Two-Stroke Guzzi

[Orson]

Guzzi continues to amaze me with the range of engines they've produced.

 

I spotted this one at a Guzzi shop in Tuscany. I asked the guy if it was a two-stroke and he said yes.

 

Now we know where Yamaha stole their RD-250 from

 

 

 

Anyone know anything about this model?

[Admin Jaap]

It's a rebadged Benelli from the DeTomaso era. Some more models from that period: http://www.mgcn.nl/dameijer/index.php?set_albumName=detomasso125254350400&option=com_gallery&Itemid=&include=view_album.php

[Baldini]

I had a mate had a Benelli 500 4, it was a real pretty bike & another who had a 750 Sei on six open megas, one of the best sounds I ever heard...

[Mikuzzi]

Hmmm.. This strikes a chord. In 1980 my wife and I bought one each of the Benelli variant (250 2C) in Milan and toured around Europe for many months. These are about as simple as bike can be, mechanically reliable and easy to work on with only basic tools. The electrics though were another story. It used a woeful 6 volt system and the headlight output was tied to engine revs - at brightest, it was the equivalent of about 3 candles so we didn't do a lot of night riding. We put about 20K Km on them before ending up in the UK.

The pic was taken in Yugoslavia. - as it still was, just. Tito was on his deathbed and food was a bit elusive - all we could seem to get were cans of fish.

 

I still have one of the bikes - in a sorry state at the back of the shed.