Cucciolo Vilar

[pgabrieli]

BEAUTIFUL!! Vilars frame are the best looking, I wish I had one for my cucciolo engine!

BTW, anyone interested in these bikes should check out on Yahoo! Groups, there's a forum devoted to pull- and pushrod ducatis, it's called "ducatipushrodsingles"

ciao!

[youjgh26]

a miniature duc..cool*****

[douro20]

@youjgh26

Yep. It was Ducati's fist postwar product. It wasn't developed by them, but this little clip-on engine was the beginning of what would become the most successful Italian motorcycle marque.

[douro20]

This engine is very unique among bicycle engines. Not only is it four-stroke, but its valvetrain pulls the valves open rather than pushing them open.

[joaorp]

( as valvulas tem de ser afinadas..)

[portugalcantinho]

Uma preciosidade. O meu pai teve também um Cucciolo (década de 50)