The Itialian beasts

[John A]

https://youtu.be/1N5qjaHh3hg
This could go in the Walter Mitty thread.. Especially the Morbidelli

[PhilB]

That's fabulous.  Thank you.

PhilB

[Chuck in Indiana]

https://youtu.be/1N5qjaHh3hg
This could go in the Walter Mitty thread.. Especially the Morbidelli

That's a fact..

[wavedog]

  Looks like Morbidelli morphed into Motus.
 Some beautiful machines in that video.

[Old Jock]

I heard that the Laverda V6 engine was designed by a Maserati engine designer.

Having thrown a leg over a Jota and being terrified by the top heavy feel and skinny tyres the thought of even sitting on that V6 makes me shudder

[JJ]

Incredible machines!!   I like that LAVERDA!!  WOW!!

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

I heard that the Laverda V6 engine was designed by a Maserati engine designer.

Having thrown a leg over a Jota and being terrified by the top heavy feel and skinny tyres the thought of even sitting on that V6 makes me shudder

https://silodrome.com/laverda-v6/

The V6 seems to sit quite low in the frame and in the video in the Silodrome article you can see the rider is bent at the knee when at a standstill.

[Motormike]

Does anyone know how many of the Moto Guzzi "Otto" are still in existence?  I aways thought the one in the Moto Guzzi museum was the last remaining example, but there is a video of a running Moto Guzzi V8 in the Sammy Miller collection. 

[Canuck750]

Does anyone know how many of the Moto Guzzi "Otto" are still in existence?  I aways thought the one in the Moto Guzzi museum was the last remaining example, but there is a video of a running Moto Guzzi V8 in the Sammy Miller collection.

You can see a recreation at the Solvang Museum in California. Apparently this was one of the bikes made from original and recreated parts in Italy, I have read that Umberto Todero, 66 years with Moto Guzzi (one of the engineers on the deisgn team assisting Cesare Carcano) was involved with the 'new' Otto bikes. I think the Sammy Miller's bike is also from the same batch. The museum in Italy has one complete bike and one engine on display. Are there any other original factory bikes from the late 50's?

https://www.motosolvang.com/bike_pages/Moto_Guzzi_500cc_DOHC_V8.htm