Tag: Italy

  • Fiat’s Lingotto factory in Turin with its Rooftop Banked Track!

    Though not necessarily a moto-centric post, one that I believe you will find interesting nevertheless. 1923 marked the completion of the Lingotto Fiat Factory in Turin, Italy. Though not as large as the Ford’s River Rouge Factory Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, it was the first of its kind to use a spiral five story…

  • The Scooters of Italy…

    On our European vacation we had the pleasure of observing quite the variety of scooter riders in Italy. These riders were full of bravado and amazing skills. For all the scooters perusing the roadways, you see very few close calls and less incidents. This seems truly amazing to me, coming from America where no one…

  • A non riding holiday in Italy and Germany!

    I feel a bit remiss being absent from my blog for nearly three weeks now, but I was traveling in Europe with family and the wifi connections were simply not adequate to get my photos uploaded and to follow though with a post. It’s been a bit crazy, traveling with my mother-in-law and sis-in-law as…