Moto Guzzi Motorcycle Specifications

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125 2C 4T	1979
125C Custom	1985
125TT BX	1985
125TT Tuttoterreno	1985
250 Airone Sport	1957-
250TS	1976
254	1977
350GTS	1974
400GTS	1974
500 Nouvo Falcom	1969-76

750S	1973-74
750S3	1975
750SP Spada	1988-
750 Strada	1989
850T	1973-74
850T3	1975
850T3 Windshield	1975
850T3 California	1975
850T4	1980-82
850T5	1983-
850T5 with TR500 N4 Sidecar	1983

1000SP Spada	1978-79
1000SP Spada	1980-82
1000SPII Spada	1983-87
1000SPII with TR500 N4 Sidecar	1985
1000SPIII Spada	1988-89
1000SPIII Spada	1990-92
1000S	1990
1000 Strada	1990
1 100 Sport	1994-96
1100iSport EFI	1996-
1 100 Sport Corsa	1998-00
1200 Sport 4V	2007-08
1200 Sport 8V	2009-11
1200 Sport 8V Corsa Special Edition	2011
Audace	2015-16
Audace	2017
Audace Carbon	2017
Bellagio	2007
Bellagio Aquila Nera	2010-12
Breva V 750ie	2004-06
Breva V 750ie	2007-09
Breva 850	2007-09
Breva V1100ie	2004-05
Breva V1100ie	2006-07
Breva V1100ie	2008-09
Breva 1200	2008
Breva 1200 Sport	2009-10

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Moto Guzzi was founded by Carlo Guzzi and Giorgio Parodi. There was a third man, Giovanni Ravelli, involved but he unfortunately was killed in a plane crash only days after WWI. The three motorcycle enthusiasts met and discussed plans to build a new motorcycle company while serving in the newly formed Italian Air Force. The flying eagle in the company’s logo is in memory of Ravelli.

The greatest of all Moto Guzzi models are based on only two engines. The first engine produced was a 500cc four stroke engine that had the cylinder parallel to the ground and the other engine was the 90º transverse V-twin.

The single was in production since the initial prototype in 1920 and stayed in production until 1976 in various forms. The transverse V-twin came to exist to meet the requirements of a contract in the late 1950’s with the Italian army who wanted a workhorse engine in a military vehicle with a single front wheel and double tracks on the rear.

The engine did give way in later years to becoming a motorcycle engine, due in part because of military and police demands for more power after many years of using Moto Guzzi's single cylinder powered bikes.