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Moto Guzzi 250 Gerolamo 1938

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Moteur monocylindre 1 ACT

250 cm3 + Compresseur Cozette

Puissance: 40ch à 8.000 tr/min

Poids: 130 Kg

Vitesse: plus de 200 Km/H



Afin de contrer les Benelli et DKW de Grand Prix, Guzzi lance la 250 à compresseur dite Gerolamo.

Au GP D'Allemagne 1939, les deux 250 à compresseur de Pagani et Sandri réalisent le doublé sur le terrain de leurs rivales.

Cette moto s'adjugea également pas moins de 34 records de vitesse !

French text: Thomas Bersy




250cc OHC Single with Cozette Compressor

Power: 40hp at 8,000 rpm (more still on methanol)

Weight: 130 Kg


Max. Speed: over 200 km/h



In order to counter the Benelli and DKW Grand Prix machines, Guzzi launched the 250 supercharged Gerolamo.

Pagani won the 1938 Italian Championship, and at the 1939 German GP 1939 Pagani and Sandri came in first and second against the competition.

In addition to doing rather well on the track, the Gerolamo achieved 34 world speed records.

Credit: Thomas Bersy Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Photographed at the 2011 Avignon Motor Festival

Moto Guzzi Gerolamo 250 1938-1939



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