{"id":173696,"date":"2022-03-29T14:54:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T12:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-museonicolis.leaduser.it\/rumi-1957-1960-formichino\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T17:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T15:27:07","slug":"rumi-1957-1960-formichino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/rumi-1957-1960-formichino\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumi, 1957-1960, Formichino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumi Formichino, 1957-1960, Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rumi <\/strong>was born in the 20s in Bergamo as a foundry producing propellers and periscopes. After WWII the company started a new business as motorcycle engine manufacturer and later complete motorbikes.
\nRumi motorcycles always stood out for their originality,<\/strong> both stylistic and technical, so much so to be defined as the artist’s motorcycles<\/em> also because their “father”, Donnino Rumi,<\/strong> was a talented painter and sculptor who dedicated most of its time to art after retiring from the industrial activities.
\nThe 1950s <\/strong>saw a florid period for the scooter<\/strong> market in Italy, soon dominated by Vespa<\/strong><\/a> and Lambretta<\/strong><\/a>. Rumi wanted to join the party first with the Scoiattolo<\/em> an later with the Formichino,<\/strong> unveiled in 1954. <\/strong>The unique<\/strong> shape of the latter was designed by the founder Donnino Rumi who seemed to have started modeling some clay<\/strong> around the engine placed on stands.
\nThe engine was the same used on the other company models: a 125,<\/strong> and later 150<\/strong> cc, twin-cylinder<\/strong> engine.
\n<\/b>The Formichino will be produced in different versions: Normale, Lusso<\/em> and Sport<\/em> and a reasonable commercial success also due to its victory at the Bol d’Or,\u00a0<\/strong>celebrated also with a special gold edition.
\nThe scooter will kept its shape mostly unchanged until the end of production, that will correspond to the closing of the company after a financial distress in 1960.<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n