Tonti's first job was at
Benelli, where he worked on a road-racing
supercharged , and then after World War II he went to
Aermacchi. In 1957 he went to work for Count Giuseppe Boselli at
F.B. Mondial, and helped break
MV Agusta's
Moto GP dominance of lightweight
Grand Prix motorcycle racing in
that year. After Mondial made a secret deal with
Gilera, Moto Guzzi, and MV Agusta to stop racing at the end of 1957, Tonti went to
Bianchi where he designed 250 cc
four-stroke . Lino Tonti joined
Moto Guzzi in 1967 to replace Carcano. There he developed the V7 Sport and the small-block V50. In the 1970s, Tonti helped his longtime friend Reno Leoni in his efforts to fit
Ducati fork dampers in the Moto Guzzi racer he was campaigning in American
AMA Superbike racing.
Linto racing motorcycle In 1967, Tonti built the Linto Grand Prix racer with his assistant Alcide Biotti. The motorcycle was powered by a pair of 250cc
Aermacchi-
Harley Davidson four-stroke, single-cylinder engines joined. It was a six-speed
pushrod straight-twin engine using the
cylinders and
heads from Aermacchi's horizontal
single DS racer, combined with a new
crankcase. The machine attained fourth place in the
1968 championship, and placed second in
1969, and continued to make appearances against more powerful two-strokes in
1970,
1971 and
1972. ==Notes==