Glossary of Italian motorcycle terms

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eabergman

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While working on my 1957 Moto Morini 175 I was dealing with an Italian manual and looking up what various technical terms meant was slowing me down a lot, so I took a little extra time and starting recording the English translations of the terms that I came across. I'm attaching the text file to this message. It's a work in progress. If any of you find it useful, great, but I'm hoping that the inevitable mistakes may be corrected by someone, and perhaps some additional terms added.

Eric
 

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eabergman said:
While working on my 1957 Moto Morini 175 I was dealing with an Italian manual and looking up what various technical terms meant was slowing me down a lot, so I took a little extra time and starting recording the English translations of the terms that I came across. I'm attaching the text file to this message. It's a work in progress. If any of you find it useful, great, but I'm hoping that the inevitable mistakes may be corrected by someone, and perhaps some additional terms added.

Eric
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Thanks Eric
When I started working on my Laverda, my US version manual listed all the fasteners as Screw, Bolt, Nut, Washer. No sizing. I finally got a copy of a European manual that listed actual sizing.
Your txt file will come in handy.
thank you
Larry
 
I see that it has "albero motore" as the Italian for crankshaft.
I prefer the term I read in an Italian article a while back about some engine or other (I forget what make/model it was about).
They called it "albero a gomiti". The literal translation being "tree of elbows". That tickled my funny bone, which is appropriately located on the elbow.
 
I did a small Google translate when working on my Atlas Carb, if I had a printer making a rudimentary English translated manual would be a fun excise.
 
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