The Harley Davidson that wasn't
Is this a Harley Davidson? Well, yes; but not as you know it. Having seen the Brit bike business laid low by what management consultants...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 24, 2021
- 1 min
Fly boys
Taken on a visit to what is now the MV Agusta factory, this central display tells you that it was once the Aermacchi seaplane base....
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 24, 2021
- 1 min
More wind - at a price
Moto Guzzi make much of their wind tunnel in publicity shots – this is the V9 in centenario livery, echoing the1950s racing colours....
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 24, 2021
- 1 min
Come on you blues
Heresy maybe, but I prefer the ice blue Le Mans. This one belongs to Fred Sahms who wrote an excellent piece for Benzina 11 headed “The...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 24, 2021
- 1 min
Original thinking
This Le Mans had us scratching heads at the Bonhams summer sale: owner has had it 40 years, but according to Ian Falloon the frame...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 17, 2021
- 1 min
It's just wind
You can’t talk about motorcycle aerodynamics without mentioning Moto Guzzi’s wind tunnel. Contrary to popular belief Guzzi weren’t the...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
MV gives Ago Wings
This was in Benzina issue 5, for a story on how MV Agusta fought long and hard to keep the two-strokes at bay, culminating in a 500cc...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Creg Ny Waaahhh - Ago's TZ350
My Instagram video reminded me how excited some were when the Yamaha RD350LC arrived: a “TZ or the road” they said. They were wrong and...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
The world's most expensive Porcupine?
The star of Bonhams summer sale: the AJS E90 Porcupine, just like the one that won the inaugural world motorcycle championship that is...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
I'm the one you can afford
Can’t afford a Seventies Superbike like the previously featured MV 750S? Or even a nice Ducati bevel twin? The how about the Moto Guzzi...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
I'm the one that you want
Let’s be honest – if you want a classic MV Agusta road bike, you want one of the big fours such as this 750S. It was delivered new to...
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Greg Pullen
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Mv Agusta 350 - once overpriced, now a classic bargain
Although better known for their racing and road-going multi-cylinder machines, MV Agusta also built a range of stylish single- and...
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Greg Pullen
- Jun 19, 2021
- 2 min
Gold rush - the MV Serie Oro F4
This is one of the original MV Agusta 750F4 Serie Oro (#50 of 300), and - sorry 916 fans - designer Massimo Tamburini’s favourite child....
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Greg Pullen
- Jun 18, 2021
- 1 min
Free eBook of Benzina
Issue 10 of Benzina features a Guzzi Dondolino, the Moriniday in the Po valley and the new Rebello, Lino Tonti's Linto 500, Ducati's...
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Greg Pullen
- Feb 3, 2021
- 1 min
History books in
This is one of the very first MV Agusta fours, a 1951 4C aka the 500 Bialbero Corsa. Although designed, like the original Rodine and...
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Greg Pullen
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
The first ton up TT
This is Michael Dunlop at the 2017 Classic TT about to a the parade lap to mark 60 years since Bob McIntyre set the first 100mph lap of...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Power is nothing without control
This is Nello Pagani at the start of the 1949 Ulster Grand Prix, courtesy TT Race Pics and available as a poster and much else. The...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
An 80bhp 500 in 1939? Hard to Swallow
This is the original Gilera Quattro, the 1939 version developed from the 1936 OPRA four that Giuseppe Gilera bought from Count ...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
Rise of the Fours
If V-twins are so wonderful, why is it that (mostly) inline fours rule the roost? This picture (courtesy A Herl Inc) is a 1928 OPRA 500...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
Simply the Best: Part Two
I photographed this Britten at a Ducati club meeting at Assen a few years ago. Rino Caracchi – the C in NCR – had come especially to...
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