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The Piatti Scooter
Despite its Italian name, the Piatti scooter was of Belgian (and later, British) manufacture, being originally produced in 1954 in Belgium by D'Ieteren. Its name came from its designer, Vincent Piatti. In 1956, production also commenced at the Cyclemaster works at Byfleet in Surrey, England.''The Motor Cycle (magazine), The Motor Cycle'', two-page road test, 7 March 1957, pp.298-299. Accessed 15 June 2019 However, the increasing availability of affordable small cars in Europe affected sales of the Piatti (and other scooters) and production eventually ceased. According to Erwin Tragatsch in a brief entry on the Piatti scooter in his ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles'', Cyclemaster "failed to find many customers for this product", and manufactured only a small number before British production terminated. The Piatti scooter has the dubious distinction of being, in the words of Bob Currie (author of ''Great British Motorcycles of the Sixties''), "the worst scooter ever perp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Piatti may refer to: People * Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901), Italian cellist * Giovanni Battista Piatti (1812–1867), Italian civil engineer * Ignacio Piatti (born 1985), Argentine footballer * Marco Piatti (born 1958), Swiss gymnast * Pablo Piatti (born 1989), Argentine footballer * Polo Piatti, British-Argentine composer, pianist and conductor * Prospero Piatti (c. 1842–1902), Italian painter * Lorna Piatti-Farnell (born 1980), New Zealand academic * Riccardo Piatti (born 1958), Italian tennis coach * Sante Piatti (1687–1747), Italian painter * Ugo Piatti (1888–1953), Italian painter and instrument maker Others * Piatti scooter, a motor scooter of the 1950s * In older music scores, ''piatti'' is the Italian term for cymbals See also * Pattie (other) * Patty (other) * Patti (name) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
