Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Until the mid-1940s, ... Lino Tonti redesigned the motor for the 1971 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport. This engine is the basis of the 750 cc, 1,100 cc and 1,200 cc Guzzi engines
The Moto Guzzi 500 TriAlce is a three-wheeler Italian built by Moto Guzzi between 1940 and 1943 for the armed forces. [1] History ... The engine, a single cylinder ...
The Moto Guzzi V8, or the Otto motorcycle was designed by Giulio Cesare Carcano specifically for the Moto Guzzi Grand Prix racing team for the 1955 to 1957 seasons. Though following the two-stroke Galbusera V8 of 1938, the Moto Guzzi Otto motorcycle and its engine represent a unique and historically significant engineering milestone.
During World War II, the US Army requested experimental motorcycle designs suitable for desert fighting [1] and offered Indian $350,000 in exchange for 1,000 shaft-drive, side-valve, twin-cylinder test motorcycles. In response to this request, Indian designed and built the 841 (8 for the new engine design and 41 for the year).
By 1940 Piaggio was manufacturing trains, ... and with it the Aprilia-owned Moto Guzzi, ... Aircraft engines (1920–1950) Piaggio P.VI;
2003 Moto Guzzi Breva 750ie Moto Guzzi California Special Moto Guzzi Audace Moto Guzzi Griso 1100 with windshield 2007 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200. 2003 saw the start of a substantial revitalization in Moto Guzzi's lineup and engineering work, beginning with the launch of a new V-twin in three displacements, the first Euro 3 compliant engine in the world.
A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel. In a longitudinal engine configuration, the engine's crankshaft axis is parallel with the direction of travel. However, the description of the orientation of "V" and "flat" motorcycle engines differs from this ...
The Tonti frame stands out in red on this 1972 V7 Sport 1955 LinTo-Aermacchi Record 1969 Linto 500GP. Lino Tonti (September 16, 1920 – June 8, 2002) was an Italian motorcycle engineer known for designing a number of sport and racing motorcycles in the 1950s and 1960s, and for creating his signature 'Tonti frame' for Moto Guzzi's 1971 V7 Sport, setting his stamp on all Moto Guzzis since.