Grand Prix racing

Technical Editor Kevin Cameron’s fond look back at the amazing Moto Guzzi V8 in our June issue got long-time reader Stephen Dane digging deep in his toy box. He sent us these great images along with a nice love letter: Dear Kevin and Editors: Thank you for your comprehensive article on the Moto Guzzi V8 [...]

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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…

May 3, 2012 By Kevin Cameron Leave a Comment
Photographer : Cycle World Archives, Moto Guzzi, © Morton’s Media

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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