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Capacity : 250
Model : Supercharged
Production : 1939 - 1952
Category : (R) Racing

MOTO GUZZI

250 Supercharged Single -1939

The first supercharged single

Prior to WWII, the fashion for superchargers on competition machines was strong. Guzzi could not be left off this technical bandwagon, and its racing 250 proved particularly suitable for a forced induction. In 1938, the 250 was fitted with a vane-type Cozette supercharger, driven by a train of pinions.

"Buffer Chamber"

To lessen the effects of pumping caused by the constant up-and-down motion of the piston in the single-cylinder engine, a "buffer chamber" was fitted between supercharger and cylinder head to absorb the variations in pressure due to the blower.

Racing and Record-Breaking

Initially destined for record-breaking, the supercharged 250 was also raced in GPs in 1931. Its unfaired speed was not much over 118 mph, but despite that, it enjoyed a fair amount of success. If Omobono Tenni and Stanley Woods were forced to retire when they were leading the TT, the Guzzi had its revenge in the German GP, when Guglielmo Sandri and Nello Pagani outdistanced the supercharged DKWs. The high point of the season was the flying kilometer record achieved by Raffaele Alberti in October, at an average of 132.48 mph. In 1940, Alberti won his class in the Milan-Taranto event with an experimental fuel-injected version known as "Gerolamo." In 1952, this engine was used by Gino Cavanna to establish a new kilometer record- with a sidecar- of 137.47 mph.

SPECIFICATIONS

Engine: 247cc (68x68mm) air-cooled horizontal single-cylinder four-stroke; drysump lubrication; magneto ignition

Power Rating: 38 hp @ 7800 rpm

Valves: shaft-and-bevel-driven overheadcamshaft

Fuel System: carburetor

Transmission: 4-speed, chain final drive

Suspension: girder forks (front); swing arm (rear)

Brakes: drum (front & rear)

Wheels: 2.75x21 inch (front); 3.00x21 inch (rear)

Weight: 291 lb

Maximum Speed: 125 mph

 

Whether in its racing version or as a recordbreaker with extended wheelbase and rear wheel disc, the 250 Guzzi well demonstrates the technical excesses of the period prior to WWII.

 




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Cette documentation unique, qui constitue sans doute l'encyclopédie la plus exhaustive jamais écrite sur l'histoire de la moto, a été réalisée avec l'assistance de nombreux spécialistes dont principalement Didier Ganneau, Christophe Gaime, Mick Woollett, Jean Goyard, Bernard Salvat, Christian Rey, Yves Campion, Helmut Krackowizer, Michael Dregni, Michel Montange, etc. que je remercie ici.

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