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It always amazes me when I arrive at any Italian motorcycle swap meet that the motorcycles and parts that we consider rare or chance sightings in the USA, are so incredibly common here. Mostra Scambio’s (what these events are called in Italian) are held literally every weekend all over Italy. An integral part of this culture that loves motorcycles and prefers cash transactions when possible, the vendors come out in droves. Novegro is the biggest of the winter meets, held the same week in the same town as the giant EICMA motorcycle show, for me it's a great "2-fer", one week of travel at off season airfare produces two great events. Most meets are some mixture of antiques, cars and motorcycles, and this one is as well, but this is motorcycle week in Milan and that's what the focus is here. Novegro has been going on for 29 years and it's huge - 12,000 square meters of indoor vendors and over 60,000 square meters outside, no wonder you can see and find just about everything here if you look hard enough. Join me for a look at Novegro Mostra Scambio, 2009.
Photos and Story by Vicki Smith
For photos of the 2009 EICMA motorcycle show click here:http://photos.ducati.net/Motorcycles-Vickis-View/Milan-Motorcycle-Show-EICMA/10276647_zryR4
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Welcome to Novegro, where everything can be found if you look hard enough. No really, EVERYTHING
Welcome to Novegro, where everything can be found if you look hard enough. No really, EVERYTHING
Remember all those beautiful models posing on new bikes at EICMA? Well here they look a little different.
Remember all those beautiful models posing on new bikes at EICMA? Well here they look a little different.
But the treasures to be found are endless. First thing we see when we walk in the gate, these Ducati Cucciolo motors. Bargin priced, as expected, they were gone in just minutes
But the treasures to be found are endless. First thing we see when we walk in the gate, these Ducati Cucciolo motors. Bargin priced, as expected, they were gone in just minutes
Or this - if you happened to need a spare Berneg motor (Bernegs are among the most obscure of the old Italian motorcycles) one really might look, well, forever.
Or this - if you happened to need a spare Berneg motor (Bernegs are among the most obscure of the old Italian motorcycles) one really might look, well, forever.
But at Novegro it only took 24 hours to find a buyer. This man passed me Saturday afternoon on the way out the gate with the Bernag motor
But at Novegro it only took 24 hours to find a buyer. This man passed me Saturday afternoon on the way out the gate with the Bernag motor
It's a great place to find mainstream treasures as well. We attend every year and this year the fair was well populated with nicely done bikes like this Ducati for sale.
It's a great place to find mainstream treasures as well. We attend every year and this year the fair was well populated with nicely done bikes like this Ducati for sale.
For us, finding parts to keep it all running is what our trip is about. In the USA, parts like these are getting harder and harder to find
For us, finding parts to keep it all running is what our trip is about. In the USA, parts like these are getting harder and harder to find
But here, while not cheap, especially at today's rate of $1.47 to the euro, they are still plentiful
But here, while not cheap, especially at today's rate of $1.47 to the euro, they are still plentiful
Beautiful little Italian bikes are everywhere. Novegro is a living history lesson. That's a Beta, one of the many small motorcycle companies that sprang up in Italy in the early 1900's as a bicycle company. What was unusual about Beta was that it was in Florence, not Bologna. Formed in a partnership between Bianchi and Tosi, it continues to make dirt bikes to this day
Beautiful little Italian bikes are everywhere. Novegro is a living history lesson. That's a Beta, one of the many small motorcycle companies that sprang up in Italy in the early 1900's as a bicycle company. What was unusual about Beta was that it was in Florence, not Bologna. Formed in a partnership between Bianchi and Tosi, it continues to make dirt bikes to this day
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