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	<title>Atlas Cards Plus &#187; Italian</title>
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	<description>Atlas Editions Cards.... with emphasis on Motorcycles! Buy &#124; Sell</description>
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		<title>1980 Moto Morini 500 Camel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction-kit Camel
In a desperate struggle for survival, Moto Morini played with a basic design by engineer Franco Lambertini and created an entire range from a 125 single to a 500 twin using many common components. The starting point was a V-twin with flat cylinder heads and parallel overhead-valves (with the combustion chamber hollowed out of the cylinder). The 500 Turbo was the flagship of the 1980 range.]]></description>
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		<title>1966 MOTO MORINI 125 Corsaro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rapid lightweight
As Italy began its recovery from its defeat in WWII, a growing number of little marques ventured into the two-wheeler market. Among them was Alfonso Morini of Bologna, who began in 1946, with a 125cc two-stroke.

Improving the Breed
Following a practice that became common place in Italy, this "standard" model was soon joined by sport and competition versions. Then, in 1949, the company launched the 125 "competizione" with an overhead-camshaft. Little by little, all Morinis were fitted with sporty four-stroke engines. Racing success quickly established the reputation of the unforgettable 175cc Settebello and Rebello in a category where the Italians almost always won the races.]]></description>
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		<title>1956 Maserati 160 T4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the sign of the trident
Though it carried the famed trident logo, the Maserati motorbike was only distantly related to the automobile of the same name. In fact, bowed down by debts, the Maserati brothers· had been forced to hand over control of their business to theOrsi family in early 1937.

Diversification
Under the major industrial group headed by Adolfo Orsi, the marque's activities were diversified into areas such as miniature cars, powerboats and machine tools, but particularly into spark plugs and batteries. Orsi set up a separate company in Modena named Fabbrica Candele Accumulatori Maserati, under his sister's control. ]]></description>
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		<title>1960 Maserati 50 T2SS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maserati]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The sign of the trident
What a prestigious name for a modest 50cc two-wheeler! Yet the links between Maserati autos and Maserati motorcycles were slight, though both companies were part of the Orsi Industrial Group. In fact, the two-wheelers were built in a spark plug factory - and the Maserati brothers had been famous for spark plugs before they built their first racing car.

First Maserati Motorcycle
The first Maserati motorcycle, the Tipo TV- 125/T2, was completed in 1953, powered by a 125cc two-stroke. Using the same frame but with a telescopic fork, the Tipo L160/T4 was powered by a 160cc four-stroke single. In 1955, the two bikes were joined by the 250cc Tipo 250/T4 - a vertical single-cylinder four-stroke - and, also by the inevitable ohc 175cc, the Tipo 175/S4, capable of 84 mph. At that time, the Swiss firm Condor fitted the Maserati 250 engine in its Grand Sport model. ]]></description>
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		<title>1952 Gilera 500 Saturno Corsa Twin Cam Klager Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gilera]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Home-brewed racer
This unique version of the famous Gilera Satumo Corsa has chain-driven twin overhead cam shafts instead of the original pushrod and rocker overhead-valve gear and was built by the well-known German rider-tuner Fritz Kluger. He was originally from Frisbourg Breisgau, in Schauinsland, the scene of Gennany's most important hill-climb.

Keen Tuner
Klager, always ready to improve the performance of famous racing bikes, acquired the final model of the Gilera Saturno Corsa, with swing arm rear suspension, built from 1952. ]]></description>
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		<title>1962 Itom 50 Mark 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 21:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Start of a new championship. In the 1950s, when 50cc racing became popular, the Itom was one of the main contenders. Made in Turin and sold as sports mopeds, these little singles lent themselves very well to tuning, and the majority of racers in the early days of the 50cc category were Item-powered.]]></description>
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		<title>﻿1975 Itom 50 Astor 6 M</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 21:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last of the sports mopeds. Itom - the acronym stood for "Industria Torinese Meccanica" - was founded in 1948 with factories on via Francesco Millio in Turin. The little factory's first products were motorized bicycles powered by 48cc two stroke engines. But by the mid-1950s, the company was building lively little sports 50 and 65cc motorcycles.]]></description>
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		<title>1983 Italjet Road Master</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 17:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Difficult to classify. After winning his class in the 1959 Tour of Italy by covering 1905 miles on a little Benelli at an average speed of 60 mph, Leopoldo Tartarini dreamed of founding his own company. In France, he found a dynamic importer named Pierre Bonnet, who, with the cooperation of the magazine Moto Revue, created the logo of the marque - Italjet.]]></description>
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		<title>1982 Ducati Hailwood Replica</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tribute to a great rider. In 1978, Mike Hailwood won his umpteenth IT, riding a works 900 Ducati. To celebrate this exploit, two years later, the Bolognese firm launched the Mike Hailwood Replica, a fully-faired version of the 900 SS. This fairing, with extremely clean lines and a little platform behind the front wheel, was based on those of the works endurance racers.]]></description>
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		<title>1968 Paton 500 GP</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene'</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dynamic duo. The withdrawal of Mondial from competition at the end of the 1957 season made designer Lino Tonti and chief mechanic Giuseppe Pattoni unhappy. So they joined forces to market, under the name of Paton, a twin-cam conversion for the single-cam Mondial sold to privateers. In 1959, Tonti joined Bianchi, leaving Pattoni to survive on his own as an automobile mechanic. They linked up again in 1964, when Tonti went freelance.]]></description>
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