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Conceived in the late 1970s by renowned Guzzi designer Lino Tonti, the middleweight V50 was a scaled-down ohv two valves per cylinder, 90-degree V-twin with shaft drive and patented linked braking system. Moto Guzzi boss De Tomaso wanted chief designer Tonti to come up with a middleweight model

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