Strange Italian Motorcycles of yesteryear

[rodericb]

Somehow I got wondering about the Aprilia Area 51, a 50cc scooter of the late 90's which looked very trick indeed, and i stumbled upon this website with a few minutes of time happily wasted looking at their various motorcycles (and scooters) for sale: https://www.ruotedasogno.com/en_gb/bikes.html

It's just one shop and I don't know anything more about it than it's a website I found just now. But some of those bikes - wow! There must have been heaps of manufacturers in Italy in post WWII decades, most of which have probably long since ceased to exist. It's probably a good thing I'm around the other side of the Earth as some of it is mighty tempting.

[Fink-Nottle]

Ruote da Sogno are legendary, one of the most amazing classics dealers in car and bikes in all of Italy. I keep trying to forget their website exist, but then someboby will post a link and I get lost again...

[srob]

That is a cracking site!

I have a 1959 Moto Morini Corsarino, which there's a few of on there. I had it when I was 14 with a view to using it as a ped at 16 but you couldn't get spares for them back in the mid-90s so I gave up and put it in the shed and bought a Fizzy. Looking how much they have them up for sale for luckily I left it in the shed and still have it!

I then went on to a 1967 125 Motobi (a few of those on there too) which I had when all my mates had DTs, etc. Sold that a couple of years ago.

I've now got a real hankering for a mid-fifties MV or similar to restore to concours. They're such jewels of bikes. Ideally I'd love a Moto Rumi but they're too much money for an ornament I think!

[snagzie]

I know its not a bike, holy holy sheet this car:

https://www.ruotedasogno.com/en_gb/cars/1968-ford-...

Isnt that featured in "gone in 60 seconds"?

[chippy348]

I have quite a few Italian 125 sports bikes from the late 80S and 90s

But this brand has always fascinated me

https://125stradali.com/en/hrd-125-stradali/

[bogie]

snagzie said:

I know its not a bike, holy holy sheet this car:

https://www.ruotedasogno.com/en_gb/cars/1968-ford-...

Isnt that featured in "gone in 60 seconds"?

yes....price on application

awesome site...much time spent this lunch break !

[Krikkit]

I love this - Vespa 150 converted to carry a 75mm recoil-less AT rifle, 6 spare sets of ammunition and a tiny wee trailer!

https://www.ruotedasogno.com/en_gb/bikes/1956-piag...

[_Neal_]

Krikkit said:

I love this - Vespa 150 converted to carry a 75mm recoil-less AT rifle, 6 spare sets of ammunition and a tiny wee trailer!

https://www.ruotedasogno.com/en_gb/bikes/1956-piag...

Superb! There was a feature in Bike a couple of months back on that - could apparently be fired on the move

[Mr Tidy]

The one that always fascinated me was the Moto Guzzi 500cc V8 race bike from the late 50s!

I didn't know they existed until I saw a picture of one in the cafe at Newlands Corner back in the late 70s.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=moto+guzzi+V8...

[carinaman]

I think a V8 Guzzi could be the answer to ever stricter emission controls.

[Soloman Dodd]

Taken at Brackley, they had it running up and down the high street.
Lovely

[Hurricane52]

Great site OP - thanks for posting. So many marques new to me. I have a little 125 Bianchi Bernina from 1959.

[Iamnotkloot]

What a great site.....cars and bikes, lovely.

I'll have to hand my PH card in though, I'd never heard of this pretty little thing.... https://www.ruotedasogno.com/en_gb/cars/1967-moret...