V65SP

General Discussion Which motorcycle should I get?
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Hi all
New to the forum looking forward to reading all the chit chat
Having owned a couple of Guzzi’s a few years back I am looking to get another.
I have come across a V65SP locally which looks pretty good (Southampton area)…waddya fink ?

Any comments appreciated

Regards John

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Welcome…
nice bikes…

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Depends what you want to do really.
I really like small block Guzzis and believe them to be underrated.
Which V65 is it?
They can tour 2 up at a steady canter and can outhandle the bigger bikes in the right hands,
Easy to work on and no significant spares issues that I’m aware of.
Best of luck
Steve

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Thanks for the comments
Steve it is the SP the touring version with the fairing
John

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agree with you but I don’t do the 2 up touring bit (DUED to DEbs hating motorbikes) . My 2 small blocks are fun,fun,fun johnno2014-01-18 13:34:47

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I don’t know where this thing about 650s not being up to touring comes from. Going back a few years, as I can, the real big bikes were 750s, and they went anywhere two up. I toured Scandinavia on my Commando, with a mate on a Triumph 350, had no problems. Of course if touring two up can only be done at illegal speeds because you want to do stupid distances in half a day, then I would agree, but is that what touring is about?

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Have you seen the chopped one on ebay…!