Featured Pages
"I wants to make yer flesh creep"
Some Gruesome Relics of Bygone Days seen by the Motor Cyclist on Tour
Wayside Gibbets

The Mother of Invention
"I recommend that you maintain the business connection with Daimler. His invention is entirely trustworthy, and it will have a future, the magnitude of which we cannot begin to imagine today."
Levassor, Panhard and the woman who brought it all together - Louise Sarazin

Hawker Motorcycles
An obscure marque built by an Australian. He is the Hawker of Hurricane and Harrier fame.
Harry Hawker

High quality photography of Vintage, Classic and Racing motorcycles. An introduction to his encyclopedic catalogue is available here:
Phil Aynsley's Motorcycle Portfolio

Moto Guzzi Models

Moto Guzzi Road Models

Normale 1921-1924

Sport 1923-1928

C 2V 1923-1930

C 4V 1924-1927

GT & GT Militare 1928-1930

4V SS 1928-1933

Sport 14 1929-1930

2VT 1931-1934

GT 2VT 1931-1934

GT 16 1931-1934

Sport 15 1931-1939

GT 17 1932-1939

GTV 500cc 1934-1948 (teleidraulica 1947-1948)

Type V 1934-1940

GTS 1934-1940

S 500 1934-1940

W 500 1935-1939

GTW 1935-1948 Telescopic forks introduced 1947
The GTW 500 was introduced mid 1930s and was still in production in 1949, by which time it had been fitted with telescopic forks and a primitive form of plunger rear suspension. Earlier models had parallelogram rear suspension with friction damping.

GTC 1937-1939

Ardetta 250 OHV 3-speed 1939-1940

GT 20 1938

Airone 250 1939-1957

Airone 250 (Italian text)

Alce 1939-1945

Alce V Milizia della Strada 1940

Superalce 1946-1954

Astore 1949-1953

Falcone 1950-1953

Galletto 1950-1966

Falcone Turismo 1953-1954

Falcone Sport 1953-1954

Cardellino 1954-1965

Lodola

Zigolo 1953-1966 98 & 110cc

Zigolo (Italian text)

Moto Guzzi P Series

The P series models included P175 (introduced 1932), 1934 246cc P250 & PE250 (E for Elastico, rear suspension) PES (sport), 1937 PL250 and PLS250 (L for Lamiera, pressed-metal frame - or, according to another source L for Leggera), PLS 1938. The 1939 PES250 was given the Airone name, whilst the two rigid-framed models were named Egretta (lusso) and Ardetta (normale)

P 175 1932-1937

P 250 1934-1937

PE 250 1934-1939 (rear suspension)

PL 250 1937-1939 (pressed metal frame)

PLS 250 1937-1939 (Sport)