MOTO GUZZI 850 T3 1975

[tonez84]

tell your boyfriend to stop putting music behind your videos, ruined the exhaust.

p.s. nice bike

[nhmtrhd]

Hey Idiot, phuck the music......

[NorthWriter]

0:45 -- The reason I LOVE Moto Guzzi. :) Mi piace Moto Guzzi.

[Boabiegringo]

You have to love the Guzzi sound. It's lke it's angry or summat! The way a bike should sound!!

Love your Guzzi, love my one too!

[soldeerenberg]

still, the music sux LOL!

[onetondrumbum]

You can hardly hear the music. Stop yaking about it and enjoy the sweet sounds of classic Guzzi. Nice bike, Mike! She purrs something sweet..

[mikehoppett]

@onetondrumbum

Thank you............the voice of reason ;-)

[WallyCornfordUSA]

@mikehoppett Justin is doing quite well from what I hear.

Love the Guzzi, I plan on getting one myself :)

[billrok]

Could you please shut off the stupid music??

[mikehoppett]

@billrok

Have a look at my other videos....and READ THE VIDEO DESCRIPTION stupid!

[MacHamish]

SEXY!

[paganuspaul]

Love the bike and the music!

[23vin850]

1977 or 78 model. the S at the end of the number plate indicates the year of registration. I believe only the 850 T was availiable in 75. T3 came in 76 -77.

[mikehoppett]

Dear 23vin850....

Technically you are prob correct but the Vin plate on the head stock has Jun 1975 stamped on it...So I assumed it was one of the very earliest T3s brought to the UK? who knows.... You know what it was like at the Guzzi factory back then? Lessee whats lying about and build a motorbike HaHaHa...Luv it!

[presti1959]

@23vin850 j ai possedé une 850t3 de 1977.salut l ami.

[QBTO]

stoopid music

[mototsl]

Sounds like your idle is set too low. Spec is 1100 rpm, otherwise you'll ruin your clutch hub splines.

[mikehoppett]

@mototsl

HaHaHa ....well after 35 years and 60k miles on the original clutch the splines are fine..... Thats the T3 for you...... everlastin motorcyclin ;-)

[mcwilljg]

I can't help it. KILL THE F@#KING MUSIC!!! Not only does it prevent hearing the bike, but THE BAND SUCKS!!! I do so despise videos with gratuitous music. Most of the time it is completely inappropriate.....Oh yeah, what I could hear of the exhaust note sounded fine.

[mikehoppett]

@mcwilljg

I have other videos of my T3 without music you know?

[italodgr]

Beatiful bike awsemoe sound. Goto to like them Italian bikes.

[fattossa]

sounds a bit like a hog. nice bike dude.

[altai760]

Lovely beastie!

[Meaca]

You can hear it breathing when you rev it, like it's alive. I love guzzi's!

[bgoodsoil]

my jaw literally dropped when you revved that throttle. Maybe i should step out of BMW geek land and try a Guzzi.

[beitohaugen]

I recomand this :D got a 850 GT from 73 myself, damn nice bike :D

[MadSmokerBBQ]

OMG that's a great sounding motor! Guzzi rules!!!

[fusilier45]

Nice video man

[mikehoppett]

This is now the 7th most viewed MOTO GUZZI video on youtube of all time....So 63 thousand plus poor buggers have had to listen to the death throws of The DARKNESS! hehe ;-)

[highgene13]

Nice Guzzi, Horrible Music.....I mean the worse ever. You are dead to me.......................(Maki­ng a bad name for Guzzites everywhere. ) LOL.

[mandaltby]

yeah dude, you dont need music the Guzzi is the coolest music alone. That thing is awesome, like a high performance watch! oh yeah the music is horrible. lol

[peterfonda2rd]

my fav guzzi.

Peter

[lunchkit35]

Drop handlebars ....... !

[GavinS1965]

You should try one on harley tail pies,chasing a fireblade back to the bulldog bash!!Yep,it kept up too.

[GavinS1965]

They sound shit hot don't they..

[Used2bBlue]

Somebody stepped in eighties bubble gum rock and can't get it off bike the bikes a beaut! I have a 76 Convert I'm surprised to see how similar they look.

[Vongola007]

what a brutal sound!!

[cgavin1]

Oh Jesus Christ!!! I'm actually getting sexually aroused here. Oh God .. man .. that is the most beautiful motorcycle I have ever seen or heard. I'm gonna have to have one of those.

[zappagirl200]

Fuck Justin. This song and this gay "Darkness" band sucks monkey balls. Nice bike though.

[garmit61]

@zappagirl200  Don't knock it until you've tried it ;-)

[wildmandazza]

nice bike!

[psalwasser]

love those dirty mufflers-I want to steal the garage queens and run them down a muddy road and dash them in a 6" trout stream

[icebear1946]

check the valves.....

[fiatmoto]

Euro settings were 14tho".for 1976.

they are bang on last time I checked.

[Slimriddim]

Sorry my friend, I can't bring myself to sell her yet. I still dream of being able to jump on and ride again.

[lunchkit35]

You can guess.

[Slimriddim]

This really makes me miss my Mk1 Lemans still locked away in my mates lockup since 1999!

Nice exhaust tone.... Fywheel like a curling wood!

[lunchkit35]

Mmmm!

Truly,aural sex in my humble opinion... (but please get rid of that music.)

[MikeyMonkeyNaNa]

Aural or Oral ???

[edwardjohanbol]

can't believe you got that BNP number plate fitted!

[MikeyMonkeyNaNa]

Can the Guzzi help being born with a name like that? Helps you fit in at Biker Rallys tho..HaHa.. Yea and I am half German??

Perhaps I am a member of the National Socialist Party Too?? The Guzzi is Black tho isnt it? Go figure... ;-)

[pjeir3]

indeed : annoying music

[777999777999]

great bike, annoying music

[chinagilb]

sounds like an expresso machine

[mikehoppett]

HaHa you on drugs mate??

[lilhap69]

that sounds like a piece of ass looks like.

[jiannis72]

fotomodello

[mastma86]

Spetacolo! Ne una uguale identica, mancano solo le borse laterali.

[River77joslin]

fuckin awsome :46 but you cant hear it idle for shit over that gay music

[mikehoppett]

HaHa yea with this BankHol weather I have spent a lot of time in front of the bloody PC too! HaHa see you 2nite Muso nite matey.

[theebz1]

great! the guzzi is music to my ears, but next time loose the noise pollution in the background.

[giangiu]

UNA ASI LA TUVE EN cARACAS...MARAVILLOSA

[MotoGuzzisti]

classic Guzzi sound with The Darkness as a soundtrack - luv this vid

[BonesCoaster]

Sounds like your valve lash needs adjusting. The manual says .008" for intake and exhaust, but I run my intakes a little tighter than that.

[mikehoppett]

Hmmm...

Well the standard European setting is 9 thou for this year and model and I have checked them many times. The usa some guzzis had tighter settings for reasons known only to the regulatory bodies . Exccesive valve lash is desirable as opposed to not enough when valve burning is a destinct posibilty with the 1975 850 t3 heads....

Guzziology says you should hear an old Guzzi coming(from the valve noise!)

YMMV Cheers MikeH.

[nyarltep]

aloha from hawaii

where i ride a 2000 moto guzzi jackal

its a fantastic bike

[manuele8]

hi friends i am a guzzista (guzzi driver, i have a Breva 750ie blak, but your guzzi is fantastic man! enjoy your guzzi... the best motorbike of the word!

[ergos645]

A lovely bike and a lovely sound, pity the music was included, lets hear the engine on its own. Having heard this I want one!

[Kilomph]

Please post again without the music. You can hardly hear the bike...

[Kilomph]

I'm considering getting a Moto Guzzi 850 for a starter bike here in the USA. How hard are they to maintain compared to say... a BMW R100? Where do you purchase parts from? I'm very good mechanically, just not how to obtain parts that won't cost a fortune ;-)

[mikehoppett]

A suprising amount of cheap parts/stuff is on ebay..

Easy to maintain too....

[thegreatmephisto]

Love the sound of that motherfucker! Like a big lion growling!

[mikehoppett]

You know you are right! never thought of that but yes..It is a lion roaring! Haha good one..

[FABRIZIOZPH]

when i was a kid my dad had a Guzzi 850 T4. I remember our nice rides, that particular sound and the pretty good speed too.

[alfa14328mandan]

Please,,no music, just engine sound!

[crannogdiver]

the ol' guz has a distinct sound. Had straight pipes on my 73 el dorado. look out. Miss it tons. Kept my knees warn in winter :)

[webbersite]

lovely bike, i had a couple myself, went over the alps and the pyranees years ago,

i once saw a cali at a guzzi rally with a lemans motor and thought to myself

why didn't guzzi over that as an option then ?

the t3 is great if you dont like stopping for petrol but a tuned up lemans is a wonderful thing

safe riding

[mikehoppett]

Hmmmm I tend to think I need 2 guzzis.

one which has the classic cali 1 black n chrome look and runs on unleaded without pinking and can carry tools sandwiches clothing etc...and a stripped down cafe racer type V7 lookalike which may be tuned but taking off all that weight and drag is a tune up!

[webbersite]

well i had both, although not at the same time. i really do have a soft spot for the t3, mine burnt off about 1/4 off an exhaust valve in the middle of france and STILL got all the way home 2 up with a ton of luggage, only do expire on my drive way. i m pretty sure though if i had both, i would put the big seat and the panniers onto the lemans and head off.

[rapt0rdizzle]

very unique sounding bike. I saw one in the flesh a while a go and id much rather my bike sounding like the MG i saw than the Ricer it is now :P

[bassrockin]

Whats up with all these stupid bike owners thinking that they have to put some stupid music on these vids!? I cant believe it!

[mikehoppett]

Me stupid...Haha I am probably over educated!

I get your point about the music... but calling me stupid...

I own that Guzzi so stupid I aint mate...

[bassrockin]

Sorry to be like that though but... I've seen sooo many of these bike vids and cant you guys understand that WE want to hear the bikes, not some music you think represents your moment of glory or whateve? These vids are the closest alot of us will ever get to these machines... please dont waterdown the experience.

[mikehoppett]

I have two more videos without music that were uploaded to please those who disliked the audio... I can do no more......Moment of glory? 26 years of owning Guzzis is not a moment....

[bassrockin]

I was referring to the music that somehow represents a "moment of glory" . The Guzzi has the BEST sound of any bike ever produced, all I'm asking is please let it be heard in all it's virginal splendor....

[puhakkaGB]

I love my Spada!

[josatinho]

great bike...

[swllr]

Unfortunate numberplate...

[Antitank1350]

Dude, I love the way guzzis rock from side to side as you rev them, just like a musclecar, my mums partner owns the raceco daytona, and thats a beast, my dream guzzi is a T3, and then i'll supercharge it :)

[GuzzistaJoe]

That IS rock n roll...the sound of the T3 that is, not the darkness...

[ct58]

I agree- great bike- but the musik just distracts

[talissin]

a shame the music cover the sound of OUR finest twin...

Congrats neways dude

[innova7]

Great bike. Crappy music.

[mikehoppett]

Ok When she comes out of hibernation I will get a non soundtrack version on here cheers Mike

[clamcutter]

Lose the music - the goose is sweet enough by itself.

[BLUEMEANY70]

I have a '76 convert v1000 that sounds much like your bike. Its a beautiful thing. Definately scrap the music though!

[roystr]

sweet bike dude.

[rossotkc]

Your Guzzi also have a good exst sounds.

[mikehoppett]

Generic! that is The Darkness! RIP HaHa

[Eldo850]

Nice bike, but the ticking sounds much better than the generic music.

[mikehoppett]

Note how by accident Guzzi tickover is in time with music early onin clip..