Top left : Le Mans engine detail Top right : Moto Guzzi V7 Sport 1972 Bottom left : Sammy Miller prepares for Pukekohe ride on Moto Guzzi V8 2003 Bottom Right : Rare victory for the V8 . Dickie Dale winning the Gold Cup at Imola 1957
The Le Mans seemed the obvious next step for Moto Guzzi . It was first seen at the Milan Show of 1975 , and remained in production , in a variety of guises , until the early 1990 ’ s , when it was hailed as the last of the 1970s Superbikes .
A V8 MOTORCYCLE Perhaps the most intriguing Guzzi design of all is the 500cc V8 of the mid-1950s . It ’ s doubtful that anyone in this country ever
expected to see and hear this remarkable piece of engineering . Then , almost 50 years later , I wrote the following “ On a fine day at the 2003 Classic Festival at Pukekohe the bike burst into life ready for a track demonstration , ridden by road and offroad celebrity Sammy Miller . It is almost exactly sixty years since Giulio Carcano planted the seeds that resulted in the development of this remarkable machine ”. The large crowd at the track that day
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