Motorcycle Archives - 草榴社区 /lifestyle/motorcycle/ 草榴社区, Real Estate in Italy, Move to Italy Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:36:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-favicon-lifeinitaly-32x32.jpeg Motorcycle Archives - 草榴社区 /lifestyle/motorcycle/ 32 32 The new Italian Highway Code in brief /the-new-italian-highway-code/ /the-new-italian-highway-code/#respond Sat, 21 Dec 2024 16:07:05 +0000 /?p=101650 On December 14th, the new Italian Highway Code was introduced, implementing stricter regulations to combat driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Penalties for violators have been increased, alongside new provisions concerning animal abandonment, limited traffic zones, e-scooters, and the use of mobile phones while driving. These updates are […]

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]]> /the-new-italian-highway-code/feed/ 0 Italy Motorcycle Tours /italy-motorcycle-tours/ /italy-motorcycle-tours/#respond Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:31:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2014/10/20/italy-motorcycle-tours-2015/ Please read this article first /motorcycle-touring-in-italy/ Italy moto tour June 2023 info MOTORCYCLE TOUR ITALY – TUSCANY I go to Italy 4 times a year and I have been traveling the country far and wide. Motorcycling is one of my passions and a long-time dream of mine is to organize […]

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]]> /italy-motorcycle-tours/feed/ 0 August 2023: How is the situation with the speed camera war? /speed-camera-war/ /speed-camera-war/#respond Sun, 13 Aug 2023 02:32:44 +0000 /?p=98189 Italy has a heated debate about fines for speeding violations. Many speed camera vandalism instances have been recorded recently, and the problem does not appear to be improving. With 11,060 stations, Italy is the European nation with the most fixed speed detection stations. It’s not easy for those of us […]

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]]> /speed-camera-war/feed/ 0 Speed Cameras in Italy: A Tourist’s Guide /speed-cameras-in-italy/ /speed-cameras-in-italy/#respond Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:49:04 +0000 /?p=98183 As the saying goes, Country you go, custom you find. Speed cameras are the number one enemy of motorists, whether they are casual vacationers or professional truck drivers. Fortunately, we now have various tactics and tricks that allow us to know the specific positions of these terrible detectors ahead of time. […]

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]]> /speed-cameras-in-italy/feed/ 0 Italy moto tour June 2023 info /italy-moto-tour-june-2023-info/ /italy-moto-tour-june-2023-info/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:32:00 +0000 /?p=93019 Information on Italy Motorcycle tour in June 2023

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]]> /italy-moto-tour-june-2023-info/feed/ 0 Happy birthday Vespa: 75 years of freedom and Made in Italy /happy-birthday-vespa-75-years-of-freedom-and-made-in-italy/ /happy-birthday-vespa-75-years-of-freedom-and-made-in-italy/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:57:50 +0000 /?p=64596 On 23 April 1946, Piaggio launched the Italian Vespa scoter. The vehicle is now sold in 83 countries around the world. Up to the mid-2000s, 50,000 units were sold per year, while in 2018 they were more than 200,000 per year. The most famous scooter in the world also celebrates the production of 19 million units!

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]]> /happy-birthday-vespa-75-years-of-freedom-and-made-in-italy/feed/ 3 Motorcycle Touring in Italy /motorcycle-touring-in-italy/ /motorcycle-touring-in-italy/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:06:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2013/10/20/motorcycle-touring-in-italy/ Driving a motorcycle is probably the best way to tour Italy.

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]]> /motorcycle-touring-in-italy/feed/ 0 The history of Bimota Motorcycles /bimota-motorcycles-history/ /bimota-motorcycles-history/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2020 07:57:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/06/03/bimota-motorcycles-history/ Time to learn more about Bimota Motorcycles. Have you ever heard of them? The Beginning In September 1972, Massimo Tamburini crashed his Honda 750 Four at the Misano racetrack. The accident left him with three broken ribs. If the accident hadn’t occurred, Bimota may never have come into existence. While […]

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]]> /bimota-motorcycles-history/feed/ 1 History and Profile of Benelli /history-and-profile-of-benelli/ /history-and-profile-of-benelli/#respond Sat, 09 May 2020 11:25:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/05/09/history-and-profile-of-benelli/ The 草榴社区 of Benelli, a 100% Italian brand.  The Early Years Teresa Benelli, a widow and mother of six sons, established the Benelli Garage in Pesaro, Italy in 1911. She used all of the family’s capital to start the business venture to provide her boys with job security […]

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]]> /history-and-profile-of-benelli/feed/ 0 Vespa /vespa/ /vespa/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2016/04/23/vespa/ Viva La Vespa! Still The Besta! Whenever I see one of those classic putt-putts of yesteryear zooming down a busy street, I cannot help but reminisce about the two beautiful years I spent in Perugia, half a lifetime ago. Within the trail of their vapor lie a myriad of sweet […]

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]]> /vespa/feed/ 1 Dolomite Tour Part III /dolomite-tour-part-iii/ /dolomite-tour-part-iii/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:05:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2017/04/12/dolomite-tour-part-iii/ 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 […]

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]]> /dolomite-tour-part-iii/feed/ 0 Paolo Motorcycle diaries /paolo-motorcycle-diarys/ /paolo-motorcycle-diarys/#respond Sat, 20 Sep 2014 06:27:41 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2014/09/20/paolo-motorcycle-diarys/ 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.聽 I come to Italy a few times a year and I keep here my 1200GS so by now […]

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]]> /paolo-motorcycle-diarys/feed/ 0 MV Agusta II /mv-agusta-ii/ /mv-agusta-ii/#respond Sun, 07 Sep 2014 16:28:35 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2014/09/07/mv-agusta-ii/ Continuing from聽MV Agusta Part I MV Agusta 750 Sport Success on the road Among the more important bikes of that era, you’d find the聽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 […]

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]]> /mv-agusta-ii/feed/ 0 MV Agusta I /mv-agusta-i/ /mv-agusta-i/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:27:40 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2014/07/09/mv-agusta-i/ 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, […]

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]]> /mv-agusta-i/feed/ 0 Motorcycle Itinerary From Rome /motorcycle-itinerary-from-rome/ /motorcycle-itinerary-from-rome/#respond Sat, 22 Mar 2014 05:09:48 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2014/03/22/motorcycle-itinerary-from-rome/ 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 […]

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]]> /motorcycle-itinerary-from-rome/feed/ 0 Italian Harley Davidson Man /italian-harley-davidson-man/ Thu, 31 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2012/05/31/italian-harley-davidson-man/ 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 […]

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]]> Moto Morini I /moto-morini-i/ Thu, 31 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2012/05/31/moto-morini-i/ 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 […]

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]]> Motorcycle Tour From Rome – North /motorcycle-tour-from-rome-north/ Thu, 31 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2012/05/31/motorcycle-tour-from-rome-north/ 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) […]

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