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exiting any of the switchback turns
along Sardinia's southwestern
coast. There, the only criticism I
had was that the rear suspension
is a little dry in low-speed damping
over ripples and ridges in the road
surface, with initial compression of
the twin-rate spring not as smooth
as I'd hoped for. But medium and
high-speed damping is excellent,
even without a rear link. I could
feel the shock compressing and
releasing smoothly beneath me
through faster turns with a dip in the
middle, or over a series of bumps
taken at high speed. And the gen-
erous wheel travel front and rear,
coupled with the wide handlebar
The 'Guzzi is Euro 4 compliant.
very comfortable riding stance via
the taper-section alloy handlebar
and relatively low off-road-type
footpegs with a removable rubber
insert, which only drag in turns
at quite extreme lean angles.
The Kayaba suspension is re-
ally outstanding, especially the
well-damped fork, which gives
good feedback especially from
the Metzeler tire on the Urban
tint bikes. You can use heaps of
turn speed in spite of the skinny
19-inch front, in a way you might
not have expected to be able to
do on such a motorcycle, and the
MGTC program also allows you to
get early and hard on the throttle
