Bianchi 500cc Grand Prix factory racer 1964 Remo Venturi Dutch TT motorcycle

Description

A superb and rare photo. Shown is the magnificent
Bianchi 500 Grand Prix factory racer
of
1964
.
The photographed machine was ridden by
Remo Venturi
to a brilliant
2ND
place in the
Grand Prix of the Netherlands
, a.k.a. the
Dutch T.T.,
which was ridden on
June 29, 1964
on the circuit of
Assen
. Venturi also won the
500cc Italian Championship
with the photographed machine in 1964.
Ing. Lino Tonti developed a 250cc twin cylinder four stroke racer for Bianchi in 1960. It proved to be to heavy and too big. Tonti decided to up the capacity of this bike to 348.4cc, with a bore and stroke of 70 x
59 mm
. This was late 1960. Now the new racer was in balance, it had a great power to weight ratio and the performance of the bike was drastically enhanced by new 5- and 6-speed gearboxes. Top speed of the 350 Bianchi twin was around
150 mph
(
240 km/h
)! Later on the twin was enlarged to 500cc (
SEE PHOTO!
).
Edoardo Bianchi
was an Italian motorcycling pioneer who began by building bicycles in 1885 under the name F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. in the city of
Milan
in
Northern Italy
. Bianchi constructed a motorized bicycle, which was their first motorcycle, in 1897, and a car in 1900. He was the first one to mount air-filled tires on a motorcyle! In 1903 he fitted engines in the center of strengthened bicycle frames, and by 1905 also fitted Truffault leading link forks. In 1910 Bianchi built a 498 cc single that was very successful and established the Bianchi motorcycle name. In 1916 Bianchi produced a gorgeous 650 cc V-twin, which was enlarged to 741 cc in
1920. In
1921 a
smaller 598 cc V-twin, and a new 498 cc single with all chain drive were released. There was a 348 cc side valve single for 1923, and V-twins of 498 cc and 598 cc. In
1924 a
173 cc overhead valve single was added to the range. In
1925 a
348 cc ohv racing single was introduced. However, the most exotic racing machine that Bianchi build at the time was solely used for works riders. This was the 348 cc Bialbero with its double overhead camshafts. It was designed by Albino Baldi, Bianchi chief engineer and these Bianchis were the most successful Italian racing bikes for the next five years. During this time the bike was ridden by such riders as Tazio Nuvolari, Amilcare Moretti, Mario Ghersi, Karl Kodric, Gino Zanchetta and Luigi Arcangeli. In the 1930s Baldi designed another racing bike, a 498 cc o.h.c. single. This bike was ridden by such riders as Giordano Aldrighetti, Aldo Pigarini, Terzo Bandini, Dorino Serafini, Guido Cerato and Alberto Ascari. In
1938 a
supercharged four cylinder 498 cc dohc racer was built, but was never fully developed. After World War II Bianchi produced 123 cc and 248 cc ohc single cylinder racing machines,
followed in the late 1950s by the new 248 cc and 348 cc d.o.h.c. twins. They were designed by
Colombo
and Lino Tonti and ridden in the 1961 World Championship by the magnificent Bob McIntyre.
Colombo
and Tonti also build a few over-bored 350 twin cylinder racers to participate in the 500 cc world championship.
In 1946 Edoardo died, and control of the firm passed to his son Giuseppe. Under his reign, Bianchi production motorcycles included 49, 122, and 173 cc two stroke machines and off course the Bianchi Tonale, a 173 cc chain driven o.h.c. single. Some 49 cc two stroke engines were built under license from Puch. In 1967 motorcycle production ceased. Bianchi also produced cars between 1900 and 1939. Today Bianchi still exists, making regular and racing bicycles that are still ridden to success in today’s bicycle races worldwide. They still carry the for Bianchi so characteristic light blue-green color.
This is your rare chance to own this
non period
photo that reflects a very interesting and highly historic piece of motorcycle and Bianchi ‘s glorious history. Therefore, it is printed in a nice large format of ca. 7.1" x 12" (ca.
18 cm
x
30 cm
).
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