Linto
 Linto (1969) |
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| Manufacturer | Lino Tonti |
| Production period | 1968 to 1971 |
| class | motorcycle |
| design type | Racing motorcycle |
| Racing series | Motorcycle world championship |
| Motor data | |
| air-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke engine with OHV valve control | |
| Displacement (cm³) | 496 |
| Power (kW / PS ) | 66 hp at 10,000 rpm (1971) |
| transmission | 6-speed |
| drive | Chain |
| Brakes | front and rear: drum brake |
| Empty weight (kg) | 137 |
The Linto was a racing motorcycle by the Italian motorcycle designer Lino Tonti (1920–2002), which was used in a small series from 1968 to 1971 in the motorcycle world championship in the class up to 500 cc. The Swiss Gyula Marsovszky was second in the world championship in 1969 on a Linto, Alberto Pagani , who won the 1969 Grand Prix of Nations in Imola , drove the Linto until 1971.
History and technology
In 1958, the designer Tonti founded with Giuseppe Pattoni racing motorcycle manufacturer Paton (composed of Pa ttoni sound ti); Tonti previously worked for Aermacchi and later for Moto Guzzi . Lino Tonti, supported by the investor Umberto Premoli, developed the Linto (made up of Lin o To nti) in 1968 , a racing motorcycle with a tubular space frame and an empty weight of 137 kg. With a powerful engine, the Linto should be affordable ( £ 1,300 ) and competitive for private drivers .
The Linto's 496 cm³ parallel twin basically consisted of two 250 cm³ Aermacchi Ala d'Oro engines (bore / stroke: 72 × 61 mm) and performed in 1969 with two 35 mm Dell'Orto carburetors 64 hp at 10,000 rpm. Equipped with a Ceriani telescopic fork and 220 mm Fontana drum brakes , the Linto built a total of 15 units.
literature
- Siegfried Rauch: Famous racing motorcycles - 150 old and new racing machines for Grand Prix use . 2nd Edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-87943-590-1 .
- Mick Walker: Italian motorcycle classics. Volume 2 racing machines . Schrader Motor Album. 1991., ISBN 3-922617-85-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegfried Rauch: Famous racing motorcycles. P. 120.
- ^ Mick Walker's Italian Racing Motorcycles. Redline Books. 1999. ISBN 978-0953131112 , p. 17
- ↑ Mick Walker: Volume 2 racing machines., P. 118.