Maserati Bikes
With Phil Aynsley
In 1952 Adolfo Orsi cut up up his firm between his siblings with sister Ida taking management of FCAM which produced electrical elements, notably spark plugs.
The next 12 months she purchased the Italmoto firm and rebranded their bikes as Maseratis.
It wasn’t lengthy nonetheless till newly designed Maseratis changed the outdated vary, beginning with a 123 cc two-stroke.
This was adopted by 160, 175 and 250 cc four-strokes after which in 1956 a brand new vary of two-strokes in 50, 125 and 160 cc displacements.
The gorgeous purple machine I photographed is definitely a base mannequin 125 that has been transformed into a reproduction of the 1957 125GT/Tremendous that was in-built restricted numbers for privateer use within the 125F3 class of the Moto Giro lengthy distance street race. The 125GTS was created from 1957 to 1959.
Output was 7.2 hp at 6000 rpm and weighed simply 86 kg, boasting a high pace of round 108 km/h.
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