You cannot but have great admiration for Giacomo Agostini.....a gentleman and not egotistical like many riders become when they've had success. I spotted him here in the UK at a motorcycle show and he gladly signed my copy of his book ''15 times'' which i thoroughly recommend.
It’s fantastic seeing Ago still riding , I was a teenager when he was racing and winning at the Isle of Man and the great battles he had with Mike the bike
I was quite impressed with the sounds emanating from the surrounding other bikes, but then I got a bit of a fright when the old V8 Moto Guzzi engine exploded back into life - fantastic!
For their 100th anniversary moto guzzi should have built 100 modern interpretations of this bike, I'm sure they could have asked for as much money as they liked and they would have sold out immediately.
0:23 look at the 8 exauhst pipe's with nothing in it,very best sound and this bike is from the 60er!! Big respect for the ingenieur's in the passt! Sorry for my bad english best wish Reiner from Germany
Look at those eight open exhaust pipes - the very best sound and this bike is from the '60s!! Huge respect to the engineers of the past! Apologies for my poor English but Best Wishes from Germany! Herre Reiner. (or words to that effect. Certainly better than my German any day. Ja!) 🙂
Motorcycling magazine had an artist impression of the engine in 1957 , the crankshaft a masterpiece with all ball and roller bearings with each section splined together.
QUANDO SI ACCENDEVANO QUESTI MOSTRI SI STAVA TUTTI I IN SILENZIO E SI ANDAVA IN PISTA A VOLARE CON LORO IN PISTA E DOPO SI ANDAVA A CASA CON IL LORO ROMBO INCONFONDIBILE NELLE ORECCHIE . QUELLO ERA MOTOCICLISMO PURO AL 100X100 !❤🇮🇹
By todays Standard this Bike looks like a Scratchbuilt Bike with all this rough tubing, but when you know how Old it is, it really is a Masterpiece in engineering. Some insanely Features not even many Modern Bikes have are Onboard. Two Stage Springs at the Front, Liquid cooled V8 Engine on the Bike... I cannot even imagine the Bravery of the Riders pushing this Beast around a Racetrack. Also, Giacomo Agostini... By the things he acomplished, i´d call him the Moto Godfather of Racing... Unbelievable how good he suits his MV Agusta at the Age of 80! What a living and riding Legend.
Thank God I was got to see Ago ride the V8 Guzzi in a demo at Calder Park Raceway in Victoria Australia when I was a teenager, must have been around 1975, Ago gave it some stick and it sounded glorious!
Whhheeew....old racers. For 50 years there now I did not think they existed lol. Isle of man no less. Will research this man so respected...folks...that gets earned.
Bel video :-) Bello quando il pilota e i tecnici lavoravano sulla Guzzi, e bello quando c’era Agostini. Speriamo che tutti vivano molto più di cento anni, in salute.
Hallo! Schau mal bitte bei 4:01 der Gummischlauch vom Ölbehälter(müsste einer sein Trockensumpfschmierung) hat lauter Risse weil der scheinbar Ur alt ist,wenn der während der Fahrt Öl durch lässt oder gar platzt dann läuft das aufs Hinterrad und auf die Stecke,für ihn absolut Lebensgefährlich für den Fshrer und die Anderen auf der Strecke! Sind die Mechaniker Blind,so etwas muss doch auffallen wenn ich das schon sehe!?? Tipp="Immer erst anhalten dann absteigen"!😅😉
I remember seeing this on a list of greatest ever motorbikes, I think it belonged to Jay Leno, he said it's "like taking apart a watch!". My grandad remembers one screaming down a strait when he watched a race at the Nuremberg in 1955.
👀 Vaya con la abuela!!!impresionante mecánica compacta y rugido bestial. Gracias por traernos máquinas preciosas y alucinantes como esta. Saludos desde el Atlántico. 🇮🇨🏍️🇮🇨
Don't know Why.. I always Fascinated with motorcyle with Fairings.. No matter what Brands or Nations That She Came.. Japan.. Italian.. USA.. Germany.. UK.. Russian.. French.. Then i knew it.. My Love and passion are came.. Bfore iam entering these Magnificent Earth.. When my late Dad and Late Mom Get on a date Ridin on My late Dads 56' Ducati 98S❤❤.. With its aluminium small Fairings❤❤.. And i also proud.. My late Dads had join DMC ( Ducati Motor Club) In Bandung City and welcoming 2 Italian riders who Tour around the World on Ducati 175 year 1957.. The Late Sir Tartarini ( founder of Italjet) and Sir Monetti.. ... Anyway as a preserver of an old Italian Ducati Bikes ❤❤.. Sir.. Ur Moto Guzzi V8 are Amazing ❤❤.. I love seeing ur Vid clip.. Thanks for sharing it 🙏.. And Good Job for ur Marvelous Job 👍👍
Yes, oui évidement la belle Ducati et son moteur en V, je l'avais oubliée celle ci , mais c'était bien elle. Vu dans les livres moto 🏍 , là c'est clair que nous sommes dans la cour des très grands, il y a du beau monde dans la pipe line, quel bruit, une moto 🏍 GP avant l'heure. Toutes les autres sont en mode sourdine après la mise en route de son moteur en V , plus personne ne bronche ! 😅 Agostini a dû apprécier ! Superbe journée ! Quel pied ! 👍🏍️👌 Bravo. Phil 🏍️ 🇨🇵 gsxr 1000 r L8 origins limited n 14 France 🇫🇷.
Beautiful - A work of Art - Is it a 1957 Original or one of the few unearthed by De Tomaso many years later, when he acquired the Race Shop on Lake Como & found enough parts to rebuild a few more Bikes ?
I’m living in Monza and I have an house in Mandello del Lario… in 2004 I had the rare privilege of listening to Umberto Todero talking about his 500 V8. He was thus an immense gentleman and technician. He passed away in 2005. I get tears on my eyes when I think about it.
I met Ago at a Phillip Island GP in the pits. He was chatting happily with Barry Sheene in the late afternoon sunlight and I was clicking away with my old telephoto camera like crazy from four feet away. It was later that night when I found my film hadn't advanced on the spindle. Zero. Oh well...
Years ahead of its time (as an Engine at least ), just goes to show how Italy was really pushing the limits back in the 50´s. And AGO; TEN I.O.M. wins.........................
look at the means of the racer pushing this piccolo mostro - it would seem he could tell this beauty to proceed with such a slight wanting from his fingertips! this perceived agility of the brute.
The Italian company Protar did a 1/8 scale model kit of this motorcycle a few decades ago. I believe they went out of business but the kits show up on eBay etc.
Was für ein urtümliches Gerät. Der Tank sieht aus, wie aus Grauguss gegossen. Alle Superbikes (oder sind wir schon bei Hyperbikes?) des 21. Jahrhunderts zusammen haben nicht soviel Rennspirit, wie diese Schwermetall-Guzzi.
The bike has to burn a little oil . If not they will score the cylinders . Everything will tighten up when wormed up a bit . These engines are born being loose when cold . If this was unburned fuel the plugs will fowl out .
at 2:09: LIGHT ALLOY WELDING IN 1952???????????????? Is this a later componet or Guzzi men were SO ahead of their time? It makes me cry to think the very same brand once made starship like this and now uses a 50 years old engine...
The master of aluminium welding was Ernie Earles, the inventor of the Earles fork as used on 1960s BMWs. He could weld aluminium using oxy-acetylene torches. There's a surviving example of one of his bikes, an aluminium-framed race machine with Earles forks, rear fork, tanks, etc, all made by Earles. I think it has a mid-1950s BSA twin engine, with of course alloy head and barrel
@@pashakdescilly7517 In Spain, on the sixtyes J.J. Cobas made racing bikes with "box" chassis made in aluminium sheet, welded. In the times of the "triangular" shaped tyres.
One thing I do kind of hate with people that think the fatter the rear tire is the better it looks . There are some people think that it helps and it dont . To me a fat tire only means that a person cant ride a bike with out training wheels . A friend of mine bought a Kawasaki KH400 with stock 3.50 tire on the back . He put 4.10 tire on the back . I pretty much told him WHY . The 3.50 tire would be better there would be some less pattern but that is good in a way on the curves . It give the bike a little bit of drift on the rear and not grab some much . A better thing is to have vary good adjustable shocks would make all the difference in the world . Much much more than bigger tire on the back . I think he put a wider tire on the back like he only going to do is a straight line racing . But not worth a crap on the turns . For those guys that has a crotch rocket . You do realize that these bike are not race ready and for street use right . I have seen a lot of steer bump just because of back tires and bad factory shocks and ill prep bikes . If you people look everything on these bikes is prepped for racing this includes skinny tires . It's about speed and agility both .
@@frankbeaton4776 Well, that's not the whole story. A fatter tire will hold a steeper angle, as the base that touches the ground is wider, but a leaner one will turn quicker because of less gyroscopic inertia (say, maneuverability vs. stability: it depends on the type of road you're running on).
The Italians built beautiful Race Motorcycles, Multi cylinder over head cam....as did Honda. The British built single cylinder Manx Nortons and AJS race bikes (and others) and went just a fast, but were often more reliable. 2 differing philosophies with the same outcome. As did the Germans, Czechs and other Europeans.
Goran, what a shame, I was in the same pit, visiting Mario with his Ducatis! I already thought you might be there as well, but nobody knows how you look like 😄
I slightly knew Bill Lomas and he told me about trying the 350 V8. I've quite a knowledge of older machines but have never come across this in the press. Anyone got any information?.
After the ww2 they decided they couldn't run alcohol in Grand Prix racing because it was so dangerous for the riders! As I'm understanding it can produce invisible flame. So Moto Guzzi decided they had to do something to get the power back. 8 cylinders was their answers!! They built two of them @ equivalent to $50k/. Then they wrecked one. I think that was the end of that program!! I'm not so sure beyond that!!
Hi David. There is at least two more replicas/semioriginals (AFAIK, one is in Sammy Miller museum) ... assembled from parts when Guzzi racing department was discontinued. This one is full original from Pino Todero's collection.
No more than three, as far as I know. Although I do not rule out the possibility that somewhere in a museum or collection, there is at least one more incomplete example.
many do not know that after carlo guzzi the subsequent owners have no interest in moto guzzi otherwise if they knew the history of moto guzzi and really cared about it they would revive it but unfortunately today everyone thinks about making money at all costs......
4:01 oh no are the mechanicer from this bike are very blind?? There is a very danger problem for the driver and all other bikes on track!! The Oel pipeline have some deep cuts thete are much to old! Very next time there come oel out and run to the rearwheel and on the ground!! Thats big danger for life!! I dont understand why there dont see this,thats soooo dangeres oel on tires or street!! I wish very much that there see this bevor there have a crash!!! Sorry for my bad english best wish Reiner from Germany
@@smeghead61 and why there dont change the small rubber pipline, on the oel tank there are very old and have big cuts! need there wait that oel run out?? Bevor i start a engine i check the system,and make some parts new! This bike run with some people very next to the bike,cut the rubber than very hot oel come out and make some problem!
@@r.blacky341 again I think they know more than you and me. I think this is a rubber shroud around the high pressure hose. If it was a danger they would change it as these are very good mechanics. Better than armchair mechanic
@@smeghead61 yes! there much more better than me!! and thats what i say why there dont make the rubber pipe line new? Stop the Video on 4:01 and see what i see,this pipeline is very very old and short time bevor out of some holes run hot oel when the engine run, 1 Dollar for a new and 5 min.there is on the bike,and for the next 10 year its save! I hope you understand what I need to say!? Best wish Reiner from Germany
You cannot but have great admiration for Giacomo Agostini.....a gentleman and not egotistical like many riders become when they've had success. I spotted him here in the UK at a motorcycle show and he gladly signed my copy of his book ''15 times'' which i thoroughly recommend.
Giacomo is very cool gentleman!
Agostini is arguably the greatest motorsports racer of all time.
It’s fantastic seeing Ago still riding , I was a teenager when he was racing and winning at the Isle of Man and the great battles he had with Mike the bike
Ago is alive and kicking ... the king!
I met Giacomo at phillip island. He signed my jacket:)
Nice man. He let my lad sit on his bike (the Honda six)👍
I was quite impressed with the sounds emanating from the surrounding other bikes, but then I got a bit of a fright when the old V8 Moto Guzzi engine exploded back into life - fantastic!
:-)
Enjoy!
Superb! I have never seen such close up detail of the Guzzi V8 before. Thanks so much for posting.
Hi Bruno
You will like this, I'd say: th-cam.com/video/Exextf9xgPI/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy!
All these years later and it is still impressive.
Yes ... very much impressive.
I was fortunate enough to see and hear the Moto Guzzi V8 going round Mallory Park racetrack. What a bike! What a sound!
Good memories!
For their 100th anniversary moto guzzi should have built 100 modern interpretations of this bike, I'm sure they could have asked for as much money as they liked and they would have sold out immediately.
They should have. Yes, they all would of been pre ordered before construction.
Maybe they think financially best to sell hundred thousands "common" roads bikes than selling a few if these even at a stupid price
Yes Ducati does that a lot. Think of the Hailwood replicas.
@@guitariste47 Stupid price?
Stupid comment...
@@guitariste47 i soliti francesi....👏👏👏
0:23 look at the 8 exauhst pipe's with nothing in it,very best sound and this bike is from the 60er!! Big respect for the ingenieur's in the passt! Sorry for my bad english best wish Reiner from Germany
Hi Reiner ... your English is very good, do not worry about. Enjoy "classic music" ... cheers!
1950s Bro
Look at those eight open exhaust pipes - the very best sound and this bike is from the '60s!! Huge respect to the engineers of the past! Apologies for my poor English but Best Wishes from Germany! Herre Reiner. (or words to that effect. Certainly better than my German any day. Ja!) 🙂
Yes it sounds good, but you put to hear Giacomo fire up his MV🤗
@@51362879 yes!! The 6 zyl Honda's Sound like the "Horns of Jericho"!! Best wish! "Stay on the bike"(Brat Pitt)
Motorcycling magazine had an artist impression of the engine in 1957 , the crankshaft a masterpiece with all ball and roller bearings with each section splined together.
i had this revue ....it was amazing to see all the pieces so entirely draw at hand and i know what was the GUZZY v8 ...a master piece of art ...
QUANDO SI ACCENDEVANO QUESTI MOSTRI SI STAVA TUTTI I IN SILENZIO E SI ANDAVA IN PISTA A VOLARE CON LORO IN PISTA E DOPO SI ANDAVA A CASA CON IL LORO ROMBO INCONFONDIBILE NELLE ORECCHIE . QUELLO ERA MOTOCICLISMO PURO AL 100X100 !❤🇮🇹
That fuel tank is a work of art! As for the sound... lost for words
I almost went deaf recording this :-)
@@goran2003 there are worse ways of going deaf :-D
Ideal for a neighbour you don't like on a Sunday Morning,,& then interview was going on all song, legendary
Simply, a masterpiece!
By todays Standard this Bike looks like a Scratchbuilt Bike with all this rough tubing, but when you know how Old it is, it really is a Masterpiece in engineering. Some insanely Features not even many Modern Bikes have are Onboard. Two Stage Springs at the Front, Liquid cooled V8 Engine on the Bike... I cannot even imagine the Bravery of the Riders pushing this Beast around a Racetrack. Also, Giacomo Agostini... By the things he acomplished, i´d call him the Moto Godfather of Racing... Unbelievable how good he suits his MV Agusta at the Age of 80! What a living and riding Legend.
All true ... cheers!
What a technical jewel the V8 Moto Guzzi is. Thanks for sharing with us. ❤
My pleasure! Cheers Rudolf!
Thank God I was got to see Ago ride the V8 Guzzi in a demo at Calder Park Raceway in Victoria Australia when I was a teenager, must have been around 1975, Ago gave it some stick and it sounded glorious!
Ago is still young and this Guzzi still sounds glorious ... nothing has changed :-)
Whhheeew....old racers. For 50 years there now I did not think they existed lol. Isle of man no less. Will research this man so respected...folks...that gets earned.
Cheers Brent. Have a nice weekend!
Ago, simply king of bike.
I discover this Guzz, a masterpiece of engineering, thanks for sharing !
My pleasure! Enjoy!
To see G.A. and this Bike = ICONIC !!! Many thanks, its a great Footage !!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cheers Frank!
Ago .... ogni volta lo vedo a Varano per l'ASI show un tuffo al cuore
Bel video :-) Bello quando il pilota e i tecnici lavoravano sulla Guzzi, e bello quando c’era Agostini. Speriamo che tutti vivano molto più di cento anni, in salute.
Thank you. Cheers Ferdinando!
BTW ... new video: th-cam.com/video/pFTf1iM_w5c/w-d-xo.html
What an amazing bike. Talk about mechanical marvel. Even the petrol tank is bloody gorgeous!!
Cheers Terry!
The shape of that tank!!! It needs to be in the Louvre next to Mona Lisa.
Giacomo, still going strong, Good for him. I have not heard of him for years now.
Giacomo is alive and kicking.
Now that’s a rolling piece of art. Looks like it just rolled out of a museum,except for the new modern batteries.
Hi Maurice ... more art: th-cam.com/video/7ytAXzIFsfE/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy!
Was für ein Sound. Die würde ich gerne einmal fahren. Das beste was ich vorher gehört hatte war eine Benelli 6 Cylinder. WOW
Good morning Heinz ... this Benelli: th-cam.com/video/d7QvvnpyQfs/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy!
Hallo! Schau mal bitte bei 4:01 der Gummischlauch vom Ölbehälter(müsste einer sein Trockensumpfschmierung) hat lauter Risse weil der scheinbar Ur alt ist,wenn der während der Fahrt Öl durch lässt oder gar platzt dann läuft das aufs Hinterrad und auf die Stecke,für ihn absolut Lebensgefährlich für den Fshrer und die Anderen auf der Strecke! Sind die Mechaniker Blind,so etwas muss doch auffallen wenn ich das schon sehe!?? Tipp="Immer erst anhalten dann absteigen"!😅😉
Agostini is a class act.
Indeed it is. Cheers!
I remember seeing this on a list of greatest ever motorbikes, I think it belonged to Jay Leno, he said it's "like taking apart a watch!". My grandad remembers one screaming down a strait when he watched a race at the Nuremberg in 1955.
Hi Bob ... thanks for your comment.
Watch and enjoy ... 2 hours of classic fun: th-cam.com/video/Exextf9xgPI/w-d-xo.html
Cheers!
YES Jay Leno has one, and I have heard it's his favorite.
@@pilot3016 That's really cool.
@@pilot3016 une copie !!!!!
Großartig! und viele Grüße zurück!
👀 Vaya con la abuela!!!impresionante mecánica compacta y rugido bestial.
Gracias por traernos máquinas preciosas y alucinantes como esta.
Saludos desde el Atlántico.
🇮🇨🏍️🇮🇨
Cheers Francisco ... last weekend was very busy ... more videos yet to come. Enjoy!
@@goran2003 gracias 👍
Don't know Why.. I always Fascinated with motorcyle with Fairings.. No matter what Brands or Nations That She Came.. Japan.. Italian.. USA.. Germany.. UK.. Russian.. French.. Then i knew it.. My Love and passion are came.. Bfore iam entering these Magnificent Earth.. When my late Dad and Late Mom Get on a date Ridin on My late Dads 56' Ducati 98S❤❤.. With its aluminium small Fairings❤❤.. And i also proud.. My late Dads had join DMC ( Ducati Motor Club) In Bandung City and welcoming 2 Italian riders who Tour around the World on Ducati 175 year 1957.. The Late Sir Tartarini ( founder of Italjet) and Sir Monetti..
... Anyway as a preserver of an old Italian Ducati Bikes ❤❤.. Sir.. Ur Moto Guzzi V8 are Amazing ❤❤.. I love seeing ur Vid clip.. Thanks for sharing it 🙏.. And Good Job for ur Marvelous Job 👍👍
Excellent moments from the past.
Have a good time Dody!
Thanks!
Yes, oui évidement la belle Ducati et son moteur en V, je l'avais oubliée celle ci , mais c'était bien elle. Vu dans les livres moto 🏍 , là c'est clair que nous sommes dans la cour des très grands, il y a du beau monde dans la pipe line, quel bruit, une moto 🏍 GP avant l'heure. Toutes les autres sont en mode sourdine après la mise en route de son moteur en V , plus personne ne bronche ! 😅 Agostini a dû apprécier ! Superbe journée ! Quel pied ! 👍🏍️👌 Bravo. Phil 🏍️ 🇨🇵 gsxr 1000 r L8 origins limited n 14 France 🇫🇷.
That is as good as watching the V6 laverda
Dilemma ...
Il migliore di tutti i tempi 👏👏👏
Giacomo Agostini und MV Agusta -- das ist wie Elvis Presley und der Rockn Roll , der absolute Superstar forever
True. Cheers Josef!
Que pilotazo !
De solo ver los motores. La potencia y esos frenos dan la sensación de volar sin nave ❤
Cheers Rodolfo!
Fantastic enough said what engineering
From 1952!
Beautiful - A work of Art - Is it a 1957 Original or one of the few unearthed by De Tomaso many years later, when he acquired the Race Shop on Lake Como & found enough parts to rebuild a few more Bikes ?
A far as I know, this is original from Pino Todero's collection.
I’m living in Monza and I have an house in Mandello del Lario… in 2004 I had the rare privilege of listening to Umberto Todero talking about his 500 V8. He was thus an immense gentleman and technician. He passed away in 2005. I get tears on my eyes when I think about it.
@@giampieroberetta5866 Good memories ...
The dual wheelchair batteries are nice touch.
Wow! Class and classic!
Thanks Vaughn ... cheers!
Mostro Guzzi!
Che meraviglia.
O na to czekałem ! 😁🔥
There will be another video with Ottocilindri ... in more detail plus more sound. Cheers!
Ago never gets old!!!
I met Ago at a Phillip Island GP in the pits. He was chatting happily with Barry Sheene in the late afternoon sunlight and I was clicking away with my old telephoto camera like crazy from four feet away. It was later that night when I found my film hadn't advanced on the spindle. Zero. Oh well...
It happens ...
Years ahead of its time (as an Engine at least ), just goes to show how Italy was really pushing the limits back in the 50´s. And AGO; TEN I.O.M. wins.........................
Very true! Cheers Richard!
amazing motorcycle...
It sure is! Cheers Pedro!
Franchement s'est juste magnifique et monstrueux sur piste, a voir qu'elle double cames avant monter t'il, Grimeca👌 🌞💕💙💛
look at the means of the racer pushing this piccolo mostro - it would seem he could tell this beauty to proceed with such a slight wanting from his fingertips! this perceived agility of the brute.
Cheers Scott!
The Italian company Protar did a 1/8 scale model kit of this motorcycle a few decades ago. I believe they went out of business but the kits show up on eBay etc.
Cool info ... thank you!
Wow, itu motor tua, tapi suaranya gahar......I like the sound. Maaf saya kurang bisa bahasa inggris. Saya langsung subscribe chanel nya
Thank you ... enjoy!
Ago still getting around quite good these days
Alive and kicking!
Fantástico, frente e trazeira bi choque... Carenada, motor v8, com certeza, passa dos 250 km.... Gostaria de ter andado numa destas... 🇧🇷
Italian rocket from the 50s.
Cheers!
Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing😜
Thanks for watching!
Ago! A lenda viva, um gentleman!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Ago ...
th-cam.com/video/P2AXtiR7ZfA/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/t9dqigsoxTk/w-d-xo.html
Cheers!
Wow ! Compelling viewing
Was für ein urtümliches Gerät. Der Tank sieht aus, wie aus Grauguss gegossen. Alle Superbikes (oder sind wir schon bei Hyperbikes?) des 21. Jahrhunderts zusammen haben nicht soviel Rennspirit, wie diese Schwermetall-Guzzi.
Cheers Zett!
Magnifico
It really is magnificent ... cheers William!
Giacomo jejejje impresionante 👏👏👏
Hi Jonathan .. enjoy!
Ago, the boss 🙏👍🏆
th-cam.com/video/pnTDkuOZ-9w/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/SCxaBzZ3yRo/w-d-xo.html
...
Have a good time Pascal!
That front end is quite remarkable. It's alot like a earls but different.
Bellissima...
Cheers Giorgio!
The bike has to burn a little oil . If not they will score the cylinders . Everything will tighten up when wormed up a bit . These engines are born being loose when cold . If this was unburned fuel the plugs will fowl out .
OMG!!! I just died and went to heaven....
Grande tecnica guzzi
Das habe ich auf dem Sachsenring miterlebt...Ago schaut zu..
at 2:09: LIGHT ALLOY WELDING IN 1952???????????????? Is this a later componet or Guzzi men were SO ahead of their time? It makes me cry to think the very same brand once made starship like this and now uses a 50 years old engine...
Whole idea was ahead of time ... just think about tires from 50s on 250 kmh ...
Todays Guzzi is just a small part of Piaggio group ...
The master of aluminium welding was Ernie Earles, the inventor of the Earles fork as used on 1960s BMWs. He could weld aluminium using oxy-acetylene torches. There's a surviving example of one of his bikes, an aluminium-framed race machine with Earles forks, rear fork, tanks, etc, all made by Earles. I think it has a mid-1950s BSA twin engine, with of course alloy head and barrel
@@pashakdescilly7517 Good info ... thank you!
@@pashakdescilly7517 In Spain, on the sixtyes J.J. Cobas made racing bikes with "box" chassis made in aluminium sheet, welded. In the times of the "triangular" shaped tyres.
It has a brutal sort of beauty. 1952 so hub brakes and no fuel injection. Looks like a nightmare to work on.
Yes ... setup was a bit "complicated". Maintenance even more ...
One thing I do kind of hate with people that think the fatter the rear tire is the better it looks . There are some people think that it helps and it dont . To me a fat tire only means that a person cant ride a bike with out training wheels . A friend of mine bought a Kawasaki KH400 with stock 3.50 tire on the back . He put 4.10 tire on the back . I pretty much told him WHY . The 3.50 tire would be better there would be some less pattern but that is good in a way on the curves . It give the bike a little bit of drift on the rear and not grab some much . A better thing is to have vary good adjustable shocks would make all the difference in the world . Much much more than bigger tire on the back . I think he put a wider tire on the back like he only going to do is a straight line racing . But not worth a crap on the turns . For those guys that has a crotch rocket . You do realize that these bike are not race ready and for street use right . I have seen a lot of steer bump just because of back tires and bad factory shocks and ill prep bikes . If you people look everything on these bikes is prepped for racing this includes skinny tires . It's about speed and agility both .
Hi Jeff ... thank you very much for your comment.
Leaving out the purely visual aspects of rear tyre choice, why then do the quickest turning bikes on the planet use large section rear tyres?
@@frankbeaton4776 Well, that's not the whole story. A fatter tire will hold a steeper angle, as the base that touches the ground is wider, but a leaner one will turn quicker because of less gyroscopic inertia (say, maneuverability vs. stability: it depends on the type of road you're running on).
Tony: Hey Gino, I betcha can't make a twin overhead cam 500cc GP bike.
Gino: here Tony, hold my vino....
The Italians built beautiful Race Motorcycles, Multi cylinder over head cam....as did Honda. The British built single cylinder Manx Nortons and AJS race bikes (and others) and went just a fast, but were often more reliable. 2 differing philosophies with the same outcome. As did the Germans, Czechs and other Europeans.
May a thousand flowers bloom ... cheers!
The British built 4 cylinder water cooled , supercharged 500 s in the 1930s, Vellocette & AJS 😊
Yes, and the Squaffa.@@andyb.1026
changed my mind once it fired up.
Goran, what a shame, I was in the same pit, visiting Mario with his Ducatis! I already thought you might be there as well, but nobody knows how you look like 😄
Ah ... next time ... I was under cover :-)
OMG , OMG , that my idol OMG , REGARDS Ziggy Canada
Cheers Zbigniew ... greetings from Croatia!
@@goran2003 Najlepszego zycze , you have there beautiful twisted motorcycles roads ! REGARDS Ziggy Canada have nice ride
@@zbigniewkozlowski2749 Yes ... roads are really beautiful. If you have a chance, come and enjoy. Pozdrav iz Zagreba!
@@goran2003 Same day , same day 4 sure , REGARDS Ziggy
@@goran2003 Used to be very, very slippery when wet.. I know something about!
Is that the best looking fuel tank ever ?
If not "the" best, than is very close to the best :-)
Wenn Giacomo mit der MV ankam , von weitem schon zuhören gewesen, da sind die Massen an der Rennstrecke aufgesprungen...
Yes ... Agusta is a bit loud :-)
I slightly knew Bill Lomas and he told me about trying the 350 V8. I've quite a knowledge of older machines but have never come across this in the press. Anyone got any information?.
I would like to build a half scale model of the engine. Any idea how to get hold of a copy of the drawings?
Ask in Moto Guzzi museum ... they might have something useful.
Cheers!
@@goran2003 Ok, thanks
So that qualifies as 'support' from Ago? And that qualifies as a 'service' on the Guzzi? ; )
Of course :-)
A fuel tank with built-in 'winglets' ... or are they crash knobs? :)
Or just a design expression from the 50s...
A great bike for history of motorcycling. But only noise and smog? I think is better one or two laps, for the bike and racer.
This is warming up before 3-4 parade laps ... Agostini and Co.
Is this an original,, or a new build
Combination ... "new" build with original parts.
Fantastic bike sadly never reached its potential.
At least it's nice to watch and listen to him today.
Cheers!
I wish the cowling would be so easy to remove on modern bikes.
After the ww2 they decided they couldn't run alcohol in Grand Prix racing because it was so dangerous for the riders! As I'm understanding it can produce invisible flame. So Moto Guzzi decided they had to do something to get the power back. 8 cylinders was their answers!! They built two of them @ equivalent to $50k/. Then they wrecked one. I think that was the end of that program!! I'm not so sure beyond that!!
Hi David. There is at least two more replicas/semioriginals (AFAIK, one is in Sammy Miller museum) ... assembled from parts when Guzzi racing department was discontinued. This one is full original from Pino Todero's collection.
@@goran2003 Thanks
Tecnica unica
Italia!
Il genio italiano
Ma Gino ! Porkoa tou rajouté pas oun cylindro sou lé fare y oun otro sou la selle ?😂
italian's bike are the best ! ducati - mv agusta - motoguzzi - moto morini - cagiva - morbidelli - aprilia - benelli
Viva Italia!
Laverda.
How many of these exist?
No more than three, as far as I know. Although I do not rule out the possibility that somewhere in a museum or collection, there is at least one more incomplete example.
¡ La posicion de la bateria deja que desear,aunque pensandolo es para una carrera ! 👍👍🤣🤣
For racing only :-)
Giacomo speaks pretty good English
many do not know that after carlo guzzi the subsequent owners have no interest in moto guzzi otherwise if they knew the history of moto guzzi and really cared about it they would revive it but unfortunately today everyone thinks about making money at all costs......
Yes ... money talks. Cheers Samuele!
@@goran2003 hi thanks
かっけー😄😄😄
ありがとうございました。 乾杯！
👍✌️❤️❤️❤️
4:01 oh no are the mechanicer from this bike are very blind?? There is a very danger problem for the driver and all other bikes on track!! The Oel pipeline have some deep cuts thete are much to old! Very next time there come oel out and run to the rearwheel and on the ground!! Thats big danger for life!! I dont understand why there dont see this,thats soooo dangeres oel on tires or street!! I wish very much that there see this bevor there have a crash!!! Sorry for my bad english best wish Reiner from Germany
Well ... lets say that this beautiful Moto Guzzi is ready for a proper maintenance work :-)
The mechanic, Guisepe Todero, is the son of one of the designers of this motor. I think he knows what he is doing.
@@smeghead61 and why there dont change the small rubber pipline, on the oel tank there are very old and have big cuts! need there wait that oel run out?? Bevor i start a engine i check the system,and make some parts new! This bike run with some people very next to the bike,cut the rubber than very hot oel come out and make some problem!
@@r.blacky341 again I think they know more than you and me. I think this is a rubber shroud around the high pressure hose. If it was a danger they would change it as these are very good mechanics. Better than armchair mechanic
@@smeghead61 yes! there much more better than me!! and thats what i say why there dont make the rubber pipe line new? Stop the Video on 4:01 and see what i see,this pipeline is very very old and short time bevor out of some holes run hot oel when the engine run, 1 Dollar for a new and 5 min.there is on the bike,and for the next 10 year its save! I hope you understand what I need to say!? Best wish Reiner from Germany
ma và a miscela? fuma come un due tempi.
but go with oil? smoje like a two stroke.
Opera d'arte su ruote... a raggi.
How come the Dunces who ran the British motorcycle industry not see the writing on the wall when this thing was launched
Hi Martin ... this will remain a mystery for some time ... I guess.
Pride often gets in the way of logic.
Fa la Guzzi V8 suena mejor que la Honda 1050 6 cilindros bueno dos Hermosa moto 😭😭👌
Hi Luis ... please do not forget Benelli Sei:
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Cheers!
I always thought the Sei sounded better than the Honda, more visceral. This is something else though. Older than me …
@@chrisbraid2907 The sound also depends a lot on the exhaust (6-in-6, 6-in-2 ... ) ... but you already know that ...