What better way to celebrate my favourite Italian manufacturer’s 100th birthday than a ride to its home at Mandello Del Lario. Here, after an 800-mile ride over the weekend of September 10/11, 2022, I joined thousands of other like-minded enthusiasts to spend three wonderful days in the iconic, motorcycle-filled town, situated on the stunning shores of Lake Lecco, itself the eastern branch or prong of Lake Como.
Before I take you for a walk around the narrow, sun-drenched streets, let’s turn the clock back to the early years of the 20th century and reflect on the days during the bitterly contested air war – fought
