PIAGGIO'S dealer meeting didn’t just reveal the Aprilia Caponord – the Moto Guzzi California 1400 also made a second appearance, having first been shown at the same event last year.Now less prototype and more production-ready, the Cali clearly still

THE two new Moto Guzzis revealed a couple of days ago in low-res spy shots have been officially confirmed – and the limited information released with the pics shows we were right about the California's new 1400cc capacity.It appears the California

different ideas. To be honest, it's getting hard to work out whether the firm's new California 1400 has been officially 'revealed' or not. We first saw it in January 2011, with official pictures from a dealer meeting. Then it turned up at the same event

IN WHAT has to be one of the strangest press releases we've had this year, we now know that Ewan McGregor has been announced as the face of the new Moto Guzzi California 1400. According to the release: 'The relationship between Moto Guzzi

radical – a big cruiser to rival Harley Davidson. Although it will carry the California name, its 1400cc, water-cooled engine is a radical departure for Moto Guzzi.

MOTO GUZZI seems desperate to show everyone the new California 1400 individually without actually releasing much in the way of official pictures or information.Coming after the leaks from the firm's European dealer meeting a month or so ago, when

PICTURES have emerged via Italian Moto Guzzi forum Anima Guzzista (www.animaguzzista.com) of two new 2012 bikes, caught on a camera phone as they were shown to dealers.The most significant is the entirely new California cruiser, which is believed

be on the cards, but weak sales in the 600cc supersports market and a recent CARB (California Air Research Board) document that shows the 2012 ZX-6R has already been homologated with the same specs as the 2011 model means that any update we do see will be little

year’s leak of the prototype Moto Guzzi California 1400 and Scrambler.Basically a revamped Dorsoduro 1200, the Caponord gets different bodywork but appears to be the same in terms of the chassis and the 130bhp engine. Less supermoto and more tourer

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP's Anglo-American racer John Hopkins will be back on 'home' asphalt next weekend as round 11 of the MotoGP World Championship takes place at Laguna Seca in California.Hopkins will be returning to the State that he was born