The Moto Guzzi V50 Monza
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By Richard Backus
September/October 2008
The package included a desmodromic valve, single-overhead cam parallel twin pumping out a claimed 50hp, boy-racer styling with sexy red and white graphics, and cast aluminum rims. Paioli forks and Marzocchi shocks promised good handling, with disc brakes front and rear bringing it all under control. Unfortunately, the Sport Desmo suffered from poor development and even poorer build quality, and Ducati pulled the plug on the model in 1983. Available in the U.S. for only two years, 1977 and 1983, only 50 Sport Desmos made their way to our shores, making it one of the rarest Ducatis ever sold here. MC
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