The V100 engine is a modern update to Moto Guzzi’s traditional twin cylinder shaft drive configuration where the cylinders are in a transverse 90- degree V across the frame. The V100 is their first water-cooled engine, has a hydraulically-activated clutch for the first time and is of unit construction. It also uses bucket-over-shim adjustment on the valves rather than the screw-and-locknut used for sixty years on earlier V twins. .
The Stelvio places this engine in an adventure bike setting with a full suite of modern electronic driving aids – this example has a six axis IMU enabling cornering ABS and has traction control, blind spot radar monitoring, radar adaptive cruise control and an electrically adjustable windscreen. It can achieve a top speed of 135mph, 0-60mph in around 3 seconds and averages 54 mpg.