Search results

• List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers
  ...rand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racers]]''' from the 1949 to the 2006 season, in alphabetical order, from the clas {{A-Z multipage list|List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers|Grand Prix motorcycle racing}}
  1 KB (219 words) - 20:13, 24 February 2009
• Carlo Bandirola
  |Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...0]] - [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]], [[1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]]
  2 KB (200 words) - 07:52, 18 August 2009
• Masoni
  ...by the old race driver [[Tullio Masoni]]. In 1991 Masoni delivered the SOS racers with its own horizontal [[cylinder]] engine with over 600 cc. {{A-Z multipage list|Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque|Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque|}}
  677 bytes (91 words) - 11:53, 17 April 2010
• Fortunato Libanori
  |Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...|| [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]] - [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]]
  2 KB (206 words) - 20:33, 13 March 2009
• Duilio Agostini
  |Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...|| [[1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1953]] - [[1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1955]]
  2 KB (253 words) - 23:45, 12 August 2010
• Libero Liberati
  ...7]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc Grand Prix]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. ...8]]. Two years later [[Moto Guzzi]] called him to race in the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]], where he took part in a single race. The
  3 KB (336 words) - 09:33, 21 September 2009
• Dorino Serafini
  | Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] | First race || [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]]
  3 KB (403 words) - 17:03, 27 February 2009
• OPRA
  ...air-cooled OHC four cylinder engine. There were also 'normale' motorcycles racers based on this, but they was no real commercial success. {{A-Z multipage list|Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque|Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque|}}
  945 bytes (130 words) - 10:00, 19 April 2010
• Bruno Ruffo
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]
  4 KB (481 words) - 13:45, 29 May 2009
• Zanzani
  ...first model, a 500-cc twin cylinder two-stroke, came in fourth in the 1976 Italian championship behind the Suzuki's [[Giacomo Agostini]], [[Marco Lucchinelli] {{A-Z multipage list|Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque|Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque|}}
  1 KB (156 words) - 09:51, 26 December 2010
• Umberto Masetti
  ...season|1950]], he became the first Italian to win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...cle racing|Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship]] in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] aboard a [[Moto Morini]], in the 125cc class. In the s
  3 KB (377 words) - 17:34, 17 July 2009
• Dario Ambrosini
  |Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...|| [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1951]]
  3 KB (403 words) - 18:45, 13 September 2010
• Giacomo Agostini
  ...he is the all-time leader in victories in motorcycle [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Grand Prix history]]. ..., Italian industrialist. His father originally didn't approve of his son's motorcycle racing career. He did everything he could to persuade his son not to race.
  5 KB (772 words) - 20:12, 1 August 2009
• Carlo Ubbiali
  |Nationality || {{flagiconITA}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...|| [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]]
  5 KB (676 words) - 23:50, 20 September 2009
• Grassetti
  '''Grassetti''' was founded by the Italian race rider Silvio Grassetti who rode with [[MV Agusta]] eg, [[Bianchi]], [[ ...], who was also the one who built the successful four-cylinder [[Benelli]] racers.
  1 KB (144 words) - 09:39, 3 January 2011
• Alex Hofmann
  ...Hofmann''' (born [[May 24]], [[1980]] in [[Mindelheim]], [[Germany]]) is a motorcycle racer in [[MotoGP]]. ...He and [[Shinya Nakano]] replaced McCoy and [[Andrew Pitt]] as full-time racers in 2004. The next two years were difficult, mainly due to an ill-handling b
  2 KB (378 words) - 18:28, 27 July 2009
• Eugenio Lazzarini
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]
  5 KB (698 words) - 13:22, 18 November 2008
• Enrico Lorenzetti
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]
  4 KB (461 words) - 08:59, 7 October 2009
• Pierfrancesco Chili
  ...aly]], near the [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|Imola]] race track, is a [[motorcycle]] racer who has raced in [[World Superbike]] and the [[500cc]] World Champi [[Category:Italian motorcycle racers|Chili, Pierfrancesco]]
  2 KB (273 words) - 23:04, 23 September 2009
• Graziano Rossi
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]
  4 KB (538 words) - 09:15, 17 August 2008
• Pocketbike Racing
  ...i GP racing, is a category of [[racing]] where [[Minibike|miniature racing motorcycle]]s (known as pocketbikes or minimoto) are raced around [[Kart racing|kart]] A typical minimoto is approximately one-fourth the size of a regular motorcycle, and is powered by a [[two-stroke cycle|two-stroke]] [[internal combustion
  3 KB (411 words) - 00:21, 23 June 2009
• Max Biaggi
  '''Max Biaggi''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[MotoGP]] racer currently residing in [[Monaco]]. He was born in [[Rome] ...ic centimetre|cc]] category in [[1989]], aged 18. In [[1990]] he won the [[Italian Sport Production Championship]]. After his success in 125 cc category, Biag
  3 KB (450 words) - 16:24, 13 June 2009
• BMP
  ...920 were dedicated to the production of [[motorcycles]]. BMP in 1924 had a motorcycle model that had either a cylinder two-stroke 250 cc and 350 cc [[engine]], t ...urer that produced 123 cc, 173 cc and 243 cc and 173 cc overhead valve OHV racers using their own engines. The founder of the brand, [[Giuseppe Menicucci]],
  2 KB (258 words) - 12:40, 1 July 2010
• Tarquinio Provini
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]
  6 KB (732 words) - 08:57, 7 October 2009
• Luca Cadalora
  ...e [[1991 in sports|1991]] and [[1992 in sports|1992]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Championship]] aboard an [[Erv Kanemoto] ==Motorcycle Grand Prix Results==
  3 KB (411 words) - 08:24, 8 October 2009
• Kenny Roberts
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]]
  12 KB (1,742 words) - 07:58, 4 August 2009
• Marco Simoncelli
  | Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. A top rider of the Italian Minimoto Championship from 1996 to 2000, Marco Simoncelli moved to 125cc bi
  8 KB (1,046 words) - 13:31, 19 April 2009
• Morbidelli
  '''Morbidelli''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in [[Pesaro]], whose 123 cc ...to have 300 employees, however his greater passion lay in motorcycles and motorcycle racing. He used the woodworking business to finance his racing interests.
  4 KB (553 words) - 22:22, 3 January 2011
• TAU
  '''Tau''', founded by [[Aroldo Triveldi]] and based in [[Milan]], was an [[Italian]] brand built engines for [[motorcycles]]. ...ch the third split, and electronic ignition. The engine, mounted on a race motorcycle produced 27 hp at 11000 rpm, could reach 200 km/h.
  2 KB (338 words) - 22:31, 24 June 2010
• Loris Capirossi
  | Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] ...or the factory [[Suzuki]] MotoGP team. He is a former [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Champion]] for [[Aprilia]].
  34 KB (4,514 words) - 15:43, 10 July 2008
• Johnny Cecotto
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]]
  14 KB (1,929 words) - 08:30, 16 May 2008
• Pier Paolo Bianchi
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]]
  29 KB (4,130 words) - 11:44, 21 November 2009
• Bianchi Motorcycles
  ...hop on [[Milan]]’s Via Nirone in 1885. Bianchi was a prominent name in the motorcycle racing world from 1925 to 1930. ...inder engine|single]] that was very successful and established the Bianchi motorcycle name.
  6 KB (834 words) - 20:01, 22 January 2014
• Piero Taruffi
  |Nationality || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Italy|Italian]] |First race || [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]]
  13 KB (1,830 words) - 23:41, 3 July 2009
• Moto Rumi
  ...mpetizione" or "Gobbetto", a pure factory racer. A "Competizione" won the Italian National Championship in 1954. ...mi_SS_TT_125_cc_Racer_1953.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Rumi SS TT 125 cc road racers in 1953 with the typical horizontal cylinder''']]
  4 KB (562 words) - 00:02, 4 January 2011
• Mondial
  ...Prix motorcycle racing season|1957 Grand Prix season]], the major Italian motorcycle manufacturers including [[Gilera]], [[Moto Guzzi]], [[MV Agusta]] and Mondi ...o to his first championship in 1951. It will be shown at the Legend of the Motorcycle. Credit: John Goldman. <small>[http://www.velocetoday.com VeloceToday.com]<
  6 KB (832 words) - 12:19, 19 December 2009
• Colli
  [[Image:49-113a.jpg|thumb|300px|left|'''Not all small sports racers sported "siluro" bodywork. This stunning 1947 [[Fiat Volpini]] was built by ...eria]] Colli. Somewhere between 15 and 500 examples are believed to exist. Italian police used Giulia wagons. The Alfa factory used one as a parts runner. The
  5 KB (755 words) - 10:55, 4 October 2012
• Legnano Bike
  ...comes in 1924, when Fascism was looking for sports heroes and only wanted Italian companies. Bozzi offers a lifetime contract to a young house painter, Alfre ...e was Fausto Coppi. Without even realizing it, Pavesi has chanced upon two racers that will divide Italy in two, between rivalry and victories. One is confid
  4 KB (671 words) - 12:50, 26 December 2008
• John Surtees
  ...|| [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] |Teams || [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]], [[MV Agusta]]
  41 KB (5,808 words) - 11:43, 9 November 2009
• Mike Hailwood
  |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]]
  12 KB (1,661 words) - 08:31, 8 October 2009
• Ron Haslam
  ...aslam''' is a British former [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] who has been racing for over 30 years, winning ...n, [[Leon Haslam]], in his expanding racing career and training riders and racers alike at the Ron Haslam Race School at [[Donington Park]].
  9 KB (1,509 words) - 07:57, 4 August 2009
• Ducati 750 Imola Desmo
  The '''Ducati 750 Imola Desmo''' is a race [[motorcycle]] built by [[Ducati]] that won the [[1972]] [[Imola Circuit|Imola]] 200km r ...ere was a running motor. By August of 1970, there was a complete prototype motorcycle. Taglioni engaged Leopoldo Tartarini, the founder of Italjet, to refine the
  6 KB (963 words) - 21:24, 3 November 2009
• Grand Prix motorcycle racing
  '''Grand Prix motorcycle racing''' refers to the premier categories of [[motorcycle]] road racing. The category is commonly referred to simply as ''GP racing'' ...pped entirely in the 1990s, after being dominated primarily by Spanish and Italian makes. The 350cc class vanished in the 1980s. Sidecars were dropped from
  8 KB (1,206 words) - 08:06, 8 October 2009
• Ducati Singles
  ...o'' ("little puppy") and in 1950 began producing its own complete 98-pound motorcycle with the same name. ...bikes a day, but cheap cars were entering the markets, and sales for many motorcycle manufacturers would decline.
  13 KB (2,018 words) - 22:22, 22 September 2009
• Borrani
  ...eel]]s, famous for supplying single-nut lockable [[wire wheels]] to many [[Italian]] [[racing car]]s and [[luxury car]]s up until the 1960s. ...els as original equipment. The two rookies thus share an important part of Italian automotive history, both on the road and on the race track. Afterwards, Bor
  6 KB (961 words) - 14:59, 1 February 2012
• MV Agusta
  |Company slogan || Motorcycle Art |Industry || [[Motorcycle]]
  16 KB (2,368 words) - 22:45, 14 July 2013
• Ferrari 166
  ...ress quickly dubbed the Touring bodystyle fitted '[[Barchetta]]', which is Italian for little boat. The name stuck, as did the design, which today is the most ...ck [[Lampredi]] design V12. In those early 1950s the interest in two litre racers quickly grew and to meet the demand Ferrari constructed a second series of
  8 KB (1,150 words) - 23:08, 26 June 2010
• Alberto Ascari
  |Nationality:|| {{flagiconItaly}} Italian ...rmula One World Drivers' Champions|World Champion]]. He is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport.
  19 KB (2,625 words) - 13:05, 11 May 2010
• Ducati V-twin
  Generally, any two-cylinder motorcycle engine with its two cylinders at an equidistant opposite angles from the ce ...there was a running motor. By August 1970, there was a complete prototype motorcycle. Taglioni engaged Leopoldo Tartarini, the founder of [[Italjet]], to refine
  22 KB (3,665 words) - 13:08, 18 April 2009
• Villa
  ...talian Walter Villa, the Villa 125 G.P won the Great Britain, Canadian and Italian Championships. As with the Villa 250 G.P, the 125cc was also equipped with ...e Crespellano]]'', [[Bologna]]) and founded by [[Francesco Villa]], was an Italian manufacturer that built models of cross-, terrain and race motorcycles.
  18 KB (2,834 words) - 02:16, 30 January 2011

View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)