Moto Guzzi Museum — Attraction in Mandello del Lario

Being the owner of a Guzzi. This was a must visit place for me

And while the fact that it is free and there are some lovely bikes on show. I feel that the piaggio group are missing something fundamental and need to make this even better

1. opening only weekdays 3-4 is crazy
2. great that is free but why then sign in
3. it is in the factory yet there is no way to see it. There was one of the first ever wind tunnels but no more than a model of it and there is a test track that you cannot see
4. the bikes from 1921 to 1940 have some write up and are well laid out, then you go upstairs and it seems like they forgot what they have or were embarrassed to talk about them. No reference to the Sean Connery link or info on CHiPS Or the MGS01
5. there are no modern bikes. Surely there should be one of each of the latest bikes.
6. the shop was worse than a trade stand in the last day of the bike show. I struggled to spend any money

I know Moto Guzzi is a small producer but it has an amazing history and 90% of the people there were not guzzi owners.

Go and see how Harley Davidson do it and turn this side show into the main attraction it...

Absolutely lovely collection. More than other museums I've been to, the bikes looked and smelled real, complete, and I'd expect each and every one of them to start if taken down to the courtyard, fueled up and cranked. The engines section was particularly reavealing and I fully appreciate the painstaiking work to create those cut-outs. Everybody was very nice, starting from the security officer at the gate, who was very welcoming. The guide was clearly both knowleadgeable and passionate, and despite the tour being advertised in Italian, he did his best to explain in English. The visiting group was small, there was no rush, everybody was free to go at their own pace, the whole experience seemed as authentic and casual as visiting a friend's garage. We somehow missed the current models section, I just saw it in the photos from other reviews, and I actually appreciate being allowed to miss it, rather than being funneled into it on the way out like everybody does it with gift shops these days. I think this is a great initiative on the part of the brand, more than anything it made me want to chose Moto Guzzi for my...

We just had a wonderful visit here. Arriving by scheduled ferry and enjoying lunch at the waterside Cafe Costantin - family run since 1925 - almost as long as Moto Guzzi !. We have a personal connection with the 1947 Lightweight Manx GP and being able to locate a beautiful example of the exact Albatros bike was a very moving moment for our family. Thank you to the staff at the museum who were so kind, and to the Moto Guzzi Co for their commitment to the preservation of these wonderful bikes. The current "old" museum is kind of fun and being in an old section of the factory feels very authentic. You can feel the history and the sense that, for years, people actually worked in the area you are now enjoying. Hopefully the planned spectacular new museum facility is not too "clinical". While in this interesting city be sure to walk the few hundred metres to the town square where there is a brilliant sculpture of Carlo Guzzi standing behind a representative "pit wall", stopwatch in hand. The art wonderfully captures the tension & adrenaline, as he waits for his...