Ciao bella, Bonhams!

Bonhams Motorcycles’ first sale in Italy entitled Passione Moto, will take place on the weekend of October 1/2 at the world-renowned Moto dei Miti Museum near Rome.

In a change to the previous dates in April, this is being staged in partnership with motorcycle paddock-great Genesio Bevilacqua, founder of the Althea Racing team and the Civita Castellana museum. That means some gorgeous race machines will be featured…

More than 100 motorcycles will be offered in the sale covering decades of international motorcycling history, including a selection of the museum’s own sports and competition machines, the tasty titbits of which include:

Ex-team Gallina, 1981 Suzuki RG500: The Suzuki RG500 was ridden to 50 Grand Prix victories and carried three riders to win the World Championships – Team Gallina’s Marco Lucchinelli and

Franco Uncini in 1981 and 1982 respectively and Barry Sheene in 1976 and 1977. Restored by Team Gallina in the 1990s, this RG500 was their development bike and was used to test components.

Other race bikes include a 1967 Aermacchi Harley-davidson 250cc Ala d’oro racer, an excarlos Checa, Althea Racing Team, 2010 Ducati 1198 and the ex-davide Giugliano, Althea Racing Team, 2012 Ducati 1198 RS12 World Superbike. Road bikes up for sale include a 1967 Aermacchi Harley-davidson 250cc Sprint CRS scrambler, a 1985 BMW 798cc R80G/S Paris-dakar road homage of the race bike which won the gruelling Paris-dakar Rally in 1981 and 1983, and a 1974 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport. For more go to: