FB-Mondial 250 Bialbero

I’m always looking for an excuse to feature a racing motorcycle with a dustbin fairing. These new shots are from Australian photographer Phil Aynsley, and were taken recently in Florence. They show an exquisite 1956 FB-Mondial: the very machine that took Tarquinio Provini to second place in the 1957 250cc Grand Prix world championship. Mondial was a very small Milanese firm, much smaller than Moto Guzzi, but it made a name for itself through competition. (The 'FB' stood for 'Fratelli Boselli', the family that owned the company.) Alfonso Drusiani designed the engine of this bike, complete with a bevel drive...