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Moto Morini – part 2

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 […]

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Dolomite Tour I

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, […]

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Benelli – Family Matters: Part 1

Gold Benelli Motorbike Benelli is probably not as well known as many other Italian motorcycle manufacturers, at least not outside of Europe at the present. That is where most of them are sold as the company has few large-scale distributors outside of the continent. There are some very good ones […]

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Benelli – Family Matters: Part 2

Benelli 350 RS 1977 – Photo courtesy of motorestaura/Flickr The year 1973 brought new ownership to Benelli in the form of Argentinean industrialist Alejandro de Tomaso, who also bought Moto Guzzi at the same time. This new influx of money and ideas brought some very nice new models from Benelli. […]

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Bike List

Motorcycle and Scooter Classes Scooter Rental – Class 0 cmc 49 n. of cyl. 1 – 4 stroke kgs 88 Comfortable and economic little scooter for the city Piaggio Liberty Piaggio Liberty 50 cc Scooter Rental – Class 1 Vespa Granturismo 125 cc The new Vespa very comfortable, (almost) with […]

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Italian Motorcycle Racers

Italian motorcycle racers: Carlo Ubbiali Carlo Ubbiali Italian motorcycle racers can never be examined without saying something about Carlo Ubbiali, an accomplished professional like few others. Ubbiali was born 22 September 1929 in the Italian city of Bergamo in the region of Lombardy. It is very near the much more […]

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Motorcycle Riding in Italy

Italy motorcycle Tour: From Rome Rome  and Tuscany You can spend a few days in Rome: enjoy your night riding downtown, and take excursions to the outskirts of the city to places like Frascati and I Castelli Romani, or Cerveteri towards the north if you are interested in antique culture […]

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Italian Motorcycle Racers, part 2

Italian motorcycle racers: Roberto Colombo Roberto Colombo Roberto Colombo was born in Casatenovo, in northern Italy, on 5 January 1927. He did not start his racing career until after World War II. The Italian National Championships is where he started racing and riding, at the time, for the Mondial concern; […]

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Motorcycles

Italian Motorcycles Brief introduction to Italian Motorcycles: The motorcycles that come out of Italy are simply unlike any other type of motorcycle made in any part of the world. Regardless of what company or what model is in question, when you see an Italian motorcycle you simply know it for […]

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Ducati Motorcycle

Ducati is Born The Ducati motorcycle has become legendary. The Societa Radio Brevetti Ducati was established in 1926 by the Ducati family, which included three brothers, and several Bolognese investors. The plan was to produce industrial components for radio transmissions, which were based on the patents of Adriano Ducati. First […]