LowRyter Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 So if this is a 90 degree Vtwin longitudinal crank, why isn't it predecessor to the original V7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted March 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 So if this is a 90 degree Vtwin longitudinal crank, why isn't it predecessor to the original V7? Designed by different engineers. Ing. Guilio Carcano has been emphatic (as was Umberto Todero) that the Mulo engine had naught to do with the V700 motorcycle engine they designed, outside of the V configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowRyter Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted March 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Anybody tells you that your V11 donk started out in a tractor, bet lots of beer otherwise! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rox Lemans Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 On 3/17/2018 at 12:36 PM, docc said: Anybody tells you that your V11 donk started out in a tractor, bet lots of beer otherwise! That motor certainly came from a utilitarian heritage. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
po18guy Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 Water? It could well have been intended for use as a beer pump. As to Hondas, here is the nicest CX cafe I have seen. 53 Motorcycles in the UK. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted June 9 Author Report Share Posted June 9 Kudos to author Robert Smith for getting the origins of the Moto Guzzi big twin right in this December, 2020, article on an interesting Eldorado for Motorcycle Classics magazine: https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-italian-motorcycles/zm0z21jfzols/ "(That the V7 engine was developed from Guzzi’s “mechanical mule” military project is now refuted by most authoritative sources, including marque specialist Greg Field in his book Moto Guzzi Big Twins.)" 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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