have appeared earlier had chief designer Fabio Taglioni not been sidelined for several years in the 1970s by cost cutting and management politics . When Taglioni came back into favour , the Pantah engine appeared , followed by the F1 . It looks like a race bike , and it feels like one . The
F1 , although maintaining the spirit of the SS , and Hailwood replicas , actually had its roots in the success of the 600cc and eventually 750cc Pantah racing engines . Robert Holden rode one in New Zealand , Kevin McGee campaigned Bob Brown ’ s machine in Australia , and British rider Tony Rutter won four consecutive F2 TTs and
Top : 750cc Laguna Seca and Monjuich . Above : F1 Engine detail KIWI RIDER 83