Word: gilera
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...Triennale, whose theme is leisure, the emphasis is on the lighthearted Yet the stocky curves of Finnish target rifles or rowboats, the unbulky, trim-below-the-hips power of an Italian Gilera 250-cc. motorcycle, or the sweep of Italian wicker rocking chairs show amply that much art is not made to hang on walls...
...Fiat alone has put $140 million into its automotive and truck-tractor plants in Córdoba; the Techint industrial complex outside Buenos Aires represents another $75 million in Italian capital. In 'the export market, Olivetti Argentina is now selling typewriters and calculating machines to Peru and Turkey, Gilera motorcycles from Argentina are buzzing around the U.S., and Fiat electrical motors-also made in Argentina-will soon go to Egypt. Last week the Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, Italy's state oil monopoly, was reportedly negotiating with high-level Argentine officials, hoping to pick up the U.S. oil contracts that...
...British bikes that have dominated the races since World War II. The Junior T.T. (for machines up to 350 cc.) went to an Italian Moto Guzzi; the Senior T.T. (for 500-cc. bikes) was won easily by British Motorcycle Champion Geoff Duke, mounted on a four-cylinder Italian Gilera. Duke's best time over a 37¼ mile lap: 99.97 m.p.h...
...Motorcyclist," the parade was led by none other than the No. 1 motorcyclist himself. At the Casa Rosada (Pink House, Argentina's White House), President Juan Perón, decked out in a broad smile and a jockey cap, dismounted from his Italian-made Gilera to take the riders' salutes...
When Curli flourished his flag at the start, 39 speed-happy cyclists roared off around the treacherous four-mile asphalt course. Soon, as expected, the race settled down to a duel between Italy's Umberto Masetti, 23, riding a Gilera, and Britain's Geoffrey Duke, 27, on his Norton. For the world title, Masetti held a slim lead, 22 points to 19, based on six previous races this summer (eight points for first, six for second, four for third, etc.). In the final at Monza, all Masetti needed to clinch the 1950 title was to finish no worse...
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