Improve an already successful product, it is difficult task, but Moto Guzzi they did it. The rest are behind something like 90 (ninety) years old. Experience is not lacking, and then the know-how Aprilia is felt, especially at the technical level.
It was June 2009 when tried for the first time version of the adventure, the NTX, a bike that even then, convinced us.
Today we are riding the new version, both for the “base”, the 8VThat for the top model, the NTXTwo bikes that might be called to ‘peak of their maturity. If you think that nothing has been significant updates, well, maybe you are looking with too much away, because we are approaching the news and how.
We begin by aesthetics. The Stelvio has a new revised nose. The designer Miguel Galluzzi of that great genius, he thought to work mainly on the “eyes”, the lights, “close” slightly at the top, thus giving more aggression to the front of the bike. The saddle is reviewed in the profile, and the V8 we have alloy wheels, new design, more aggressive and dynamic (on NTX Ber rims and Alpina spokes are). Both earn the power outlet located on the left side of the cockpit. The colors they see only the color “Black Lava” for NTX, while the V8 have the “White Moon”, the “Guzzi Black” and “Sienna” which can be seen in the photos of this test.
One of the biggest changes, however, is hidden …! Let’s talk about tank, Which fell from 18 liters to well 32! He’s right, almost double, and all this without increasing the volume to the outside, but actually turns out to be more streamlined to the legs. The secret is in the design, engineers have used every available space inside, all to have a battery life (claimed by Moto Guzzi) of 440 km. New the fairing, windshield, and unpublished flaps that ensure the driver and passenger a comfortable ride ideal to tackle long distances.
The engine is the same, a 90 ° V-twin, 4 stroke, air cooled and oil independent cooling pump, capable of exceeding 113 Nm torque delivered at just 5,800 rpm and a peak power exceeding 105 hp, all at a maximum speed of almost Automotive, 7250 rpm.
But now there ‘sAntispin (ATC, however, allowing the surge), a system that prevents skidding of the rear wheel, cutting the first advance, and then the ignition, but still allows the skid on the ground. The release is cleaner, thanks to a double lambda. L ‘ABS NTX is standard on the V8 and optional on the (Continental switched off) and discs, Brembo, are new.
Now both have the rear tire 150/70 R17, The Pirelli Scorpion Trail made specifically for this model.
The suspensions have a new setup, but there is always the fork Marzocchi 45mm multi-adjustable front and an adjustable Sachs monoshock at the rear.
On NTX We then Series: Windshield, hand guards, saddlebags, engine guard, fog lamps and aerodynamic deflectors.
