Caprioni Pictures
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Many thanks to Bernie Stevens for this picture of a Caprioni powered by an NSU Max engine
its a 1954 caproni cavimax, as the millan show model of 1954, it weighs 320lb which
as you know is lighter than the max,
i have one that is to catalogue and also restored one for a friend in taunton which
his wife now owns after his death, they were all fited with the sand cast end feed max
motors which are realy smooth the later spezial max motor was lighter and bit more
powerful but not as smooth, i have a scrambler cam in mine, the rims are sanremo
exhaust has a fishtail, airo caproni were a manufacturer of quality also shown in there
aircraft se sneider trophy results,
hope this is of interest, have original adverts for the 54 range of bikes,
ray king