Italjet

Italjet Moto Srl (Italjet) is an Italian manufacturer of motorcycles, headquartered in Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy. The company was founded in 1959 in San Lazzaro, Bologna by Leopoldo Tartarini.

Products

Italjet Dragster 180

Italjet Formula 50 AC

The company has a history of producing light motorcycles, scooters and more recently quadbikes.

In the 1990s, it launched the Dragster, Formula and Velocifero models. In 1998 an Italjet Formula was exhibited as part of The Art of the Motorcycle show at the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

In 1999, the business launched the Grifone, powered by a 900 cc three-cylinder Triumph engine. A completely new factory in Roseto was built to manufacture the Grifone, but in 2002 the company went bust. In 2005 it was taken over by Massimo Tartarini, the son of the original owner. Under his direction the company has developed lightweight touring motorcycles based on the Korean Hyosung 650's frame and engine.

MotoGP

From 2000 to 2002 Italjet competed in the 125 cc MotoGP race series with the Italjet F125.

Year	Pos	Rider	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts	Cons
2000	19	Jaroslav Huleš	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	14	DNS	Ret	8	Ret	9	10	21	Ret			26	4
	27	Leon Haslam	22	19	Ret	17	DNQ	22	10	18	19	Ret	17	Ret	22	Ret	Ret	17	6
	67	Marco Tresoldi															22	Ret	0
2001	21	Stefano Perugini	Ret	11	12	Ret	Ret	11	12	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	16	13	Ret	25	6
	22	Gianluigi Scalvini	13	14	Ret	DNQ	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	18	22	9	18	Ret	9	20
2002	17	Stefano Perugini	11	24	16	Ret	15	13	Ret	11	Ret	18	Ret	6	20	Ret	12	Ret	28	5
	22	Gábor Talmácsi	Ret	18	20	Ret	Ret												0
	30	Christian Pistoni									Ret	Ret	12	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
	24	Leon Camier						24	28	24									0

See also

• List of Italian companies
• List of motorcycle manufacturers

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Italjet motorcycles.

• Official website