All Blue: An SP1000 to celebrate Moto Guzzi?s centenary
There aren?t many motorcycle manufacturers that have been around for a hundred years. Especially if you ignore brand revivals, or buy-outs from foreign companies.
Last year, Moto Guzzi celebrated a century of continuous motorcycle production. It was a surprisingly low-key affair, but at least one custom workshop has decided to mark the event?Gas & Oil Bespoke Motorcycles of the Czech Republic.
The Prague workshop is over 500 miles north-east of the Moto Guzzi factory in Mandello del Lario, but this SP1000-based machine is Italian at its core. Called ?All Blue,? it throws the spotlight onto the 90-degree V-twin engine that the marque is famous for.
?All Blue is our idea of what a ?100th anniversary Moto Guzzi? should look like,? says shop founder Mat?j Sysel. ?We got the commission from a customer who is a huge fan of Moto Guzzi.?
Gas & Oil kicked off the proceedings by stripping down the 948cc engine. It?s an old school, air-cooled mill with just two valves per cylinder?but it delivers a decent 62 lb-ft of torque just past 5,000 rpm, and once it?s off idle, is smooth and powerful.
After refurbishing and reassembling the motor, Mat?j and his crew repainted the cases and installed a pair of beautiful new Dell?Orto PHF carburetors with accelerator pumps.
The engine is now squeezed into a restored and refinished frame from a California?a machine renowned for good handling, despite its touring background.
The back of the frame has been neatly truncated to su...
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