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UMC-049 CIGAR RACER
1980 Moto Guzzi V50

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SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 55" / 140cm
Seat: 30" / 73cm
Weight: 348lb / 158kg
Fuel: 4.2 gallons / 16 litres

Bodywork
• Stock tank with black band and stripes over brushed steel style paint
• Custom seat, upholstered in brown ribbed leather
• Side panels removed
• Rear number plate and light bracket fabricated in house
• Cigar tube mounts fitted to frame

Frame & Suspension
• Moto Guzzi frame - de-tabbed, subframe chopped just behind the shock mounts and loop welded on. Battery box welded to under the frame. Powder coated gloss black
• Stock wheels cleaned back to the alloy
• Tyres conti classic attack
• Hagon shocks

Drivetrain
• 500cc Moto Guzzi
• Engine stripped and bead blasted
• New big end shells
• New timing chain and tensioners
• New piston rings
• New valve guides
• New valves
• New stainless steel pushrod tubes
• New clutch friction plates
• All new gaskets
• Gearbox rebuilt
• Carbs rebuilt
• 3D printed bell mouths
• Custom exhaust

Controls
• Ace bars
• POSH switches wired through the bars
• Kawasaki clutch and brake levers
• Front brake master Kawasaki style
• Rear brake master cylinder moved to inside frame

Electrics
• Battery fitted under the gearbox
• OEM headlight with OEM speedo
• Classic Vincent stop light
• Indicators motogadget m-pin

THANKS TO
Rex Martin, Mechanic
Anita Chatelan, Electrics
Black Shuck Kustom, Custom paint
Glenn Moger, Custom seat
Steve Ronketti, Powder coating
Ian Galvin, illustrator
Daniel, Motogadget
Cambrian Tyres
Gutsbits
Roy, Alchemy Parts
Hagon Shocks & Wheels
Wassall
Joe Berg, Prod Designs
Neil Shah, Photographer

UMC-049 Moto Guzzi Cigar