Buying A Thing Today...

"Patrick Nichols" (pnichols) 04/15/2016 at 08:11 • Filed to: None

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Mid-engined, RWD, Italian, odd number of cylinders, over 30 years old, and not great for NH winters. Guess.

Taking the dog for a walk, I expect to see the right answer when I get back. MY dog pic for reference:

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Edit: nobody got it exactly, but it is a little italian moped for my new .25 mile commute and general putting around. It should serve me well, until I get the money for a proper motorbike.

KatzManDu > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 08:13

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Dusty Ventures > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 08:20

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EDIT: forgot the mid-engine part

FromCanadaWithLove > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 08:22

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Is it a Lancia Montecarlo with a broken cylinder?

deprecated account > KatzManDu 04/15/2016 at 08:23

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That'd be FWD, Front-engined, and not even close to 30 years old though.

Chinny Raccoon > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 08:30

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Vespa/Other motorbike? Or the Alfa Romeo 33 Diesel.

AuthiCooper1300 > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 08:31

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Obviously some sort of motorbike? I know squat about bikes but I can rattle off a few marques with three-cylinder engines: MV Agusta, Benelli, Laverda, Aprilia...

Dusty Ventures > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 08:32

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Does it have four wheels or two?

AuthiCooper1300 > Chinny Raccoon 04/15/2016 at 08:32

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Vespas with three cylinders?? Has that ever existed?

Alfa 33 was FWD and resolutely front-engined.

McMike > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 08:33

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I am really down on 80‘s Italian motorcycle knowledge.

I’ll reply to me with what I can find.

McMike > McMike 04/15/2016 at 08:40

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Laverda 1000 Jota

AuthiCooper1300 > AuthiCooper1300 04/15/2016 at 08:41

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McMike may have the most important clue. Of course, “1" is an odd number (although it wasn’t always considered so)

So many old Italian bikes and mopeds with just one cylinder that the mind boggles. Chinny Raccoon was so right mentioning Vespas.

What about Lambretta?

Patrick Nichols > Dusty Ventures 04/15/2016 at 08:45

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Patrick Nichols > McMike 04/15/2016 at 08:46

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No but that does look lovely. And its orange too!

McMike > McMike 04/15/2016 at 08:48

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Aprilia ST

Patrick Nichols > AuthiCooper1300 04/15/2016 at 08:50

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Garelli and I’ve always considered odd numbers to be in the set of odd integers (...-3,-1,1,3...)

Chinny Raccoon > AuthiCooper1300 04/15/2016 at 08:53

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I was thinking one- I assume there are 3 cylinder bikes that would fit the description, not my area of expertise.

I thought the 33 was Rear wheel drive, forgetting the mid engine requirement and thinking of the 75 which was RWD.

vondon302 > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 09:02

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For 600 bucks that’s kinda cool. Never heard of it before.

AuthiCooper1300 > Chinny Raccoon 04/15/2016 at 09:03

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Bikes not my thing either!

You beat me to it by one minute with the motorbike posting, by the way.

Obviously the 75 is not mid-engined either... but you were close with the engine idea. VM Motori has a in-line five diesel of some sort (used in the Alfa 6/Sei) but both TDs fitted to the 75 were in-line fours.

Regarding the 33, some enterprising souls have actually fitted a Busso to a 4WD one, making it a RWD V6. YouTube used to have some videos about it.

Patrick Nichols > vondon302 04/15/2016 at 09:16

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I'll do a more thorough writeup tomorrow after I get some miles on it.

McMike > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 09:20

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Benelli 250

Ducati 250

Übel > McMike 04/15/2016 at 09:48

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That Benelli looks like a Honda CL70 OD’d on pills it bought out of the back of Hustler. I need it.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 11:32

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Every time I see something like this is makes me want to get my bike license and pick up a cheap little scooter to buzz around on. :)

Patrick Nichols > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 04/15/2016 at 12:05

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50cc don't need a special endorsement, insurance, or inspections in NH at least. It'll cost me about $15 to register and get a new plate.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Patrick Nichols 04/15/2016 at 14:26

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Anything over 49cc here in Nova Scotia requires a motorcycle license/insurance, etc just like any other bike :(

If you take your test on a bike with less than 100cc, you can’t ride anything more powerful either unless you take another test for that endorsement!

Patrick Nichols > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 04/15/2016 at 15:01

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That’s interesting about the testing. Here the leniency between 49 and 50cc bikes is fairly easy. All the 50cc bikes should be easy enough to register as <50cc bikes. I think it’s similar to the naming used to designate engine displacement in cars. I have a 2.5 golf that is actually like 249Xcc