Moto Major 350
Posted on 01/08/2013 4:03:15 PM PST by virgil283
"Torinese engineer Salvatore Majorca created the revolutionary Moto Major straight after WWII. Apparently it was an engineering rather than styling exercise, but 60 years on, its shape is still breathtaking. The wheels, in particular, would not look out of place on many modern motorcycles."..."The Major, born in 1948 on a draft of an engineer in Turin, Salvatore Majorca. Its aim is very clear: to create a very exceptional art, both stylistically and mechanically.
As for aesthetics, one can not but look confirm the opinion of all those who see the Major is ahead about ten years compared to its contemporaries. The study of the creature is extraordinarily accurate, the line creates a unique form from which emerges only handlebars and wheels. And if you believe that the project was born after the Second World War, when there are so many is the Guzzini, one can imagine the emotion aroused by the Mayor at the time of his presentation."
Moto Major 350
That could be the most beautiful bike I’ve ever seen
Wow, nice one! I’m not much for motorcycles generally (a five minute ride on the back of my buddy’s Honda Rebel in high school was enough to make realize I would never be a Hell’s Angel, lol), but that’s a beauty.
The article calls it both the “Major” and “Mayor”... just a typo?
“Mayor” is phonetic.
Work of art!
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Everything looks better with whitewalls.
It looks nice but does it have a motor?
I was wondering about the turning radius, myself. That cowl appears to be fixed.
This is the one prototype made, it never went into production.
No springs or shocks, the wheel rims float on rubber mounts on the hubs, absorbing road shock. Must have been an incredibly bad idea.
Under the fairing, a stock Moto-Guzzi V-twin engine?
From the look of the tiny notches to allow the handlebars to move and the lack of any room to speak of for the tire to move, this baby had a turning radius the size of Kansas. When set free of the constraints of functionality, one can do wonders with the art form. I'm betting that this was not the bike's only issue.
I wonder how it cools off in all that shrouding?
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