Moto Morini 250 GP & designer Franco Lambertini 1959 - motorcycle racing photo

Description

A superb and rare photo. Shown is the magnificent
Moto Morini 250cc Grand Prix - Gran Premio - factory racer
of
1959
. Interestingly, in the photograph we see the brilliant designer of the Morini 250 Bialbero,
ing. Franco Lambertini
.
The
Moto Morini 250cc Grand Prix factory racer
was one of the best 250cc single cylinder racing four strokes ever build. It was introduced in the middle of September 1957, and featured double overhead camshafts that were driven by a chain. By 1964 it delivered a great power output of over 30 hp at 10,000 r.p.m., and had a dry weight of only
248 lb
(113 kgs). It was a magnificent machine, that was extremely successful against the heavy Japanese competition. Tarquinio Provini gave the Moto Morini GP single its early racing successes. When he left Moto Morini for Benelli during 1963, the 22 year old Giacomo Agostini took his place. He immediately knew great success on the Grand Prix single, and won the 1964 Italian Championship. Bergamonti won the Italian Championship in 1967 on the photographed machine, beating a Benelli four cylinder works racer and a Montesa two stroke twin works racer in the process!
Moto Morini
is an Italian maker of motorcycles. It was founded by Alfonso Morini in
Bologna
, in 1937. Earlier, Morini had also manufactured motorcycles together with Mario Mazzetti under the name MM. Morini came under Cagiva control in 1987, then in 1996 came under Texas Pacific Group, which had also bought Ducati, and in April 1999, the rights to the name were purchased by Morini Franco Motori spa, a company founded by Morini's nephew in 1954. Alfonso Morini was born on
January 22 1898
. Before he was 16 he was repairing motorcycles, and at the age of sixteen, opened a workshop. This was just before World War I broke out. During the war he was with the 8th Motorcycles Unit, stationed at Padova. In 1925 Mario Mazzetti, impressed by Alfonso’s work, asked him to build a single cylinder 125 cc two stroke racing bike, making Alfonso the designer, constructor, and racer. They were successful racing, under the MM name, and Alfonso’s finest racing moment came in 1927 when his MM 125 took six world records at Monza, during the Grand Prix of Nations. (These records were not bettered for twenty years.) In 1933 he set a new world speed record for 175 cc motorcycles of
162 km/h
. In 1937 Alfonso and Mario parted ways, and Alfonso Morini went into the production of 350 cc and 500 cc three wheelers, under the Moto Morini name.
This is your rare chance to own this
non period
photo that reflects a very interesting and highly historic piece of
motorcycle and Moto Morini ‘s glorious history. Therefore it is printed in a nice large format of ca. 8" x 12" (ca. 20 x
30 cm
).
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