MOTO GUZZI V7 SPORT

The First Tonti Frame V7

When I first ventured into motorcycles in the early 1970s my exposure was dominated by British bikes. These were mostly Nortons, but also some Triumph and BSAs. At the time New Zealand was still a far-flung outpost of the British Empire and British products received preferential tariffs. There was also a lingering scepticism about Japanese, German and I…