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1956 Moto Guzzi V-8

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#1 ·
Well I don't care what it's worth. If you're not going to run it, it might as well be carved from a block of wood.



No Italian worth his salt would ever let something like this sit silent.
 
#28 ·
Re:Retro Racer

A good inexpensive bike for competition in vintage class road racing is the 1968-1973 Honda 350 twin (CB/CL) series.

Lots of aftermarket parts are available, you can get over 50 hp with the right mods. Check out these links:

http://www.bore-tech.com/CB.html

http://www.weravintage.org/

One guy in England even makes a roller-cam conversion, claims 60 hp. And since so damn many of the 350s were made, parts (and bikes) are no problem.
 
#36 ·
I'm jealous. That must have been cool as all get out. In the mid-80s you would have had the then-dominant Porsche 962 series cars. Awesome.



I think GTP was actually the successor to CanAm, via some convoluted meanderings, and some of the tech is neat.



Nothing beats CanAm, though. 1,500HP Porsches, variable-wing McLarens - an explosion of creativity in engineering before the safetycrats sanitized everything.



cdg
 
#39 ·
maladg,



Here is my 4 step program for you to rejoin the human race:



1) Take the "motorcycle vroom vroom noises" CD out of the stereo, smash it into pieces and scream, "I WILL get a life!" as loud as you can.

2) Go get yourself some Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, or whatever Buzz is popping these days.

3) Find a female, preferably of the genus **** Sapiens

4) Do what Buzz's preferred magic ****tail tells your medial amygdala to do

5) Move out of your Mom's basement





You're welcome,



EBass
 
#40 ·
I'd have to ride it, I couldn't own a bike like that with out letting it wail. The worst thing to happen would be if you wadded it, and it would still be cool sitting in the corner of you front room all scuffed up.



The guys a dillitant rich guy, Standing outside looking in.
 
#41 ·
Re: M.G. V-8 designer dies March 2nd, 2005

Moto Guzzi designer Umberto Todero dead at 82, March 2nd 2005.

Todero worked for Moto Guzzi for 66 years and had his hand in just about every motorcycle developed by Moto Guzzi from the 1950s on.

Todero is best known for his involvement in Guzzi’s racing machines, specifically his work as a race mechanic during the 50s and his close work side by side with Cesare Carcano on the design and development of the Guzzi 500 V8 in 1955.

(cut from MC Blog)
 
#42 ·
The Porsches weren't winning when I saw the races. It was just at the tail end of the Nissan GTP winning streak and the beginning of Dan Gurney's Toyotas. The Toyotas were 4 cylinders, the Nissan V-6, Porsche Flat 6 and Mazda Rotary. Sprinkle ina few V-8s and I think Jaguar was running a 12.



At that time the IMSA cars were faster than CART or Formula 1. They all went broke though! They made a small fortune in racing so to speak.........
 
#45 ·
Cool bike, awesome sound, this guy loves bikes and is rich enough to blow 300 extra large, but does not want to start it. I don't get it, but then, I probably won't be spending that much on any thing, so I don't know how to walk in his shoes.



Lets see 990cc / 8 = 123.75cc per cyl. probably make somewhere in the neighborhood of 260hp, maybe more. I don't know how many extra ponies could be pulled out with some of the GP trickery they have now, but wouldn't a Guzzi on a GP grid be great to see again.
 
#47 ·
You were probably watching in the post-Porsche period, then. Porsche did well in the mid-80s with the modified 956/962; Jag, Toyota, Nissan et. al. (Cadillac?) did well in the late 80s / early '90s.



The Toyota (Dan Gurney) and the Jag were the fastest, and I believe Jag eventually pulled out or was outlawed or something.



The Jag was a 12, and it was awesome.



Just think how much more amazing the real unlimited CanAm and Interserie cars from the 1970s were, though.



cdg
 
#48 ·
Re: M.G. V-8 designer dies March 2nd, 2005

Oooh, thanks, calling him now. Maybe I can trade something...
 
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