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Why was MAGNIFICENT Moto Guzzi 500cc V-8 Grand Prix Racing Motorcycle Killed in 1957?
1 hour 3 minutes Posted Apr 2, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
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The 500cc V-8 racing engine by Moto Guzzi is one of the most exotic and beautiful Grand Prix powerplants ever made. Never mind that it never won a GP! Eight pipes, eight carburetors and spinning to 14,000 rpm, it revved DOUBLE the rpm of the famous Norton Manx 500cc single racing at the same time. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer talk about the Moto Guzzi V-8's origins, its development, and it untimely demise!