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Moto Guzzi

Moto Guzzi - David G. Styles"Moto Guzzi is one of the most evocative names in motorcycling. For eighty years the company has produced innovative, practical, stylish and exciting machines that have caught the imagination and won races all over the world. Along with Ducati, Moto Guzzi represents the best in the Italian motorcycling, tradition of imaginative engineering and high performance. David Styles's pictorial history gives a fascinating and authoritative account of the company and its extraordinary motorcycles.

The author has brought together a rare collection of photographs to tell the remarkable story of Moto Guzzi from its tentative beginnings at Mandello del Lario on Lake Como just after the First World War. The first machines, which borrowed features from advanced aero-engines, were immediately successful in competition in the 1920s, and quickly established a reputation to match that of the other leading manufacturers of the day. But the prestige of a win at the Isle of Man TT eluded the company until the great Stanley Woods made their name by winning the 1935 Senior TT on a Moto Guzzi V-twin.

Moto Guzzi - David G. StylesThe author goes on to describe in detail the road-going Moto Guzzis derived from these fine racing machines. He recalls the design evolution of the popular models of the 1930s, the military motorcycles produced in the Second World War, and the re-emergence of the company as a force in European motorcycling in the late 1940s and 1950s. While continuing success in international competition reinforced Moto Guzzi's prewar reputation, the knowhow gained from racing led to a new series of outstanding road bikes - the Falcone, in particular, and the V7, which has been the mainstay of the range for the last thirty years.

David Styles's thoroughly researched, fully illustrated account of the marque brings the story right up to date by covering the latest generation of Moto Guzzis which are the most sophisticated products of Italy's oldest surviving motorcycle maker.

DAVID G. STYLES is a professional writer who specializes in industrial and engineering subjects. He is the editor of The Vintage Motor Cycle Club Journal and the author of books on Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin & Lagonda, Datsun, MG, Porsche and Riley."

This is an interesting historical overview of Moto Guzzi's production of motorcycles from 1920 to 2000. hard back, with 192 pages of very extensive black and white photographs and illustrations. No colour section, but the book is very photograph driven, with the authors text supporting the extensive selection of photographs really well.

A worthwhile addition to any guzzisti's book collection.

First published in 2000 by Sutton Publishing Ltd.

Author: David G. Styles

ISBN: 0-7509-2041-6

RRP: £14.99


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