Quiz Jan 30, 2007*

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Name, model, year. No abbreviations.

 

[DeBenGuzzi]

Name, model, year. No abbreviations.

 

OH good god . I think I smell a third stump

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

OH good god . I think I smell a third stump

 

After yesterdays hat trick by Guzzirider I could use one to bring back my self esteem!! It's either that or I progress to quiz topics involving this beast!

 

[Guzzirider]

Looks similar to a Gilera motor but I am not sure!

[grossohc]

Gilera rondine 500 1937.

Gary

[g.forrest]

yeah a water purifier.....desalinator.

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Well I can't say that anyone has the right answer yet especially Mr. Forrest's answer. He must have missed the clue in one of the other quizzes.

[mike wilson]

OPRA Rondine, a supercharged, watercooled four, designed 1933, later sold to Caproni (the aircraft manufacturer) and from then, in 1936, to Gilera, on the condition that Taruffi, the rider, joined also. The design originated in the early 1920s in a company named GRB, after the initials of the founders.

 

The other thing is a "creatore del gelato" or "macchina del gelato".

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Getting pretty warm here but I can't say more without giving strong clues. I also apologise for the poor quality caricature of the bike. The only real photoi can find is of even poorer quality.

[mike wilson]

OPRA Rondine 500?

GRB Rondine 500?

Gilera Rondine 500?

All approximately the same machine (appearance-wise) over a 3-4 year period, as the company changed hands.

 

Better pictures here:

http://www.motocikli.com/povijest/OPRA-Ron...-cilindras.html

http://www.gilera-saturno.com/history.htm

[mike wilson]

So????

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Sorry for the wait. I've been away flying again.

 

Well, like I say close but not quite what my source says. So close even but I cannot say more. Later .....!

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

OK. Clue. Name relavant to political climate in Italy at the time!!

[dhansen]

Better pictures here:

http://www.motocikli.com/povijest/OPRA-Ron...-cilindras.html

http://www.gilera-saturno.com/history.htm

I was just checking out the Rondines but got hung up on this one from the motocikli site...............

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

I was just checking out the Rondines but got hung up on this one from the motocikli site...............

 

That one deserves a point for sure!!