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Old 05-Mar-2009, 22:01
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Made in Spain, probably explains the colour

Q, When is a Ducati not a Bologna bullet
A, When its a Mototrans one made in spain

Was just looking through and old motorcycle catalouge that I bought in 1977 and came acrosa a lovely looking Mototrans -Ducati 350 Vento Cafe racer.
Similar to the one in link below but the pic I have is in Yellow

http://www.revistamotosdeayer.com/du...-350_id1023487

Also on the same page is a Mototrans-Ducati 50 mini 3, a little Monkey bike making 2.3bhp from its 47.6cc engine so not really a bike for doing either the Giro or the Mini Giro on.

Had a quick search but not found a pic of one yet, but the one in my catalogue looks a lot better than the pic of a Mini 2 that I found

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t9-XvzrkyV...h/Escanear.jpg


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Old 06-Mar-2009, 08:38
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Now the interesting thing is that I think that I know a guy who has a couple of the monkey bikes! Will be seeing him at the end of teh month.

I think they might make an excellent paddock bike in DD!
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Old 06-Mar-2009, 09:41
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Just found a pic similar to the one in my book so it should be a Mini 3

http://www.madeinitalymotorcycles.com/mini.jpg

I think your right Chris it would make a novel paddock bike, even has a rack for carrying yhe wheels to and from the Holbeach tyre truck


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Old 06-Mar-2009, 09:46
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Kev,

How about the one in the foreground? Same engine but in a scrambler frame! I think it is from the late 60s

There are 4 of the monkey bikes, behind it.

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Old 06-Mar-2009, 10:59
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Kev,

How about the one in the foreground? Same engine but in a scrambler frame! I think it is from the late 60s

There are 4 of the monkey bikes, behind it.

Chris

2nd in from the end wall looks like a nice little project


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