Trofeo Assortment

Following the Guzzi and Ducati posts,

I,ve brought you a selection of other marques,

from the 2008 Trofeo Rosso

weekend at Val de Vienne .

2 Laverda 1000,s for you

Fistly-

And then a black one next to it-

and a scruffy one!

Heres the Ducati team van

The highlight of the weekend,

for many was seeing(and Hearing!)

RENZO PASOLINI,s Benelli 4

Did you know that Ducati

named their big twin

“the Paso”

in his honour,

What a shot!

That sink plug

-They must put in the bath !

What is it about big men and little bikes?

“GET OFF ME……..”

“Honey I shrunk the bike!”

“WHAT IS IT?”

I dont know either

other than its an old British bike,

twin port single

by the looks of it.

Check out the owners period dress

large cap and overalls!

Italian bikes are RED

2 red Aermacchis for you

A naked one-

and one with her clothes on

lovely brake detail

There was a cute 2 stroke Benelli for sale

Lovely condition,eh?

Nearly there!

A lovely Morini

A wacky MZ outfit,

And lastly,

my own personal favourite,

The Gilera Nuevo Saturno

-mine was sadly stolen

from my garage some years ago.

(Read all about in my previous post

“I had one of those” )

Bye for now:P

OWD STUFF

Limoges”salon des motos” annual bike show was a huge success.
Beautiful spring weather brought the Limousin bikers out in droves…..

There were the usual trade stands and club stands….

How about a hub steering Bimota Tesi at 28,000 euros!

In the smaller hall was “a history of the motorcycle” from the earliest days. An amazing collection- and an amazing bit of organisation, since all the bikes were individually owned and displayed. I,ve posted lots of pictures for you-see how many you can recognise!…………..

How about a “barn find Harley”-patina or what???

Or 4 cylinders,swept back bars AND pedals!

A 5 cylinder bike,arranged in rotary fashion, holder of numerous speed titles(over 220km per hour on bicycle tyres).

Is this bike a Henderson?

What a lovely Benelli-great colour!

Or a Keihler Scoffier-neat name? 220 plus kph – not with me on board,no sir;

There were loads of others including a Triton -ex Ron Haslam!
Vincents,AJS,Nortons,Indians,talking of which-aint this a beauty!

All in all a very nice day out! :p

ps I,ve loads more pictures of old bikes from the show-email me and I,ll send them on