Moto Guzzi Built A V8 Bike For Grand Prix Racing ... In 1955, Guzzi unveiled a racing bike with a 500cc V8 engine and massive ...

However, all of that quickly changed. Although between 1955 and 1957 Moto Guzzi developed its most ambitious racer yet, the 500cc, V8 ‘Otto’, the end of that decade also saw a collapse in ...

and Dr. John Wittner and played a hand in the design of every Moto Guzzi from the legendary 500cc V8 racer of the fifties through to the transverse V-twin engines that have become the marque's ...

During the First World War three young friends serving in the Italian Servizio Aeronautico dreamed of starting a motorcycle ... unforgettable 500cc V8. During this period Guzzi even built the ...

Few riders know that the Moto Guzzi V8 motorcycle was one of the ... the heritage of the 500cc-class V8 beast has endured the passing of time, and designers like Ulfert Janssen of Gannet Design ...

By 1934, Guzzi was the biggest motorcycle manufacturer in Italy ... In 1955, Guzzi unveiled a racing bike with a 500cc V8 engine and massive fairing that almost completely hid the motor from ...