Enrico Balsamo, a designer by profession, has chosen one of the most difficult challenges: to represent a Moto Guzzi, with its two-cylinder engine, but in an electric version.
Heresy? Not at all, the future points in that direction, or rather, even in that direction, so there’s no getting away from this kind of experimentation.
What we particularly liked was the electric conversion of the engine, which retains the stylistic characteristics of the classic Moto Guzzi two-cylinder engine. It’s an epoch-making innovation, which is also the name chosen for this bike.
The typical shapes of the Mandello V90 conceal a different technology, so instead of pistons inside the cylinders, we find additional batteries, while the single block and gearbox are replaced by the main battery, with a compact electric motor that transmits the movement to the ever-present drive shaft.
The aesthetic result is very pleasing, as are the lines of what could be a performance naked, with some interesting solutions such as the helmet compartment housed where the gas tank normally is.
The heresy of thinking of an electric Moto Guzzi is only partially true, as the brand’s history is linked to many types of engine. Admittedly, its deepest connection was and still is with the V90, but thinking of it in this way isn’t a bad idea.