The Moto Guzzi California 1400s open the Columbus Day parade

Moto Guzzi California 1400 – The Italian motorcycle industry was also present at the 2016 edition of the Columbus Day parade, which passed through Manhattan. On the day of celebration celebrating the discovery of the Americas, the Honor Guard of the President of the Italian Republic paraded in New York, on the traditional route between Fifth Avenue and Central Park.

Opening the procession are the Moto Guzzi California 1400s that equip one of the most prestigious corps of the Italian Armed Forces. An exceptional catwalk for the most "American" of the Como twin-cylinders, Moto Guzzi California was born from the special set-up prepared for the Los Angeles Police Department which, in 1970, chose Italian motorbikes to patrol the Californian highways.

Land California 1400 continue the long tradition of Mandello's motorcycles being used by the Cuirassiers. The Barracks of the “Major Alessandro Negri di Sanfront” Cuirassier Regiment exhibits, in the Vintage Motorcycle Show, numerous historic Moto Guzzis which over the years have been used in escort services to the Head of State.
Like all Moto Guzzis, starting from the year of foundation 1921, Californias are built by hand in the historic Mandello del Lario factory. And like all Moto Guzzis, they admirably combine attention to history and tradition with the highest levels of construction quality and the most advanced technologies, such as the electronic control package that supports the powerful 1400 cc twin-cylinder, the largest "V- twin” never produced in Europe.