Excellent! Crossed the US on my 1975 V7 Sport clone in 2000, shipped there from Sweden, and then home again. Sold it in 2015. Now when the kids have almost grown up I got the riding-itch again. Picking up a nice California II on friday!
Paul Wise (green SP 1000) Just found your film, wow , what a blast. Great job. Fantastic photography and your bike was music to my ears. Brilliant job.
Hey Brian just found your video. Great job editing all the beautiful shots and your soothing voice-over was perfect. Terrific memories and thanks for the chance to share the trip with you.
Thanks Terry, I watch this now and it takes me straight back remembering every corner and every amazing experience. I also think of the Health journey that we both had in the 12 months leading up to going and how that was the catalyst to making the trip. Certainly no regrets and if anything this trip takes on more significance in these current times. I see this as my little home video of our trip but it seems others are interested as well. Catch up soon. BM
Amazing video ! Now i finally know the story of the Australian Guzzi's i saw in Mandello. Hopefully i'm able to meet/spot you guys again at 100 year. Greetings from The Netherlands.
questo è un documentario, non un video, e meriterebbe un premio. la parte girata sul lago di Como e a Mandello del Lario, è da brividi. Siete stati dei grandi, grazie per le emozioni che avete condiviso con gli appassionati di moto.
Found a Ducati racer by chance! I'm a tingling! I love Moto Guzzis (and Ducatis), the soundtrack of you riding nice and gently to take in the glory all around is bliss!
Awesome vid. thanks mate. Absolutely fantastic ride around. What better way to sooth the soul than to take the Aussie Italian girls back where they were born. Gotta say mate, your lady has a beautifull heartbeat. Sounds almost as sweet as my MK III did lol. Im Way over on the mid West coast and the times I hear that sweet sound are very few and far between. A few run around Perth but only 1 I know of lives within 200 miles of me .
This has been a fantastic video to watch. Congrats on a rad trip through Europe - Well done! I'm pulling the trigger on a MG V7 Stone III and thus joining the club :) Hope to perhaps make a trip to Mandelo for the 100th anniversary this year ! Cheers!
I just found your film really great tour !! I was with my stelvio NTX also there and rode some time with you guys towards Mandello ! The sound in the tunnels was amazing ! We went quit a bit faster then allowed !! I think your bike sounds great .best regards from Schüttorf germany !
Just bumped into this video. I drove from The Netherlands, with some friends also that year to Mandelo. We did it by France. Maybe we even spoke to each other, we camped in that little park close to the lake. You made a very nice video from your trip. Success with the Guzzi.
I have watched this end to end at least 5 times. As someone who tours a lot around on a Guzzi and based in the UK, I find it both inspiring, relevant and reminds me of places I myself have visited. Beautifully edited with some great music scores, you have done a terrific job. The only thing you need to do is brush up on your pronunciation of place names. Seriously....a wonderful video. Thank you
Thanks Neil, Was not imagining people watching it 5 times when i put it together. Appreciate your message. I find myself watching every so often and I find myself transported back to each road and town, again!
Sadly, due to the Covid-19 pandemic they won't have managed to attend Moto Guzzi's centenary anniversary this year. Thank you for posting the 95th anniversary video.
Lafayette the Frenchman fought in the Revolutionary War. George Washington was impressed with his bravery in battle. He was buried in France with dirt from Bunker Hill.
Respekt 👍very nice and thanks for this Video.Big Tour in Europe with cool Motobike's . Many Areas in your Tour have seen in my Tours. Gruß von Volker(California EV from 2001) aus Leverkusen near by Düsseldorf.
I just started this, but I'll be watching the whole thing. It's nice to see a proper bike (the Eldo) being use for a proper journey. With mine in dry dock awaiting gearbox repairs, it's very enjoyable to be riding along with you. Excellent pacing, and great pictures / video.
@@smeghead61 I got through the whole thing and really enjoyed it. What a terrific trip. You unsettled me a couple of times with your tendency to drift to the Aussie side of the road, but it was wonderful to be able to ride along with you. The Eldo was a bit quieter during the later days, so I'm assuming you came up with an adequate fix? Mine tend to vibrate loose too - I've now got them wired. Many thanks. Nick.
@@nick949eldo Yes wire and muffler paste at Mont Blanc. On return to Australia had to remove heads and have inserts put in as the threads were completely useless. Now better than new with locking style collars so wont work loose again.
@@smeghead61 When I heard you mention Hobart I thought 'these folks must know Kerry and Paul' (who stayed with us briefly when riding their Ellie across Canada). Kerry just affirmed it. Figures. Guzzi global community! :)
great video-thanks for sharing it with the world. Certainly looks like it was an amazing trip. 2021 Centennial would have been fun too but who knows what's going to happen with the pandemic?
Lovely video, thanks. I was in Mandello with the UK club for this and met some of you. Hope to see you for the 100th this year although it might be difficult for you guys. Very jealous of all the time you Aussies can get off work. I want to tour Aus on a Guzzi one day but don't know how to get the time. Jim/somersetlemon
@@smeghead61 that's basically right, but this trip was 7 weeks. Most people in UK would only be allowed to take 2-3 weeks in any 1 stretch by their employers.
@@jimnaylor6009 Some of us went for 4 and about 20 lucky ones went for 7. Mind you some of us had some life changing health scares that gave us some perspective on doing stuff that you normally put off. For me it was a brain tumour in the months before I went that nearly made me pull out, but in the end was the drive I needed to actually do it at any cost.
@@smeghead61 Ah, glad you are still OK then. I get what you are saying. I want to do stuff like this before being forced into it by circumstances, but maybe that's greedy.
You look like you had a great time. Caught the weather just right (most of the time) and you couldn't have done a better job of 'selling' motorbike touring in central Europe if you'd been paid to do it. Great stuff. Memories enough to last you a life time.
Wow! just wow, what a fantastic trip. Definately something I need to do... that's the only problem with watching trips, the massive wanderlust building lol. I must admit I was bricking it for you going through the Alps when you said your front tyre was shot. Real glad you all made it okay and I apologise on behalf of England for some scrote having a go at the Stelvio, did this happen in London? Anyway thanks again, all the best from Northern Blighty. 👍
Bloody nice one! Are you doing it again for the 100th ? (I guess not this year, with everything going on in the world) .. )~; Awesome to see this trip - as another Melbournite, in particular! Just gotta get myself a nice old Guzzi . . . . . join in on another adventure
Hi Brian and thank you for such an entertaining video. How long in total did the trip take? Your light touch commentary-wise was appreciated as it enabled me to sit back and enjoy the ride through both new and previously visited places. As a recent returnee to Guzzi ownership, Mandello is now on my agenda and certainly the museum looks well worth a tour. Did you record the total distances you covered and did you or your fellow travellers encounter any other problems besides the headers, tyre and clutch cable. Even if you did, it’s a tribute to Guzzi engineering that you successfully completed it on bikes of that age. One small pan, I’ve covered all of 200 miles this past week on my Breva and been royally soaked on both occasions. You,on the other hand, come all the way from Australia ride vast distances and seemed to stay bone dry.Life is so unfair!!!!!!
Hi Tony, we were very lucky with the weather, one day of riding in rain in 7 weeks away. We had prepared the bikes fairly well, had all been asked to check drive shaft shiming and any issues with timing chains etc. Any one with old bikes were encouraged to install the newer style of timing chain tensioners if this had never been done. That said we had no one have their bike fail and need a tow. One guy had someone try to steal his stelvio and damaged the dash and key, so he had to spend some $ and get it fixed, (happened in England) . All the old Carby bikes ran well, mine certainly seemed to like whatever was in the fuel over there. Many of us felt we could smell the ethanol in the fuel in some areas and any I got on my tank was very harsh on the old paint! Some people with later bikes had a few backfiring issues indicating our fuel in Aus must be slightly different? Again maybe ethanol? No major mechanical issues. I did about 7500 k's, one guy did close to 12,000 in the 7 weeks. Glad you enjoyed the Video. Cheers Brian
I lived in Germany for 4 years. Beautiful country. The problem there is the people. The soul of them are very different from what you find in America or English speaking countries. I personally can’t handle them. I choose the soul of people better. By the way Moto Guzzi is a great bike!
Great video, many thanks for making it. I did a similar trip from Perth, WA to Europe and back about 10 years ago. I did it on my own and on a Aprilia Falco. Although I have owned 6 Guzzi`s. Saw the Guzzi museum but was totally lucky to spend a day at the Aprilia factory as well. Long story. I loved your vid, as I didnt make one. Brings back many memories. I`m curious, how much was shipping ? And how did you get on organising insurance. I found that a challenge. Cheers ! Ross.
Hi Ross. We did all the shipping and organising of containers and insurance. We had to have some third party insurance for the time we were riding in Europe and from memory that was around $200-$300? Aussie The shipping costs including buying some crates to carry the bikes was Around $900- from memory. Bike insurance was something individuals organised with their Aust insurance companies or some possibly chose no insurance. Shipping insurances were included in the shipping costs.
What you guys did, amazing 👍👍👍👍👍 Can you please tell me how the law works, driving through Europe with Australian plates and registration??? Do you get a transit permit every time you enter a new country ?? Thanks. Just bought a M Guzzi California 1400 Abd planing few trips.
No Permit was needed. We often didn't know we had even crossed a border. We rode on our Aussie licences with an international licence that you pay for at RACV before u go.
We were planing to ship our bike back for this year and the 100Th, we have cancelled because of Covid. No insurance companies will cover us for travelling at this time, Quarantining possibly on return adds $3000 to our trip etc etc etc
Guzzi's are such special bikes, I'm not surprised you're so invested in them. The engine sound throughout your video is all the soundtrack you need.
Excellent! Crossed the US on my 1975 V7 Sport clone in 2000, shipped there from Sweden, and then home again. Sold it in 2015. Now when the kids have almost grown up I got the riding-itch again. Picking up a nice California II on friday!
What an epic journey! Congrats guys! 💪 Nice tribute to Guzzi and ride safe! Guzzi in ❤️🤘
Superb video ... probably the best Moto Guzzi tour video I have ever seen. Thanks for uploading. Best wishes from Bavaria, Germany, Michael.
Paul Wise (green SP 1000) Just found your film, wow , what a blast. Great job. Fantastic photography and your bike was music to my ears. Brilliant job.
Thanks Paul, hopefully it brought back some memories of our trip.
Hope to see you for the 100 party this year (2022) can’t wait to go on my just purchased
NORGE after 35 years on Harley :)
Dude you showed up a 16 wheel truck of passion doin that , respect from italy , cheers !
Top marks!
Great plan, greetings from Canada
It's so nice tour you had. And I decided I've been there someday! Thank you so much, and Best wishes from Kanagawa, Japan. ありがとうございます Grazie
Amazing !! 😎 🤜🏻🤛🏻🍺🍺🍻🎵!!
Hey Brian just found your video. Great job editing all the beautiful shots and your soothing voice-over was perfect. Terrific memories and thanks for the chance to share the trip with you.
Thanks Terry, I watch this now and it takes me straight back remembering every corner and every amazing experience. I also think of the Health journey that we both had in the 12 months leading up to going and how that was the catalyst to making the trip. Certainly no regrets and if anything this trip takes on more significance in these current times. I see this as my little home video of our trip but it seems others are interested as well. Catch up soon. BM
Can only agree with all the other comments, what a great video. Enjoyed every second. Thank you
Amazing video ! Now i finally know the story of the Australian Guzzi's i saw in Mandello. Hopefully i'm able to meet/spot you guys again at 100 year. Greetings from The Netherlands.
the nicest sound from your bike ...and l once had an 850T3 76 , the best🇩🇰🇩🇰
Wow! starting off in my hometown of Nijmegen. I'm about to buy myself my first Moto Guzzi, A 1969 V7 700.
LOL, you must be loving my pronunciation of your home town...
@@smeghead61 Don't worry I've heard worse. ;)
Great trip and what a soundtrack. Thanks for sharing this rider's dream. Cheers.
Your pictures are AWESOME 👍👍👍
questo è un documentario, non un video, e meriterebbe un premio. la parte girata sul lago di Como e a Mandello del Lario, è da brividi. Siete stati dei grandi, grazie per le emozioni che avete condiviso con gli appassionati di moto.
Thank you Giovanni. Glad u enjoyed it.
very good sownd ! I have carifornia 1100 stone touring. I love OHV sound like airplane !
have a good trip.
from japan
This is so enjoyable to watch & we were so glad to be a part of the trip. Thanks Brian
Found a Ducati racer by chance! I'm a tingling! I love Moto Guzzis (and Ducatis), the soundtrack of you riding nice and gently to take in the glory all around is bliss!
Fantastic adventure!
Matt 81 V1000 Convert San Francisco
Thanks so much for the Video, enjoyed it
Awesome vid. thanks mate.
Absolutely fantastic ride around.
What better way to sooth the soul than to take the Aussie Italian girls back where they were born.
Gotta say mate, your lady has a beautifull heartbeat.
Sounds almost as sweet as my MK III did lol.
Im Way over on the mid West coast and the times I hear that sweet sound are very few and far between. A few run around Perth but only 1 I know of lives within 200 miles of me .
I have one V7 but eldorado is poem!!!!! nice video!!!!!
Great idea, putting some tape on the bike to remind you to STAY LEFT!
My big fear of driving in the UK is forgetting and having a head-on collision.
Beautiful photos too.
Great Video, especially the big trip over the mountain to Italy. I use to have a Centauro, now a V11 Le mans. Greetings
Beautiful cinematic work; motor soundtrack sounds wonderful.
Wonderful video with your Guzzles , I feel well 😊😊
This has been a fantastic video to watch. Congrats on a rad trip through Europe - Well done! I'm pulling the trigger on a MG V7 Stone III and thus joining the club :) Hope to perhaps make a trip to Mandelo for the 100th anniversary this year ! Cheers!
what an amazing trip, one of the best rides ive seen on the choob, thanks for sharing.
What a journey ! As a European, nice to see and hear views from Aussies ...
Interesting video and beautiful bikes! Greetings from Prague.
I just found your film really great tour !! I was with my stelvio NTX also there and rode some time with you guys towards Mandello ! The sound in the tunnels was amazing ! We went quit a bit faster then allowed !! I think your bike sounds great .best regards from Schüttorf germany !
Marvelous Video. Thanks so much for posting and sharing.
You must have taken several thousand pictures. Well done!
Wonderful video of your trip, thanks for sharing it
Complimenti!! Gran bel viaggio. W moto guzzi
Superb!!! greetings from Lake Como
Świetny jest ten film. Lubię do niego wracać. Już nie mogę się doczekać kiedy wyjadę moim guzzi v10
Hello from France,
Very nice video !!!!
1100 Quota 1998
Great viewing - much appreciate the effort to edit and upload! Paul (V7III from Victoria)
Just bumped into this video.
I drove from The Netherlands, with some friends also that year to Mandelo. We did it by France. Maybe we even spoke to each other, we camped in that little park close to the lake. You made a very nice video from your trip. Success with the Guzzi.
I have watched this end to end at least 5 times. As someone who tours a lot around on a Guzzi and based in the UK, I find it both inspiring, relevant and reminds me of places I myself have visited. Beautifully edited with some great music scores, you have done a terrific job. The only thing you need to do is brush up on your pronunciation of place names. Seriously....a wonderful video. Thank you
Thanks Neil, Was not imagining people watching it 5 times when i put it together. Appreciate your message. I find myself watching every so often and I find myself transported back to each road and town, again!
QUE HERMOSO VIAJE!!! Grandes tomas de video y fotografías!!! FELICITACIONES ..Tu Moto es verdaderamente hermosa y el sonido es inigualable..
Thanks for this Bro... thoroughly enjoyed it....I hope to come to the 100 yrs anniversary with the club.
Sadly, due to the Covid-19 pandemic they won't have managed to attend Moto Guzzi's centenary anniversary this year. Thank you for posting the 95th anniversary video.
Lafayette the Frenchman fought in the Revolutionary War. George Washington was impressed with his bravery in battle. He was buried in France with dirt from Bunker Hill.
Respekt 👍very nice and thanks for this Video.Big Tour in Europe with cool Motobike's . Many Areas in your Tour have seen in my Tours. Gruß von Volker(California EV from 2001) aus Leverkusen near by Düsseldorf.
Excellent footage. Looked like a great memorable trip.
Thanks for sharing! Nicely edited. (Triple Thumbs-up-icon)
What a great experience!
Thanks for sharing your adventure, Moto Guzzi, and the great photography. All favorites of mine!
Fantastic video!
Great video, well done on an epic trip.
Fantastic trip, loved it thanks for posting .
Congratulations Brian. Very well done!!
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I just started this, but I'll be watching the whole thing. It's nice to see a proper bike (the Eldo) being use for a proper journey. With mine in dry dock awaiting gearbox repairs, it's very enjoyable to be riding along with you. Excellent pacing, and great pictures / video.
Thanks Nick. Have been watching your vids for quite a while. Cheers
@@smeghead61 I got through the whole thing and really enjoyed it. What a terrific trip. You unsettled me a couple of times with your tendency to drift to the Aussie side of the road, but it was wonderful to be able to ride along with you. The Eldo was a bit quieter during the later days, so I'm assuming you came up with an adequate fix? Mine tend to vibrate loose too - I've now got them wired. Many thanks. Nick.
@@nick949eldo Yes wire and muffler paste at Mont Blanc. On return to Australia had to remove heads and have inserts put in as the threads were completely useless. Now better than new with locking style collars so wont work loose again.
@@smeghead61 When I heard you mention Hobart I thought 'these folks must know Kerry and Paul' (who stayed with us briefly when riding their Ellie across Canada). Kerry just affirmed it. Figures. Guzzi global community! :)
@@nick949eldo Yes, just a big Family it seems. Unlike nearly any other brand I would think.
great video-thanks for sharing it with the world. Certainly looks like it was an amazing trip. 2021 Centennial would have been fun too but who knows what's going to happen with the pandemic?
Lovely video, thanks. I was in Mandello with the UK club for this and met some of you. Hope to see you for the 100th this year although it might be difficult for you guys. Very jealous of all the time you Aussies can get off work. I want to tour Aus on a Guzzi one day but don't know how to get the time. Jim/somersetlemon
Hi Jim, We only get 4 weeks leave per year, Google tells me you get 5.8 weeks, is that correct?
@@smeghead61 that's basically right, but this trip was 7 weeks. Most people in UK would only be allowed to take 2-3 weeks in any 1 stretch by their employers.
@@jimnaylor6009 Some of us went for 4 and about 20 lucky ones went for 7. Mind you some of us had some life changing health scares that gave us some perspective on doing stuff that you normally put off. For me it was a brain tumour in the months before I went that nearly made me pull out, but in the end was the drive I needed to actually do it at any cost.
@@smeghead61 Ah, glad you are still OK then. I get what you are saying. I want to do stuff like this before being forced into it by circumstances, but maybe that's greedy.
@@jimnaylor6009 No. It's NOT greedy.
You look like you had a great time. Caught the weather just right (most of the time) and you couldn't have done a better job of 'selling' motorbike touring in central Europe if you'd been paid to do it. Great stuff. Memories enough to last you a life time.
Great video mate...greetings from Italy...👍
Not a very Italian name 😄
@@smeghead61 😀I know...who is truly 100% Italian or other...? that's life...all the best mate👍
@@patrickcostello2429 All good Patrick, If I had my time again I would be looking to have moved my life to somewhere in Europe.
@@smeghead61 Good...we are on this earth to discover and enjoy of it...riding a Moto Guzzi is better
🏍🇮🇹🦅👍
Wow! just wow, what a fantastic trip. Definately something I need to do... that's the only problem with watching trips, the massive wanderlust building lol. I must admit I was bricking it for you going through the Alps when you said your front tyre was shot. Real glad you all made it okay and I apologise on behalf of England for some scrote having a go at the Stelvio, did this happen in London? Anyway thanks again, all the best from Northern Blighty. 👍
Bloody nice one!
Are you doing it again for the 100th ?
(I guess not this year, with everything going on in the world) ..
)~;
Awesome to see this trip - as another Melbournite, in particular!
Just gotta get myself a nice old Guzzi . . . . . join in on another adventure
Had planned to go but it is not to be this year.
30.03 Passau is still Germany
Hi Brian and thank you for such an entertaining video. How long in total did the trip take? Your light touch commentary-wise was appreciated as it enabled me to sit back and enjoy the ride through both new and previously visited places. As a recent returnee to Guzzi ownership, Mandello is now on my agenda and certainly the museum looks well worth a tour. Did you record the total distances you covered and did you or your fellow travellers encounter any other problems besides the headers, tyre and clutch cable. Even if you did, it’s a tribute to Guzzi engineering that you successfully completed it on bikes of that age.
One small pan, I’ve covered all of 200 miles this past week on my Breva and been royally soaked on both occasions. You,on the other hand, come all the way from Australia ride vast distances and seemed to stay bone dry.Life is so unfair!!!!!!
Hi Tony, we were very lucky with the weather, one day of riding in rain in 7 weeks away. We had prepared the bikes fairly well, had all been asked to check drive shaft shiming and any issues with timing chains etc. Any one with old bikes were encouraged to install the newer style of timing chain tensioners if this had never been done. That said we had no one have their bike fail and need a tow. One guy had someone try to steal his stelvio and damaged the dash and key, so he had to spend some $ and get it fixed, (happened in England) . All the old Carby bikes ran well, mine certainly seemed to like whatever was in the fuel over there. Many of us felt we could smell the ethanol in the fuel in some areas and any I got on my tank was very harsh on the old paint! Some people with later bikes had a few backfiring issues indicating our fuel in Aus must be slightly different? Again maybe ethanol? No major mechanical issues. I did about 7500 k's, one guy did close to 12,000 in the 7 weeks. Glad you enjoyed the Video. Cheers Brian
I didn't hear any low RPM's going past the power plant.
I lived in Germany for 4 years. Beautiful country. The problem there is the people. The soul of them are very different from what you find in America or English speaking countries. I personally can’t handle them. I choose the soul of people better. By the way Moto Guzzi is a great bike!
European roads are always spotless! Not a paper cup or bit of trash anywhere in sight. American roads are a pigsty by comparison.
Same here in Australia
Hey there ! really Great Video thank For the emotion! Can you Tell me the Name from the Hotel in the hills of comosee Where live Thank you so lot
Great video, many thanks for making it.
I did a similar trip from Perth, WA to Europe and back about 10 years ago. I did it on my own and on a Aprilia Falco. Although I have owned 6 Guzzi`s. Saw the Guzzi museum but was totally lucky to spend a day at the Aprilia factory as well. Long story. I loved your vid, as I didnt make one. Brings back many memories.
I`m curious, how much was shipping ? And how did you get on organising insurance. I found that a challenge.
Cheers !
Ross.
Hi Ross. We did all the shipping and organising of containers and insurance. We had to have some third party insurance for the time we were riding in Europe and from memory that was around $200-$300? Aussie The shipping costs including buying some crates to carry the bikes was Around $900- from memory. Bike insurance was something individuals organised with their Aust insurance companies or some possibly chose no insurance. Shipping insurances were included in the shipping costs.
@@smeghead61 Wow, very cheap costs ! I think shipping/insurance all up was $4000 for mine.
1:06:49
😮Your GPS told you a joke? 😆
Yes the Aussie voice on Tom Tom tells a few "dad" jokes :-)
What you guys did, amazing 👍👍👍👍👍 Can you please tell me how the law works, driving through Europe with Australian plates and registration??? Do you get a transit permit every time you enter a new country ?? Thanks. Just bought a M Guzzi California 1400 Abd planing few trips.
No Permit was needed. We often didn't know we had even crossed a border. We rode on our Aussie licences with an international licence that you pay for at RACV before u go.
Passau is in Germany, an area called Niederbayern.
Thanks, will try to correct, for us we regularly were unaware we had crossed borders.
And I should add that I very much enjoyed watching your trip. Thanks for taking us.
I am planning a trip from Scotland (via IJmuiden) later this year. Could you share details of your route if you still have it?
are you guys going go to 100th . if so woulld it be ok for a kiwi to tag on what great trip.
Hi Chris. Our trip is booked out, email me and I can advise your options. prez@motoguzzivictoria.club
Great video , I was at Mondello the year before.
Is there a trip planned from Oz in 2021 ?
MGCoV is planning a 2021 trip.
Thanks, will contact them 👍
Nice one. Ci vediamo a settembre ? Cento anni ?
We were planing to ship our bike back for this year and the 100Th, we have cancelled because of Covid. No insurance companies will cover us for travelling at this time, Quarantining possibly on return adds $3000 to our trip etc etc etc