Aprilia Logo — Aprilia is a manufacturer Italian of motorcycles based in Noale, near Venice. It is part of the Italian group Piaggio SpA. The firm Aprilia born at the end of World War II’s desire Cavaliere Alberto Beggio to build bicycles. The brand is very successful, as the production went from 150 to 12.000 vehicles per year in 10 years. Paradoxically, the success in Italy is very relative.

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In 1968, the son of Alberto, Ivano, joined his father at the head of the company. Lying the construction of bike exceeded, it creates a prototype of 50 cm. Public reception is warm. The first models to go into production on a large scale are named Hummingbird, Daniela and Packi. They are followed shortly after by a road, the Scarabeo, presented in 1970 in two capacities, 50 and 125 cm. The Scarabeo remain in production for almost ten years. More