Giancarlo Morbidelli had considerable success building and racing motorcycles of his own design, including winning a 125cc world championship, defeating the factory entries. His dream was to build a Superbike, a V-8. This bike is one of the four prototypes, which Morbidelli had hoped would be mass-produced, but lack of consumer interest, centered mainly on the controversial styling killed the project. #morbidelliv8 #morbidelli #motorcycle #italianmotorcycle #bvmm #barbermuseum | Barber Vintage M

Donnino Rumi founded Moto Rumi in 1949 and introduced the Junior Corsa (known as the Junior Sport in US and UK markets) in 1953. Today, we look at a 1957 Junior Corsa formerly owned by Morbidelli and restored by Giancarlo Morbidelli himself. Godere. #warehousewednesday #rumi #motorumi #juniorcorsa #italianmoto #vintageitalian | Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

12K views · 477 reactions | I'll never forget the first time I met Giancarlo Morbidelli. I'll miss visiting with him, listening to crazy stories and learning more in a day then anyone else could teach me in a year! R.I.P. my friend. The moto God is lucky to have you, as were we! | L.A.Nik | Facebook