Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: Not visible
Engine No: Not visible
CC: 125
MOT: Exempt

• Purchased by the current vendor some 30 years ago
• Part of the Mike Webster collection of scooters and Moto Rumis
• Unrestored and original
• Not run for many years and will need recommissioning
• There is no documentation with this lot
• Extremely rare complete scooter

Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi in Varese, Lombardia, Italy as Nieuport Macchi to build monoplanes and seaplanes under license for the Italian military. The factory was located on the shores of Lake Varese. After World War Two the company began production of motorcycles as a way to fill the post war need for cheap, efficient transportation in much the same way Piaggio also an aircraft manufacturer had done. Aermacchi produced a number of different engined and innovative scooters over the years but in general, sales were poor and the company could not compete with Innocenti or Piaggio. Scooter production ceased somewhere around 1959 but the company continued with motorcycles eventually forming a successful partnership with Harley Davidson.

The 125N, also known at the Cigno (Swan) was only produced in 1951 and 1952. It had a 125cc single horizontal 2-stroke cylinder. Named by wife of the Aermacchi designer, Ing Lino Tonti, she said it looked like a graceful Swan. The 125N did have a unique feature. The dummy tank serving as a glove box could be mounted horizontally like a motorcycle or hinged down into a vertical position one assumed for female riders. In 1953 Aermacchi added Model U and Model M and changed the N Model to the Deluxe Model N. This example looks to be in complete and original condition. Mike Webster is one of the longest standing members and is the official historian of the VMSC (Vintage Motor Scooter club). He has had several books published including Classic Scooters (Paragon, 1997) and Motor Scooters (Shire, 1986).

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