Stelvio Pass is famous as a challenging Italian road over the Eastern Alps. The 2024 Moto Guzzi Stelvio is a new, tech-laden adventure motorcycle that looks to be an excellent mount for carving the pass’s 48 tight turns and cresting its 9,045-foot summit. It features Guzzi’s latest liquid-cooled 90-degree, transverse V-twin motor, which delivers a claimed 115 horsepower at 8,700 rpm. The new mill cranks out 77.4 pound-feet of torque when spinning at 6,750 rpm, and redlines at 9,500. Not that you have to spin it that high, as the 82 percent of maximum power is on tap at just 3,500 rpm. This all should be quite enough for a spirited Alpine ride. Guzzi claims 46 mpg for the Stelvio, netting it over 250 miles from the 5.5-gallon tank.
Stelvio Power for the Passes
The Stelvio’s 1042cc twin features four valves per cylinder and a wet sump for lubrication. Separating the crank chamber from the oil sump allows a shallower oil pan that improves ground clearance for off-road riding. Moto Guzzi has also rotated the valve cover by 90 degrees, providing more space for legs and giving the EFI a straighter shot to the cylinders. Shorter, straighter ducts in the throttle bodies create a high-turbulence effect to improve fueling, power, and mileage while reducing emissions. But let’s not forget style—turning the cylinder heads also allowed designers to fashion attractively curved header pipes. The bike has a revised six-speed gearbox, and a quick-shifter is offered as an accessory.
Smooth Traveling
The suspension system is exclusively tailored for Stelvio, delivering both control and excitement in sporty riding, as well as the necessary comfort during long journeys and reliable grip on less conventional terrain, courtesy of its ample 170-millimeter travel. The Sachs fork tubes measure 46 millimeters and are adjustable for rebound and spring preload. The rear end is kept manageable KYB shock that is also adjustable for spring preload for rebound. Progressive action comes from its sloping configuration. The Stelvio’s front brakes are Brembo radial-mount monobloc four-piston calipers squeezing a pair of 320-millimeter floating steel discs. A single 280-millimeter disc and single two-piston caliper handle rear braking. The bike runs on tubeless spoked wheels with a 19-/17-inch front/rear setup. They’re built to carry tires for “light off-road riding.” The final drive shaft drive makes use of a single-sided aluminum arm on the left side.
Wind Management
Moto Guzzi threw the book at creating comfortable aerodynamics on the Stelvio, using their wind tunnel to perfect a comfortable ride. “It took more than 1,500 hours of simulations with CFD (computational fluid dynamics) calculation software and countless sessions in the wind tunnel to determine the ideal surfaces that would offer maximum protection for the rider and passenger while occupying the least space.” Data analysis led to adding side deflectors and fitting an electrically adjustable windscreen with a range of 70 millimeters.
Stelvio Is Wired
Motorcyclists expect ride-by-wire on such a capable motorcycle, and the Stelvio doesn’t disappoint, providing an entire alphabet’s worth of features. Following cruise control (FCC), forward collision warning (FCW), blind-spot information system (BLIS), and lane change assist (LCA) are familiar to anyone with a recent automobile. But you won’t find modes like Tourism, Rain, Street, and Off-Road on most SUVs or crossovers. Moto Guzzi also gave the Stelvio a Marelli 11MP control unit and six-axis inertial platform to assess the current ride conditions and to optimize control parameters as necessary, plus provide cornering ABS. The rider controls it all via the 5-inch TFT display.
Got Radar?
Stelvio does. Offered as an option, the Stelvio can be fitted with PFF (Piaggio Fast Forward) Rider Assistance Solution. That’s a mouthful for a system based on 4D imaging radar technology. Radar sensors above the front headlight assembly and below the rear taillight assembly provide the rider with enhanced situational awareness. Per Moto Guzzi, radar also trumps ultrasonic sensor-based driver assistance systems by having an extremely wide field of view and reliable monitoring regardless of lighting and environmental conditions.
Stelvio Has More
The list goes on for the features of this motorcycle and the accessories available: heated seated, heated grips, hard cases, anti-theft system, engine guards…
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