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From: Burnaby,B.C., Canada

Bikes: 1970 Gitane TDF; 1985 Norco Magnum GT ; 2013 Rawland Stag ; 1981 Fuji 650b; 2004 Kona Caldera; 1976 Apollo MK V

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



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