Subject: RE: New Guzzis
Author: Karl Kologiski
Date: Jun 17, 2001, 6:31 AM
Post ID: 1707148232
I have always thought that Guzzi's marketing dept was out of touch with the
American market. The name that bugged me the most was the California EV
(evolution). Personally I do not care for Hardly Davidson and for Guzzi to
use a name that is strongly associated with HD is nuts. HD may make a good
bike but what bugs me is that 95% of the owners have the attitude that "if
it is not a Harley, it's not a real bike", when most of the owners look
like they just got their first bike when they sold off their dot com stock
last year before the bust. I actually had a guy decked out head to toe in
Harley garb, on a new road king ask me what year my hog was. I was on my
Eldo !
The thing I think is strange is every year Guzzi has to pick at least 2
awful paint schemes for their bikes. The local dealer had a 98 yellow and
orange-brown EV on his floor for years and could not give it away, he
finally had to repaint it. To me it looked like the color of a hot dog
with mustard and then their was the strawberry and cream paint scheme.
Also what is the deal with Guzzi and brown. I have owned my share of
Brown Guzzi's (V50III, Cali 2). They even had a Brown Bossa a few years
back. Maybe their paint designer is color blind, because I have never seen
a Brown Ducati. I just which Guzzi would build a modern Eldo with the gloss
black and white pin stripe paint scheme. Now their is a name and a paint
scheme that says GUZZI !
Karl and Jane Kologiski
Bird at The Wheel, Motorcycle Arts
St. Petersburg Florida
Visit our Website athttp://home1.gte.net/janemac/bird.html
For info on the 2001 Moto Guzzi Rally Visit the rally website at
http://home1.gte.net/janemac/guzzirally.html
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Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 12:43 AM
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Subject: Re: New Guzzis
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as a dig to Guzzi,I customize the Jackals and call them the
Markals.Horrible
and tacky,I know,but better than a stone,Mark.wwwmotoguzziclassics.com
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