Navale V100

                              First impressions riding it I found it a bit hard on my derriere to be honest , I didn't find it comfortable at all , however the first ride was only a short one , later on yesterday I took it for a longer ride and I started to get used to it , my last few previous bikes all had large wide seats , like my M1800R intruder and a Harley Davidson Ultra Ltd , obviously the Guzzi is a sports tourer that I am not used to yet . Like everyone is reporting its very clunky through the first and second gears , and a bit stiff trying to get it into neutral , but I did feel it was getting better through the day , apart from that it went well and has that lovely v - twin grunt to it , I didn't find the vibration bad at all but its definitely there as you would expect (this is my first Guzzi , so I can't compare it to others ).

                                So my ride out yesterday took me along the beautiful West Wales coastline from Haverfordwest to St Davids , I stopped in Newgale for a photo opportunity as you do , I then rode down past the campsite to the pub hoping to find other bikers , but unfortunately  none were there , so I used the pub carpark to turn around and this young guy came running up to me , he was all excited about seeing the Mandello in the flesh , and told me he had been waiting to see one , we had a little conversation about it before I departed to go back home and pick my daughter up  for her obligatory ride on the back , I took her around Europe on the HD Ultra Ltd in 2019 , and she and my boy have had love for motorcycles since they were both little . My son has a Yamaha  MT10 and his girlfriend has the MT07 .

                             I am looking forward to the first service , so I can open it up past the 4500 maximum rev limit , in 6th gear it will happily reach 70mph , but it definitely wants to go with all the torque it has . I have a few things on order for it like the panniers , engine guard , radiator grill , frame bungs etc , etc , which I hope will be here in the next few weeks , but until then , I will be out about on a daily basis if things permit .