All Tests – California 1400 Touring Test: Cruising machine! – A very nice motorbike … Guzzi!

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California 1400 Touring test: Cruising machine !

All Tests - California 1400 Touring Test: Cruising machine! - A very nice motorbike ... Guzzi!

Alluring at will, the California 1400 from Moto Guzzi seduces at first glance with its new design combining tradition and modernism. In-depth technical review, it perpetuates the legend of the Mandello del Lario eagle. Test !

A very nice motorcycle … Guzzi !

It is in Cannes, on the famous Croisette, a stone’s throw from the Palais des Festivals, that Site finally meets the star of the day – of the year, of the century, of the millennium ?! -: the all new Moto Guzzi California 1400 (read)

At first glance, there is a real inflation in the proportions of the beautiful, much more opulent and imposing than its predecessor, but also much better finished. The style is undoubtedly more modern, with less rounded lines, more slender and harmonious from the stern to the bow, because it is indeed the birth of a new flagship that we are witnessing..

To begin with, the California 1400 adopts 18 and 16 inch wheels (18 and 17 previously), equipped for the rear with the imposing tire 200 mm wide against 140 previously. Spoked rims are replaced by multi-spoke models in aluminum alloy.

At the center of these sleek wheels are the same Brembo 320mm front and 282mm rear brake discs, but opposing 4-piston calipers with radial mounting on the front appear. These are grafted onto a beautiful 46 mm slotted fork in the style of the first V7 and 850 California, which can also be found in the Ambassador black color with white lines..

Additional chrome headlights take place on either side of this fork, framing a surprising polygonal headlight incorporating LED low beams. The intensity of these is adjustable in two positions, day or night (less bright), the additional lights are switched on via a switch located near the left sleeve, only when the LED light is in the night position.

There are also LEDs on the rear mudguard, both on the position and brake lights as well as on the indicators. The rear shock absorber assembly is for its part hidden by the side cases, which must be removed to access the preload adjustment..

The 35-liter suitcases have a modernized shape and feature the Moto Guzzi logo, surrounded by a chrome tubular crash bar. Unfortunately, they cannot house a helmet, even a jet type helmet. For this, it will be necessary to use the optional 50-liter top-case offered by the brand..

The California 1400 Touring also inherits a superb two-tone saddle, which magnificently extends the lines of the 20.5-liter fuel tank featuring a superb Moto Guzzi eagle embossed and topped by a chrome plate..

The on-board instrumentation, topped with a large "Patrol" -type windshield, is compact but very complete, with its simple chromed analog tachometer incorporating in its center the digital display dial of the control computer. on board and several indicator lights (cruise-control active, injection, MGTC, indicators, fuel reserve, headlight, neutral and malfunction alert).

On the dial side, there is a tachometer, a gear indicator, a segmented fuel level gauge, an ambient temperature indicator, the driving mode chosen (Tourism, Sport or Rain) and a system activation indicator anti-theft by coded key.

A button located on the left stalk provides access to a configuration menu and displays other indications (average speed, average fuel consumption, clock, traction control mode chosen.). The injection map is changed, with the engine running and throttle closed, via the multi-function button used for starting. This also acts as a circuit breaker in its left part.

Higher on the right stalk is the button to activate the cruise control, which is automatically deactivated as soon as you brake. The brake and clutch levers are obviously adjustable in spacing and the chrome mirrors.

Finally, the passenger has retractable footrests and the driver has large articulated steps, fitted with a clever plastic protection that avoids damaging them when they have to rub the ground in curves. What we will soon be doing !

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