Interesting that this pre-dates Lino Tonti's LINTO 500, a similar idea based on coupling two Aermacchi singles, by about 5 years. Despite having had only marginally more success, the LINTO is now a legend, and this one quite obscure. I had never heard of it. Nice find, Mr G !
Without a doubt, the pistons acted on a single crankshaft, and a single primary and secondary transmissions. The LINTO was tried in both 360 and 180° configurations, and both suffered from "terminal" vibration (broken primaries and frames).
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Interesting that this pre-dates Lino Tonti's LINTO 500, a similar idea based on coupling
two Aermacchi singles, by about 5 years. Despite having had only marginally more success,
the LINTO is now a legend, and this one quite obscure. I had never heard of it.
Nice find, Mr G !
Aren't the (reproduction) Lintos cleaning everybody's clock in AHRMA roadracing?
I'd never heard of this pretty bike either. Thanks Mr G.
Aarrgh! I confused the Linto with the very dissimilar Paton. Sorry.
It's a tough world when you can't edit your posts, eh ?
I know, been there...:-)
'd like to know more about this one, two transmissions or do both engines funnel into one?
Without a doubt, the pistons acted on a single crankshaft, and a single primary and secondary
transmissions. The LINTO was tried in both 360 and 180° configurations, and both suffered from
"terminal" vibration (broken primaries and frames).
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