brlawson Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 The creator has passed. http://www.motociclismo.it/la-morte-di-luciano-marabese-morto-a-68-anni-il-designer-moto-guzzi-gilera-piaggio-66470 http://archivio.animaguzzista.com/maestri/marabese/marabese.htm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 RIP, sir.. your legacy *will* live on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czakky Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Bummer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Here's to Marabese I think the V11 is his piece de resistance. Apparently, he did too . . . The photos of him with the early production V11 and prototype tail section are precious. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footgoose Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Jeeze, He did the Centaro AND the speed triple Triumph. And the Sport/LM. Artist.... wizard. Him with the 850 LM says it all. That's Italian! How old was he? Looks like a rich and full life. Will be missed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scud Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I think he also designed the Griso. I sure like the Greenie with the LeMans fairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Jeeze, He did the Centaro AND the speed triple Triumph. And the Sport/LM. Artist.... wizzard. Him with the 850 LM says it all. That's Italian! How old was he? Looks like a rich and full life. Will be missed. Looks like he was 68 years old (if my marginal Italian serves me well enough: "è morto a 68 anni." No wonder the twin-lamp Speed Triple has haunted me. When I rode one, it seemed so familiar and yet so wild. The experience brought me back to my V11 with renewed enthusiasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I've always been a fan of the Speed Triple, too. It's too tall for me, or I'd have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I saw, also, one of the Triumph Tigers in the photo gallery presented by one of the Italian "magazines." I see from Wiki.Italia: "Il design della Griso è opera di Rodolfo Frascoli, della Marabese Design." The relationship with the design of the Griso and the Centauro seems more apparent to me now. It would be interesting to see these two bikes parked together . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rox Lemans Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Between Marabese and Tamburini these guys created some of my favorite modern bikes. Thankfully Miguel Galluzzi is still here (please Miguel, don't die). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 From the best translation, of the Anima Guzzista interview, to English I can see (using google Chrome): Luciano Marabese: "I started to draw . . . the V11 from Gambalunghino . . ." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Looking, now, at the Gambalunga/Gambalunghino I see the V11 tank shape and why Marabese insisted on the "pronounced" tail section along with the vestigial number plate. The design makes so much more sense this way (Gambalunghino) than relating the V11 only to the V7 Sport. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I need to cross-post a couple posts here, to help archive these informed insights, on Luciano Marabese's designs and their design studies: Inspiration for the Marabese designed V11 tail section (and tank): Gambalunghino racer c. 1951: Another Marabese design that made no sense to me until the designer was quoted saying the Centauro was informed by the (1946-51) Dondolino . . . 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Luciano Marabese, 1948 - 24 ottobre 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milar Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I don't know if I posted these before, but I have high rez scans of Marabese design proposal to Guzzi for the V11 LeMans. Mike 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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