Hello, Has it been established that the Maserati car maker had any involvement with these bikes? If they had, wouldn't they have allowed the use of their Maserati badge for the head tube? The Maserati motorcycles had them -why not the bicycles?
Derek Willburn
Long Beach, CA
>
> Jerry,
> Thanks for the information. And you do recall
> correctly: the Maserati
> brothers sold the auto company around 1947. I
> believe Citroen owned it in
> the early 70's before selling to DeTomaso in 1976,
> etc. But this all
> strays into the OT (and contentious slippery-slope
> argument of what were
> the interesting and worthy Masers and in whose
> opinion...)
> I was really hoping somebody would know who made the
> bikes, especially the
> better models... Maserati is in Modena, across town
> from that other little
> Italian car company, Ferrari. Any guesses as to who
> made the frames?
>
> Malaguti was a bicycle racer in the 1930s, made
> bicycles, then later motor
> scooters. Does anybody on the list own a Malaguti
> bicycle?
>
> Thanks to everyone who replied,
> Ed Kasper
> Detroit MI
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: jerrymoos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <doghouse44@earthlink.net>;
> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Date: 6/8/2004 4:40:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Maserati and Malaguti and?
> >
> > I remember these from the late 70's or very early
> 80's. I'm pretty sure
> it
> > was just a licensing deal in which an established
> Italian bike maker build
> > the bikes with the famous Maserati name and logo.
> I don't think the car
> > company was actually involved in the design or
> manufacturing. If I recall
> > correctly, the Maserati brothers weren't even
> running the car company by
> > that time. I believe they sold out in the 60's
> and later built small
> > displacement sports cars under the name OSCA.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Edward Kasper" <doghouse44@earthlink.net>
> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:24 PM
> > Subject: [CR]Maserati and Malaguti and?
> >
> >
> > > Duane's posting of his Maserati f/f auction has
> me curious about the
> > histories of the 'other' Italian MAxxxxs, since
> Masi has been covered a
> bit
> > already. Any info is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Ed Kasper
> > > Detroit MI
> > >
> > >
> > > Edward Kasper
> > > doghouse44@earthlink.net
> > > Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
> > >
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