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 […]
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 […]
Between the Appennine pass and the marvelous landscape of Gran Sasso Durata Distanza Istruzioni 9.00 0,0 1 Starting point: Via di Torrevecchia, 1140, 00168 Roma RM in Via di Torrevecchia (South-West) per 0,8 km 9.01 0,8 Go RIGHT (West) on Via Boccea per 1,1 km 9.03 2,0 Turn LEFT (South) […]
Early Moto Morini 3 1/2 Sport The real genius of Lambertini, though, comes with the creation of the Moto Morini V-twin engine. This revolutionary design was inexpensive to build and it had improved power and fuel economy compared to the singles of previous Morini bikes. The first model with this […]
The Move Hi there, Here we are Joe & Eva, two people who decided to change their lives. We talked about it for ages. As you know, there is always a long road between wanting something and actually doing it !! We were also entangled in our responsibilities – jobs, […]