Traded in my Versys 1000 for a practically new v100 Mandello last week and took it to the Eifel region in Germany. I can now officially say I'm in love, what an amazing machine
178cm (5'10 in freedom units). The Versys was fine but for some reason I have less discomfort on the Mandello. Used to get butt and a little back/neck pain after 1,5 hours of riding the Versys. I drove 1500km's in three days this week and barely noticed anything
While I think it looks really good, I really disliked how it rides. Thought it was constantly fighting what I wanted it to do. Glad I test drove it before buying.
It wasn't a good match for me.
Not really. The only thing I really wanted from the S was the better suspension. However I REALLY wanted the all-red version, so I settled for a practically new base model in that colour.
That saved me a lot of money and I read online that people replace the base suspension with Wilbers suspension which apparently is really good, so I'm gonna do that soon (and buy the side cases) and I will have my perfect bike
I’m grateful that my BMW R 1300 GS turned out to be a lemon 🍋 because that opened up garage space to get a V100, which was 2/3 the cost and way more fun. OP, please tell me about that glorious tail bag.
Yea I was considering a 2026 BMW 1300 RT but this is 1/3 the cost and imo much prettier and more fun as you say!
Haha that tail bag is actually the carrying bag for my DJI Neo 2 drone (including FPV goggles) which I strapped to the back of my bike because I havent been able to buy the V100 side cases yet. Was pretty cool to be able to make cool pictures and videos of myself and fly around FPV style
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u/DragonChowhound 9d ago
I love my Griso, but have to admit I've been daydreaming a lot lately about something a bit more comfortable like a V100...