From north to south, ASI Motoday celebrates the passion for two historical wheels and greets the new season of the gatherings. Sunday 6 April open -air museum in Padua in Prato della Valle. From motorcycles to velocipedi
From north to south this weekend is celebrated in this weekend for the two vintage wheels with the fourth edition of ASI MOTODAYwhich officially opens the new season of gatherings. The most beautiful squares in Italy are preparing to welcome, on Sunday 6 April, Federated ASI, public clubs and collectors in a combination of motorcycles and architectural beauties. And for the occasion, Prato della Valle, a Paduaturns into an open -air museum with a large exhibition of motorcycles and also several velocipedes.
Historical motorcycles, museum in the square
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From the Peugeot 2 ¾ HP of 1904, to the Garelli 350cc Corsa of 1925, to the Moto Guzzi 250 SS, to the Vespa and Lambretta more glamorous, to the Guzzi, Ducati and Morini fifty and sixty, timeless testimonies of the extraordinary productive liveliness of our country, to the latest jewels of two -wheeled mechanics. The fourth edition of ASI MOTODAY reports in the Italian squares the history of the two wheels, from the early twentieth century to today, with hundreds of gatherings spread throughout the territory and a two days dedicated to insights and exhibitions. The highlight of the event will be in Padua, Sunday 6 Aprilwith the great show in the open -air motorcycle and vintage velocipes in one of the largest squares in Europe, Prato della Valle, and the conference of Saturday 5 April At 3.00 pm in the rooms of the Town Hall, on the history and evolution of design and mechanics, with Piero Laverda, former CEO of the Laverda motorcycle of Breganze, Benito Battilani, among the highest Italian Motorcycle experts, and Alfredo Azzini, president of the ASI Velocipedi Commission. “It will be a very intense weekend – explains the councilor for sport of the Municipality of Padua Diego Bonavina – who will put together history, culture and sports, involving people of all ages with an important conference to rediscover the role of ours in the history of two wheels”.
From the first Peugeot to the Garelli
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Tells the epic of the glorious decades of the brand Garellithe 350 cc race of 1925 exhibited in Padua, Sunday 6 April in Prato della Valle. A 2 -speed running motorcycle motorcycle registered by the Manufacturer of Sesto San Giovanni at the Tourist Trophy with a single request to the pilot: that of abandoning the frame in case of defeat and restoring the engine in Italy. And that frame was recovered many years later by a collector, to restore his original forms to history. The open -air exhibition of Prato della Valle reports rare models and milestones of our motorcycle culture on the road, such as the Moto Guzzi 250 SS with its elegant and refined design, or the Peugeot 2 ¾ HP of 1904 perfectly preserved and functional, produced by the French house at the moment of transition from the production of coffee grinders, mechanical tools, and equipment for agriculture to motorcycles, trickery, trickens. and quadricycles. And the one displayed in Padua is the first model with both valves controlled, with patented Truffaut fork.
Motoday 2025, the cities
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From Veneto to Sicily, the ASI Motoday will show the history of the motorcycle in the location of great charm, architectural and landscape: Piazza del Popolo a Montalcinoin Tuscany, Piazza Duomo a Reggio Calabriathe Rocca Roveresca of Senigalliain the Marche, Piazza Orlando a MessinaPiazza San Domenico a Folignoup to Piazzale Garibaldi a Rome.
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