It's a good thing there isn't a Moto Guzzi V1

[callison]

Or there would be a V1le Mans .com!

 

Silly enough?

[DeBenGuzzi]

did you eat paint chips as a child? LOL

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Or there would be a V1le Mans .com!

 

Silly enough?

 

I see nussing silly wis zis!! Ze V1 vas our best und most successful model. Vee shood haf built more ...yes??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How's that for silly?

[antonio carroccio]

Have another one, Jim

[callison]

Just in case you didn't get just how bad of a pun the original post was, "V1le Mans" appears to the quick glance as "Vile Mans". Okay, I admit it, it's a crappy post, but who would have thought it would segue into bombs, aircraft, obtuse math and so forth?

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Okay, I admit it, it's a crappy post, but who would have thought it would segue into bombs, aircraft, obtuse math and so forth?

 

Put something in the "Special place for banter and other silly remarks" on this forum and you should be ready for anything!!

[Paul Minnaert]

Guzzi also experimented with a V4 ...

 

 

 

well they made a v4, to be seen in the museum, but not this, this is the va10, a project never finished.

 

 

 

and a 3

 

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

V4 and V3 eh? That explains how they came up with the V7 then!

[g.forrest]

cheese and rice. v3 as if ya's aint got enough problems.

Guzzi also experimented with a V4 ...

well they made a v4, to be seen in the museum, but not this, this is the va10, a project never finished.

 

and a 3

 

[mike wilson]

The Griso frame was built for that V3. What a stupendous machine that would be.

[Guest Nogbad]

The Griso frame was built for that V3. What a stupendous machine that would be.

 

One word: Cooling.

 

This configuration could only work if water cooled.

[mike wilson]

A little ducting to guide air over the middle cylinder would deal with that problem. There is a whacking big hole between the forks that, if kept free of stuff like horns and plastic doodads, will let plenty of air in. I agree it might get a bit fraught in stop/go traffic.

 

The alternator is there in the G and B - they get quite hot under load. My father had quite a few replacements in his car until they (I think actually _he_) realised that the (main dealer.....) mechanics were putting the cooling fan on back to front.

 

Certainly, it would have a most interesting exhaust note. Unless it sounds like a Rocket III.

 

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