This ‘87 Marinoni SLX Sports Tourer is clearly, but just slightly my favorite over the Miyata 912 with Gugificazione!
The Miyata is very good, as the many 912 owners on this forum will attest, even better for my applications with Mark’s low trail and rando bag mods that further differentiate these two bikes. It’s the dedicated year-round fender bike, handy in the PNW, as well as travel bike with the now-simple addition of low rider front panniers, if we ever get a chance to do that again. It’s shown up in several threads recently.
The difference is a feel on the Marinoni that urges me to push a little harder, shift up a gear, and take the long way home. It gives me a thrill on every ride, easy or hard, start to finish. I loved a 70-mile day on it after 140 miles the previous day. I call it “Buzz” since it makes me want to ride “to infinity and beyond!”
