New The Italjet Mini Mini Sold For $900 At Bonhams Vegas Auction Jan 2017
Publisher Floyd Clymer, best known for running Cyclemagazine from 1951-66, was too a wheeler-dealer intent of bringing defunct Indian Motorcycles dorsum to life. Reportedly, Clymer sank a quarter-million dollars of his ain coin into the project, but sadly his stab at a restart died amongst him inwards 1970. Clymer's heirs therefore passed the Indian advert onto Alan Newman, who established a surprisingly consummate trouble of sub-125cc models earlier closing the functioning inwards 1976.
One of those neo-Indians was the Mini Mini, ballyhooed equally the "Ultimate Christmas Present" inwards society ads claiming it was the world's smallest consummate motorcycle. Built past times Italjet inwards Italia using a 49.7cc Morini engine amongst centrifugal clutch, the Mini weighed all of 57lbs., had a 30.5in. wheelbase as well as a topographic point tiptop of merely 18in., spell top speed could survive parentally restricted to 10mph as well as grooming wheels were available equally an option!
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