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  • ...[[Pietro Vassena]] designed car motor scooter. The device seemed indeed a scooter, but was equipped with two separate seats, each with its backrest. ...iable [[transmission]]. Although the test runs went well and the car motor scooter also was good, it never came into mass production. [[Vassena]], which was a
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  • The '''Lambretta''' was a line of motor [[scooter]]s manufactured in [[Milano]] (Milan), [[Italy]] from the late 1940s by the ...een the 3 or 4 gears. They also have had [[two-stroke cycle|two stroke]] [[motor]]s, requiring a mixture of oil with the gasoline in order to lubricate the
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  • ...ith the same two-stroke engine. In 1952, they presented the ''Orix'' Prina scooter with a ''ILO'' 175 cc two-stroke engine. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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  • ...recreational [[All-terrain vehicle|ATV]]s (''quads'') produced by Nacional Motor S.A.U., a Spanish subsidiary of [[Piaggio|Piaggio & Co. SpA]]. ..., and on November 7, 1950, the company changed its name to the '''Nacional Motor SA'''. Just prior to this, at that summers Barcelona [[Trade fair|Trade Fai
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  • ...licence the [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] (later the [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC)) [[Mini]], with 998 cc and 1275 cc engines, following [[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy]]
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  • A '''scooter''' is a two-wheeled vehicle with a step-through frame in which the rider si ...diameter (though maxi- and big-wheel scooters may have larger wheels). The scooter engine is usually found under the seat with a [[continuously variable trans
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  • The scooter, with marked Rumi motor, was exhibited at the show in [[Milan]] in 1949. The engine is further amen [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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  • ...In 1931, at the request of a client, they applied for an electric starter motor and certainly this is the first device equipped with sort of device in Ital [[Image:bm pokerino scooter brochure.jpg|thumb|left|250px|'''BM Pokerino Scooter Brochure''' [http://www.motomanuali.com <small>Source</small>]]]
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  • [[Image:014.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Vespa Scooter at [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy]]]''' ...Consequently, in 1946 Piaggio launched the [[Vespa]] (Italian for "wasp") scooter, and within 10 years over a million units had been produced.
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  • ...l industry with the Vespa and provided a model on which nearly every other scooter made since has been based. ...een the 3 or 4 gears. They also have had [[two-stroke cycle|two stroke]] [[motor]]s, requiring a mixture of oil with the gasoline in order to lubricate the
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  • ...ng charges of larger [[motorcycles]]. Some [[motorized bicycle]]s, small [[Scooter (motorcycle)|scooters]], and small [[motorcycle]]s fit the definition of a ...introduced in the early 1950s, were nothing but [[bicycle]]s with a helper motor in various locations, for example on top of the front wheel. These were com
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  • ...he company launched the CIGNO, which was powered by a single-cylinder 48cc motor. Its double cradle frame, telescopic forks and shock absorbers gave it a ve * [[Scooter (motorcycle)]]
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  • This motor from 500 cc had the lateral valves, in 1930 Gilera begins to use valves in ...at 4 times) of are more fulgido the example. The happened one of the range scooter will carry but like necessary contropartita the definitive escape of the Gi
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  • Aprilia started as a [[scooter]] manufacturer, but has more recently come to be known for its race-winning ...[[catalytic converter]]s. In 1993 Aprilia launched a large diameter wheel scooter reusing the name [[Aprilia Scarabeo | Scarabeo]] with a four-stroke, four-v
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  • '''Malaguti''' is a family-owned [[Italian]] [[scooter]] and [[motorcycle]] company based in [[San Lazzaro di Savena]], founded by ...xported over 70% of its first scooters to Vietnam. The first 50cc Malaguti scooter was called the Saigon 50cc.
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  • ...]] [[Europe]], particularly in [[Germany]], where former military aircraft manufacturers such as [[Messerschmitt]] and [[Heinkel]] were prominent microcar makers. T ...ular, where other cars park parallel, or be lifted by hand, like a motor [[scooter]], to get into a tight spot. The Isetta and some others had forward entry,
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  • ...LI 150 series 2 (200) Scooter.jpg|250px|'''lambretta LI 150 series 2 (200) Scooter''']] |Company logo || The World's Finest Scooter
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  • In [[1948]] began to design a futuristic model of a [[scooter]] with big wheels, which was presented to [[Rimini]] in [[1950]] with the n ...a]] for the next scooter [[Linto Dama 160]] carried out on a [[Aermacchi]] motor and technical solutions with the highest level. Inexplicably, after the sec
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  • ...ess. In [[1937]] the production of a motor bike with a 100 cc [[two-stroke motor|2 stroke]] engine was to help the bottom line. The welcome was warm and to ...ion to displacement. Followed in [[1953]] by the "Pole 125" model, a motor scooter with a two stroke engine clearly "inspired" by the "[[Moto Guzzi Galletto]]
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  • ! colspan=2 |'''MV Agusta Motor S.p.A.''' ...V Agusta Model 51 Scooter.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1951 MV Agusta Model 51 Scooter''']]
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  • ...] driven by rotary motors, or in the case of tracked vehicles, by [[linear motor]]s. ...]] has introduced a high-performace roadster using Li-On cells from laptop manufacturers to keep costs down. It boasts 0-60mph in 3-4 seconds with a range of 250 mi
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  • When [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] began manufacturing motorcycles, they were single cylinder ...the military, making the factory a target for Allied bombing. The [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] factory at Borgo Panigale was hit badly more than once, bu
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  • ...he cones can be computer-controlled and driven, for example by a [[servo]] motor. However, in the light-weight VDP transmissions used in automatic motorsco ...s are very expensive. However, they have the advantage that the hydraulic motor can be mounted directly to the wheel hub, allowing a more flexible suspensi
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  • Towards the end of the 1960s, the arrival of Japanese manufacturers caused a crisis in the European motorcycle industry. The original Benelli c Benelli is now part of motor Group Qianjiang, which is a corporation located in southeast China at Wenli
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  • ...rmance, small-capacity [[motorcycle]]s, [[moped]]s, [[scooter (motorcycle)|scooter]]s, [[snowmobile]]s, [[kart racing|karts]], [[model airplane]]s (and other ...ngines are most cost-effective. Many large manufacturers, including [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[Honda]] are still actively researching ways to build p
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  • ...motor]]s, high-performance, small-capacity [[motorcycle]]s, [[moped]]s, [[scooter]]s, [[snowmobile]]s, [[kart racing|karts]], [[model airplane]]s and motoriz ...ngines are most cost-effective. Many large manufacturers, including [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[Honda]] are still actively researching ways to build p
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  • The '''Macau Grand Prix''' is a motor-racing event held annually in November in the streets of [[Macau]]. It is k ...ce]]''', which traditionally features touring cars from world-renowned car manufacturers, has officially become the final two races of the [[FIA]] [[World Touring C
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  • ...n]]). A two-stage vehicle is a vehicle that has been built by two separate manufacturers. The result is a standard, complete vehicle. ...alership|automaker dealerships]] only paying the cost of the batteries and motor, with no installation costs (it is called preconversion or previous convers
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  • ...trial and [[motocross]] machines were developed in conjunction with other manufacturers Zuntapp, BMW and Husqvarna, and were successfully raced. But the real deve ...Strike''; the ''Lynx'', a small, naked roadster with a Suzuki 650cc V twin motor; and finally the ''800TTS'' trail/enduro, which aimed to take on the likes
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  • ...ing]] [[prototype]] raced by the [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] [[motor racing|works]] team between 1967 and 1977. These cars took part for [[World ...burgring races. At the end of season 1968 Alfa Romeo finished third in the manufacturers championship.
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  • '''Ducati Motor Holding, [[S.A. (corporation)|SpA]]''' ([[Borsa Italiana]]:[http://www.bors ...9, TPG issued an [[IPO]] of Ducati stock and renamed the company '''Ducati Motor Holding SpA'''. TPG sold over 65% of its shares in Ducati. In December 2005
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  • Not unlike Harley-Davidson and other storied motorcycle manufacturers that have survived for decades, Moto Guzzi has experienced a series of busi ...ned creating a motorcycle company after the war. Guzzi would engineer the motor bikes, Parodi (scion of wealthy Genovese ship-owners) would finance the ven
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  • ...wheel which Primo has extracted from the born-again Motobi 6T's 74 x 58mm motor. ...welI the package turns out, with an appetite for revs on this [[pushrod]] motor that I only ever remember seeing safely on my works-spec ultra [[short-stro
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  • ...o Preti]] and [[Pierluigi Raggi]] had designed a small car that used the [[scooter]] engine and named it Isetta&mdash;an Italian diminutive meaning ''little I ...utocarro'' was an extremely popular type of vehicle in Italy, and numerous manufacturers produced some variant of the type. [[Iso]] had previously produced a motorc
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  • ...s'', and included many types of human-powered vehicles. One of these, the scooter-like ''[[dandy horse]]'' of the French Comte de Sivrac, dating to 1790, was ...humb|A more-than-typical Amsterdam 'granny bike']]Successful early bicycle manufacturers included Englishman [[Frank Bowden]] and German builder Ignaz Schwinn. Bowd
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