Här kommer nu lite fakta och ett citat ur bibeln för dem som är lyckliga ägare till en Tonti-racer:
"The Moto Guzzi Sport & Le Mans Bible" av Mc-evangelisten Ian Falloon. (Köp den!!)
"Althoug SEIMM managed to revive Moto Guzzi, in December 1972 the company was sold to Argentineanborn Alejandro De Tomaso already owned Benelli, and whilst he was quick to assert his control over Moto Guzzi, it was initially business as usual. It was soon apparent that De Tomaso wasn´t partticularly interested in the existing big twins, and was reported to have strolled through the V7 assembly lines brandishing an engraved Arab sword à la Lawrence of Arabia. Screaming "No more stupid twins".
De Tomaso´s immediate action was to restrict research and development, and demand a reduction in production costs.
By mid-1973, the V7 Sport was finally touched by this economic rationalisation.
As the third series differed in a number of important details from earlier versions, the frame number sequense was new. Althoug this frame number sequense doesn´t appear in officially released figures, it certainly existed, and the updates are described in the parts list.
This new series began a VK 14000, leaving a gap of 160 from the earlier VK 13000 series. As no official factory data exists, and most examples were destined for the US with a VIN engine number, it is difficult to ascertain the exact number of VK 14000 series machines produced. 1973 data, an the few available 1975 productions figures, indicating just over 1000 VK 14000 series examples (including disc brake versions) Engine numbers continued the previous sequense, and whilst the engine updates were initiated from VK 3348, many later series chassis were fitted with earlier specifications engines, and it follows that some later specifiations engines were also probably installed in earlier chassis."
Lite produktionsiffror så:
Serie tre av V7 Sport:
Chassienummer: VK 14000 -
Motornummer:VK 33448 - VK 34450 (ungefär)
Produktionssiffror V7 Sport:
1971: 104 st (Telaio Rosso)
1972: 2152 st
1973: 1435 st (+152 st USA-version med skivbromsar)
1974: 0 st
1975: 100 st
V750 S (Eu-version med skivbroms):
1974: 948 st
750 S3: (It/Eu):
1975: 950 st
Totalt antal: 5841 st
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