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Everybody loves a David versus Goliath story and even simplicity beating complexity. Again within the Nineteen Thirties and Forties Moto Guzzi developed each 250cc and 500cc single-cylinder machines. The 250cc Single was so profitable, it gained the 250cc World Championship from 1949 by means of 1952! After 1952, competitors pushed Moto Guzzi down the championship outcomes desk.
In 1953 the 250’s bore and stroke have been stretched from 68mm x 68mm to 72mm x 80mm as a SOHC 320cc racebike to compete within the 350cc World Championships. Later that yr the engine grew to become a DOHC with bore and stroke of 75mm x 79mm, for 348cc. This configuration proved very profitable with Fergus Anderson successful the 1953 350cc World Championship, with Enrico Lorenzetti ending second on an analogous machine. Continuous growth by a sensible engineer named Giulio Carcano resulted in Moto Guzzi Singles successful the 350cc World Championship from 1953 via 1957! So, what made this moderately antique-looking machine so profitable?
“Historic Racebike Illustrations: 1957 Moto Guzzi 350,” by Mick Ofield
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