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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Motorcycles in Italy
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
Moto Guzzi
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 […]
Motorcycle Riding 3
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 […]
Tour Italy 1
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 […]