Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone

Ask and ye shall receive! Classic Bike Mart readers want more information about the Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone, and few know more than Paul Friday The bike that made the Guzzi name was a flat single. Long before they turned to industrial twins, Guzzi ruled the race tracks with small, light and quick singles. They used the same basic engine…

PREVIEW: January issue of RealClassic Magazine

The brand new January edition of RealClassic magazine is packed full of classic machines, tales from the shed, in-depth interviews and striking photography. Here’s what’s coming up in the January issue: TRIUMPH TR6P Is Triumph’s unit construction 650 twin the ultimate all-rounder? Dave Simmons converts an old police machine into a rugged o#-roader to answer that very question… MOTO GUZZI NUOVO…

RealClassic Reading: adventure riding!

Regular readers of the magazine will be familiar with the (mis)adventures of Nick Adams as he explores the byways and back-roads of northern Canada – usually on vaguely inappropriate elderly motorcycles. Nick captures the untamed landscapes through which he rides alone – often without meeting another human being for days on end – and shares that experience with us in…

Tuning For Need, Part 2

Paul Friday continues his quest to make his old banger sizzle. In this episode, your hero tries to find an ignition system to fit his single-cylinder Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone… Electronic ignition systems are so common now that they are taken for granted. It’s a box with some wires that makes the plug fire. It either works or it doesn’t,…

Tuning for Need, Part 1

Paul Friday’s industrial relic – a Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone – produces a lot less power than it could. In this series of features from the RC RChive, he embarks upon a quest to make the old banger sizzle… Moto Guzzi’s big single is a popular choice for RC regulars.Here’s Editor Westworth aboard one he owned a few years ago……