[PAAirheads] Moto Giro Event for 2019

[Tom Cutter]

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Tom Cutter
Yardley, PA
www.RubberChickenRacingGarage.com

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On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 2:46 AM Todd Trumbore via PAAirheads <
paairheads at mail.casano.com> wrote:

>
> Subject: Moto Giro Event for 2019
>
> I plan on organizing and hosting a Moto Giro some time next year.  As you
> know this is a competition riding smaller displacement motorbikes,
> typically less than 250cc, and older bikes, some restrict the age to 1957
> or older.  I would relax these rules to 305cc and years 1970 or older.  In
> Europe they hold this event over several days or a week, we would reduce
> this to one day, followed with a nice cook-out and tire kicking session.
>
> I’m posting this notice now in hopes of gaining interest with you and your
> riding friends and to give you time to acquire an older smaller
> displacement bike.  If this is something that interests you please let me
> know.  Tom Cutter is just now dusting off his 1967 Bridgestone 175cc
> Hurricane scrambler...what about you?
>
> Hoping for a nice response.  Your thoughts and suggestions always
> appreciated.
>
> Regards, Todd Trumbore
>
>
> The first Motogiro d’Italia ran in 1914. It was a real motorcycle race
> over Italian public roads. This counterpart of the automotive Mille Miglia
> became Italy’s premier two-wheel road race. After World War II the event
> burgeoned, and by 1954, 50 different manufacturers were competing in an
> eight-stage event covering more than 2,100 miles. Three years later, it was
> all over: A fatal crash in the 1957 Mille Miglia led the Italian government
> to ban public road competition.
>
> In 2001, a company named Dream Engine, run by a Ducati executive,
> resurrected the giro as a reliability trial. The original giro had classes
> for 75cc, 100cc, 125cc and 175cc machinery. The new giro had classes for
> the same size bikes, with the bikes limited to 1957 or earlier. The idea
> caught on, and giros are now being held around the world and across the
> U.S., including New England, Alabama and California, in addition to the
> original event in Italy, which is now presented by Club Terni. The rules
> differ from event to event, but the idea is always the same: riding small,
> older bikes against the clock on scenic roads.
>
> Many people build bikes specifically for giro events. “I first learned
> about giro events from a friend in Scotland, who invited me to the event
> there,” says Barry Porter, owner of the 1954 MV Agusta 175 CSS Disco
> Volante featured here. “I went over and rode and had a blast. I came back
> home and went looking for an MV Agusta to ride in the giro.”
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