Well. I did sell my c14. It's a great bike and I had 0 issues with it. I also sold my Moto Guzzi Griso, another great bike that I had loved. The Griso made all the right noises and it felt like a motorcycle. I loved the feel of that engine but it just had no luggage and wasn't really a two up ride as I had it set up. The Connie was nice, loved the luggage, but it never did what the Griso did for me and so I ordered a 2013 MotoGuzzi Stelvio NTX as a bike that has the kind of engine I like but with touring capability, big panniers and such. It's no match to the Connie for outright acceleration .
Would I buy another Concours? No, but not because it's not a good bike. It's a very good machine. Kipass on my bike was flawless, my bags didn't bounce off and I ran without the extra heat shields on the 09 and had no complaints at all. I just like the feel of a twin and the sounds and I've come to love Guzzi's.
My first bike was a Kawasaki Avenger 350. I loved that bike! I loved my Griso and for a very long while I loved my 2000 Triumph Speed Triple but then one day I thought the Triumph was getting to be less fun and I only seemed to like riding the Speedtriple hard, it didn't lay back and chill like the Griso did. I sold my Triumph and got the Guzzi and while the Guzzi didn't have the power of the triple it always made me love winding out the gears on a back road. It sounded glorious and would thump along with a nice rumble .
So, I hope I love the Stelvio like I did my Griso. It's got more power and it's a lot of bike with heated grips, top box, alum panniers, crash bars, sump protection, aux lighting. I will miss the electric shield on my Connie and I loved the NON ABS brakes, in my opinion these were the best of any bike I've owned!
The Stelvio has abs and traction control standard but that stuff never moved me.
So, one day I said, the Griso is a great bike but the Stelvio is a better fit and then nothing much happened. Then a year later I said I think the new Stelvio can do what I want and promptly traded my bikes in to order the Stelvio. I had no real reason to do it except it felt like a better fit for me.
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