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...1975 he made 50 cc models with four speeds and a model that was a folding bike called the ''Beach''. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...duced a 175 cc bike, called the ''Gran Sport''. 1958, the company went out of business had to close the doors for good. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy|Franchi]]

...nd two-stroke ''Villiers'' and ''JAP'' engines. In 1926 there was a 250 cc bike with an Villiers auxiliary engine. In 1927 a model appeared with a 250 cc s [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

'''Tauma''' was an [[Italian]] engine builder of 49 cc auxiliary bike engines. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...cca - Vr - Giovanni Rinaldi. In 1923, The son Leopold moved the production of bicycles and even begins to motorcycles in Cinisello Balsamo - I - thus the ...he handcrafting production of bicycles and accessories expanding the range of products.

...rmal chain. The cycle engine Remondini is considered one of the precursors of the motor cycle craze in the fifties. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...itch was founded in 1980, whose work focused on the implementation of road bike features with highly sport oriented. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy|Kram-It]]

...rand used [[Piazza]] 173 cc overhead valve engines and later delivered the bike with a ''JAP'' engines. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

You are looking at a 1970 Viking Mini Bike. There were exactly 700 of these produced in Red. It has a 50cc Moto Morini Engine, and a 4 speed gear [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...d name of ''[[Eolo]]''. The company built a very special 124 cc two stroke bike with a cast aluminum frame. ''Omea'' possibly built the ''Eolo'' two stroke [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...with the Ceriz brand, and in the '60s, leading international racing scene of the Atala brand. ...ken over by [[Rizzo]], who continued with the same name and the production of motorcycles.

..., inexpensive (950 pounds), with shocks and tackles the steepest slopes in Italy". ...fork with shocks, 26 x 2 tires, power of around 8 hp and with a top speed of 85 km/h.

...lbor48cc 1948_edited-1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|'''1948 MAB-Albor 48cc mounted bike motor''' ^{Photo by Theo Jonkhart}]] [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...speed [[gearbox]] in block, weighed 13 kg and could reache a maximum speed of 57 km/h. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

[[File:BARBIERO.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Barbiero Moto Cross bike''']] [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...e Azzariti [[desmodromica]] had been successfully applied to a [[Benelli]] bike. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...a historic [[Italian]] brand in the early eighties, that produced a trail bike with a [[Franco Morini]] 125 cc engine. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...], which specialized in two-wheel transport vehicles. In 1947 they build a bike called the ''Musetta'', a 70 cc [[motorcycle]]. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...company built an interesting bike, branded Azzarra, with the frame pressed of steel, removable saddle tank and a front 'wishbone' fork and used a Blackbu [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...ngaged by the flywheel. There is no evidence that they ever been built the bike in a series or had participated in racing competitions. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...specimens. This to two stroke micromotor weighed 7 kg, had a displacement of 48 cc, chain drive and was placed laterally to the rear wheel hub. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...he outskirts of the [[flywheel]]. The engine speed was adjustable by means of a valve in the exhaust pipe. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...ame [[FIAB]] (Fabbrica Italiana Augusta Bologna). It also produces a motor bike in a 125 and 175 cc version. ...w changes, were still listed until 1930. The following year, the last year of the company, the 175 (with two gears) and 350 (with three gears) had the ov

...of Italy's most successful technicians and entrepreneurs in the production of "[[two-stroke engine]]s" after World War II. ...a tubular chassis monotrave. Later it was the turn of the "Vampire", this bike was outfitted with 200 cc four-stroke engine.

...ike had an engine with 496 cc, and production plans, with head, side valve of 45 mm, the lubrication had a double pump and an automatic sump motor cross [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...here, in the small factory for only a short time on the market, produced a bike with a 123 cc two stroke engine. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...and manufactured a light motorcycle with production starting in 1924. The bike was equipped with a 125 cc two-stroke engine. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...pular using their own designed and built 174 cc overhead valve engine. The bike remained on the market until 1932 when the company closed. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...]] designers [[Savar Carlo]] and [[Daniele Fontana]] built in 1967, a race bike with a 498 cc three-cylinder four-stroke engine with four valves per cylind ...00 frame with an engine that used the name '''Jada''', combining the names of '''Ja'''ck Findlay and '''Da'''niele Fontana.

'''Biemme''' was an Italian ''Mini Bike'' manufacturer that used a The motor is a "BMC Motori" for its engine. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...It is not known whether there even after the prototype there was a series of this models made. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...abbrica Automobili e Motori, Ing. E. di A. Rosselli'') is a historic brand of motorcycles located in [[Torino]]. ...the first Italian motor factories. The first product was the ''Lillyput'' bike with a 1 hp motor, followed by a full ''race'' and ''touring'' versions wit

...lian]] motorcycle manufacturer. The [[Italian]] brand built an interesting bike with a 248 cc parallel twin with forward sloping cylinders. There were not [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...turers at this time were [[Fantic Motor (motorcycles)|Fantic]] and Spanish bike manufacures ''Bultaco'' and ''Montesa''. ...bikes in 1977. Rotax built a special [[Motorcycle trials|trials]] version of their rotary valve motor, with development input from Sammy Miller and Char

...ected by means of a crank and a chain, becoming an auxiliary motor, if the bike had difficulties in overcoming a steep slope. ...se had [[clutch]]ed three-speed [[gearboxes]] and a total [[displacement]] of 499 cc. Later came ''Saroléa'' engines to 550 cc.

...o-stroke 38 cc rotary engine for [[bicycles]]. The engine was built into a bike wheels and was designed to replace the stock rear wheel. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...a standing 250 cc single cylinder engine. A year later they had a finished bike. The machine had no valves, but a spinning drive for the mixture and the ex [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...til 1909, producing four and six [[cylinder]] models. In 1909 the registry of the [[Piacenza]] company was erased from operation. ...as elasticly dampend, the transmission had a belt, with shoe brakes on two of the wheels. According to some sources, the company disappeared in 1907, whi

...lessandro Rizzato, later Rizzato Cesare & Co. S.p.A'') is a historic brand of motorcycles based in [[Padua]] and founded by [[Cesare Rizzato]]. Rizzato was an [[Italian]] company that had been in the bike parts market since the twenties. From 1950's there was also sports motor bi

...d in [[Turin]], its aim was very clear: to create a very exceptional piece of art, both stylistically and mechanically. ...ld War, one can only imagine the emotion the ''Mayor'' aroused at the time of its presentation.

...ffer superior performance to those of other engines of the time. The first bike was a 175 cc engine with a four-stroke vertical tubed head engine and trans ...the rockers. In 1949, he presents the first bikes with a two-stroke engine of 125 cc single-cylinder, chassis and an elastic telescopic front fork.

In 1929, they produced only a 175 cc bike with a valve as opposed to distribution, while the transmission belt was re [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...'''Fongri''' began the same year and was producing and marketing the first bike marked '''Fongri'''. ...lt for the optimization of balance and characteristics such as the absence of vibration when in operation. It was a[[ twin-cylinder]] [[four-stroke]] [[a

...2005. It was followed by the "9 1/2" road bike. There have been criticisms of the computerised fuel injection mapping in these early models. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...intensifies and Alpino starts spreading rapidly, thanks to the reputation of being virtually indestructible, and models remaining without changes until ...82.216km/h. During these attempts they were also testing a new 75cc Alpine bike at [[Monza]].

...nufactured]] [[motorcycles]] in [[Milan]] and in 1923 launced with a motor bike using a ''Villiers'' two-stroke 147 cc engine in a [[Touring]] and Sport ve ...a 122 cc moped and two with 147 cc and 172 cc engines. Complete the range of two models 250 cc and 350 cc engine with two-stroke ''Villiers'' with three

'''Adriatica''' was an [[Italian]] manufacturer of farm machinery that had a road racing team in 1979 and built its first own The 250cc Adriatica GP twin was an interesting bike; it had a cross rear swing arms and rear damper position. The hollow alumin

..., 3 hp power, high-tension magneto ignition, belt drive and a total weight of 50 kg. In 1914, they added a new model with a ''Moser'' engine with 2.75 hp '''Info about the bike above which is currently in Finland:'''

[[Image:D&C bike.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[http://www.motoclubdragone.it <small>Source</small>] ...ntacted by the [[Faini]] Brothers and [[Lecco]] dealer to race at the Race of [[Abruzzi]].

...mer Motocross rider [[Giovanni Accossato]]. His passion for the processing of the material [[aluminium]] is very concise. ...ine supplier [[Minarelli]] was sold, did G. Accossato cease the production of [[motorcycle]]s.

...were 175 cc side valve ''JAP'' engines which primarily were used. The last bike had a 350 cc single cylinder Menon engine. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

'''Comet''' made motorcycles in [[Italy]] from 1952 to 1957, which had a good reputation for quality but were consi ...four speed [[transmission]] was in the block and the bike develop a power of 10 hp at 6000 rpm.

...The company obtained the exclusive for Italy from "[[Ford Motor Company]] of [[Detroit]] in the car, as well as" [[Indian|Indian Motorcycle Company]] "b ...l be presented at the end of 1925 and put out to tender in the second half of [[1926]].

...] [[two-stroke]] 49 cc, with the [[three-speed]] [[gearbox]] at the center of the frame with the casing positioned vertically and inline with the [[cylin ...to 43 cc of displacement. At the end of 1954, the range added a two-stroke bike with 160 cc in a Touring, Luxury and Sport version. It had a front fork and

...[motocycles]] for the [[Ducati]] factory and used the mark for their first bike that had a 3.5 hp engine and a three gears [[transmission]]. In 1932 the na ...ra and the Macchi brothers of Varese. The goal was the licensed production of automobiles by the Wolseley Motor Company. The brand name was the Wolsit. D

...lible enthusiasts. Unfortunately what they were ordering wasn't a product of [[Enzo Ferrari]], but [[Fratelli Ferrari]] instead. They were just two bro ...was more or less a direct copy of a [[Parilla]] 125/250cc. Apparently one of the brothers had worked in the Parilla factory for a while.

...1, they also produced a bike with a 75 cc engine and in 1952, a two-stroke bike with 125 cc. ...h tree cams in the head and a shaft running off the motor, through a train of vertical gears. The moped had a tube chassis with a telescopic front fork a

This bike was built by a craftsman in a single copy in 1933. The engine was a [[JAP]] [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...red [[transmissions]]), like the 125 cm ''Enduro'' and legendary motocross bike, the ''Panther'' with 25 HP. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...HC engine, Fusi produced machines with J.A.P. engines that were built in [[Italy]] under licence. Fusi used gearboxes that were actually Burman designs prod ...orcycle]] was built with a Fusi engine, distribution camshaft in the front of the head on the vertical shaft.

...form it into an bike with pedal assisted power and was the most successful of this type throughout [[Europe]]. ...of the cycle without interfering with the position of the pedals. Because of the considerable requests it became necessary to open a manufacturing branc

...rne'' engine with 250 and 350 cc. In 1927, Mascagni was intending to build bike with a 125 cc JAP-Aza-engine two-stroke. A 250 and 350 cc are also built in [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...S.p.A.''' ([[1947]] in [[Modena]] - [[1960]]) was an Italian manufacturer of motoring ...and accumulators), as well as [[moped]]s and [[motorcycle]]s. It was part of [[Adolfo Orsi]]s large

...bikes. Our monocoque carbon frames technology allows us to push the limits of composite technology to build the strongest and lightest frames available a At the top of our road line is the 900gram C13 EVO and 950gram C14 PRO frame. Developed b

...based in [[Bergamo]] and founded in 1952. Chiorda introduced a new 100 cc bike with a four-stroke engine with two cylinders side by side, with excellent l [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]

...nvenero]] in 1980, loacted in [[Tuscany]] and who was already a part owner of [[MBA (motorcycles)|MBA]] motorcycles. The founding of ''Sanvenero'' occurred in the '80s, in order to prepare two bikes to be dep

...e industrial area of a [[Tolentino]] (MC, [[Marche]]). Here, with the help of a single employee, they assembled a moped using an old [[Faini]] engine, af ...rst dream and opened the “Fabbrica Italiana Ciclomotori D & C”. (initials of theirs names). They introduced on the market their MD3 moped (price 4.000 I

...Agusta would later reconsider and continued racing). Mondial had readied a bike with [[desmodromic]] valve actuation (before [[Ducati]]) but did not produc ...Bialbero to his first championship in 1951. It will be shown at the Legend of the Motorcycle. Credit: John Goldman. <small>[http://www.velocetoday.com Ve

.... In 1932 [[Vittorio Guerzoni]] developed (see [[Taurus]]) a 498 cc racing bike with it's own OHC single cylinder blocks and 174 side valved models as well ...il the end of the legendary twenties will cry out to the wonder throughout Italy on two wheels and on which, no less than as their manufacturer, will then f

[[Edoardo Bianchi]] started making [[Bianchi bike|bicycles]] in [[Milan]] in 1885. In 1901 improved its single-cylinder engine, reaching an output of 8hp.

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...e at the end of the season [[1957]], the department runs Mondial. With one of these bikes will begin their careers a couple [[Mike Hailwood]], finishing ...nti switch to [[FIV Edoardo Bianchi|Bianchi]] carrying with them the draft of a new 250, leaving a track Patton to be developed.

'''Morbidelli''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer founded by Giancarlo Morbidelli in [[ ...972 season]] but tragedy struck when Parlotti was killed during the [[Isle of Man TT]] race.

...d results in the major category riding fantastic bikes in the early months of ’77. ]] ...ssin bicycle brand enjoys widespread consideration and appeal. The history of Rossin bicycles is relatively short, but at the same time glorious. Rossin

...ge:014.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Vespa Scooter at [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy]]]''' '''Piaggio''' is a company based in [[Italy]] that produces cars, motorcycles, scooters and aeroplanes.

...inally back after 44 years is the tantalizing sound (hear below) of a bike of which only 4 were built. ...ailwood]] also used a [[Ducati]] 125 twin desmo racer during the beginning of his career.

...cturer)|F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A]], a company which today is a major [[italy|Italian]] [[bicycle]] manufacturer, and who also produced automobiles from ...icycle in 1897, and a car in 1900. In 1903 he fitted engines in the centre of strengthened bicycle frames, and by 1905 also fitted Truffault [[Motorcycle

...nufacturer. The company also manufactures [[shotguns]], although this part of the business is now a separate company from the motorcycle side. ...enelli Racing Team was in the thirties an almost unbeatable force. Picture of [[Raffaele Alberti]] and to the right [[Amilcare Rossetti]]'']]

...ls WERE [[motorcycles]] [[engines]] with a roller drive mounted on a frame of a bicycle. The engines were produced by others manufactures, but later '''B ...popular [[Motorcycle Trials|trials]] bikes. In 2005, they launched a range of [[enduro]] motorcylces using [[KTM]] engines.

...ntre. They split from the firm and finished the development, marketing the bike as their own. ...ly they have two models: 984 C3 2V and 985 C3 4V, both with a displacement of almost 1000 cm³. The 984 has a [[V-twin]] 2 valve [[Ducati]] engine which

...trend for technological motor companies, usually established in northern [[Italy]], this story began and developed in [[Rome]]. The two engineers oppened a small shop in the center of [[Rome]] near the [[Diocletian Baths]] They designed a sophisticated 4-cyli

[[Image:Anzani 3W Motor Replika.jpg|thumb|'''Replica of an Anzani 3W Motor.''']] ...cars]], [[boats]], and [[motorcycles]] in factories in Britain, France and Italy.

...d Cat Tire'' Max-L, with the same basic characteristics, an enduro desert "bike", a [[motorcycle]] like jeep with disc brake front and rear. ...undation of BPCC (National Bank of Rural District Gerace) and the transfer of [[Court]].

...r''' was a company founded by [[Motocicli Wilier]] based in [[Trieste]], [[Italy]] in the sixties, that produced a [[motorcycle]] model with a 48 cc engine. === Born of Passion & Craftsmanship
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'''Omer''' (''Omer Fabbrica Italiana Motocarri''), a historical brand of mopeds located in [[Reggio Emilia]]. It was an [[Italian]] brand that in 19 ...ulling into the village square. I ran up to see what was happening and one of those events happened which changes your life. I heard a small single cylin

...o the public. Currently there are three [[engine displacement]] categories of Grand Prix motorcycles: 125 [[Cubic centimetre|cc]], 250 cc and MotoGP (up ...ed over time, and 350cc and 500cc sidecars. Up through the 1950s and most of the 1960s, [[four-stroke]] engines dominated all classes. In the 1960s, [[

...all displacements dominates the Fantic Motor and its pilots are at the top of the world confirming the great technology products born from the assembly l ...etition, which uses media from 250 cubic getting across. So begins the era of Fantic by trial and soon the company [[Barzago]] won three world titles a r

...are divided into separate courses to accommodate the different skill level of riders, who compete in skill-rated classes. ...y times the competitor touches the ground with the foot (or any other part of the body). Each time a competitor touches the ground with a foot (commonly

'''Moto Morini''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] maker of [[motorcycle]]s. It was founded by [[Alfonso Morini]] in [[Bologna]], in 19 ...ary 22 1898. Before he was 16 he was repairing motorcycles, and at the age of sixteen, opened a workshop. This was just before [[World War I]] broke out.

...DB2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|'''Bimota DB2 at [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy]]]''' '''Bimota''' is an [[Italian]] [[motorcycle]] [[company]] located in the city of [[Rimini]].

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...an Italian manufacturer of [[Combine harvester]]s and at one time a maker of high performance [[motorcycles]]. The agricultural equipment brand is famo ...founded almost on a whim by [[Pietro Laverda]] junior (son of the founder of

|Location || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Varese]], [[Italy]] ...torcycle]] manufacturer founded in 1945 near [[Milan]] in Cascina Costa, [[Italy]].

...rom 1967 to 1972, had the same aesthetic look as the 250 G.P. In the hands of Englishman Mortimer, Canadian Terre and the Italian Walter Villa, the Villa [[File:villa250_edited-1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Villa 250 cc Race Bike''']]

...n obscure sub-plot to the ever-changing soap opera that forms the panorama of Italian motorcycling. ...ly existed because of a family row which saw [[Giuseppe Benelli]] walk out of the family factory in 1948 and cross the street to found his own rival marq

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[[Image:Kusuma bike large.jpg|thumb|300px|This ''[[racing bicycle]]'' is built using lightweigh ...frame, front shock absorbers, and handlebars oriented perpendicular to the bike's axis]]