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| − | Vittorio Guerzoni, a great character and builder, almost unknown to the majority of motorcycle enthusiasts. The Vittorio, was born on 09/29/1886 in Solara, today a fraction of Bomporto, in the province of Modena. First in Modena, Italy and built in 1921 was the famous motor "Mignon" which had great results in sales and sports (made news of the great victory at Mignon Parma-Poggio di Berceto in 1924) then went on to producing motorcycles including 175 TV and 250 twin. Then Guerzoni wanted to try, together with the technical Bellentani in the field of large displacements and in 1932 built a 500 cc DOHC engine for racing (DOHC = Double overhead cam head. * OHC / SOHC = single overhead cam head. | + | Vittorio Guerzoni, a great character and builder, almost unknown to the majority of motorcycle enthusiasts. The Vittorio, was born on 09/29/1886 in Solara, today a fraction of Bomporto, in the province of Modena. First in Modena, Italy and built in 1921 was the famous motor "Mignon" which had great results in sales and sports (made news of the great victory at Mignon Parma-Poggio di Berceto in 1924) then went on to producing motorcycles including 175 TV and 250 twin. Then Guerzoni wanted to try, together with the technical Bellentani in the field of large displacements and in 1932 built a 500 cc DOHC* engine for racing . This engine was actually commissioned by [[Enzo Ferrari]] (when he led his team car and motorcycle racing) engine he would have to equip its race bikes, but the thing with great regret the Guerzoni she no longer followed. |
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| + | *DOHC = Double overhead cam head. * OHC / SOHC = single overhead cam head. Vennero made comparative tests with Norton, but the Guerzoni engine, in both the DOHC version and the OHC, did not prove powerful enough against the British competitor. | ||
===Moto Mignon Colonial 175cc Restoration=== | ===Moto Mignon Colonial 175cc Restoration=== | ||
Revision as of 10:26, 27 November 2016
1923 - 1932
Mignon (Moto Mignon Modena) was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer based in Modena founded by Vittorio Guerzoni. Initially they produced a 123 cc clip-on engine for bicycles, but also motorcycles in 1925 with a 246 cc parallel twin-side door with an electric sump. In 1932 Vittorio Guerzoni developed (see Taurus) a 498 cc racing bike with it's own OHC single cylinder blocks and 174 side valved models as well as an OHV.
The Founder, Vittorio Guerzoni
Vittorio Guerzoni was a creator of motorized bicycles, then of light motorcycles and finally motorcycle named Mignon (a perfectly fit name, indicating the initial production, which corresponds in practice to that of current and ubiquitous scooters, he was the first ever in Italy to equip a motorcycle with a four-stroke engine in a field then dominated by the two) that until the end of the legendary twenties will cry out to the wonder throughout Italy on two wheels and on which, no less than as their manufacturer, will then fall into oblivion.
DOHC Development
Vittorio Guerzoni, a great character and builder, almost unknown to the majority of motorcycle enthusiasts. The Vittorio, was born on 09/29/1886 in Solara, today a fraction of Bomporto, in the province of Modena. First in Modena, Italy and built in 1921 was the famous motor "Mignon" which had great results in sales and sports (made news of the great victory at Mignon Parma-Poggio di Berceto in 1924) then went on to producing motorcycles including 175 TV and 250 twin. Then Guerzoni wanted to try, together with the technical Bellentani in the field of large displacements and in 1932 built a 500 cc DOHC* engine for racing . This engine was actually commissioned by Enzo Ferrari (when he led his team car and motorcycle racing) engine he would have to equip its race bikes, but the thing with great regret the Guerzoni she no longer followed.
- DOHC = Double overhead cam head. * OHC / SOHC = single overhead cam head. Vennero made comparative tests with Norton, but the Guerzoni engine, in both the DOHC version and the OHC, did not prove powerful enough against the British competitor.
Moto Mignon Colonial 175cc Restoration
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Restored Mignon
Mignon engine crank cover
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175cc restored head
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