The
legend of Moto Guzzi was born in 1920 when blacksmith Giorgio
Ripamonti and Carlo Guzzi built their first motorcycle. It had a
horizontal single cylinder, four-stroke 500 cc engine, four-valve
cylinder head and overhead camshaft, bore 88 mm, stroke 82 mm.
The first motorcycles were known as G.P. (Guzzi-Parodi), but
subsequent models were named Moto Guzzi to avoid confusion with
Giorgio Parodi's initials (a friend of Carlo Guzzi). |
