Around 300 motorcycles from the Morbidelli Motorcycle Museum in Pesaro, Italy, will form the centerpiece of Bonhams’ annual Autumn Stafford Sale, scheduled for October 18-20 in England, the auction house has announced. We were honoured to have Giancarlo Morbidelli give us a guided tour of his fabulous collection of 400 bikes old & modern. The firm began as a woodworking shop building furniture and wooden coach bodies for automobiles. After the second world war, Morbidelli evolved into a leading designer and manufacturer of precision woodworking machine tools. It’s our family heritage, a part of our life, but we thought it would be correct to include in the sale two Morbidelli motorcycles that my father built.”Thus the auction docket will include the 1974 Morbidelli 125cc Grand Prix motorcycle raced by Angel Nieto to second place in the Spanish and German Grand Prix events, as well as a 250cc machine designed for 15-time Grand Prix world champion Giacomo Agostini, who finished second at Misano in 1976.The family will retain ownership of most of the Morbidelli Grand Prix motorcycles from the museum.The docket includes several Benelli motorcycles, a passion of Morbidellis since they also were produced in his hometown of Pesaro.Bonhams expects the Benelli and the Ducati each to sell for £400,000 toAlso on the docket are a 1934 Benelli 175cc Bialbero, 1950 Benelli 250cc Grand Prix racer ridden to victory by Dario Amborsini and a 1964 Benelli 250 Grand Prix racer ridden by two-time world champion Tarquino Provini.Also being offered at the auction are several unfinished projects and Morbidelli’s reference library including original drawings, trophies and other artifacts.“His restorations were exceptional, he was a stickler for detail, and a man of invention. With the founder in very ill health, there are reports that the museum has closed Morbidelli used woodworking machine tool business income to finance motorcycle design, development, and racing interests.Despite Parlotti's death, Morbidelli persevered with his racing effort. This is very clear when looking at the collection.“This is the largest single collection to be sold by Bonhams and as such means that we will extend our Autumn sale to three days for the first time. Today the former Morbidelli factory in Pesaro houses a classic motorcycle museum that reminds visitors of the company's former glory. The small seaside town of Pesaro, Italy (just east of San Marino, on the Adriatic coast) is home to the Motorcycle Museum of Giancarlo Morbidelli, for now. The complete world championship story is represented among the exhibits as well as many antique motorcycles. A new factory was built with help from Benelli Armi in Pesaro, called the MBA factory (Morbidelli-Benelli-Armi), to produce Morbidelli motorcycles of 123 cc and 248 cc in quantity.The MBA team won the 125 cc World Championship in year 1978 with In 1994, Morbidelli constructed an innovative shaft-drive, five-speed, 32-valve, liquid-cooled, 847 cc, 90° The story of the Morbidelli racing team is told in the documentary film "Morbidelli - a story of men and fast motorcycles" (2014), by directors Jeffrey Zani and Matthew Gonzales.Today the former Morbidelli factory in Pesaro houses a classic motorcycle museum that reminds visitors of the company's former glory. The museum display before the motorcycles were removed. Morbidelli motorcycle collection for sale Posted on 3rd August, 2019 by Mark Hinchliffe A collection of motorcycles gathered over 40 years by motorcycle manufacturer and Grand Prix boss Giancarlo Morbidelli is being offered for sale at auction. One part of the museum is dedicated to the period between the end of the 1960s to the 1980s when he built racing motorcycles. Starting in 1974 Jorg Muller, previously the designer for Up until 1976 Morbidellis were not available for sale to private racers - only the team's own works riders could race on them.

While Giancarlo Morbidelli's machine business grew to have 300+ employees, his personal passion lay in motorcycles and motorcycle racing. The complete world championship story is represented among the exhibits as well as many antique motorcycles. Giancarlo Morbidelli, a woodworking machinist who built a successful engineering company and became a motorcycle manufacturer and racing team head, spent 40 years assembling his collection. In addition to being founding editor at ClassicCars.com, Larry has written for The New York Times and The Detroit News and was an adjunct honors professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.Morbidelli Motorcycle Museum collection highlights Bonhams’ Stafford docketSilverstone reaches top auction results with $20.72 million live-online saleMecum adds live fall Indy auction after success of the Spring Classic The majority of the collection will be offered at ‘No reserve’ which is extremely exciting.”A former daily newspaper sports editor, Larry Edsall spent a dozen years as an editor at AutoWeek magazine before making the transition to writing for the web and becoming the author of more than 15 automotive books.

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