Year: 1950-1955
Not registered, without papers.
Engine No. A * 3448 *_x000D_
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Motom was founded in Milan in 1945 by the De Angeli Frua family, driven by the desire to diversify production proposals in addition to their textile processing plants. It started producing the famous 48 series 4-stroke motorbikes and, after a few years, in 1950, it presented a truly futuristic model called the 98 T. The designer of this motorbike was engineer Pietro Remor, already famous for having designed the Rondine 500 GP with the OPRA brand name that later became Gilera and then MV with a whole dynasty of victorious GP motorbikes. The frame was truly original, in stamped sheet metal and weighing only 6 kg, with a swingarm front suspension that also included the mudguard; the central tunnel that hid the engine was unusual, with a large storage compartment in the upper part. The truly original aesthetics earned the Motom 98 an exhibition at the MOMA in New York, the Triennale in Milan and a prize at the Concorso d'Eleganza di Villa d'Este in 2015. The TS was the sports variant: a precious two-wheeled work of art that deserves to be exhibited and admired. Restored and presumably never used since. A general mechanical check is recommended before use.