UNFINISHED SYMPHONY
When Gianni Minisini passed away unexpectedly at his home in Adelaide in 2018, he left behind a collection of brilliantly restored Italian motorcycles, most sourced from his home town of Udine in Northern Italy.
One however, was not quite finished, but needs only minor work to achieve completion. This is one of the latest models in the collection, and the only Bianchi – a 1959 175cc Tonale – the model name taken from a range of hills near the Bianchi factory in Milan.
Bianchi itself was a highly innovative manufacturer that began business in 1885 manufacturing bicycles with pneumatic tyres. By 1897, Edoardo Bianchi began selling bicycles equipped with proprietary engines. In 1901 the first motorcycle to bear the name appeared, fitted with
