TROUBLE ON OUR HANDS

Guzzi’s true potential was seen at Monza in 1956 in front of the massive 160,000 crowd in a titanic battle between Bill Lomas and Gilera’s three-time world champion Geoff Duke.the two repeatedly exchanged the lead in a 25min struggle, which ended when both were forced to retire, the Guzzi with a split water hose after setting a new lap record at 153.50kph/95.38mph. “This was the first time I realised we might have trouble on our hands with the Guzzi V8,” said Duke.