Motorcycles in Italy
Third part of a diary of a motorbike tour of the Dolomites. Here you can read the first parts: Tour of the Dolomites part I Tour of the Dolomites part II From Belluno to Agordo The weather today is very dramatic. Some of those fluffy cumulus clouds look […]
Since I have been leading rides in my local area ( Washington DC ) for a few years now with my local motorcycle group and I did lead tours in Italy before. I come to Italy a few times a year and I keep here my 1200GS so by now […]
Continuing from MV Agusta Part I MV Agusta 750 Sport Success on the road Among the more important bikes of that era, you’d find the not-so-pretty MV Agusta 600 Four. It was a 600c.c. four-cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke with shaft drive, but it looked nothing like the racing 500 Four. Many people actually […]
MV Agusta 750S MV Agusta was founded on passion – mostly, the passion of one man, Domenico Agusta. The family already had an aviation company which was rather successful in Italy and Europe as a whole. The company was originally founded in 1907 by Domenico’s father, Count Giovanni Agusta: truly remarkable, […]
Below, we have an interesting motorcycle route: it could be done with a car, too, if you like small winding roads. Caprarola Tuscania and Viterbo need more time if you actually want to visit the towns. Lake Bracciano, Mount cimini, Etruscan Tuscania – 1 Day tour tour-itinerary Distances and Itinerary […]
The legend of Moto Guzzi was born in 1920, when three men who had served in the air corp decided to set up a motorcycle firm. Carlo Guzzi, Giovanni Ravelli and Giorgi Parodi had great dreams. When Ravelli was killed in a plane crash, Carlo and Giorgi made the decision […]
The Essentials for the Long Haul Traveling with a motorcycle in Europe is not quite the same as Traveling with a car. Usually who travels by car has by main objective to get where he/she is going. Traveling by bike is different – usually getting there is more then ½ […]
Italy in May by Motorcycle including Rome, Naples and Amalfi Coast in Ten Days Tourism by motorbike in Sardegna Question: We are two couples who want to ride for 10 days in May, in Italy, either North or South of Rome without hitting the big cities. Looking for coastal itinerary […]
An Italian’s love for Harley Davidsons This good old friend of mine, Rodolfo Roiati, lives in Rocca Priora (a nice mountain town right outside Rome, placed in the Roman Castles) right around the corner from my me, has his 9th motorcycle of which most were Harley Davison. Michael Axel McCain […]
To start at the actual beginning of the great Moto Morini motorcycle marque, one must go back to the birth of Alfonso Morini. He was born on 22 December 1898 to a family of limited means in northern Bologna, Italy. Shortly after his birth, the streets of Italy were alive […]