2000 Kawasaki 1,199cc ZX12-RRegistration no. W14 WDRFrame no. JKAZXT20AAA004521Engine no. ZXT20AE002745'In six years as a road tester I've ridden ...

1950 Bianchi 125cc BianchinaFrame no. 152957Engine no. 152957Founded in the late 1890s, Bianchi made little impact outside Italy before WWII despi...

1951 Bianchi 250cc Stelvio ProjectFrame no. 85994Engine no. 85994Founded in the late 1890s, Bianchi made little impact outside Italy before WW2 de...

c.1951 Bianchi 49cc Super AquilottoFrame no. 80418Engine no. 131307Founded in the late 1890s, Bianchi made little impact outside Italy before WWII...

c.1950 Bianchi 49cc AquilottoFrame no. 80469Engine no. 48 8729Founded in the late 1890s, Bianchi made little impact outside Italy before WWII desp...

c.1951 Bianchi 49cc AquilottoFrame no. 80469Engine no. 8729Founded in the late 1890s, Bianchi made little impact outside Italy before WWII despite...

Bianchi Moped ProjectFrame no. 511503Engine no. 511503Founded in the late 1890s, Bianchi made little impact outside Italy before WWII despite an i...

c.1970 BM 50cc MopedFrame no. BM/N 04109Engine no. none visibleBM (Bonvicini Marino), was founded in Bologna, Italy in 1950 by Mario Bonvicini. Th...

c.1972 VéloSolex 5000 49cc MopedFrame no. 7045975Engine no. 9028857Developed in the late 1930s, the French VéloSolex first appeared in 1946, just ...

c.1973 Moto Morini ZetaZetaFrame no. ZZ42055Engine no. P/4Moto Morini founder Alfonso Morini split from MM in 1937, setting up a foundry in Bologn...

c.1965 Italjet 49cc Sports RoadsterFrame no. 25833Engine no. unable to locateItaljet was founded in 1959 by ex-Italian road-race champion Leopoldo...

c.1950 Mosquito/Bertocchi 38cc CyclemotorFrame no. none visibleEngine no. 577790The late 1940s and early 1950s were austere times in Europe, where...

c.1947 Bertocchi 48cc CuccioloFrame no. 2042Engine no. 206813Designed for bicycle attachment, the Cucciolo ('little pup') was the Bologna-based Du...

c.1986 Vicini 50cc MopedFrame no. V RA 1279Engine no. 1151Not only is Vicini unusual in being an NIT (Not In Tragatsch) make, it does not feature ...

c.1950 Mosquito/Eusebi 38cc CyclemotorFrame no. none visibleEngine no. none visibleThe late 1940s and early 1950s were austere times in Europe, wh...

1949 Motom 48cc MopedFrame no. not visibleEngine no. 12A 5209Founded in Italy in 1947 and active until the early 1970s, Motom was unusual among Eu...

c.1950 Motom 48cc MopedFrame no. 12E 108.262Engine no. E 106832Founded in Italy in 1947 and active until the early 1970s, Motom was unusual among ...

c.1951 Motom 48cc MopedFrame no. S 36250Engine no. E 156833Founded in Italy in 1947 and active until the early 1970s, Motom was unusual among Euro...

c.1951 Motom 48cc MopedFrame no. AA 40449Engine no. 72215Founded in Italy in 1947 and active until the early 1970s, Motom was unusual among Europe...

1941 Matchless 348cc G3L ProjectFrame no. illegibleEngine no. 41/G3L 59964The outbreak of war in September 1939 found the British Army ill prepare...

1955 Gilera 125 TurismoFrame no. 182-8363Engine no. 186-5064Gilera first sprang to prominence in the late 1930s when its supercharged four-cylinde...

c.1955 Iso 125ccFrame no. s34222Engine no. S44252Nowadays Iso is best remembered for its muscular V8-engined Grifo supercar of the 1960s but the c...

1950 DKW RT125 ProjectFrame no. 2650055Engine no. 2650055DKW was founded in 1919 by Danish engineer Jorgen Rasmussen and built its first motorcycl...

c.1952 Capriolo 75cc SportFrame no. 08239Engine no. 07465Named after the roe deer, the Capriolo marque emerged in 1948 from the ashes of the giant...

c.1954 Ducati 98 Super Sport (see text)Frame no. 14027Engine no. 10075Ducati's first departure from the Cucciolo-type engine was the '98', which t...

c.1953 Ducati 65T ProjectFrame no. 51558Engine no. 460029Facing fierce competition in the auxiliary motor market, Ducati took the logical next ste...

c.1953 Ducati 98Frame no. 12020Engine no. 18144Ducati's first departure from the Cucciolo-type cyclemotor engine was the '98', which took its name...

c.1953 Capriolo 75Frame no. 09162Engine no. 19208Named after the roe deer, the Capriolo marque emerged in 1948 from the ashes of the giant Caproni...

c.1960 Beta 150 SportFrame no. 15247Engine no. 15247Best known for its hugely successful trials and enduro models, the Italian firm that would bec...

c.1976 HKS Speedway 'Special'Frame no. 11451Engine no. H54/H54Founded in 1973 by former Yamaha engineer Hiroyuki Hasegawa and his business partner...

c.1956 Mariani ProjectFrame no. unable to locateEngine no. unable to locateAccording to Tragatsch, Mariani (Società Italiana Motocicli a Nafta Mar...

c.1952 Gilera 150 Turismo (see text)Frame no. 15-214Engine no. 15-214Gilera first sprang to prominence in the late 1930s when its supercharged fou...

c.1960 Motobi Picnic 75 ScooterFrame no. 303630Engine no. none visibleMotobi originated when the eldest of the six Benelli brothers, Giuseppe, lef...

c.1957 Gitan Libeccio 125 TurismoFrame no. 447201Engine no. 447201Taking its name from company founder Gino Tansini, Moto Gitan was based in his h...

c.1960 Motobi ProjectFrame no. 9405Engine no. 9405The now-defunct Italian manufacturer Motobi is closely related to Benelli. In 1949 the eldest of...

c.1982 Peugeot TLX 125Frame no. TXE125 9448993Engine no. 119 002466One of the pioneering firms of the French motorcycle industry, Peugeot followed...

1967 Moto Guzzi 125 Stornello SportFrame no. T 02LREngine no. T 62LRA close relative of the Lodola, the Stornello (starling) debuted at the Milan ...

c.1969 Moto Guzzi 160cc StornelloFrame no. SA 55AMEngine no. none visibleA close relative of the Lodola, the Stornello (starling) debuted at the M...

c.1958 Moto Guzzi 192cc Galletto (see text)Frame no. unable to locateEngine no. unable to locateLike Velocette's LE, Moto Guzzi's Galletto (cocker...

c.1960 Moto Guzzi 125 StornelloFrame no. N 44NBEngine no. N 84NBA close relative of the Lodola, the Stornello (starling) debuted at the Milan Show...

c.1957 Ceccato 125cc ProjectFrame no. 37332Engine no. 37332Few motorcycle enthusiasts outside its native Italy are likely to have heard of Ceccato...

c.1957 Isomoto 125ccFrame no. 4D37554Engine no. 4 37658Nowadays Iso is best remembered for its muscular V8-engined Grifo supercar of the 1960s but...

c.1957 Isomoto 125ccFrame no. 60244Engine no. 978Nowadays Iso is best remembered for its muscular V8-engined Grifo supercar of the 1960s but the c...

c.1962 MV Agusta 99cc Checca GT SportFrame no. MVGTE 580913Engine no. S-580878MV's only new introduction for 1960, the Checca was offered in two e...

1957 MV Agusta 125cc Super Pullman ProjectFrame no. 902253Engine no. 902242Much better engineered than many contemporaries, MV's 125cc two-stroke ...

c.1958 MV Agusta 83cc OttantatreFrame no. 83-551179Engine no. 83-551165After the launch of its first production four-stroke (a 175cc single) in 19...

c.1958 MV Agusta 83cc OttantatreFrame no. 83-551038Engine no. 83-551059After the launch of its first production four-stroke (a 175cc single) in 19...

1954 Mi-Val 125ccFrame no. 40467Engine no. 54387One of Italy's lesser known marques, Mi-Val (Metalmeccanica Italiana Valtrompio) started out as a ...

c.1965 Aermacchi Harley-Davidson ML 125Frame no. 600398Engine no. 600398In 1960, an unlikely alliance between the Italian Aermacchi concern and Ha...

c.1955 Gilera 125 Turismo (see text)Frame no. 196-313Engine no. 196-313Gilera first sprang to prominence in the late 1930s when its supercharged f...

c.1955 Gilera 125 Turismo (see text)Frame no. 181-6059Engine no. 181-10651Gilera first sprang to prominence in the late 1930s when its supercharge...

c.1955 Gilera 125 Turismo (see text)Frame no. 186-5668Engine no. 186-5668Gilera first sprang to prominence in the late 1930s when its supercharged...

c.1980 Laverda LZ125Frame no. LAV.125LZ1 134Engine no. 9883187In the late 1970s, Laverda turned to outside suppliers for engines to power its endu...

c.1956 BM 98cc (see text)Frame no. 1644Engine no. 3100121BM (Bonvicini Marino) was founded in Bologna in 1950 by Mario Bonvicini and commenced pro...

c.1965 OSSA 160T (see text)Frame no. B-102537Engine no. M-203780The motorcycle arm of Orpheo Sincronic Sociedad Anónima (OSSA) was founded by Barc...

c.1971 Motobécane Mobylette 50cc AV92 MopedFrame no. 91031702Engine no. unable to locateFounded in 1923, the French Motobécane company had by the ...

Motobi ProjectFrame no. 521464Engine no. 521464The now-defunct Italian manufacturer Motobi is closely related to Benelli. In 1949 the eldest of th...

c.1985 Motobi Motorella-GL MopedFrame no. 33549Engine no. unable to locateThe now-defunct Italian manufacturer Motobi is closely related to Benell...

Motobi Moped ProjectFrame no. A 833922Engine no. obscuredThe now-defunct Italian manufacturer Motobi is closely related to Benelli. In 1949 the el...

c.1962 Motobi 98ccFrame no. 2013Engine no. 2013The now-defunct Italian manufacturer Motobi is closely related to Benelli. In 1949 the eldest of th...