Världens snabbaste Guzzi

[Nicke]

The worlds fastest Guzzi, well it certainly was during the 1990's anyway.

Probably one of the most famous too, it comes with an incredible history, all documented with dyno read outs, tuning notes, countless magazine features from all over the world, in total 3 large A4 folders full. Datalogging equipment and various spares also included, a brief history follows:
1992 Daytona 3X demonstrator. Race prepared for 3X by Amedeo Castellani.
1993 Bears Championship 2nd (Torquil Ross-Martin)
1994 Bears Championship 2nd (Richard Defago), after Castellani bought bike from 3X and prepped it at his Raceco UK company.
1994 2nd Battle of the Twins (Rik Lewenden)
1995 1st Battle of the Twins (Paul Lewis)
1996 partial season. Rider Ian Cobby
1st Mallory (Bears)
1st Donington International (Bears)
2nd Assen (Doorakkers - Cobby injured)
Last raced 1997. Raceco moved premises and AC got into car tuning.
Bike is much featured in Guzzi books. Every time Mick Walker writes about it he claims it won every race it competed in! Well, not quite. It went to the Milan Show in either 1995 or 1996 to feature on the factory stand. It is generally reckoned to be the bike that spurred Guzzi into producing the MGS01.
Engine: billet crank, 82mm stroke, Arrow billet cam rods, Omega 100mm pistons = 1293ccs, C camshafts, heads ported and larger valves, magnesium front timing cover, lightened clutch/flywheel, sintered bronze clutch plates, mostly titanium engine fixings, waisted engine studs etc etc. Now fitted with deep sump conversion and external filter: a mod Castellani intended had racing continued beyond 1997, to stop oil surge (when Cobby had it on the back wheel) and dispense with oil cooler.
Gearbox: straight cut close ratio shot peened gears; only three mesh dogs on gears for fast gear changes.
Frame: rear end extensively drilled, rear pivot point for drive box/torque arm lowered to improve suspension, steering head angle changed from 24 to 22 degrees. Dymag wheels, 6-pot PFM calipers with 320mm thin track discs, WP Roma forks, adjustable for rebound and compression, Spondon yokes with adjustable offset, WP rear shock with Raceco spring, one-off alloy petrol tank, lightweight seat and fairing, one-off seat and fairing mountings, Spondon clip-ons, qa throttle.

By the end of its racing life (1997) the bike weighed 385lbs and produced 140bhp. It was restored a while ago and Bruce (the restorer) has detuned it very slightly for reliability. It's had little use since restoration: a couple of parades/track days and a few miles on the road. It's still road registered so this is your chance to buy yourself one very quick piece of history for road, race, parade or collection but be quick it won't hang around...£26000.00

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