Clymer Manuals 1955 Ducati Cucciolo M55 Motor Kit Antique Vintage Classic Retro Motorcycle Moped

http://www.clymer.com Clymer Manuals 1955 Ducati Cuccilo M55 Motor Kit on display at the 21 st Annual HoAME Club Vintage Antique Classic Motorcycle Show. Classic Antique Retro Vintage Custom Restored Motorcycles and Clymer Manuals was there.

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Owner: Steve Hatfield
Entry # 56

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The Cucciolo was Ducati's first foray into two-wheeled transportation. Prior to that Ducati was an engine manufacturer. The M55 engine had an enclosed valve gear.

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In 1926, three brothers, Adriano, Marcello and Bruno Ducati, founded Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti Ducati in Bologna to produce vacuum tubes, condensers and other radio components, becoming successful enough by 1935 to construct a new factory in the Borgo Panigale area of the city. Production was maintained during World War II, despite the Ducati factory being a repeated target for Allied bombing.

Meanwhile, at the small Turinese firm SIATA (Societa Italiana per Applicazioni Tecniche Auto-Aviatorie), Aldo Farinelli began developing a small pushrod engine for mounting on bicycles. Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called the "Cucciolo" (Italian for "puppy," in reference to the distinctive exhaust sound) to the public. The first Cucciolos were available alone, to be mounted on standard bicycles, by the buyer; however, businessmen soon bought the little engines in quantity, and offered complete motorized-bicycle units for sale.

In 1950, after more than 200,000 Cucciolos had been sold, in collaboration with SIATA, the Ducati firm finally offered its own Cucciolo-based motorcycle. This first Ducati motorcycle was a 60 cc bike weighing 98 lb (44 kg) with a top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h) had a 15 mm carburetor giving just under 200 mpg-US (1.2 L/100 km; 240 mpg-imp). Ducati soon dropped the Cucciolo name in favor of "55M" and "65TL".

Clymer on the lift and Clymer Girl didn't have to go far to attend the Heart Of America Motorcycle Enthusiasts club 21 th Annual Vintage Motorcycle Show. Classic vintage antique motorcycles motorcycle bikes British, German, Japanese, Italian, European, American motorcycles were all on display. Manufacturers on display included Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, BMW, Harley Davidson, Vincent, Triumph, BSA, Norton, Brough Superior, Lawrence of Arabia, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Jay Leno, Leno has nothing on us, we love you Jay, Leno's Garage, Indian, Cushman, Vespa, Laverda, Puch, Lambretta, MV Augusta, Ducati, Matchless, Zundapp, Moto Guzzi AJS and more. There were 100% perfect restorations,bike ridden in, and a trailer queens ( not size queens go to craigslist for that ) full-on customs, cafe racers, choppers, bobbers, trials bikes, dirt bikes, road racers...any type or style motorcycle you could image.

The show was held at the Kansas City Airline History Museum http://www.ahmhangar.com at the Kansas City Downtown Airport. 3 classic vintage antique passenger airplanes planes: a Douglas DC-3 a Martin 404 and a 1958 Super Constellation, or Super Connie.

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