Obscure or rarely seen marques
I know a few have been posted individually here over the years - I thought maybe we could put those bikes that most of us would normally not see because of extreme rarity or the many local market makers - most notably Europe - that were built but never sold in North America. I always enjoy seeing something different apart from the mainstream marques most of us know of. I would start with my Sabatini, but I want to post some new images in the near future.
The list of bikes below are represented in order of appearance here with an image included.
REPRESENTED MARQUES:
CORNELO ( NETHERLANDS )
GANNA
M. PELOSO ( ITALY )
GEOFFREY BUTLER ( U.K. )
ZULLO
YOHOTA
GRANDIS
PATELLI ( ITALY )
FOCUS
SPINELLA ( OLYMPIA )
FAVORIT ( CZECHOSLOVAKIA )
BONANNO ( ITALY )
CID ( U.S. )
PRIVITERA ( ARGENTINA )
HECTOR ( U.K. )
OLYMPIA ( ITALY )
KOGA
CYCLOPS
MONTAGNER
MARNATI
NON PAREIL ( U.S. )
SPARROW ( U.S. )
WALTER CROLL ( U.S. )
HOLLANDS ( U.S. )
RICARDO ( AUSTRALIA )
MACLEAN
CERA
FOTHERGILL ( U.K. )
SW COTTEN
APPEL ( U.S. )
RAULERS
GIANNA MOTTA ( ITALY )
DICK POWER ( U.S. )
REUS
FONDRIEST
CASATI ( ITALY )
BATAGLIN ( ITALY )
U.SCANNINI ( ITALY )
CILO ( SWITZERLAND )
NATALINI ( ITALY )
PETER JOHNSON ( U.S. )
RON KIT ( SPEEDWELL )
FAGGIN ( ITALY )
ZUNOW ( JAPAN )
RAVANELLO ( JAPAN )
CHERUBIM ( JAPAN )
KAMRA ( NISHIKI BUILT - JAPAN )
WEROS
CAPOS ( AUSTRIA )
BONTEKOE
VON TUYL
BRANDS
COLMO
COLNERO
HERMAN BRAUN
HOOGLAND
SPREY
STELVIO
VITTORIO POPULAIR
Last edited by VintageRide; 02-02-12 at 10:54 PM.