Vintage motorbike Mayor.Brand: Mayorcountry: Italy - Turinyear: 1947conditions: preserveddisplacement: 349.3 cc. (bore and stroke 76 x 77)engine: vertical single cylinder with overhead valvesgearbox: four-speed with pedal controland final shaft transmissionOne of the most futuristic projects in the history of the motorcycle is due to Salvatore Maiorca, (hence the name of the motorcycle), a brilliant engineer well known in Turin. The Mayor, of which this unique prototype survives, built in the Aeritalia workshops of the Fiat group and thought probably for the municipal police. It has load-bearing and enveloping bodywork that integrates the headlight and mudguards, indirect steering, forced air-cooled aeronautical engine, longitudinal crankshaft that extends in the block gearbox and the shaft transmission. But the most innovative feature for which the Mayor will be remembered, even if it did not follow, are the elastic wheels: a steel disc joins the outer rim to the internal hub by means of rubber pads ensuring, at least in theory, the springing of the motorcycle without the need for other suspension.
