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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
I had Ron do the porting, heads and later on the crank on my Aircooled RD250 racebike.
The crank job was brilliant, used RG500 big ends iirc. He overbored the barrels to take DT125R pistons too.
Ended up as a 279cc or something, just under the 250 class cap for Earlystocks.
On the Boyer ignition and with that crank it would rev past the end of the stock rev counter!
He said the heads were only a mild job and once I'd got used to them to it send them back and he'd do the proper job.
Bike was way better than I was.
The crank job was brilliant, used RG500 big ends iirc. He overbored the barrels to take DT125R pistons too.
Ended up as a 279cc or something, just under the 250 class cap for Earlystocks.
On the Boyer ignition and with that crank it would rev past the end of the stock rev counter!
He said the heads were only a mild job and once I'd got used to them to it send them back and he'd do the proper job.
Bike was way better than I was.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
That's lovely. I like it when specials like this are parked in front of a suburban garage.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
Coupla cool bikes at High Beech
Love this Guzzi
20200808_112300 by Graham Vincent, on Flickr
And everyone loves a Grom, right?
20200808_113138 by Graham Vincent, on Flickr
Love this Guzzi
20200808_112300 by Graham Vincent, on FlickrAnd everyone loves a Grom, right?
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
It's like the BMW set up (paralever is it?), the two swingarms are like double wishbones on a car. It is intended to stop wheelbase changes under power.
Love the rather more Italian name they've given it.
Love the rather more Italian name they've given it.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
inewham wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:50 am Magni have mad some lovely bikes over the years, it seems they are doing MV replica with modern MV engines styled to look like the old bikes which are pretty cool if you like modern retros http://www.magni.it/magni_750S_tributo.html
A lot more various different Magnis here http://www.magni.it/owner_gallery.htm
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
I put this in the competition thread as its being raffled, but thought it was worth sticking in here. I quite like this but i'm not too sure why!
Certaibnly an interesting thing to do with a XV1000 TR1!



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That is very cool.Taipan wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 1:16 pm I put this in the competition thread as its being raffled, but thought it was worth sticking in here. I quite like this but i'm not too sure why!Certaibnly an interesting thing to do with a XV1000 TR1!
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Arturro Magni (A Guzzi race-engineer in the 50s/60s) is the guy who invented the 'Parallelagrammo' or 'Paralever' system for shaft-driven bikes. IIRC he sold the idea to BMW (or they nicked it) but retained use for himself and has used it for ages for very-low-number production runs of his Guzzi-based bikes.Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:27 am It's like the BMW set up (paralever is it?), the two swingarms are like double wishbones on a car. It is intended to stop wheelbase changes under power.
Love the rather more Italian name they've given it.![]()
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
They 'borrowed' the Telelever / Duolever designsRockburner wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 3:56 pmArturro Magni (A Guzzi race-engineer in the 50s/60s) is the guy who invented the 'Parallelagrammo' or 'Paralever' system for shaft-driven bikes. IIRC he sold the idea to BMW (or they nicked it) but retained use for himself and has used it for ages for very-low-number production runs of his Guzzi-based bikes.Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:27 am It's like the BMW set up (paralever is it?), the two swingarms are like double wishbones on a car. It is intended to stop wheelbase changes under power.
Love the rather more Italian name they've given it.![]()

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I know.Horse wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:09 pmThey 'borrowed' the Telelever / Duolever designsRockburner wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 3:56 pmArturro Magni (A Guzzi race-engineer in the 50s/60s) is the guy who invented the 'Parallelagrammo' or 'Paralever' system for shaft-driven bikes. IIRC he sold the idea to BMW (or they nicked it) but retained use for himself and has used it for ages for very-low-number production runs of his Guzzi-based bikes.Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:27 am It's like the BMW set up (paralever is it?), the two swingarms are like double wishbones on a car. It is intended to stop wheelbase changes under power.
Love the rather more Italian name they've given it.![]()
https://www.citybike.com/stories/talkin ... n-hossack/
https://www.hossack-design.com/
Don't think I've ever known the facts about the Paralever concept though.
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Re: interesting bikes found randomly..
I rode a friend Magni during the IOM Classic week last year . It was “interesting “Supermofo wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:38 pm Coupla cool bikes at High Beech
Love this Guzzi
20200808_112300 by Graham Vincent, on fkr
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