Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone

The Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone was a total redesign of the famous Falcone single, built from about 1969 and sold into the mid 1970s, though Cyber Motorcycle heads its page 1970 to 1976. It kept the 498 cc, 88 by 82 mm horizontal four-stroke single and the large external flywheel, now hidden under an alloy cover, but moved to unit construction with coil and battery ignition, a wet sump and final chain drive on the left. The frame became a conventional tubular one and the old friction-damped rear suspension gave way to twin dampers. The listed output is 20 kW at 4,800 rpm, with a 6.85 to 1 compression ratio, a 215 kg weight, a 1,450 mm wheelbase and a top speed of 125 km/h. It was popular with police forces and armies, and Classic Bike Hub says it equipped the Italian police and army and those of their neighbours. Italians do not rate it a classic like the original Falcone, and very few reached the United Kingdom.