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Gilera Nexus is a maxi-scooter manufactured by Italian company Piaggio under the Gilera brand. Sold from 2003. Sold from 2003. It is available in four engines (the 125, 250, 300 and 500 cm 3 ).
After World War II, Gilera dominated Grand Prix motorcycle racing, winning the 500 cc road racing world championship six times in eight years. [6] Facing a downturn in motorcycle sales due to the increase in the popularity of automobiles after the war, Gilera made a gentleman's agreement with the other Italian motorcycle makers to quit Grand Prix racing after the 1957 season as a cost-cutting ...
On his departure from Gilera, Remor took the blueprints of the 500/4 engine with him. [7] These provided the basis for MV Agusta's new 500cc four-cylinder machine, the MV Agusta 500 4C. From drawing board to test track it only took 15 weeks, but that was not surprising because the engine was almost identical to the Gilera 500 4C. [4]
Gilera DNA; Gilera Nexus; Gilera Runner; I. Gilera Ice; P. Piaggio MP3; R. Aprilia RSV 250 This page was last edited on 26 July 2021, at 07:27 (UTC). Text is ...
Top Gear define a qualifying vehicle as a road-legal production car on road-legal tires that has sufficient ride height to clear a standard speed bump. For these reasons the F1 car (Renault R24) (0:59.0), Aston Martin DBR9 (1:08.6) and Sea Harrier (0:31.2) do not appear.
Ducati 500 GP ELF-Honda; ELF 500 ROC; Gilera 500 4C Gilera 500 GP; Gilera 4; Gilera 500 Saturno "Piuma" Harris-Yamaha; Honda RC181; Honda NR500; Honda NS500; Honda NSR500; Honda NSR500V; Honda NX500; Honda RS500; Horex 500; Jawa Factory Racer; Kawasaki H1A R; Kawasaki H1R; Kawasaki KR500; LinTo 500 GP; Matchless G50; Modenas KR3; Morbidelli 500 ...
Geoffrey Ernest Duke OBE (29 March 1923 – 1 May 2015), born in St. Helens, Lancashire, was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion. [1] He raced several brands of motorcycle: Norton, Gilera, BMW, NSU and Benelli. [2]
The factory machines of the MV AGUSTA racing department "Reparto Corse" in the 500 cc motorcycle world championship. The MV Agusta 500cc road racers were motorcycles that the manufacturer MV Agusta built and which were used to compete in 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing series between 1950 and 1976. 18 500cc world championship titles were achieved with these machines ridden by John Surtees ...