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Celebrating 100 years of
Odd couple. Moto Guzzi C4V & MGS01. First and last 4valve factory racers. Together at the TLM museum in Australia
Odd couple. Moto Guzzi C4V & MGS01. First and last 4valve factory racers. Together at the TLM museum in Australia
Moto Guzzi RaceCo Daytona
RaceCo Daytona 1288. We have replaced all the original RaceCo bodywork( to valuable to trash). We basically copied the UK RaceCo design and fittment from the new (red) bike. It’s now ready for battle in the Darwin round of the Australian National Bears. One last practice day next week. How tuff does it look. Bloody hell
RaceCo Daytona 1288. We
The RaceCo boys went for a winter test this week before we ship them to Darwin for the National Bears round. The 1288 was flawless. The 1225 was a fail. The clutch was slipping so badly I had to pack it up after only 4 laps.. On the bright side we shot some video footage while we were testing. A first for me was riding with a gimbal and a GoPro strapped to my back. We will be posting a video in the next few days.
RaceCo Daytona on track action video. Watch the full video on my GuzziRacer.com Facebook page or on my YouTube channel https://youtu.be/fNOD_tGk_LE
On any Sunday, spoilt for choice when every bike is a privilege to ride. Makes Monday’s bearable. Just.
Moto Guzzi MGS01. This one belongs to my mate mark. It is one of 6 in Australia. A 7th bike disappeared to NZ last year. I know where that all are but one in SA. Mark rode his bike last month at a track day and said it was the best day he has ever had.My bike hasn’t seen a track for 3 years. I plan to change that shortly as I just acquired spare bodywork for it and some assorted race spares. That gives me some confidence to return it to the race track. There is not really a class that it fits other than Australian Bears. That’s more like a smash up derby than racing which is why I shy away from it a little.
RaceCo Daytona 1288 winter test.
Gotta be the sexiest bike engine ever, right?
Nothing like the first few laps on a new soft and sticky slick. The RaceCo Daytona is in the transporter and on it’s way to Darwin for the National Bears Round. We fly up next weekend.
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RaceCo Daytona arrives in Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory for a round of the Australian National Bears Series. The Bears come every 2 years. It’s an 8000km round trip for us. We flew up, but the bikes came on a dedicated transporter. Not sure why I got the KTM and not my bike. The guy holding my bike races a panigale. He couldn’t believe how heavy my Daytona is. I though it was light? He’s just not used to tractors.
In good company. The RaceCo Daytona and the Redax Laverda at the Australian National Bears Challenge in the Top End.
I have yet to find any bike that can beat the RaceCo 1288 off the start line. We are currently in Darwin for the Australian National Bears series. Running 3rd in class.
RaceCo Daytona 1288 at Darwin, Northern Territory Australia. National Bears Challenge 2019. I had a new sticker made to pay homage to the godfather of RaceCo Daytonas, Don Castellani ti saluto
Life in the Bears pits in Darwin. Escaping the Northern Territory heat. The races are 10 laps but it feels like 100. Still managing 3rd in class with 1 round to go. Had a fright today when in the mid afternoon race I arrived at the end of the 1.25km main straight at 250kph only to have my brake lever come right to the bar. Some frantic pumping got enough lever to negotiate the 2nd gear turn 1. I pumped the leaver up for the last 5 laps to keep pushing the fluid back in and finished in fifth place. We have replaced the fluid now so hopefully all will be well for the last race. It’s not the first time this has happened to me. I’m running 90’s period narrow track 6 spot brakes. They appear to be a little susceptible to overheating.
Life in the Bears
Life in the Bears
RaceCo Daytona 1288 hole shot from 2nd row of grid at the National Bears Challenge in NT Australia. It’s a Beast! Finished the weekend with a second place in round 4. Had a great battle with the Redax Laverda and held Smarty off for most of the race but in the end he was too good for me. It is so cool to have these two significant motorcycles racing against each other. It was a real treat for everyone, especially the pilots.
RaceCo Daytona 1288 at Darwin in the Northern Territory AUS. Best finish was 2nd in class and 3rd outright in the very last round of racing. Thanks to Dave from Pirelli who helped me get the suspension and tyre pressures right. It was my first time in Pirelli slicks and a real learning curve. The torque and weight of the Daytona was a challenge for rear tyre degradation. What a great week. We road for 7 days straight and all it cost was $400. The TERRA club in Darwin are fantastic. The track is beautiful. As smooth as Phillip Island and heaps of fun. I’ll go back next year for sure. Now I’m frantically getting the bike ready for the Aussie Historic titles in Western Australia. We are driving over. This RaceCo Daytona was born and raced in WA. It will be nice to take it home. I will be running all the original bodywork for the occasion.
The hard men of Guzzi racing in Australia arrive in style at Phillip Island Race Track
The Van is packed and ready for the 3800km drive to the AHRRC at Collie in Western Australia. The Moto Guzzi RaceCo Daytona is returning to its birthplace of WA for the National Championships. It’s even running its original bodywork for the occasion. We are making a holiday of it and have 3 weeks to get there. This bike will travel 22000 kilometres this year competing in 5 States all across Australia.
On the road with the GuzziRacer team crossing Australia for the National Historic Road Race Championship. We are 3000km into our journey at a crazy good camp spot on the cliff edge overlooking the great Australian bight.
GuzziRacer crosses the Nullarbor plain 146.6km dead straight. 3700km into our journey to the Australian Historic Road Race Championships.
Race face on at the Australian Historic road race championships at Collie in Western Australia. The RaceCo Daytona has travel 6000 kms in the back of the van to get here. Private practice today, learning the track.
Disaster strikes the RaceCo Guzzi. Half way through qualifying the fuel line petcock flange snapped off the fuel tank and dumped the tank of fuel into the belly pan. We use the bolt on flanges from a Centauro fuel tank. We run two 10mm petcocks from the Daytona. They need to be that big to feed enough fuel to the 48mm mikuni carbs. Looked like weekend over until another competitor rang his nephew in the next town and got him out of bed( night shift worker). he is a welder and got us going again. We will miss the 2nd qualifying but comfortable on 2nd row of the grid in 6th position so hopefully I’ll stay there. The grids are not progressive so qualifying is important. Long way to drive for no racing. The locals at collie are great and so the club running the event
Round 1 of the AHRRC done and dusted. Coming 4th. Only one moment when a decent head shake wheelie pushed the pads away from the discs. Interesting breaking for the next corner. Collie is a fantastic track but if you get it a bit wrong your in deep shit.
Pinged by the scrutineers. Game over. Looks like a rear engine oil seal. Oh well I got 3 days riding in. Had a great time riding in WA. There are so many Guzzi fans here thanks to the legacy of the late great Ted Stolarski.
RaceCo Daytona 1288 at the Australian Historic Road Racing Championships at Collie Western Australia. Placed 5th in P6 1300. Ammo’s beast still alive and kicking.
I have been invited to race at the 4 Hours of Spa Classic over the next couple of years with my friend Peter Jansen. He is building a bike for us to ride together. While Peter is a highly credentialed and seasoned campaigner, I am sadly lacking. Not only have I never raced longer than 10 laps in my life, I haven’t ridden a Tonti framed bike on the track since 1988. So this is my practice bike. First ride next week. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty to watch.
UK RaceCo 1225 update. Lots of work has been done to get this bike ready for Aussie Bears next season. Heading for a track test next Tuesday. Upgrades include RaceCo exhaust system, new clutch, belly pan, fuel pump, stack tacho, rewire, Drivetech oil cooler. Still to come are new suspension and brakes. I can’t wait to see if it’s any good.
We are testing today at Wakefield park. Lots of niggles with the RaceCo Daytona so I’ve packed it up for the day. It takes time to sort a new race bike. Work in progress. As for the Tonti 1100. Holy moly it’s an absolute hoot. First time on a race tonti in 30 years. Once you get used to no brakes it’s all good
The Motobox Guzzi was awesome at the track today. It has a pretty radical frame geometry and I was a little nervous but it handles like a dream. Turns in like a 250 prody . The Avon tyres were unbelievable. My first time on them. What a great tyre! The 18” front end was no bother. I had an absolute ball. And it’s pretty quick.
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The Moto Guzzi RaceCo Daytona 1288 is back together again after some engine surgery. Turns out the engine fault at the Aussie Historic titles was a rear main oil seal. We have never heard of this type of failure before. This wonderful motorcycle has raced hard all season and is going to get a rest next year while we develop the new RaceCo 1225. It’s going to be hard to leave it in the shed as I think this engine is much better than the 1225. We have just refitted the original full race fairing. We have not run the bike with this fairing before. It would be a big improvement at Phillip island. I think the fairing is very rare. I met a guy in Western Australia who has the identical fairing on his Daytona. He sent me a magazine article from the US about a Daytona that also had this fairing fitted. So there is at least 3. If anybody out there knows anything about where it came from please let us know.
Good luck to Team Redax Laverda, Racing this weekend in the final round of the Australian Bears Championship at Broadford Vic. If a Guzzi can’t be there a Laverda should win. We at GuzziRacer love and respect the Orange Army. Together we take it to the Red Bikes
The new RaceCo Daytona 1225 performed well at the track test today. New suspension and brakes were superb. All set for an exciting 2020 season of Australian Bears Racing. Even shouted myself new leathers, thanks to @ricondi. It was 38 degrees today at the track. It really sucked.
The bike that Dave built. The last race bike built by RaceCo Western Australia was unearthed and restored by the late Dave Roe in 2017. It is nothing short of magnificent. Full story coming in early 2020.
FAT Guzzi Love !
Ride Day. Spoilt for choice. I feel very privileged to have these Bella Moto’s in my life. Forza Guzzi
RIP Holden. A very sad day for Australia. An iconic and quintessentially Australian brand snuffed out. This was my last Holden. A 2004 Cross 8. Supercharged Monster. What a beast it was.
RIP Holden. A very
Moto Guzzi Daytona in 2008 at Eastern Creek Sydney Australia . Owned this bike from new. Still my favourite.
The boys are being loaded to go to our final test day before the season starter at Easter. This year We are running the injected UK RaceCo 1225cc in the Aussie Bears National Series. Our faithful 992cc Carbureted Daytona is performing the Spare/Wet duties this year. We are running a new front fairing on it this year to give me a bit more to hide behind on the faster tracks we are visiting. While I love the look of the LeMans bikini fairing, it’s not much help at tracks like Phillip Island and Hidden Valley. Exciting Times!
Test day success. Team GuzziRacer Australia had a great final day of preparation before the commencement of the 2020 season. This year we are running in the Australian National Bears Series. It was a picture perfect day at Wakefield Park Raceway and despite fuel problems with both bikes, the day ended with a sigh of relief. We are ready to race.
Test day success. Team
Test day success. Team
World First??? RaceCo Daytona 1225 with 6 speed gearbox. Our COVID isolation project is complete and we are testing at the track next week. Thanks to Paul’s Fast Guzzi ( fastguzzi.nl ) for great tips on shoehorning a 6 speed gearbox onto a Daytona. It’s the little things you don’t think of, like remaking the exhaust system because the engine is now 10mm to the left. We will keep you posted
World First??? RaceCo Daytona
World First??? RaceCo Daytona
RaceCo 1225 Daytona 6 Speed project test day. Mixed success. Gearbox was fine on the bench but under load showed problems with 3rd & 4th gears. Still the driveline felt strong and the bike behaved well with the new engine position. So we have proof of concept. Back to the workshop to rebuild the gearbox. It had to come out anyway as it has an oil leak when dead cold. Wakefield Park was truly horrible with a top temperature of 6 degrees during testing. Like ice skating.
Doing it in style . 2020 Distinguished Gentleman’s ride. The missus and I on our 1957 Moto Guzzi Falcone outfit.
Moto Guzzi Falcone Lyf
My Second COVID project
My Second COVID project for 2020. It took a long time and tested me way past my engineering skill level. However the resulting machine is very pleasurable.
My Second COVID project
Celebrating 100 years of Guzzi at the Cathedral of Moto Guzzi in Australia. We took our Normale and CV4 for display. I demonstrated the Normale for the visitors. Always great to share such a special Moto.
Celebrating 100 years of
Celebrating 100 years of
Celebrating 100 years of
Celebrating 100 years of
Odd couple. Moto Guzzi C4V & MGS01. First and last 4valve factory racers. Together at the TLM museum in Australia
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Beach racing at the Burt Munro Festival. My favourite bike wes the Ducati (only Italian entry), however maybe I jinxed him as you can see in the second photo the bike caught fire and was destroyed. Huge crowds turned out to watch.
Vince Burrell and Todd Johnston both entered beautifully prepared Guzzi’s in the Burt Munro Challenge circuit races in the Pre 72 class. Vince won the class and Todd was a strong mid fielder
Burt Munro Challenge Invercargle Street Races. Unfortunately they let the old bangers out first on a wet track. An old Harley dropped oil all around the track. The organisers canceled the meeting after the first race. At least we got to see Vince and the Guzzi in practice.
The world famous Guzzi man Teo Lamers spotted in New Zealand on tour. What a cool dude @teolamers
For the first time in my life I’m entering a bike in a show. I’ve spent the day polishing Carlo and Maria (1957 Falcone & 1947 Costantino sidecar). I think they deserve some recognition. Let’s hope the people agree.
Carlo and Maria (1957 Falcone & 1947 Costantino sidecar) just won best Vintage Bike at our Custom Bike Show. Congratulations to them both. I’m a proud dad.
Work is slowly progressing on my latest RaceCo project. I hoped to have it finished in time for this years Barry Sheene Festival of speed however the blown engine on my Daytona 992 has slowed things down
A nice feature of the RaceCo 1288 is that you can pop a wheelie anytime you feel the need
You don’t see this in Australia. @johnny_centauro ・・・ Una
The old and the new. My 2014 Stelvio sharing the workshop with my 1953 Falcone. Guess which one gets ridden almost daily.
Does in mean your old when you start to take photos of tractors?
I have been planning my own small block adventure bike based on a V7, but thankfully Guzzi have saved me the trouble. Bring it on !
@ocmotorcycle with @get_repost ・・・ The rumors are true! The V85 is a definite go! Expect the bike in early 2018! We are now accepting deposits!
Re-share from @motoguzzi_americas Catch a cool story on @motorcyclistonline right now on retired fire captain Bill Ross and his 1987 Moto Guzzi Le Mans Special Edition. Chasing speed on the Bonneville salt with a vintage Moto Guzzi. : @julialapalme | | : @motoguzzi_americas
My own little slice of Moto Guzzi heaven.
What’s better than a Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert? Two of them. My mate mark dropped in on his so we could compare notes.
Damn my CX100 is so sexy.
Kiwi Beach Racer - hard men of the south @burtmunrochallenge
Forza Italiano Motocicletta. Moto Guzzi Vs Ducati. Phillip Island. photo by SD Pics.
3 sleeps to better known as the Barry Sheene Festival of Speed 2018.
Wait till Andre sees this photo! I have to sit in the pit with him all weekend @troycorser11 Regrann from @interfos - 3 more days to go till racing steals the show! Catch the legends, catch the bikes, catch the racers at the 2018 QBE Insurance International Festival of Speed, March 22-25 at Sydney Motorsport Park
@classicbikeracingireland You are my favourite poster in Instagram!!・・・ an early moto guzzi wind tunnel
I’m at racing my Guzzi RaceCo 1288 Daytona. I’m excited to be sharing the track with 3 legends from my shed hero wall @troycorser11 @baylisstic21 @chrisvermeulen7
I’m at the International Festival of Speed with the 1288 RaceCo Daytona. Practice today was wet. Qualifying tomorrow looks like it will be wet. The Sydney Motorsport Park is a disgrace as usual. Oil everywhere and the track is rough. Oh well it’s better than working.
I always like to remember this guy. A shame this event is not still called “ Barry Sheene Festival of Speed”. All the racers will call it that forever. @classicbikeracingireland Barry Sheene Bultaco
Mario (RaceCo Daytona 1288) is punching above his weight at Interfos. Running 6th in class and 13th outright. The very tricky wet conditions are suiting the Guzzi power delivery. The next 2 days of racing are predicted to be dry so I expect we will start to slide backwards on the progressive grids. Interfos is Australia’s biggest classic bike event. It’s in its 13th year and was formally known as the Barry Sheene Festival of Speed in honour of the great man who was a fierce competitor in Classic racing in Australia before his untimely departure from our lives . Our pit this weekend is brimming with Italian machinery with lots of Guzzi’s, Ducati’s and Laverda’s. It’s a symphony of twins.
RaceCo Daytona 1288 Moto Guzzi. 228kph at Sydney Motorsport Park. Currently running in Period 6 “New Era” 1300cc at the International Festival of Speed.
The two Troys on Ducati’s horsing around yesterday at Interfos @troycorser11 Regrann from @fotodamo - @baylisstic21 and @troycorser11 having fun at the International Festival of Speed at Sydney Motorsport Park
This is Mick Johnston on his 1987 Ducati TTF1. Mick has been at the pointy end of Bears Racing in Australia for 30 years. His bikes are always immaculate and he is always fast. This weekend he is running in Period 6 (1983-1991) 750cc & 1300cc at the International Festival of Speed. @madmick24

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