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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Tuttoterreno Fuel Baja V65

1985 Guzzi V65 Tutto Terreno (trasl. all terrain) "Baja V65" by Fuel Motorcycles

The Fuel BajaV65 have been built by the team of Karles Vives to ride the 2500 km of the Africa Scram 2016. Not a trail, not a scrambler, not a dirt track, it’s a mix of all of them. The double front light was choosen to recall the bikes that use to ride the Baja 1000 race.

Tech specs: Donor bike: 1985 Moto Guzzi V65 TT, 650cc, 48hp.
1988 Suzuki GSXR 750 front lights. Handmade front light brakets. Daytona speedometer. Honda Dominator front end. Custom exhausts. Custom SEAT.1970 Triumph T120 fuel tank. Heidenau K60 tires. Maxakaido leather bag.

(Inazumized) Studio photos by Jordi Cortes

Fuel Bespoke Motorcycles - Barcellona, Spain

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Big Bore, Small Block No.2

Guzzi 1.4 "Pocket bobber"

It's the second time (*) that Inazuma Cafe features this kind of build... This is the time of the work of Daniele Limelli and his brother from Lecce (Italy) based on a Tamiya mounting kit. Oh yes, you got it, it's "only" a 1:12 scale model... But you can always build a real one by yourself in real size and running, or, again, find someone who does it for you... Amazing!

by Daniele Limelli - Lecce, Italy

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Vanguard V8

The awesome Vanguard Moto Guzzi V8, a radical transformation of a modern Guzzi Eldorado 1400: designed by Gannet Design and custom built by Numbnut Motorcycles for Vanguard Clothing.

The 1955 Moto Guzzi V8 500cc is one of the most legendary bikes in the motorcycle history. This bike, with its distinctive ‘bathtub’ fairing and the crossblock V8 half-a-litre engine shattered all existing conventions. Some time ago, Inazuma Café featured a detailed photoshoot and a complete article about this historical bike (*). But the legend of this machine continues. Vanguard decided to write a new chapter in the Moto Guzzi V8 story by collaborating with the one of the best custom builders of the Netherlands, Amsterdam based Numbnut Motorcycles. Working closely with Gannet Design of Switzerland for the design of the racer, custom made by Numbnut: they created a unique, contemporary version of the classic Moto Guzzi V8.

La Guzzi V8 del 1955 è una delle moto maggiormente leggendarie nella storia del motociclismo. La caratteristica "Vasca da bagno" con il suo motore V8 da mezzo litro montato frontemarcia cancellò ogni precedente convenzione. Qualche tempo fa, Inazuma Café ha pubblicato un servizio fotografico dettagliato e un articolo completo su questa moto storica (*). Ma la leggenda di questa macchina continua. Vanguard ha deciso di scrivere un nuovo capitolo nella storia della Guzzi V8 collaborando con uno dei migliori costruttori custom dei Paesi Bassi, la Numbnut Moto di Amsterdam. Lavorando in stretta collaborazione con la svizzera Gannet Design che si è occupata della progettazione, hanno creato una versione contemporanea unica della classica Guzzi V8.