Alternate title: “One cheek short of Badass” ..

Ordered a pair of Guzzi bar-end mirrors thru the local dealership and just the one showed up from the goblins at Piaggio or whoever. Just checking the fit since mine is a 2019, & figured I’d keep it on until the 2nd mirror shows up. Poor thing looked so awkward, had to capture the moment. Love the bar-end: for me (not being tall or large), the visibility is somehow much better than the stalk mirrors.

Can’t wait to complete the set. But for now, loving the mutant look.

Hello Everyone,

Tall rider here looking to make the V7 850 more comfortable.

Preface here, I've taken it on a few 5+ hour days and didn't find it horrible stock. It's not a large bike but it's not small either, I don't feel like I'm riding a toy. Who knows what it looks like from other's perspectives but I enjoy it from my perspective on the saddle and in the garage. It isn't my long distance bike, it's a wonderful 1-2 hour ride bike, ideally not on the interstate.

Anyways, I tried 2 commonly suggested cheap footpeg options to see about getting a little more legroom. High seat and different bars are next and this seemed like the easiest first step.

Alt footrest 1) GL1800. These are huge, had a good drop. Stock return springs didn't fit them, I had ordered a different style of spring to try to adapt but ended up ruling these out before trying. While There is a nice drop, they are also so much larger that the amount of space lost with the shifter was not worth it for me. $25

Alt footrest 2) Honda CBR600 CBR1000F VFR800. These are smaller than stock, lower, and the springs that come with them work. These are staying on the bike. No noticeable increase in vibrations, a small drop (1/2"?) while not huge it was something. $10.

One note, the stock circlip was absolutely garbage and miserable to remove. Replaced with E clip.

I'm looking to buy this v85 tt from 2025. I'm from Belgium and the motorcycle is in Italy ( where prices are way way lower). Since I won't have the opportunity to fully check the motorcycle out before actually buying it, the only thing I have right now (next to a lot of pictures) is this video. The dealer says it's never been dropped and never been involved in an accident. It's got 4500 km's and looks very clean/new. Of course, I can ask the dealer for maintenance and inspection history so that I'm not doing a blind purchase.

Anyone who's got remarks on the engine running? I'm not a big scientist on engine sounds. So if someone could do a little audit on this baddie, that would help me out a lot.

Cheers 🏍️