QUICKSPIN I 2023 Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello S
P96
Matched to an up-and-down
quickshifter that is not the
sleekest in the world, espe-
cially in the first two gears
when torque is at its maximum,
the V100 Mandello's motor is
remarkable in how smooth it is,
especially when compared to
Guzzi's of old.
You get 82 percent of that 77
lb-ft of torque at 3500 rpm, so
you hardly have to dance on the
shift lever to keep the motor in
its sweet spot. The new mo-
tor's internals are dramatically
lighter than in the old air-cooled
1200cc 8V guise, and with its
new counter-rotating crankshaft
(thank you lessons from Aprilia's
MotoGP program), there's
nowhere near the same side-to-
side rock you get in the chassis
when you blip the throttle—a
Moto Guzzi transverse twin
trademark if ever there was one.
Low-down torque exiting hairpins
is never in doubt, although the
quickshifter's application could use a
little fine-tuning in the lower gears.
