August 2009

Scooters MOTO 70 years MULLER

Dear Friends of the 70,

these pages are dedicated to Bruno Muller, a great "small" motorcycle manufacturer that built in the 70 'some of the bikes read (as it then was) more 'beautiful and noble.

People over 50 today will remember how beautiful those blue scooter at the time.

First of all thanks to Andrea Bronzini, Paul Cavaciocchi, Claudio Bonometti, Alfredo Tallinn because 'no ... even (and especially) to my friend Bob ... Maddalozzo for their continued support in finding the passion of the years of youth'.

greetings and thanks to the Friends of the Moto Club Muller, and those of the Forum rust, which you will find links to sites on the pages for friends, for simplicity 'and the passion that these "boys of 50 years "still run deep in the care of their scooters, and many examples will be presented on these pages.

Greetings friend Francesco Pacotom (rust) to the exquisite politeness demonstrated.

It 'hard to find now that original records We tell the story of Muller and his scooter, so I will base 'articles on the journals of the time, over those of the "magazine back'" today and on the information that friends like the lawyer Paul Cavaciocchi, Chairman of the Club "Friends of the Moto Muller, and Paul Scaramuzza, Muller runner in the 70's, want to share with us.

All done with great respect, great sympathy and little technical knowledge of all things, so I put my hands-on-are available to your contests and suggestions

Bruno Muller, Trieste home, after spending several years with other young mechanics in road racing and now with his runner costrutore craft projects such as the Muller NSU 98, at the dawn of 1956, specializes as a manufacturer of frames characterized by innovative and refined chassis and moved to Turin to work as a designer to the Viberti that initiated the creation of a moped called ViVi 48.

accountant Muller (in sweater) with the presentation Canzio Tosi
Muller Morini 125

Bruno Muller's passion for off-road, however, 'calling him soon to collaborate with Aermacchi in 1960 that produces a motorcycle that employs 250 its a special frame that is particularly effective.

Muller Aermacchi

Montesa Motors
Here is a rare photograph of a prototype Muller Bultaco

the meantime he moved to the Viberti Pontevico Muller and Bruno follows the company, but continues to embrace the idea to start his own business and in 1965 from his garage workshop in Cremona out the first fifty Moto Muller that will be 'followed by two other projects that will be presented with great satisfaction already' at the Milan Show in late October: a road, a jeep and a motorcycle on which the tank looks great if ' typical logo with the "swallow" Motorcycle Muller: and 'the beginning of the adventure that will develop' then also reviewing the stylized symbol that so many kids dream of 70 years have on your scooter.

Characteristic frame: a double-cradle bottom, with a large backbone, very simple in concept, which slopes down from the steering tube until the rear fork.
The outline of the frame will remain 'typical over time, with solutions of different stiffness that characterize the various models manufactured in the future.

Detail of the force it back frame Cross

Frame GT Cross, the economic model input

Detail Regularity 'Super , a model ready to race

Special nipple chain Regularity' Super

particular platforms and double stops in the steering Regularity 'Super

For years, the engines will Motori Franco Morini, Bologna firm with which Muller has since made a lasting agreement, followed Zundapp and gradually all the other engines that exploit the talents of bicycle frames Muller.

Morini Motori

Prototype

Morini cooling water

Motori Minarelli Engines

PCR

Special Mirimin with motor PUCH 175

Paul Scaramuzza (Meghet of rust), with its beautiful PCR

Motors Hiro

released in 1966 Muller GT Cross, Motor Morini Turbo 4-speed that led to the pilot immediately Fabio Gatti won the Group A national Regularity ', while other drivers take to debut the 100 class that the next year will win 'the group B with Alberici led the regular models' Super.

In motocross Chitto 'proudly presents the winner Muller Starmarker 250.

Everybody wants Moto Muller: and the company moves into new plant Robecco d'Oglio in order to produce a number of bikes that can handle profitably the request of the demanding market of developing 70 years

The Show in Milan on 69 and 'the consecration of Muller and the Italian off-road ability as' niche that is able to assemble different engines: it is the announcement of cooperation with Zundapp for classes 50, 100 and 125 assembled Perere, while we shall use ' Montesa 250 to 175 and with the collaboration of Pochettino.

Years 70 and 71 collect wins and placings: Turbostar Morini engines with 5-speed radial head in 50, Zundapp still in the 50 and 100 and 125, PRC-derived engine karts for 125, as well as' Montesa 250 in: 17 wins in the championship the first year and over 50 in the second.

The Muller Zundapp 50, 1970 by Victor Slovakia (rust)

Muller Zundapp 125, 1971

The importer with a revolutionary Tadini prototype Zundapp cooled

In 73 Moto Muller won the Italian Cup and also the daughter of the builder, Cristina, gets placed in full respect of motocross racing at par with boys in single sample.

Zundapp 50, 1973

Zundapp 125, 1973

In 74 directs the production and use of Zundapp Motors starts production a small number of motorcycles with engines Hiro cross 125.

In 75 to life the last "real" Muller.

is presented a new chassis featuring shock absorbers with pitched chance 'to also use those gas ...

..... but the difficulties 'of the new market, the costs of developments, some difficulties' linked to the marketing cause the closure of the company until 1978, although some mark Motorrad motorcycles characterized by Muller will be assembled with the frames remained in Sondrio unsold.

Muller pero 'non-stop, working with Tomos and Gabor and finally with the aeronautical engineering, designing and transforming aircraft ultralight seaplanes which won several international titles and also the World Cup until 1993 when we leave prematurely in Bologna.

In 2000 the passion for motorcycles Muller seems to pulsate back strong among the then 14 year olds and now 50's, which bought back the scooter of youth 'and appear annually at the Rally for Verolanuova Muller.