Venier Custom Reimagines the ’60s-Era Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone for 2020
The Brooklyn-based company’s latest custom project is a modern-day update of the bike the Italian motorcycle company built for the country’s army during the late ‘60s.
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A once-overlooked Moto Guzzi bike is getting a new life.
Brooklyn-based Venier Customs latest project is a modern-day update of the Nuovo Falcone, a motorcycle the Italian company once made for the country’s army before eventually selling it to civilians in the late ‘60s.
Dubbed the VX Falcone, the bike is based on the Nuovo Falcone Militare edition. Despite the model being more than a half-century old (and not as popular as some of its siblings), Venier found one that had only had 700kms on it and several of its original parts were still in working order, according to Bike Exif.
But why play around with the Falcone rather than Moto Guzzi’s more famous V7?
According to company founder Stefano Vernier, the reason is simple. “The engine, that crazy the single cylinder,” he told Robb Report over the phone. “I was just wondering how the motorcycle could be redesigned now—if Moto Guzzi was going to do it now—and that’s basically what we did. … They don’t make them like that anymore.”
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
Vernier channelled his passion for the “beautiful” 500cc engine to completely rebuild it. He added an electric starter and new wiring harness, and installing new seals and gaskets. Then, he trimmed the bike of unneeded brackets and shortened the subframe, but kept its front fork, wheels and drum brakes. From there he added a set of rear shocks, along with a custom aluminium fuel tank, seat pan, side panels, fenders and an exhaust header with a blacked-out Mass Moto muffler.
The VX Falcone’s foot and hand controls are all original, though the rest of the cockpit, including a hand-built aluminium dashboard that’s equipped with GPS, is new and custom. It also features dirtbike handlebars from with Biltwell Inc. grips, a custom-built headlight bucket with LED lights and turn signals. To top it all off, the entire bike is finished with a stealthy grey and matte black paint job, the only other colour coming courtesy of a gold Venier logo. The results, we think, speak for themselves.
Check out more photos of the VX Falcone below:
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
Venier Customs’ VX Falcone
Donatello Trevisiol/Venier Customs
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