499 cc (30.5 cu in) 4-stroke 90° V8 liquid cooled, DOHC, 8 Dell'Orto 20 mm carburettors
Bore / stroke
44 mm × 41 mm (1.7 in × 1.6 in)
Top speed
275 km/h (171 mph)[1]
Power
78 hp (58 kW) at 12000 rpm
Transmission
choice of 4, 5 or 6 gears
Brakes
drum
Tires
Front: 2.75" x 19" Rear: 3.00" x 20
Weight
148 kg (326 lb) (dry)
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The Moto Guzzi V8, or the Otto motorcycle was designed by Giulio Cesare Carcano specifically for the Moto Guzzi Grand Prix racing team for the 1955 to 1957 seasons. Though following the two-stroke Galbusera V8 of 1938, the Moto Guzzi Otto motorcycle and its engine represent a unique and historically significant engineering milestone.
The Discovery Channel ranked the Moto Guzzi Otto as one of the ten greatest motorbikes of all time.[2]
^Kunis Moto Guzzi V8 (Retrieved 28 October 2006)
^"Greatest Motorbikes Ever". Discovery Channel. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03.
9°19′13″E / 45.9153669°N 9.32041°E / 45.9153669; 9.32041 MotoGuzzi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmɔːto ˈɡuttsi]) is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer and the...
list of motorcycles manufactured by MotoGuzzi. 2003 saw the start of a substantial revitalization in MotoGuzzi's lineup and engineering work, beginning...
well as examples of rare engines like the MotoGuzziV8. A section of the museum is devoted to historic Guzzi racer Bill Lomas. City of Milan Robinson...
championship as a member of the MotoGuzzi factory racing team. In the 1956 season, he rode the famous V8MotoGuzzi Grand Prix race bike. Lomas was also...
36 mph (219.45 km/h) on a home-made 4.0 L (244 cu in) motorcycle. The MotoGuzziV8 was a 499 cc (30.5 cu in) motorcycle capable of 275 km/h (171 mph) used...
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Wing. Galbusera built a V8 in 1938, and MotoGuzzi experimented over a period of two years with its dual-overhead-cam 500 cc V8, the Otto Cilindri, in...
championship, both times behind his MotoGuzzi teammate Bill Lomas. Dale also competed in the 500cc class aboard MotoGuzzi's famous V8 Grand Prix bike. He died...
promised stiff competition, especially in the premier 500 class, where the MotoGuzziV8 and the Gilera 500 4C had shown great potential. Undecided whether to...
promised stiff competition, especially in the premier 500 class, where the MotoGuzziV8 and the Gilera 500 4C had shown great potential. Undecided whether to...
one of the few people to race the famous MotoGuzziV8 race bike. Giuseppe Colnago career statistics at MotoGP website Giuseppe Colagno career profile...
lap 2. The delay to McIntyre handed the lead to Dickie Dale riding a MotoGuzzi Grand Prix single-cylinder and led John Hartle riding a Norton in 2nd...
V-twin, Indian 841, Victoria Bergmeister, Honda CX series and several MotoGuzzis since the 1960s, are said to have "transverse" engines, while motorcycles...
in the 1990s. It was used by companies such as BMW, Ducati, Jaguar and MotoGuzzi in their new engine families. However, the sulfur found in much of the...
This was late 1963. In comparison, in 1958 MotoGuzzi had used a 20-inch rear tyre on the Grand Prix 500 cc V8, and they had worn rapidly with 78 bhp (58 kW)...
with aid from Gepi in the previous years, notably for the Benelli and MotoGuzzi motorcycle companies—which at the time he controlled. "Davide Grasso"...
at all. James Hyde of Art in America pointed to the omission of the MotoGuzziV8. Slate's Jacob Weisberg found 114 motorcycles in the catalog to be too...
III, Karif and the Chrysler TC. De Tomaso also owned motorcycle company MotoGuzzi from 1973 to 1993. De Tomaso went into liquidation in 2004, although production...
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and Ginetta LMP3. His motorcycle collection includes 24 Bimotas, a 1953 MotoGuzzi, 1974 Ducati Sport, 1976 Ducati 900ss and 1992 Honda NR750. He also owns...
third-place finish aboard a 1957 MV Agusta 500 Quattro. When Gilera and MotoGuzzi withdrew from Grand Prix racing at the end of 1957, Surtees and MV Agusta...
birthday present from his wife. Sold in 2021. 1977 MotoGuzzi Le Mans (Mk1). "I've always wanted a Guzzi. They've got a tractor-like quality. This one is...
Arcangeli he biked in the 1926 Isle of Man TT and 1930 Isle of Man TT in MotoGuzzi. Racing cars, he won the Spa 24 Hours 1930 with Attilio Marinoni in an...
After the 1957 season, the Italian motorcycle manufacturers Gilera, MotoGuzzi and Mondial jointly agreed to withdraw from Grand Prix competition due...
Litre V8 for Volvo. The B8444S engines were used in the XC90 and S80 models, whilst also adapted to 5.0L configuration for Volvo's foray into the V8 Supercars...
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