c.1963 Capriolo 125 Frame Number: 62448 Engine Number 62443...

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£400

c.1963 Capriolo 125

Frame Number: 62448
Engine Number 62443
Recorded Mileage: N/A

- Unfinished project with much of the hard work done
- Offered with No Reserve

In 1947 Aero-Caproni turned to motorcycle production, beginning with a 48cc ‘ciclomotore’ two-stroke. They also built frames for Ducati's "Cucciolo T3" and "Ducati 60". By 1951 they were producing sophisticated and elegant little four speed 75cc four strokes with pressed steel chassis, later enlarged to 100cc and 125cc. Their more interesting machines included a horizontally opposed 149cc twin of 1955, and competition machines with 75cc engines using the Küchen desmodromic system of the 1920s.

From 1953 to 1959 they also produced NSU engined machines named Caproni-Vizzola with models named Cavilux and Cavimax, the latter based on the NSU Max engine. At one time the range also included a face-cam OHV single, and they also built a range of three-wheelers. In 1958 the Capriolo company name was changed to Aeromere, which ceased production in 1964. The motorcycle business was sold to Laverda. The parent company, Aero-Caproni, continued to build aircraft, some of which were very advanced. Their jet-powered glider remains one of the most extraordinary sailplanes ever constructed.

This Capriolo 125 has been dismantled, and the individual components restored before the sad passing of the vendor. Offered from the estate of a local collector, the bike comes without documentation or keys, is not currently UK registered and so will be sold on a bill of sale.