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[[Image:1964-Ossa-175-Sport.jpg| | [[Image:1964-Ossa-175-Sport.jpg|right|thumb|1964 Ossa 175 Sport]] | ||
The Barcelona based firm of '''Ossa''' was founded by Manuel Giro in the late 1940s, Ossa quickly developed a reputation for [[trials]], [[enduro]] and [[trail]] machines, mostly with two-stroke engines. The firm also built quite a few small capacity roadsters and made their impact in road racing with Santiago Herrero, who won several 250cc [[Grands Prix]] on a single cylinder two-stroke in the late 1960s. Tragically, Herrero was killed at the [[Isle of Man TT]] in 1970. After his death Ossa withdrew from Grand Prix racing. Throughout the 1970s the firm built successful enduro bikes, and a rapid twin-cylinder two-stroke known as the Yankee 500 roadster. But industrial problems and lagging sales led to closure of the factory in 1984. After the closure a co-op of workers built a small amount of bikes under the name Ossamoto. | |||
[[Image:1979-Ossa-250-Copa.jpg|left|thumb|1979 Ossa 250 Copa]] | [[Image:1979-Ossa-250-Copa.jpg|left|thumb|1979 Ossa 250 Copa]] | ||
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[[Image:1982-Ossa-250-Urbe.jpg|left|thumb|1982 Ossa 250 Urbe]] | [[Image:1982-Ossa-250-Urbe.jpg|left|thumb|1982 Ossa 250 Urbe]] | ||
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