I'd like to know what happened to the original owner of my dead-mint
Nuovo Sport, because he was dead within a week of buying it new in 1986, according to his brother in law, who sold me the bike about a year ago. I asked him about it as the deal was being made and he kind of evaded the subject, just reiterating that the poor guy never got a chance to ride it. I decided not to press the issue.
I'm having better luck with it than the original owner, having used it for a year now (on sunny days only) and probably about 300 miles on the clock.