Paso's wee brother?

[Derek]

The Cagiva Freccia, another Tamburini designed bike. I've never seen nor heard of these, pity it's only a 125 two-stroke. I would imagine they are like hen's teeth.
More here

And something else on the same lines;

 

[239desmo]

The Dart I have seen before but the Cagiva is a new one on me.
Was the Dart made for the Japanese market?
A couple of the Ducatis of that era were made specifically for their 400cc limit.

 

[miloVanMultistrada]

So the Freccia is to the Paso what the Mito is to the 916!

The Paso still doesn't do much for me though, even in white

 

[Derek]

Was the Dart made for the Japanese market?
A couple of the Ducatis of that era were made specifically for their 400cc limit.

I don't know, it was originally a 350 and later upped to 400. Can't find much about them but probably was for the Japanese market.

 

[239desmo]

A quick search threw following up.....



When it arrived in 1988 the Dart 350 was both futuristic and flamboyant. An astonishing bike to look at, the Dart gave an early example of what would happen as the Castiglioni brothers' Cagiva concern got to grips with the Italian industry. For this project they installed a 350 Morini Vee motor into a Cagiva Freccia chassis, formerly used for a 125cc engine. The Freccia's bodywork was given a once-over by Massimo Tamburini to make a marriage of convenience a work of art in itself. ...............

the 350 was only produced for a couple of years although a 400cc version was made up until 1991 for the Japanese market. The Dart doesn't suit traditionalists who prefer the exposed mechanismo of the Sport and Strada, but for fans of more recent Italians it is a truly individual and expressive small motorcycle.

 

[BruceCampbell]

Two probs with the Dart, looks like something out of a Sci Fi movie and The Dart is a mis noma as they were falt as a F@rt!!!

 

[239desmo]

I quite like the quirky look.

 

[Derek]

Here is one in a particularly nasty shade of puke yellow

The red Freccia looks far better

 

[RobbieT]

[qimg]http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/pictures/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Moto-Morini-Dart-1990-1-570x447.jpg[/qimg]

Didn't realise the Stig also rode bikes....maybe thats why he left top gear.....

 

[molenz]

that second picture, the worst mudgaurds , yuk..
the rest of the bike looks not too bad..

 

[CJK]

Here is one in a particularly nasty shade of puke yellow

[qimg]http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/pictures/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Moto-Morini-Dart-1990-1-570x447.jpg[/qimg]

The red Freccia looks far better

[qimg]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Cagiva_Freccia_Anniversary.jpg/800px-Cagiva_Freccia_Anniversary.jpg[/qimg]

Jings

 

[colz]

that second picture, the worst mudgaurds , yuk..

completely agree, still will be more use than the mudguard on my 749

 

[mbg]

A friend used to keep his Paso at the farm and every time I walked into the garage I thought, 'what an ugly pile of plastic', I still think the same.

He dropped it at low speed when it was only 2 months old and it was almost a write off due to the amount of damage to the fairings.