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Overview: Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic Motorcycle |
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File under Exhibitions Moto Guzzi New Products
Author: Mike Werner
Location: Normandy, France
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Moto Guzzi has a very loyal following for this stylish Italian motorcycle manufacturer. Part of the Piaggio group, every year, Guzzi brings out new variations of their popular twin.
This year at EICMA, Moto Guzzi brought us the V7 Cafe Classic, a motorcycle with that 70s look.
Here's what Guzzi had to say about their motorcycle.
A LEGEND WITH CLIP-ONS
Inspired by the legendary V7 Sport from 1972, the V7 Café Classic has the same streamlined style that, in the early 70s, marked the birth of the Italian sports Maxi. Other components that are symbols of a different era complete the picture like the low-set clip-on handlebars, the spoked wheels, the raised silencers and the saddle with its integrated tail cone, the instruments resemble the famed white-faced Veglia Borletti ones from the past and the new green color scheme.
Technically speaking, the V7 Café Classic differs from its Tourer sister in having twin raised silencers that, apart from increasing ground clearance, provide a sportier exhaust note more suited to this model that, like its famed predecessor, boasts exceptional road-holding. The key to this legendary road-holding lies in its twin cradle frame with removable bolt-on lower components. Great attention was paid to the steering geometry where the rake is set at 27° 50’ to ensure stability and precision when cornering. Of no less importance are the 40 mm Marzocchi forks.
Travel on the front suspension is 130 mm and works in combination with two adjustable rear shock absorbers with 118 mm travel. Braking is looked after by a 320 mm floating disc at the front and a 260 mm disc at the rear. The V7 Classic is fitted with 18” wheels up front and 17” at the rear with high profile tyres so as to offer superb handling and feed-back characteristics.
Technical Data
| ENGINE | | | | Type: | | Four-stroke V 90 twin | | Capacity: | | 744cc | | Bore and stroke: | | 80x74 mm | | Compression ratio: | | 9.6:1 | | Timing: | | 2 valves per head operated by light alloy pushrods | | Timing diagram | | | | Intake valve opening: | | 18° before TDC | | Intake valve closure: | | 50° after LDC | | Exhaust valve opening: | | 53° before LDC | | Exhaust valve closure: | | 15° after TDC
(with 1 mm of play between rocker gear and valves) | | Maximum power output: | | 35.5 kW at 6,800 rpm (48.8 CV | | Max Torque: | | 54.7 Nm at 3,600 rpm | | Fuel supply: | | Weber-Marelli electronic fuel injection | | Exhaust system: | | Three-way catalyzer with lambda probe | | Transmission | | | | Gearbox: | | 5-speed | | Gear ratios | | | | 1st: | | 11/26 = 1 : 2.3636 | | 2nd: | | 14/23 = 1 : 1.6429 | | 3rd: | | 18/23 = 1 : 1.2778 | | 4th: | | 18/19 = 1 : 1.0556 | | 5th: | | 20/18 = 1 : 0.9 | | Lubrication: | | Forced lubrication with lobe pump – capacity 1.78 kg | | Primary drive: | | Helicoidal gears,
ratio 16/21=1 : 1.3125 | | Final drive: | | Shaft drive, ratio 4.825 | | Clutch: | | Dry single plate with flexible couplings | | Frame | | | | Frame: | | ALS steel tubular dismountable twin cradle | | Wheelbase: | | 1,449 mm | | Trail: | | 109 | | Steering rake: | | 27°50’ | | Front suspension: | | Marzocchi Ø 40 mm telescopic front forks | | Front wheel travel: | | 130 mm | | Rear suspension: | | Oscillating light alloy swingarm with 2 pre-load adjustable shock absorbers | | Rear wheel travel: | | 118 mm | | Brakes: | | Brembo | | Front brake: | | Floating 320 mm stainless steel disc
4 opposed calipers of differing diameters | | Rear brake: | | 260 mm stainless steel disc | | Brake pump cylinder diameter | | | | Front pump: | | 13 mm | | Rear pump: | | 13 mm | | Caliper diameter | | | | Front caliper: | | 30/34 mm | | Rear caliper: | | 32 mm | | Brake surface area: | | Front 21.3 cm², rear. 16.1 cm² | | Brake pad material: | | Front Frendo 222
Rear Ferodo ID 450 | | Wheels: | | spoken steel rims | | Front wheel | | 2.50” X 18” | | Rear wheel | | 3.50"X17" | | Tyres | | | | Front: | | Metzeler Lasertec 100/90- 18 56H TL | | Rear: | | Metzeler Lasertec 130/80 -17 65H TL | | Electrics | | | | Voltage: | | 12 V | | Battery: | | 12 V - 14 Amp/h | | Alternator: | | 12 V - 330 Watt | | Headlight: | | 12 V - 55/60 W | | Rear light: | | 12V - 5/21 W | | Indicators: | | 12V - 10 W | | Dimensions | | | | Length: | | 2,185 mm | | Width: | | 800 mm | | Height: | | 1,115 mm | | Saddle height: | | 805 mm | | Minimum ground clearance: | | 182 mm | | Steering angle: | | 32° | | Dry weight: | | 182 kg | | On the road weight: | | 198 kg | | Type of tank: | | Plastic | | Fuel tank capacity: | | 17 litres | | Reserve: | | 2.5 litres |
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