Malanca

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Malanca
legal form Spa
founding 1956
resolution 1986
Seat Bologna , Italy
management Mario Malanca
Branch vehicle construction

Malanca was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer .

Mario Malanca founded the Malanca company in Bologna in 1956 , and in 1978 the son Marco Malanca took over the company. The first self-made model - after buying your own lathe  - was a moped. Some 50 cc models with two-stroke engines followed, such as the Testa Rossa in 1970 . Two-cylinder engines were produced from 1973 and production was discontinued in 1986.

Models

Nuova 125

In 1973 the Nuova 125 model was presented; Malanca produced the engine and the gearbox itself. In 1975 the Malanca Nuova 125 E2C Sport was presented with two disc brakes and electronic ignition. This model was also delivered to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1976 to 1986. The two-cylinder two-stroke engine (bore / stroke: 43 × 43 mm) initially developed 20 hp at 9000 / min, in the last stage of expansion (water-cooled since 1981) 25 hp at 11000 / min. For Italy there was a "motorway version" with 150 cm³. Off-road machines were also developed in the 1980s. The Malanca 125 Mark and the Malanca 125 T were offered with a two-cylinder engine throttled to 17 hp.

Malanca with 80 cm³

With the introduction of the class of light motorcycles on April 1, 1980, the German importer offered Malancas with a displacement of 80 cm³. By reducing the bore (34 instead of 43 mm), the engine was derived directly from the air-cooled 125cc. The machine had a two-cylinder engine with 8.2 hp, clip-on handlebars and set back footrests as an exclusive model. Later the GTS 5 was offered, a Mokick with a five-speed gearbox and 3 hp.

Racing

Malanca racing machine (third from right)

Since 1968, Malanca has been developing racing motorcycles, initially for the Italian championship , including a two-cylinder engine with 125 cc and 36 hp at 14,000 rpm in 1972 and a 50-series version with 16 hp at 15,500 rpm.

Otello Buscherini was successful with it. He achieved third places in the 1972 motorcycle world championship in the so-called schnapps glass class , two victories in the 1973 season in the class up to 125 cm³, and two second places in 1974 . Buscherini had a fatal accident in a race in Mugello in 1976 with a 250 cc Yamaha ; Malanca closed his racing department in the same year.

  • Malanca moped

  • Malanca Testa Rossa 50 (1971)

  • Malanca "Sprint" (1967), engine 2-stroke, 4-speed, 50 cm³, 3.5 kW, empty weight. 52 kg

  • Malanca 125 E2C Sport (1977)

literature

  • S. Ewald, G. Murrer: Encyclopedia of the motorcycle . Novara 1996. (German edition: Weltbild Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-86047-142-2 )
  • Hugo Wilson: The Lexicon of the Motorcycle . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-01719-9 .

Web links

Commons : Malanca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Malanca ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.motorradwallpaper.de
  2. ^ Hugo Wilson, p. 260.
  3. ^ Motorcycle catalog 1986, p. 50.
  4. ↑ Motorcycles up to 125 cm³ cubic capacity were prohibited from using the motorway.
  5. ^ Hugo Wilson, p. 260.
  6. ^ Motorcycle catalog 1986, data, dimensions, prices, p. 12.
  7. ↑ Motorcycle Catalog 1984, p. 155.
  8. ↑ Malanca 80
  9. ^ Motorcycle catalog 1986, p. 163.
  10. ↑ S. Ewald, p. 312.