• Year of manufacture 
    2000
  • Motorcycle type 
    Street
  • Lot number 
    278
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Colour  
    Other
  • Location
    United Kingdom

Description

2000 GM 500cc Speedway Racing Motorcycle

Born in Italy in 1944, Giuseppe Marzotto had been a moto-cross competitor before switching to speedway, and began developing his own 'GM' speedway engine in the 1970s. A conventional upright design featuring four valves per cylinder and a single overhead camshaft, the first GM engine appeared in 1979 and claimed its first major title four years later, when Egon Muller won the World Speedway Final to become the 1983 World Champion. The company moved on to build engines for mounting in the now universal 'lay-down' position, and to date has won 63 World Championships in speedway and long-track racing. Indeed, Englishman Tai Woffinden used a GM engine to win his second World Speedway Championship in 2015. Unfortunately, nothing is known of this GM-powered speedway machine's racing history.


Bonhams 1793
101 New Bond Street
London
W1S 1SR
United Kingdom
Contact Person Kontaktperson
First name 
Bonhams Collectors’ Car department

Phone 
+44-2074685801
Fax 
+44-2074477401