Born in Genoa on March 15, 1921, it is the oldest motorcycle manufacturer in Europe and its engine is unmistakable. It's Moto Guzzi. A dream realized by three aviators, veterans of the First World War: Carlo Guzzi, Giorgio Parodi and Giovanni Ravelli. A brand destined to make two-wheel history thanks to power, reliability
and an all-Italian style that still today, almost a century later, continues to give strong emotions.
The Moto Guzzi Museum is located in Mandello del Lario, in the heart of the historic factory that saw the birth of the myth of the Eagle. The museum displays unique pieces such as the first motorcycle built by Carlo Guzzi in 1919, the only one signed G.P. (Guzzi-Parodi), alongside some of the most celebrated models in the world such as the extraordinary Otto Cilindri 500 of 1957, born from the genius of Giulio Cesare Carcano.
The exhibition area reserved for production motorcycles is made up of a collection of over 80 vehicles which, together with the story of the production history of the Mandello Eagle, offer an insight into the social and economic evolution of our country. This is the case of the legendary Norge of 1928, the first grand tourer in the history of motorcycles, designed by Carlo Guzzi together with his brother Giuseppe, of the Guzzi Sport and GT series of the 1930s, of the Airone which was the most widespread medium-sized motorbike in Italy from 1939 to 1957, or the Falcone the dream of all motorcyclists of the fifties.
But Moto Guzzi also made history for the motorcycles that characterized the mobility of Italians after the war, such as the Motoleggera 65 "Guzzino" and the Galletto, or "reinvented" the concept of a sports bike at the end of the 1960s such as the V7 Sport with the 90 ° V-twin engine.
Alongside the production motorcycles, there is the exhibition dedicated to racing bikes which, with their businesses, have written the pages of the sporting myth of the Mandello del Lario company. These include the 1924 Guzzi 4V, the bike with which Guido Mentasti won his first European title on the Monza circuit, the 1946 Bicilindrica 500 of Omobono Tenni, the Guzzi 350 "World Champion" in 1955 and to arrive in more recent times , the V7 record, the motorcycle derived from the production V7, which set 19 speed records in June and October 1969 at the Monza racetrack.
The "The Sound of Passion" section completes the museum exhibition, where the most interesting films in Moto Guzzi history are shown.
