Malanca 125
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Malanca 125GP
The Malanca 125 Grand Prix racer is forever bound up with the
name of the unlucky man who drove it, Otello Buscherini, who tragically lost his
life at the 1976 Italian Grand Prix during the 250-cc. race, in which he had
entered his own Yamaha.
A few hours before the fatal accident, Buscherini had ridden the two-cylinder
Malanca in a splendid 125-class race. During that race he had seriously
threatened Pier Paolo Bian-chi, the top Morbidelli driver, and his teammate
Paolo Pileri, who was then reigning champion.
But Buscherini's challenge had come to naught, for he had to
settle for third place when the engine's performance declined.
!t was the first time in two years that Morbidelli's supremacy had been
challenged. Otello Buscherini and Malanca had upset people's plans before. When
official Yamahas ridden by Kent Andersson and Charles Mortimer were dominating
the field,
Buscherini and Malanca won the 1973 Czechoslovakian and
Finnish Grand Prix, but they had to renounce their hopes of accumulating a more
substantial number of points; the Japanese industrial giants were simply too
much for the small Bolognan company.
In 1974 Malanca and Buscherini again proved their worth by winning two second
and three third places in world championship racing.
Motorcycle: Malanca 125
Manufacturer: Malanca Ciclomotori, Pon-tecchio Marconi, Bologna Type: Racing
Year: 1973
Engine: Malanca two-cylinder, two-stroke, with double rotating-disk
distribution. Displacement 123.5 cc. (43.8 mm. x 41 mm.)
Cooling: Water
Transmission: Six-speed block
Power: About 36 h.p. at 14,000 r.p.m.
Maximum speed: Over 135 m.p.h.
Chassis: Double cradle, continuous, tubular. Front and rear, telescopic
suspension
Brakes: Front, double hydraulic disk; rear, hydraulic disk