Never seen this bike brand before

**crazybigal** · 24th November 2006, 14:37

see were the shock is mounted!

Originally Posted by placidfemme

lol that one looks like its been written off

**apteryx_haasti** · 24th November 2006, 20:43

Originally Posted by crazybigal

if you think that is funky looking try this
Italjet Dragster 180cc two stroke

CAPTION: "Hey! Where's the rest of my bike?"

**Brian d marge** · 24th November 2006, 21:49

They been making bikes since adam was a lad ,,, oh and that saturno ...I likes it ,,how a bike should be, seat as hard as a plank ,,, frame even stiffer ,,could do with a bit more omfff

but handled like a rocket on rails

nearly bought one

Stephen

**Skyryder** · 24th November 2006, 23:02

Originally Posted by apteryx_haasti

CAPTION: "Hey! Where's the rest of my bike?"

Now this is not a Harley thread.

**Burger** · 25th November 2006, 07:14

Originally Posted by placidfemme

I was commenting to Sam that one of those might be kewl to play around on and pull wheelies and stoppies (I'm assuming its possible cause I've seen guys on street magics doing that...)

How much are they? About $3000?

I used to have one. They are fun around town, and not much good for anything else. You won't be doing any wheelies, a single cylinder and a centrifugal clutch takes care of that problem. Stoppies might be ok, the front brakes (brembo) are good enough, but the forks are softer than apple pie. I never tried...

**Bonez** · 25th November 2006, 08:35

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

The Saturno was a BSA Goldstar equivalent except RARE and now very very expensive.

There's at least one in Hamilton.

**TonyB** · 25th November 2006, 09:58

Tony Mac races a Saturno in BEARS down here. They were a very trick bike in their day, I used to have a magazine article on them. Pretty much hand assembled from top notch cycle parts.

**R6_kid:Me** · 25th November 2006, 10:11

Originally Posted by Burger

I used to have one. They are fun around town, and not much good for anything else. You won't be doing any wheelies, a single cylinder and a centrifugal clutch takes care of that problem. Stoppies might be ok, the front brakes (brembo) are good enough, but the forks are softer than apple pie. I never tried...

texmo had a gilera runner 180. That was fourstroke and had no problems doing wheelies on that, if you look hard enough through the site there are pics and even videos...

**Oscar** · 25th November 2006, 11:30

Jeez, sometimes I feel so old.
You guys haven't heard of Gilera?

Shame on you...

A proud old Italian marque.

**Oscar** · 25th November 2006, 11:33

Check out this rear suspension unit.
Not bad for 55 years old...

**merv** · 25th November 2006, 11:36

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

In the 50's they had a 500cc in line 4 which was a serious GP contender. It was a glorious era for road racing. The plucky Manx Nortons and G50 Matchless's up gainst Johnnie foreigners techo Giliera 4,s, the MV tripples and 4's, The Moto Guzzi V8 etc etc.

Which can't be said of course without mention of Geoff Duke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Duke

In recent times in this country (in the early 90's that is) how many remember the exploits of Simon Turner on the Gilera - he was so fast on that thing when I first saw it I couldn't believe it when I saw it was only a single cylinder bike? With Uncle Keith looking over his shoulder I watched him whip the engine out of that bike and replace a blown head gasket at Masterton one year and that was the first time I'd seen the bike and saw it was a rather simple looking watercooled twin cam single cylinder engine. I'd have to search for my photos of that bike.

**texmo** · 25th November 2006, 13:06

Originally Posted by R6_kid

texmo had a gilera runner 180. That was fourstroke and had no problems doing wheelies on that, if you look hard enough through the site there are pics and even videos...

Since when was a gilera runner 180 ever a four stroke?

**R6_kid:Me** · 25th November 2006, 14:57

Originally Posted by texmo

Since when was a gilera runner 180 ever a two stroke?

http://sx205.com/images/gilera1.jpg

yours was a four stroke right? or was i wrong and yours was a two stroke?

edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilera_Runner

i'm confused...

i read a website that said they used to be 180cc two stroke but are now 180cc four stroke but i cant find a link for it, i remember yours not being able to go much more than 120ish? Yet that wikipedia thing says they could do 160kmh.

**texmo** · 25th November 2006, 16:09

I ment four stroke, not two stroke. I ment to say the opposite of what you said, In other words no mine was a two stroke not a four stroke.
Just because the speedo goes up to 160km/hr dont mean the bike will do that, mine did 134km/hr I think on a GPS.
There never was a 180 four stroke made, the 200 four stroke came about later on becuase of new emmision laws, the DNA180 was however a four stroke.
The gilera runner and dragster both had the same motors. Standard out of the factory they could do 0-100 in 6 seconds. 16hp at the wheel, which isnt bad for a CVT trans. With a Fabrizi kit you can get them producing around 38hp at the wheel.