Moto Guzzi V7 on Track - Anglesey Race Track | Circuit Guide / Thoughts
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- The wonderful Moto Guzzi V7 is a real cracker of a motorbike, and is a fantastic bike to take on a trackday!
This was my first time on track at Anglesey and we were on the International circuit. The trackday was run by No Limits Trackdays, who IMO are by far the best trackday organiser in the UK. I really must try one of their European circuit trackdays at some point.
If ever you are wondering what a trackday would be like, but don't think you have a suitable bike for it, if it is in good condition and has tarmac based tyres, then you have the perfect bike for it. Why not give one a try? :-)
Here is a link to the No Limits Trackdays website, go on, treat yourself and get booked in on one! :D
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If you don't like the idea of riding your own bike, you can always hire one, just remember you'll need an ACU helmet and either full one piece leathers, or a 2 piece suit that fully zips together.
Oh, also if you didn't watch to the end so didn't see me getting told off... don't wear a body camera either! :-)
#MotoGuzzi #MotoGuzziV7 #Trackday #Motorcycle #Vlogger #HippoDrones
My bikes:
2012 Moto Guzzi V7 Stone, aka "Lord Vader" which has been very customised
2019 Beta ALP 4.0 Dual Sport (Suzuki DR350 engine)
2018 Triumph Street Triple R (low ride height) with Yoshimura Alpha T exhaust
My kit:
Rain/Winter:
Rukka textiles, Held Warm n' Dry gloves
Scratching/Trackdays:
Dainese 2-piece leathers, Forcefield back protector, RST supermoto gloves
Boots: Daytona Road Star GTX gortex (all year round awesome)
Chilled rides:
Weise retro jacket, Levis, work boots.
Green Laning:
Oxford Montreal jacket and pants, Sidi Crossfire SRS boots, Fox MX gloves
My helmets:
Motovlogging: Nishua Enduro Carbon with peak removed
Green Laning: LS2 Subverter
Trackdays: Arai Chaser V
Commuting with no camera: Schuberth S2
Chilled rides with no camera: Davida Jet "8 Ball"
Cameras:
Insta360 One X
GoPro Hero Seven 7 Black
GoPro Hero Six 6 Black
GoPro Hero Five 5 Black
GoPro Hero Five 5 Session
Drone:
DJI Mavic Pro
SailVideoSystem 3rd person camera mount:
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My editing software:
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Extra ! Speed and thrills ! And maximum pleasure. This V7 is a fantastic bike. I know it, I'got one ;-) Well done mate
I really do bloomin love this bike. I've toyed with the idea of selling it, but I don't think there is a bike to equal it even in standard form! :-)
Loved watching you giggle your way round on a V7 - nice to see someone having so much fun and not chasing lap times!
Even when I am on my 765, it is all about the fun for me on track, obviously I want to always catch the bike in front if I am able, but if I'm not chuckling or grinning, I am doing it wrong! :D Cheers for watching Jack! :-)
One billion "like" :-) , And you prove we can enjoy in a track with any motorbikes, not only with overpowered motocycle. I like the V7, but I always hate its OEM tyres! I think Guzzi should offer us better quality OEM tyres. GREAT VID ! -
Cheers Ant, who needs horsepower when you have a grin on ya face! :D
The tyres are bad when cold, but do get pretty grippy once up to temp, I just wish they had a sportier profile so I could get some proper lean angles on! :D Thanks mate! :-)
@@HippoDrones Sure ! you are better rider than me Hippo,!
@@antennabike5873 thank you for the compliment, I am far from being a good rider though! :-)
@@HippoDrones tsssss you are too modest guy ! V7 is easy to ride cool, but go faster with it is not simple fortunately you ve got good settings and good suspensions.
@@antennabike5873 the K-Techs definitely help! :-)
great ride mate, looks like a fun time. still can't believe that you can talk as you race around the track, brilliant! Ride safe!
Thanks RO2 :-) It was a proper giggle :D Cheers dude, you too :-)
That looked brilliant fun! it's much more satisfying when you have a bike that needs a bit more effort into riding it.you did well congratulations!
It really was mate, and yeah, utterly agree... having to make the bike go where you want it makes it a lot more involving than the more modern tech driven stuff! :-) Ty
Knee down on the Guzzi and scraping side stand - looks like a lot of fun out there but yes if it only had another 100HP! I like seeing these track days HD.
Haha... Little hooligan bike! 😂
Who needs a race bike to have fun 😂👍.
Absolutely mate! :-) My little V7 is a hella lotta fun! :D
Good fun- and well ridden- Nice to see an old bus being ridden promptly :)
Cheers Brian, there is a lot of fun to be had on a lower powered motorcycle 🏍 😁
That looked like the most you could have with your leathers on! Brilliant.
Yeah... would need to switch to latex or rubber hahahaha :D Cheers Tony mate :-)
Excellent with all those camera views, Wow! That’s a day of grinning for sure 👍Good for you blasting it on the Guzzi😀
Thanks Eric, Hahaha, many giggles were had.... all thanks to the little inappropriate Moto Guzzi V7! :D
Fantastic riding and wonderful camera work buddy.
It's so awesome to see how much you're enjoying yourself.
It's a shame the organisers couldn't control the groups a little more. But you seem to handle them just fine even with your 200hp penalty ;)
Thanks mate, I love it on track, if I was a little faster I'd possibly have a go at Thunderbike 500 racing, but I am way off race pace :-)
It is hard for the TDO's to sort the groups, if this had been on a regular weekend, the inters group would have been a lot slower than it was here as this was on a race weekend so was full of ACU chaps getting practice in for the weekends racing! :-)
I am so, so glad I got the V7 on track here, Lord Vaders trackdays are over now though, she has proved herself, just need another project bike to turn into a trackdaytroll :D
Getting all excited along with you. top track day session. the lill bike holds it own. a real competitive bunch on the track with their super sports xyz. lots o fun, you had my attention right to the end. the extra cam angels were really good. 👍👍
Haha, cheers Benno, I find myself leaning round the corners when watching bikes on track vids! :D hahaha
Aye, was a race weekend following the trackday, so lots of racers in all the groups getting some practice in on their superbikes! :-)
Nice run 🏁
Thank you LR :-) It was a fun day! :-)
Great fun, great circuit. I think you laughed all the way round.......haha
It was a proper giggle mate, really was! :D
@@HippoDrones Fantastic views over the ocean as well. Bit Philip Island esque.......:D
@@davexs it was stunning mate, so much nicer than my last visit there to watch! :-)
Sounds like you and your bike had a roaring day, great fun video.
Mate it was brilliant fun.... folk often forget how much fun can be had on the underdog! :-)
Got some great camera angles. Nice work 👍👍
Cheers BMUK, would have been awesome if I could have used the invisible selfie-stick with the Insta360 One X, but that would never be allowed! :D
Having WAY too much fun! :)
Man, if it wasn';t for those dumb straight bits...
Wow - your bike's only 1/2 a HP more than mine... but then I've also kept up with litre sport bikes... on corners, lol, so I know it's not ALL about how big.
nice one mate!
Haha 😂 aye, the little V7 can hold its chin high... As can my mates KTM 390 Duke who will be featuring in another vid.... So many folk dismiss lower powered bikes and spend out thousands on the latest greatest hyperbikes... when more often than not, they could spend a tiny percentage of that on some instruction and get better skills or laptimes with 100bhp less! :-)
But if they all did that, I'd not have as much fun trolling them on the V7 hahaha 😂
@@HippoDrones I've often observed this. On the same B-road, the 95bhp Tiger 800 as expected had a fair bit more acceleration on the straights but my V7ii was far more confident, I think that is the right word, on the bends, held its line comfortably without deviating and skipping about like the Tigger, and that's with the V7 entirely stock, apart from the Avon tyres :)
@@jeffslade1892 awesome stuff, the relatively long wheel base of the shaft driven V7 does keep it nice and stable! I've dropped the front 10mm to speed up the steering a little :-)
Looks like a good day I love this circuit, Pembrey is a good one of your in Wales again !
It was an amazing day, the bike was a little slow for Inters as it was filled with a lot of racers having practice for the weekends racing. I'll look into Pembrey, ty! :-)
@@HippoDrones I hate that when it happens but if you go in the novice groups you get caught up with all the noobs! Bike sounds lovely too ! But I'd be terrified of binning it !
I actually dropped down to novice group after lunch and yup, was a bit faster on the corners than most... there were racers in the novice group too though, who were riding like dicks, a later vid shows one of them swerving into my mate in what looked to me an intentional move which got me raging!
You only go as fast as you tell it, and you are under no pressure to ride faster than you want to... get on a novice only day, you'll have a right laugh! :-)
You certainly have some great footage caught there mate, they didn't say you can't have that many cameras 😋👊
Aye, haha... Yeah jut the chest mounted one was a no go.
What great fun. Super exciting
If you've not done a trackday, you really should mate, aces fun! :-)
Amazing to see all the views from the different cameras and how low you get on the cornering. Great 360° footage work too.
When you lean in to a curve shown on your chest came I find myself leaving too, giving a bit of body English while watching, or is that just called Body in the UK? I think I would be like you and have fun in the moment rather than be razor focused on being a serious rider.
It was quite the camera fest... so much so I got told off lol 😆
Haha, like you, I lean into the corners on videos too... is mad how they can engage you into the moment of the ride, be it on track, trail, or road!
Track time... well tbh, bike time, is purely for fun for me... so if I can't have a giggle, I'm doing it wrong! 🤪
@@HippoDrones I like to think that if I'm not grinning while I'm riding then something's wrong. It's one of the best ways to decompress from the world.
@@ScooterwolfsMotovlog Absobloominlutely mate 😁👍
Defo, need a supermoto. 😳 That would av been fun 😎.
Trolling superbikes on a supermoto is a wedge of fun! :D
Guessing you enjoyed that mate :D Some magnificent views from that track...not that you'd notice while riding it!
Would love to give this a go on a Husky 701 :)
100% mate, brilliant fun! :-)
Aye, utterly stunning views, got to enjoy them off bike between sessions.
Funnily enough, there was a chap in novice group who was on a 701, looked to be having a blast! :D
So much fun to be had on a small bike 😂👍
You can't beat it mate! :D
Loved the extra camera angles and the noise :) That looked like so much bloody fun and sounded it too :) Really awesome video man :) I'll track the Magna :D edit: Was the issue with the session that it was a hard chest mount?
It was hilarious fun mate, such a giggle 🤭 Oh hell yeah, you have to give that a go! :D
@@HippoDrones just looked less serious than in a sports bike :) haha when it's all tidied up and safe I'll give it a go with a veeeeery slow group 😂😂
@@TheGorillaBiker you'll love it mate.
My dream for motovlogging is to have a GoPro-quality action cam lens & sensor unit that is attached to a mini A/V recorder by a thin A/V cable (or wireless A/V).
That way the only thng attached to our helmets/bikes/bodies would be about the width & height of a GoPro lense cover, and twice as thick. Or smaller.
Or have one camera lens mounted on the North, South, East and West points of the helmet to record each view in 4k that gets stitched together for stabilized, 360-degree helmet cam footage.
I actually tried making an internally mounted helmet cam that recorded 1080/60 and fitted in the chin piece of my helmet, the only bit that showed externally was the lens and it could be angled to suit your riding position. I didn't like having all the exposed electronics in the helmet chin space though so I shelved the idea. Maybe if I get a helmet with a larger chin piece or find a way to run the wires into my pocket or wrist it could be doable.
Wow a million cameras, where did you fit them all. Looked like a lot of fun Mate.
Haha, there may have been a little bit of an exaggeration lol 😂
Ty mate :-)
Try Michelin - make the bike another dimension. Got then on my V7 II - makes the bike much more handy - and last a little bit longer then worst Daemons.
And may :-) break later and accelerate earlier - The only way to copensate less performance is madness!
What Michelins fit mate? :-)
@@HippoDrones Michelin 130/80-17 TT/TL 65H Hinterrad, M/C Pilot Activ rear and Michelin 100/90-18 TT/TL 56V M/C, Vorderrad Pilot Activ front
@@hplfd1 Not sure if I've heard of the Pilot Actives before, I have the Pilot Road 5s on my Triumph 765.... so will take a gander at them when it comes to tyre replacement time! :-) ty
hey there again, its 07/18/20 and i just discovered the GTM-01 and GTM-02 which is a 1,380cc mosquito/hornet lookin costumized Guzzi bike, check it out. Its awesome, try racing it on this track again with those racers..(if u can own one first though)😄😅
Hahaha, yeah I've heard of those bikes, would prefer an official Moto Guzzi MGS-01 if I were getting serious on track 😁
I am hoping to have this little V7 on track again towards the end of August if it is dry, taking it to Brands Hatch GP circuit 🤪
@@HippoDrones oh wow i just search on it, it was cool too..😃
@@godlyant9640 Custom bikes are ace, and it is great fun to troll sportsbikes on them, especially on track, but however well I ride my V7, it will never have the handling of a proper sportsbike on track.... won't stop me running the V7 on track though! :D haahaha
@@HippoDrones safer approah indeed.
Nice run mate
Cheers Russ, the lil V7 isn't too shabby... although a bit slow on the straights on a fast circuit like this one! :D
I''d love to know how your getting such stable footage on your handlebar mounted cameras. On my v7-1, the rumble makes the camera have a wobbling effect. Using a GoPro 5.
Hi, I was using the Hero 7 Black on the bars, it has far far better stabilisation than the 5. On the road I use a 5 Session as a helmet cam, as you don't need such smooth footage and the 7 becomes a bit weird as a helmet cam.
The camera I was using to face me was an Insta360 One X which is an altogether different kettle of fish! :-) the 360 cameras are crazy stable at the cost of resolution and bitrate! :-)
Hippo-Drones ohh got it, copy that on both the GoPro and 360. I just mount my go pro to my helmet now, but really am digging these 360 videos.
Was their a particular reason you went for the 360x over the others?
Have you looked into your next tires? I can’t recommend enough the Continental Road Attack 3s for the bike. They have about a 100 mile break in period, but after that they are brilliant for the Guzzi. They make the sport daemon’s look pretty weak. At least for me on the highway and roads with a lot of painted lines or snakes, my daemons has my back end acting vague, but the Conti’s feel planted like crazy.
Aye, at the time the 360 X offered the best resolution when windowed. The GoPro Fusion is also very hard to edit so the Insta360 One X made most sense.... especially at the price point! :-)
Great video. Nice riding and fun to watch. What model V7?
Hi Don, thanks and thanks! :-) Glad you enjoyed! :-) It started off back in 2012 as a V7 Stone, in matt black and bog standard. I've had it from new.... but is is very not standard anymore. If you are interested in what I have done to the bike, here is a quick walk around video from just after I finish it's transformation to what it is now: czcams.com/video/qG5_i8GUtTA/video.html
why did you ride the guzzi and not the triumph as that would have been at home on that track.
Why would I ride the Triumph when the Guzzi is so much fun? :D
It must be hard to ride whilst thinking about commentary.
Oddly it isn't, I talk to myself on trackdays anyway so it is just an expansion on that.... I also don't tend to think too hard about what crap is falling outta my mouth... which is why some of it is inane gibberish! :D Hahahaha :D
Its leaning a lot the bike if you think its not a sport bike.........plus you riding very conservative the guzzi its capable even more
I think with the sidestand grounding out, it is about all it has with the Sport Demons fitted at the time of this vid, but the V7 is a very fun bike to play on track with! :D
@@HippoDrones and maintenance so easy no need clean and lube chain.......
@@themarvelousvintage76 Yup, have owned mine since 2012, love it :-) The Kineo wheels and K-Tech suspension really compliment my bike! :-)
@@HippoDrones yes im trade in my honda cb650f to get new model 2021 with led light......
@@themarvelousvintage76 I hope you enjoy it :-)
I probably have footage of you mate will have a look. I remember you from that day i was in same group. Give me a follow!
Ahh cool, will take a gander :-)
Hmmm, you don't even have a video up from that trackday
@@HippoDrones not yet! But i will get round to it
@@maximusvr46 With lockdown, you should be all over that! :D hahaha, no worries, have subbed so hopefully will see them when you get round to it! :D
Me at 4:59 hehe
Hahaha... Normally inters is a group I sit well in, but at Anglesey with the V7 and with all the ACU guys and gals, I was seriously out gunned! :D
.nooo 😭did u replace the original stock exuast pipe? I would've be even sexier if u didn't, those racers will surely take a look of curiousity and wonder at your bike. Im pretty sure that it will be just like when u were with beatiful sexy waifu walkin at the park, they would not be able to resist to take a glance at her rear.😭 once that they were distracted they would surely not blame u when they realize they were flyin in the air. I bet they wont ever regret takin a glance at it.
Yup, straight through pipe, no silencing. Always fun chasing sportsbikes on the V7
...too bad am still in college and still had a long way to sav up foo her. Am a sproutin young man and had to save up at least 700,000 pesos(philippine currency) but that would take me 5 years(2moreyrstograduate+3yrstosavemoneyfrompolicejob), ill b 26/27yrsold by then and only thn will ill b able to hav her😭😭😭 am so frustrated..😪😪😪 (sorryboutdat)
@@godlyant9640 That sucks.
Yeah, it really sucks😭😭😭
..ohhh by the way don't be confuse on the girly profile, well its foo a personal cover... my girlfriend was actualy the one who named it that way...😪😅