Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: RE: looking for old magazine writeups

Author: Greg Bender

Date: May 18, 2005, 12:27 PM

Post ID: 1718887160



Hi Jason,

I few I found browsing through the Moto Guzzi Gold Portfolio 1949-1973
book...

Airone Sport:
-Moto Guzzi "Airone Sport" - a lively two-fifty with a racing pedigree
-Robust Italian machine capable of withstanding very hard driving:
Remarkably light petrol consumption

Moto Guzzi 65
-A diminutive Italian machine of outstanding all-round performance for
its size

Zigolo 98cc
-Outstanding Italian lightweight with race-bred steering, suspension and
brakes, and remarkably high performance

Lodola 235cc Gran Turismo
-Quiet even to the most delicate ears. The exhaust note is held to a
minimum by the ultra-long muffler. [this is my personal favorite :>]

Zigolo 110 cc
-Sprightly Italian lightweight with clean lines, excellent roadholding
and powerful brakes

Lodola ISDT
-Five cogs the little gem I was riding had.

V-700
-An exotic transverse-V engine and the latest in light-alloy technology
lend zest and stamina to this newest of the big-bore tourers

Ambassador
-If it dwarfs the ordinary motorcycle, it also dwarfs the miles. Start
for Fairbanks on the Guzzi and you'll get there

1947 500cc GTV
-an "eccentric machine, obviously the product of original thought

V7 Sport
-A motorcycle of character and performance

Jason Telford wrote:
 
I'm exploring an idea for a t-shirt for an upcoming Guzzi rally. The
idea is to use a quote from an old motorcycle magazine review of a
Guzzi- the older the better.
Anybody have any good quotes (and sources if possible)?

Thanks,
Jason

(Even homespun quotes would be entertaining, I bet.)



Regards,

Greg Bender
1971 Ambassador
2000 Quota
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/gtbender

Florida MGNOC website
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/fl_mgnoc

Minnesota MGNOC website
http://www.thisoldtractor.com/mn_mgnoc

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