Little ITALY
’ve bought and sold several small Italian motorcycles from the 1950s-80s in the last couple of years. I’m also the dating officer for the Italian Motorcycle Owners’ Club. The sheer number of different marques which we’ve dated in recent months – Bianchi, Morini, Bon-vicini Capriolo, Ceccato, Ducati, Gilera, Itom, Malanca, Guzzi, Motom, MV Agusta and Sterzi among them – suggests that these bikes are gaining in popularity. They’re an alternative to the traditional British bike. Perhaps the appeal is the cost, or the excellent engineering in
