Jerry, Thanks for the information. And you do recall correctly: the Maserati brothers sold the auto company around 1947. I believe Citroen owned it in the early 70's before selling to DeTomaso in 1976, etc. But this all strays into the OT (and contentious slippery-slope argument of what were the interesting and worthy Masers and in whose opinion...) I was really hoping somebody would know who made the bikes, especially the better models... Maserati is in Modena, across town from that other little Italian car company, Ferrari. Any guesses as to who made the frames?
Malaguti was a bicycle racer in the 1930s, made bicycles, then later motor scooters. Does anybody on the list own a Malaguti bicycle?
Thanks to everyone who replied, Ed Kasper Detroit MI
> [Original Message]
> From: jerrymoos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <doghouse44@earthlink.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Date: 6/8/2004 4:40:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Maserati and Malaguti and?
>
> I remember these from the late 70's or very early 80's. I'm pretty sure
it
> was just a licensing deal in which an established Italian bike maker build
> the bikes with the famous Maserati name and logo. I don't think the car
> company was actually involved in the design or manufacturing. If I recall
> correctly, the Maserati brothers weren't even running the car company by
> that time. I believe they sold out in the 60's and later built small
> displacement sports cars under the name OSCA.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edward Kasper" <doghouse44@earthlink.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:24 PM
> Subject: [CR]Maserati and Malaguti and?
>
>
> > Duane's posting of his Maserati f/f auction has me curious about the
> histories of the 'other' Italian MAxxxxs, since Masi has been covered a
bit
> already. Any info is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Ed Kasper
> > Detroit MI
> >
> >
> > Edward Kasper
> > doghouse44@earthlink.net
> > Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.