{"id":23326,"date":"2011-10-14T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=23326"},"modified":"2022-06-21T16:45:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T15:45:53","slug":"friday-bike-crush-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/friday-bike-crush-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Bike Crush # 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23329\" title=\"LF11_r218_01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1089\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01.jpeg 1089w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01-1024x698.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01-624x425.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01-278x189.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01-526x358.jpeg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01-650x444.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01-572x390.jpeg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1089px) 100vw, 1089px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Every now and then the distinguished folk at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmauctions.com\/\">RM Auctions<\/a> come up with a doozy we can&#8217;t ignore.<\/p>\n<p>We spotted this 1953 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maserati.com\/\">Maserati <\/a>bike in the auction list for their forthcoming London event (26th October) and we had to share.<\/p>\n<p>This is apparently one of the earliest motorcycles to wear the trident badge &#8211; and was the product of a time just after the company had acquired the Bologna-based motorcycle manufacturer Italmoto. Maser then shifted production to their home in Modena.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the lovely detailing of the bikes they made, like that on this little 125 single, the company only made two wheelers until 1960 &#8211; by which time the big Italian manufacturers had made competition very stiff indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Lovely fodder for some weekend daydreaming&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23330\" title=\"LF11_r218_03\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03-624x416.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03-278x185.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03-251x167.jpeg 251w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03-526x350.jpeg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03-666x444.jpeg 666w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_03-572x381.jpeg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maserati&#8217;s rare and pretty little single from 1953 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[332,110],"tags":[860,1302,955],"class_list":["post-23326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-blog","tag-1950s","tag-classic-motorbikes","tag-road","manufacturers-maserati-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1950&#039;s Maserati Bike<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the earliest motorcycles to wear the trident badge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/friday-bike-crush-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1950&#039;s Maserati Bike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the earliest motorcycles to wear the trident badge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/friday-bike-crush-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Influx Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-14T11:30:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-21T15:45:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LF11_r218_01.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Fordham\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@influxmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@influxmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Fordham\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/friday-bike-crush-4\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/friday-bike-crush-4\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Fordham\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/#\/schema\/person\/a6c91b312024b67eded5a6ab27166bac\"},\"headline\":\"Friday Bike Crush # 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