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Title: Italian Twins Want To Meet You
Post by: twowings on April 30, 2018, 08:27:45 PM

This is a link to an Italian motorcycle for sale. No connection to seller. No warranty is expressed or implied.

Have not heard of this bike before...interestin g design...

(https://i2.wp.com/www.bike-urious.com/wp-content/uploads/Moto-Rumi-Junior-Left-Side.jpg?fit=881%2C548)

http://www.bike-urious.com/1958-moto-rumi-junior/ (http://www.bike-urious.com/1958-moto-rumi-junior/)

Title: Re: Italian Single Wants To Meet You
Post by: Tusayan on April 30, 2018, 10:36:01 PM

He's a Junior Gentleman... and a twin not a single  :wink: My first boss grew up in rural Colorado in the 50s and had a Rumi when they were new.  As the story went, based on their enthusiasm for the bike he and a partner decided to open a Moto Rumi dealership and start a racing program.  He told me sales could be counted on the fingers of one hand, not using many of them  :grin:

They apparently tried running  their racer with open exhausts, and were surprised that it went slower.  That led them to learn about expansion chambers and Walter Kaaden's MZs.  Another story is that they decided to see how it would run with no piston rings, just as an experiment.  He said it ran OK high rpm, but not at low rpm.  He later became a somewhat famous engineer in his field, and 'out there' experimentation was par for the course.  I'd ask him about Rumis again but he passed away a few years ago.

Title: Re: Italian Single Wants To Meet You
Post by: pehayes on May 01, 2018, 12:41:55 AM

We have a SoCal rider who uses one of these in our Giro d'California event.  All white.  IIRC, it is 125cc, two stroke, parallel,  flat twin.  Quite a sporty machine.

Picture here:

http://craig.howell.net/05girodcalifornia/imagepages/image12.htm (http://craig.howell.net/05girodcalifornia/imagepages/image12.htm)

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

Title: Re: Italian Twins Want To Meet You
Post by: twowings on May 01, 2018, 06:10:58 AM

Are the seat and tank padding OEM?

Title: Re: Italian Twins Want To Meet You
Post by: JJ on May 02, 2018, 07:22:54 AM

27-year old Italian twins at the Turtle Fountain in Piazza Mattei in Rome, Italy  :thumb: :wink: :cool:


(https://thumb.ibb.co/nuZg17/Screen_Shot_2018_05_02_at_5_21_29_AM.png) (https://ibb.co/nuZg17)


I saw this beauty at Del Mar, CA in 2011...and man, was it LOUD when he fired it up!  Beautiful Italian craftsmanship!


(https://thumb.ibb.co/ncqFTn/IMG_6819.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ncqFTn)

(https://thumb.ibb.co/bW8fuS/IMG_6820.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bW8fuS)

Title: Re: Italian Twins Want To Meet You
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on May 02, 2018, 08:33:41 AM

I've only seen one Rumi in real life - that was at the Italia '90 (or '91?) Rally held in Jennerstown, PA. Very interesting little bike. On occasion one pops up on Craigslist nearby - total basketcase for some astounding amount of $$, so little interest from me.