I just double checked it, it was a 500 cc V8 Guzzi in the 1957 Golden
Jubilee Senior Race. I don't know the rider, but I remember reading about
someone finding one of these bikes and restoring it, and the only person
that rode it was John Surtees, and then it went into a museum. What a
thing...
I have a couple of other racing LP's (cars and bikes) as well as Ustonov's
Gran Prix of Gibralter. Great stuff.
Dave Seely
1141 XF/VOT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
To: "'Dave Seely'" <dseely@sginet.com>; "'Dick J'" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; "Joe
Amo" <jkamo@rap.midco.net>; "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: RE: V8 bike motors.
> Oops, I just checked and that was a straight-8, not a V-12. Sorry 'bout
> that!
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Albaugh, Neil
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:40 PM
> To: 'Dave Seely'; 'Dick J'; Joe Amo; Richard Fox
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: V8 bike motors.
>
>
> Dave;
>
> Eeeuuuu......what a prize. I'd love to hear it!
>
> I have an old Riverside LP called "Sports Cars in Hi- Fi" that I drag out
> now & then for entertainment. It has a recording of a 1937 Mercedes W-125
> Grand Prix car running at Oulton Park (in the rain!) sometime in the
> fifties. That big ol' V-12 sounded very healthy as Peter Collins pushed it
> pretty hard.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Seely [mailto:dseely@sginet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 1:21 AM
> To: Albaugh, Neil; 'Dick J'; Joe Amo; Richard Fox
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: V8 bike motors.
>
>
>
> I have a recording of a 500 cc V-8 Guzzi (it may have been a MV) with John
> Surtees aboard at the Isle of Man Gran Prix from the 50's. It was
breaking
> the tire loose as it progressed through the gears. It is truly a
beautiful
> sound. Especially awesome considering it was racing against Norton Manx
> single cylinder jackhammers.
> Dave Seely
> 1141 XF/VOT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Albaugh, Neil <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
> To: 'Dick J' <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; Joe Amo <jkamo@rap.midco.net>; Richard
Fox
> <v4gr@rcn.com>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:45 PM
> Subject: RE: V8 bike motors.
>
>
> > Didn't MV Agusta make a V-8 way back when?
> >
> > Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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