Guzzi Adventure bikes are a go - Stelvio 1200

[Rincewind]

Per Raptors & Rockets :

The Stelvio or Adventure bike project is a 100% go Moto Guzzi exclusively confirmed to us. Moto Guzzi will not only launch one new Adventure bike, but two. One 850 with the 2 Valve engine from the Breva and one 1200 with the new 8 Valve V-twin engine. Main changes from any current Moto Guzzi motorcycle is the new handling characteristics required for an Adventure touring bike. This involves a brand new frame. My Moto Guzzi insider told me that the new "offroad" bikes will be very different from the BMW GS and Triumph Tiger 1050 (those two are already quite different...), but more Tiger than GS. That translates to a more road biased Adventure bike than the benchmark GS. Just like the ones that we have made. See the whole bike and the 850 here. By Tor Sagen/CG by: Robert O'Brien

That's very cool, Moto Guzzi.  

[forester]

  That is one very cool looking bike.  My only question would be how heavy is it... If it's over 450# wet, it's not an improvement compared to other bikes on the market.

[forester]

I hope for their own sake that they don't plan on producing many of them.  With these bikes still at the "secondary market" level, there are already enough similar models out there to conquer the "adventure bike" market - but hey, I am ALL for competition - and let the best company win.  

Consequently, I am (patiently) waiting for Triumph to do whats right on the international scale and build a 675-based adventure moto that is less than 450# wet - which is completely possible to produce.

[farmer fred]

Raptors and Rockets are bad about photoshopping new bikes from thin air.  Let's see the 8V Griso first, and see if the factory mentions the Stelvio.  

Both those images have street-only tires.