This Is The Roadery This Is The RoaderyThe Roadery is a new company that seeks to provide both guided and unguided tours around the Western United States. They currently... By Sean MacDonald News - Jun 11 2013 -
Reinventing The Montgomery Motorcycle Reinventing The Montgomery MotorcycleA famous British motorcycle name from the past could be on its way back thanks to a southern California company,... By Tim Watson HFL - Jun 10 2013 -
The KLR is finally mine, the old man made me earn it The KLR is finally mine, the old man made me earn itMy father, an avid motorcyclist, died in October, 2011, at the age of 63. I have spent the past... By Chuck Squatriglia News - Feb 13 2013 -
Real Rides: Lemar's Griso Real Rides: Lemar's GrisoA roadster is a naked motorcycle that has performance and agility like a sport bike - they still have a comfortable riding... By Daniel Silverman News - Feb 11 2013 -
Custom: Hammarhead Wayward Custom: Hammarhead Wayward"The goal of the V7 Wayward was to create a bike that could take on the urban commute with appropriate functionality, then... By HFL Staff News - Jan 22 2013 -
Moto Guzzi California 1400: first production-spec photo You've seen the all-new Moto Guzzi California 1400 before, but you haven't seen it in finalized, production form. Until now, this is it. A unique blend of classic and retro-futuristic styling cues, the bike employs Guzzi's new "big block" motor. Motociclismo.it reports the 1380cc air/oil-cooled 90° twin produces 96bhp and 88lb/ft of torque. Uniquely amongst cruisers, it's equipped with an advance... By HFL Staff News - Nov 8 2012 -
The Man who made the Moto Guzzi V8 Last September, Neale Bayly and I travelled to Mandello de Lario for Moto Guzzi’s 90th birthday celebrations. We rode bikes, took a romantic sunset ferry ride across Lake Como, met Miguel Galluzzi and, most uniquely, had the chance to sit down with 85-year old Enrico Cantoni (above, right), one of the engineers responsible for both Moto Guzzi’s famous 500cc V8 GP engine, and its eponymous 90-d... By HFL Staff News - Jul 13 2012 -
Fairings, colors, textures and the stunning new Moto Guzzi V7 “We are going through a time of color blindness,” Miguel Galluzzi told us last year. “People want things in black or white and, if they do choose a color, they go for grey. Working for Aprilia and Guzzi, we don’t think like that. We try to push new colors.” These new V7s are a great example of that, and also the precise, emotive detailing that so defines the brand. There’s this absolut... By HFL Staff News - Mar 27 2012 -
Piaggio’s high-tech future The Aprilia Caponord 1200 will receive electronic damping adjustment, the Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX will cost $15,990, the 76bhp Aprilia SRV850 scooter will come to America and Vespa will import the retro-futuristic 946, Piaggio Group told its dealers last week. The new models form part of a new push into the North American market that will also see an Advanced Design Center opened in Pasadena. As ... By HFL Staff News - Mar 19 2012 -
Finally, it’s the Moto Guzzi California 1400 The first all-new product of a recently reinvigorated Moto Guzzi, this California cruiser represents the future of the once great brand. These are the first official, high-res pictures of the Moto Guzzi California 1400. Speaking to Piaggio’s VP of Design, Miguel Galluzzi, at Guzzi’s 90th birthday bash in Mandello del Lario last year, we learned that it’s the first bike to receive Guzzi’s ... By HFL Staff News - Mar 14 2012 -
Moto Guzzi California 1400: first production-spec pictures These images have leaked from a private presentation of the new Moto Guzzi California 1400 at the same dealer conference that the concept model leaked at last year. The first images of the all-new, production-spec cruiser, what do they reveal? Well, a bike that looks shockingly similar to the concept. Same tank, same seat, same "big block" v-twin. But, the finned wheels of the concept have given ... By HFL Staff News - Feb 5 2012 -
A new engine for little Moto Guzzis Moto Guzzi is refreshing the V7 range with an all-new engine. Claiming a 10 percent improvement to the current 48.8bhp output as well as more torque, improved fuel economy and lower emissions, the engine is distinguished by it’s seriously attractive new valve covers, which eliminate the plug leads, leading to a cleaner look. Elsewhere, the engine remains true to Guzzi heritage, the crank is long... By HFL Staff News - Nov 4 2011 -
From Mandello del Lario to the Stelvio Pass It happened by accident, this strangely symmetrical mix of bike and destination. Needing to escape from a town with its population temporarily doubled by the Germans in laced leather trousers that inexplicably descend on any European bike event, I made some vague excuses to Guzzi’s press people, grabbed the keys to the new Stelvio NTX 8V and headed north up the shores of Lake Como. My destinatio... By HFL Staff News - Oct 4 2011 -
Behind the scenes at Moto Guzzi HQ It shouldn’t exist. Nestled in the alps, on the shores of Lake Como, red tile roofs cover ramshackle buildings that went up gradually sometime between World Wars I and II. It’s not just the dark, cramped buildings that jar with the clinical world of modern motorcycle production either; crack open one of the ancient windows and the view is inevitably of rocky alpine peaks, any way you look. Rat... By HFL Staff News - Sep 20 2011 -
The CHP on The Snake You’ve seen the pictures, watched the videos and heard the stories. There’s a road north of LA where motorcyclists go balls out and where the police just sit and watch it happen. So long as you’re doing it between two informally agreed points, you’re very unlikely to get a ticket. Why is that? We went to the California Highway Patrol and asked. What we got wasn’t so much an answer as a s... By HFL Staff News - Aug 15 2011 -
Ride: Lower Lytle Creek Ridge Ever been driving down the highway, looked at some mountains and wondered what it’d be like to explore them by motorcycle? My friend Alex (pictured here showing off his freshly-learned Texas Tornado Boot Camp skills) and I have. But, because we’re from the East Coast, we’ve rarely had the opportunity. Now that we’re in SoCal, all we needed was a couple Yamaha WR250Rs and an afternoon off w... By HFL Staff News - Jul 6 2011 -
Did The Feds Fake Evidence To Close A Dirt Bike Paradise? Something's Rotten in Hollister. By Ken Deeg News - Mar 11 2011 -
If you want a Moto Guzzi V7 Racer, act now The Moto Guzzi V7 Racer is retro perfection, but if you want one in the States you’re going to have to hurry. In an email sent to dealers earlier today and obtained exclusively by Hell For Leather, it was revealed that the Racer will be manufactured to order only and that those orders will only be open through February 28. The good news is that this bike only demands a $791 premium over the avoc... By HFL Staff News - Feb 23 2011 -
2012 Moto Guzzi California and V7 Scrambler get official In response to crappy shots of the Moto Guzzi V7 Scrambler and 2012 Moto Guzzi California leaked from the Piaggio Group’s Monte Carlo dealer conference on Friday, the company just issued these official photos and some limited details. We’d speculated that the California would adopt the same 1,151cc v-twin as other Guzzi models like the Norge and Stelvio, but instead it’s using a new, 1,400cc... By HFL Staff News - Jan 31 2011 -
Spy Photos: Moto Guzzi V7 Scrambler and California Looks like Moto Guzzi is dead set on matching Triumph’s Modern Classic range model-for-model. The new Moto Guzzi V7 Scrambler you can see here adds to a range that also includes the V7 Racer, V7 Classic and V7 Cafe Classic. In fact, the only Modern Classic that doesn’t have a direct V7 competitor is the Bonneville America cruiser. Judging by the valve covers, it looks like the new California i... By HFL Staff News - Jan 29 2011 -
Tiered licensing? California mandates training for under 21s Just like England, only better. By HFL Staff News - Jan 5 2011 -
Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 NTX: bold new accessories Here’s an Intermot release that we forgot. Well, not so much forget, as ignored because it’s just the normal Moto Guzzi Stelvio with standard sump guard, engine protectors, handlebar bash guards , aluminum panniers and halogen spotlights, but hey, there’s a new “NTX” sticker too. Actually, dismissing the Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 NTX due to silly stickering doesn’t do it justice. In a cl... By HFL Staff News - Oct 26 2010 -
