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Sammy Miller Museum

Dave.N

Dave.N

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I have just spent a week in Hampshire and while there visited the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum.
For those who have not heard of him Sammy was a champion trials rider who also had some road racing success in the 1950's, he is 88 years old and still rides the exhibits regularly. When we visited he was out buying more bikes to restore for the museum.
The museum is well worth a visit if you ever get the chance with a good mix of road, trials and racing bikes from about 1895 up to the mid 1970's.
here's a few photos to wet your appetite.

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When I was last in Mandello del Lario a couple of years ago, I spent the afternoon with a docent at the Moto Guzzi factory museum as we were the only 2 there that day. We talked a lot about the V8.

According to the docent, there are 2 actual original V8’s that the factory produced. Both still belong to the factory.

All the few others scattered around the world and in the hands of a couple of private citizens, are replicas. Some are spot on replicas but replicas all the same.

I don’t know for sure but this particular docent was in his late 80’s and had worked at the factory for 40+ years from the time he was a very young man, and knew Guilio Cesare Carcano personally and worked with him daily.

I took his word on it. He seemed very knowledgeable.
 
I think the V8 is a replica, when we decided to go there I was going to ask if it was a genuine one but I forgot.
 
Dave.N said:
I think the V8 is a replica, when we decided to go there I was going to ask if it was a genuine one but I forgot.
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Most are reproductions. The paint alone to me, says it is. I got to sit on one of the real ones at the factory. There’s also a repro in Solvang, CA (pic link below), and he also has a real-deal Britten. Virgil also had the V8 crankshaft displayed with the bike.
I nearly got to race this one in some vintage races here in SoCal back in ‘03, but he couldn’t get it to run satisfactorily enough to do so.
There is/was someone who had the molds and was recasting/remaking most of the V8 parts to make them, in Mandello, so the story goes. I’ve also heard that the repros can be found in the most random places in Mandello.

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Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum - El-Caganer

Moto Guzzi V8 replica
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