Moto Guzzi 750 - 1000 Record Racer
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Moto Guzzi 750 - 1000 Record Racer 1969
Moto Guzzi withdrew from official racing in 1957, and it
likewise withdrew from record racing. In 1969 the company thought it had a
motorcycle that could set records, and it ran the new vehicle at the Monza
track.
On June 28, 1969, Remo Venturi, Vittorio Brambilla, Guido Mandracci, and Angelo
Tenconi rode two Moto Guzzi 750s that had been derived from the V 7 Special
model. All the Guzzi people gathered there to see a new world record set for the
standing-start 10 Kilometers and the 100 Kilometers as well as the Hour, for the
750 and 1,000 classes. On October 30 and 31, the same team of technicians, but
with different motorcycles and a partly different group of driversNello Pagani,
Brambilla, Ber-tarelli, Mandracci, Patrignani, and Trabalziniwas at Monza
again.
The 1,000-Kilometers record for the 750 class was improved,
and so was the 6-Hour. In the 1,000 class, records were set for the 100
Kilometers, the Hour (breaking new records that had been set only four months
earlier by Moto Guzzi), the 1,000 Kilometers, and the 6- and 12-Hour runs. The
Guzzi sidecar set eight world records of its own, three of them in the 750 class
and five in the 1,000 class.
Motorcycle: Moto Guzzi 750-1,000 Record Racer
Manufacturer: Moto Guzzi, Mandello del Lario
Type: World record Year: 1969
Engine: Guzzi two-cylinder, four-stroke, with overhead valve distribution, rod
and rocker. Displacement 739.3 cc. (82 mm. x 70 mm.); 7S7.S cc. (83 mm. x 70
mm.)
Cooling: Air
Transmission: Four-speed semiblock
Power: 65 h.p. at 6,500 r.p.m. (739 cc); 68 h.p. at 6,500 r.p.m. (757 cc.)
Maximum speed: Over 145 m.p.h. (739 cc); over 147 m.p.h. (757 cc.)
Chassis: Double cradle, continuous, tubular. Front and rear, telescopic
suspension. Grand Prix fairing with exposed wheels
Brakes: Front, central drum, double cam; rear, central drum