Moto Guzzi three-cylinder

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Moto Guzzi
Three-cylinder
Manufacturer Moto Guzzi
Production period 1932 to 1933
class motorcycle
Motor data
Four-stroke engine , air-cooled three-cylinder in-line engine, OHV operated via bumpers and rocker arms, oil sump lubrication, an Amal carburettor, 6  volt battery ignition
Displacement  (cm³) 494.8
Power  (kW / PS ) 18.4 (25) at 5,500 min -1
Top speed (  km / h) 130
transmission 3-speed gearbox
drive Chain
Brakes front: drum brake rear: drum brake
Wheelbase  (mm) 1,440
Empty weight  (kg) 160

The Moto Guzzi three-cylinder also Moto Guzzi Tre Cilindri was a motorcycle made by the Italian manufacturer Moto Guzzi and one of the first series motorcycles with a three-cylinder in-line engine.

Development and technology

Carlo Guzzi developed the Tre Cilindri in 1932 based on the four-cylinder racing machine from 1930, the engine of which was also installed horizontally in the tubular frame. The bolted tubular frame accommodated the coil spring rear wheel suspension with friction damper, which was installed for the first time, and the tried and tested parallelogram fork was installed at the front . A carburetor, first on the left and later on the right of the engine, supplied the horizontally installed in-line engine with fuel. "Elegant and elegantly styled, this motorcycle was way ahead of its time"; Unfortunately, however, it was not well received. Only a few copies were made, one last copy is still in the factory museum in Mandello del Lario .

In 1940 Guzzi developed a three-cylinder racing machine based on the series machine from 1932 with two overhead camshafts and supercharging .

literature

  • Mario Colombo: Moto Guzzi . Motorbuch Verlag. 3rd edition, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-01274-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.labellehistoiremotoguzzi.info Tre Cilindri (1932-1933) (accessed November 3, 2011)
  2. ↑ Colombo, p. 194
  3. ↑ Colombo, p. 194
  4. ↑ Colombo, p. 362