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Moto Guzzi V8!

 
I saw the reproduction of the V8 bike in the museum in Solvang. Apparently the guy who made it had access to one of the original bikes and he made accurate measurements of the engine and the rest of the bike.

I’ve never heard one run, though.
 
8 Italian holes to feed.
Sounds like a lot could go wrong.

This reminds me of the guy in England that welds engines together to add cylinders.
That dude is amazing. I can't remember enough key words to find him, though.
 
I saw the reproduction of the V8 bike in the museum in Solvang. Apparently the guy who made it had access to one of the original bikes and he made accurate measurements of the engine and the rest of the bike.

I’ve never heard one run, though.
Yeah, that engine was one of the highlights at the Solvang museum. The Britten V1000 was at the top of the list. They said don't touch anything, but I touched that one. I couldn't help it.

I've heard multiple videos of the V8 Moto Guzzi starting up.

There is a great write up about the engine in Kevin Cameron's book Classic Motorcycle Race Engines, where he explains the technical details and how it did in the races between 1955 and 1957. The conclusion was that it was too complex for the 12-man race team, so little things failing were enough to keep it from winning.
 
There is a great write up about the engine in Kevin Cameron's book Classic Motorcycle Race Engines, where he explains the technical details and how it did in the races between 1955 and 1957.
Kevin is a god to me.
I miss his input in my mailbox each month.
Go ahead and add Peter Egan to that short list, too.
 
I don't know much but I know a few things. I think I found out about that guy from BARF in the first place, and his stuff is definitely amazing.
 
8 Italian holes to feed.
Sounds like a lot could go wrong.

This reminds me of the guy in England that welds engines together to add cylinders.
That dude is amazing. I can't remember enough key words to find him, though.
Moto Guzzi was known to be very reliable back in the day, like tractor reliability.
 
I once got to hear the famous six cylinder Honda GP bike fire up at Seca. I was working the race that weekend so I got to sit on the K wall between the track and pit lane, about 3 feet from the back of the bike. What a glorious sound!

I then swung my legs around so they were hanging over the track and continued to sit on the track K wall as the bike was taken around the track for some demonstration laps. I’ll never forget that experience.
 
Yeah, that engine was one of the highlights at the Solvang museum. The Britten V1000 was at the top of the list. They said don't touch anything, but I touched that one. I couldn't help it.

I've heard multiple videos of the V8 Moto Guzzi starting up.

There is a great write up about the engine in Kevin Cameron's book Classic Motorcycle Race Engines, where he explains the technical details and how it did in the races between 1955 and 1957. The conclusion was that it was too complex for the 12-man race team, so little things failing were enough to keep it from winning.
I know the feeling about wanting to touch the Britten and others. I won't post the picture of me sitting on the Britten!!!! Yes, I got very lucky.

Last year....well '23 I took a tour of the Guzzi museum along with several others and boy oh boy was that heaven!!!
 
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