Otto Cilindri: Moto Guzzi V8 Grand Prix Racer Fast, fragile, flawed and fantastic, the Moto Guzzi V8 of the 1950s should have ruled Grand Prix racing. But it didn’t…

Otto Cilindri: Moto Guzzi V8 Grand Prix Racer

The Guzzi V8! If you dabble the least bit in motorcycling history, you have heard of this complex and ambitious machine, built in 1955 to dominate 500cc Grand Prix racing. At its best, the V8 had the numbers to do it. In 1957, when Gilera and MV were making no more than 67-70 horsepower from [...]

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