The sad thing about being a serious motorcycle geek is that most people don’t really understand my obsession with and enthusiasm for weird motorcycles. Even other motorcyclists. I was thinking about this today as I was poring over the engine of a friend’s Velocette Venom, trying to suss out the function of the little cable-actuated…
Update 12.2.2019: This bike is now on eBay. -dc This is the second of four motorcycles being offered from the Stuart Parr Collection. Thank you for supporting the site and good luck to buyers and seller! -dc Looking very 80s, the Gilera Saturno Bialbero could be mistaken for some sort of custom Ducati. But Gilera,…
Although forgotten now, Gilera was one a famous manufacturer of serious racing hardware, and this “Nuovo” Saturno was an attempt to revitalize the marque in the late 1980’s. Now owed by Piaggio, Gilera was originally founded in 1909 and had a long history of high-performance motorcycles. These sportbikes were often based around big singles, sort…
It looks like Gilera was taking its’ racing version of the Saturno very serious. It was specifically created for “Super Mono” racing throughout Europe. A simple glance tells you there isn’t much in common with the Saturno road bike other than the name. These bikes were bumped up to 569cc’s and apparently some factory…
She’s Italian, Exotic And Single: 1991 Gilera Saturno Bialbero Boy, this is a a bike I didn’t expect to do a post on twice. The first Saturno Bialbera I posted was located in PA; unfortunately for us in the New World this bike is located in the Netherlands. You can’t be an isolationist though if you…
