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
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
The fastest man on earth - Glenn Curtiss hits 136mph in 1907
Before achieving fame with aircraft, Glenn Curtiss started with motorcycles, setting a world record with this 4 litre V8. The early...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
The V8 that couldn't wait
The Morbidelli V8 is probably one of the most unfairly maligned motorcycles in history. When launched in 1994 the original Pininfarina...
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Greg Pullen
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Mighty Moto Guzzi V8
If the Moto Guzzi’s pre-war supercharged four cylinder racer seemed ambitious it was nothing compared to the magnificent V8, seen here...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 14, 2020
- 2 min
Guzzi's Supercharged Four
Another supercharged motorcycle, this Carlo Guzzi’s 1931 Quattro Cilindri, photographed by Phil Aynsley. It was a case of something...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 12, 2020
- 1 min
Blowing (up) Ducatis
While Franco Lambertini at Morini had a turbocharged V-twin ready to roll, a few miles across town at Ducati Fabio Taglioni was...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Giving Morini a Boost - literally
This is the mythical Morini 500 Turbo, first shown at the 1981 Milan show. Turbomania started with the Renault RS01, the first Formula...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Singin' in the Rain
This is an extract from the story of this image in Benzina 7: “Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, was all that was going through my mind” remembers Chris...
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Greg Pullen
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Another Bologna Beauty
Ducati were once just another of the many motorcycle factories around Bologna, perhaps their most famous fellow bike builder being Moto...
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Greg Pullen
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
Swiss on a roll
Several issues of Benzina ran short pieces under the “Ivar’s Archives” banner. Although credited to A Herl Inc. – their eBay shop’s...
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Greg Pullen
- Oct 18, 2020
- 2 min
Singing in the Rain
Here’s Massimo Tamburini getting ready to ride a prototype MV Agusta F4. As with the Ducati 916, he liked testing in the rain because the...
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Greg Pullen
- Oct 18, 2020
- 2 min
A Final Fling
This is the T12, Massimo Tamburini’s final fling. During his career Tamburini’s quest for the perfect superbike was always hemmed in by...
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Greg Pullen
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
The Bounce Back Bimota
In July 1984 Bimota went bust, blame pointed at overexpansion and the loss of Massimo Tamburini to Ducati. Under Italian law co-founders...
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Greg Pullen
- Sep 29, 2020
- 2 min
Imitation as flattery
Not many people realise it, but all De Tomaso era four-stroke Benellis such as this 504 were built in the Moto Guzzi factory on Lake...
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Greg Pullen
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
Tomaso Sauce
Alejandro de Tomaso divides opinions like no-one else in the Italian motor industry, I wrote in Benzina 2, as part of a Benelli story....
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