Re: [CR]Re: Masi on Ebay.. Why, why?

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From: <BobHoveyGa@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:18:48 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Masi on Ebay.. Why, why?
To: richardsachs@juno.com, BobHoveyGa@aol.com
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

e-RICHIE writes:
>>snipped:
>>"It is yet another thing for a bunch of guys to get together and build a
>>hideously expensive sports car and name it 'Bugatti' when they have
>>no connection by blood, nationality, or philosophy to the original."
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>great point. that's the way i feel about any branded u.s. masi
>built after the rexart era.
>e-RICHIE
>chester, ct

I think I would give Masi USA a little more credit than that... While one could argue that US-built Masis may never have had a connection by nationality, and perhaps a progressively diminishing connection by blood (as Faliero returned to Italy and people he trained began to leave over a period of years), I think there may have been a strong philosophical connection that remained... Many of the USA Masis were well-built, nicely finished, and rode well right up into the San Marcos era (better than Alberto's Presiges, I've heard more than a few say).

Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA