Miscellaneous Cool Italian Bikes

[Triple J]

Moto Guzzi MGS-01 

(I'm a guzzi fan)

[1KDS]

Egli frame, NCR tank?

[lawbreaker]

Egli frame

That's Bad-Ass !!

[1KDS]

Like the above guzzi but with termis

[Travman]

Cool stuff.  You got to love the MGS-01.  I never knew that Egli messed around with Ducati's until I saw the picture above.  I was more familar with the Egli Vincents, Hondas and Guzzi's. Here is another Egli Ducati I just found.


More pictures of the Egli frame without bodywork or engine.  http://www.egli-racing.ch/a1/news.php?WEBYEP_DI=12

[Travman]

Bimota HB1.  Maybe 10 of the HB1 were built. All were meant to be race bikes. The most famous driver was Luigi Anelli, who raced a HB1 in 1973. Today, this is probably the most sought after special framed Honda CB 750 SOHC/4 bike.  Ceriani front fork, Marzocchi rear dampers, Fontana brakes - Bimota used only the best accessories. (from www.satanicmechanic.org)

[Travman]

450 Jupiter

[1KDS]

one more HB1

[1KDS]

very clean guzzi cafe

[1KDS]

The first and only Ducati inline four

[Travman]

Say what?  Give us some history please.

[Raux]

probably didn't produce it cause they were afraid of the nickname it would get because of the cam timing gear covers...




the Mickey

[1KDS]

Say what?  Give us some history please.

125 GP: The Rarest Ducati (1966)
This competition engine will always be remembered as the first and only in-line 4-cylinder engine and the first with 4 valves per cylinder in Ducati's history.
The 125 cc in-line engine featured timing that was controlled by a gear train and 4 spring-loaded valves per cylinder (!). Needless to say, Desmodromic timing was considered to be inapplicable to cylinders with a unit capacity of just... 31cc!
Despite the refined design work, the engine produced a "mere" 23 HP at 14,000 RPM: not enough to contest the brawn of the 5-cylinder Honda with its 30 HP.
This prototype was track-tested only (by Franco Farnè) and never went into production, becoming instead a display-case oddity to be exhibited during trade fairs and other events.

Technical specifications

    * Engine: across the frame, in-line 4-cylinder, twin overhead camshaft, air-cooled.
    * Cylinder capacity: 124 cc; (34.5 x 34mm).
    * Compression ratio: 12:1.
    * Timing: four valves per cylinder, controlled by a gear train (non- desmodromic timing).
    * Fuel feed: 4 Dell'Orto SS1 carburetors.
    * Gearbox: 8 gears.
    * Maximum power: 23 HP at 14,000 RPM.
    * Maximum speed: 200 km/h.

[Travman]

Very cool.  Thanks for the info.

[NuTTs]

This one is weird ish but it´s going really cheap at â,¬1300, I´m sure that â,¬1000 would bag it..



350cc Ducati Desmo engine, it should move with my fat ass riding it. I think.