The MX scene was changing rapidly as the Eighties dawned. Suspension travel was increasing, suspension style was changing and instead of twin units at the rear of the bike many factories were looking at monoshock as a way to increase rear suspension travel. Gilera, with its 125 production bike, stuck with twinshock when it decided to create a production version of the bikes the company had been testing in the crucible of competition for a couple of years.
The units it used, Corte Cosso piggybacks, were pretty well developed and to go monoshock would require a complete frame redesign, something which isn’t always
