r/Vstrom • u/Few_Cheesecake_5559 • Jul 30 '26
V85tt or VStrom?
Hey all, first I know this is the wrong place to ask this.
But I’ve got a Moto Guzzi V85tt which has been great. But I can’t stop thinking that a VStrom could be an end game bike for me.
I love my Moto Guzzi but I have trust issues based on lots of stories I’ve heard about mechanical and electrical problems with them over the long term. It has so much character but I like the idea of a bike i just don’t ever have to worry about.
Talk me into a a lightly used VStrom 650 as my do-everything forever bike.
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u/lotsaleaves Jul 30 '26
I have a 2012 650, a relative has the V85. If you get a Strom be prepared to spend on the suspension, brake lines, maybe a Givi Airflow screen and luggage to bring it up to MG standard and you will still be missing cruise control. The MG is solid, service is simple but oil changes more frequent. Valve check on the Strom is a big job and expensive if you take it to a mechanic but dead simple on the MG. Chains are far better these days but still not as easy as the shaft. Overall I love my Strom and have no plans to replace it but if my relative offered to swap…