound like a pretention prick in England so I'll stick with the common Guszie :)
I think you appreciate them more with some age under your belt
love it!..but...i would put a retro tail light..just that..
The bike is a beauty!!, only one observation; the electrical tape on head light it’s only good to diminish the light, please remove it
I think he'll be alright with those giant fog lights on his crashbars
I agree, it's so tacky. Same with the adventure tires, this bike will never go off-road, so put proper road tires on it.
So many "take this and that off of YOUR bike" lol glad y'all aren't riding it.
Well, I vote for you keeping the tape on just to assert your personal choice. As a frugal teen back in the 70s I was lucky enough to ride a really nice 1967 BMW R69S. But the mufflers rusted through I waited quite a while to replace them (very expensive for new ones.) So for quite a while I rode around with coffee can patches held on with hose clamps (an MJB can on one side and Folgers on the other). When I saw how much this upset some self-appointed purists, I purposely rode with the old mufflers just to enjoy being defiant. Gratuitous advice can be gratuitously ignored.
Certainly a beautiful machine. Love the driving lights, but I can't find them on eBay either. Please give a link. Thank you.
Great additions! Congratulations. Any chance you could let us know where you get the saddle bags showing on the video (1:01). Thank you very much!
I love this bike it's amazing bike au la la😲😲😲😲😲😜😜😜😜😜😛😛😛😛😛😝😝😝😝😝😝
Can you legally use those spots in London? They look well bright!
Forgive me for skipping to the start up, I swear I went back and watched the whole vid. Thanks
Nice job ,any links to those riding lights
Beautiful bike. I did see panniers in the video. Do you use them for longer trips? I dont see any mounts on your bike.
Lovely bike mate. But why spoil it with a mobile phone stuck on the bars.
Lovely bike, but please change out those spark plugs...are you waiting for them to completely rust through?
Wow :-D
Proper sound and great swap of rocker covers. Love your bike! How come you've gone for the expensive motogadget bar end indicators up front and only cheap ones at the rear? You've got fork protectors and gaiters - dang, those big city streets must have some rough spots!
Cracker bike, love the seat loop and rocker covers, just wondering if the top shock mounting bolt is up to the job? It could ruin your day if it went bidoing...
Any concerns battery-wise with the extra lights? I’ve been told the V7 really can’t handle the extra lighting accessories.
Can you PLEEEEEEASE advise where on ebay ine can find the headlight/speedo drop kit? I've searched for years!!!!
Great bike. I’d buy it for £20,000.
Max Nielson, I really could not find the same fog light you added from ebay. Any chance you have a link for us?
Fucking love it
Very nice project! Anyone got from where he get the crash bars?
Where did you get those yellow fog lights from off of Ebay - are the LED?
Tyler Poppe yep just search for yellow lights on there, and yes had LED upgrade bulbs because the regular bulbs would drain the battery.
Max Neilson wonder if it’s a Europe eBay thing. Been searching for a bit to get that style and LED and haven had luck.
Wich diameter do the lights have?
Nice job. It's a right shame you didn't use a 2013 model. Same look but much better fueling and power with the single throttle body. Quite a different riding experience. Don't the pre-2012 V7s have plastic fuel tanks too? Can't imagine why you started with a 2009 bike. Best of luck!
Dumb comment, if you applied that logic you would never do anything to any bike, you could say the same about the 2013 model, why waste your time with that you need the 850?. Dude, I don't think bikes are for you, get a car.
Are those the new Givi V7iii crash bars fitted to an older model? I've been wondering if they'll fit a V7ii.
Hey there, yes they are and they stupidly don’t list them as compatible but they certainly on my v7 classic.
Good spot!
Great bike. Where did you get the leather bag on the side?
Hand made in London, he tells us in the video :)
Great looking bike, the exhaust sounds great but the black can and the lagging on the downpipes looks awful, sorry, just my opinion. 👍
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Amazingg
What is the reg rides and staff picks intro songs???
Any information about where to get the slip ons on this guzzi?
I have one issue and one issue alone. If you're gonna go classic then dont add those overused led strip tail lights and tiny indicators that everyone seems to have. It just doesnt make sense to me on a bike like this. Otherwise, as a fellow guzzi owner, it's always nice to see more V7 customs
Beats the lollipop signals and lighthouse sized rear taillights. Lol
@@Mr02kota everything can be done, tastefully.
@J G I know it's his bike, but constructive criticism can be helpful
@J G Calm down dude, jesus, I'm just giving my opinion. That is what the comments are for.
@@AkaiSuzume see there is a time and place for "constructive criticism"...when someone is being graded in school or evaluated at work, yes. Here where people are sharing their bikes on a UA-cam page and not asking for suggestions, not so much. You just come off as a douche bag that criticizes just to criticize.
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Back fender is missing or why is the fender on a front?
no yellow headlight?😂