{"id":24684,"date":"2017-02-04T15:19:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T14:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/24677\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T11:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T09:56:32","slug":"fongri-1921","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/fongri-1921\/","title":{"rendered":"Fongri, 1921, 5 1\/2 Hp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fongri “5 1\/2 Hp”, 1921, Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fongri was born in Turin<\/strong> in 1910\u00a0<\/strong>from the Grignani brothers<\/strong>, motorbikes manufacturers, and\u00a0Fontana<\/strong>. Fongri initially built single-cilinders side-valves JAP<\/strong>-powered motorcycles.
\nEugenio Grignani, cofounder of the brand and technical manager of the company, was a meticulous technician and cared for details, so much so that contrary to the use, he decided to design and produce internally the carburetor and the gearbox too.
\nThe 5<\/strong>\u00a01\/2 HP<\/strong> was ready after WWI and proved to be successful, winning the 1919 edition of the Italian Championship.
\n<\/strong>The winning convinced a group of industrialists from Milan to invest 5 million Lire (a significant amount of money at the time) to industrialize the product: so the collaboration with SAOM \u201cSociet\u00e0 Anonima Officine Meccaniche<\/strong>\u201d from Ceriano Laghetto started.
\nDue to the advent of the 1929 economic crisis and the Italian protectionist politics of the time, the company closed in 1930.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Curiosity: <\/strong>In 1925<\/strong> the 5 1\/2 HP was updated with disk brake<\/strong> at the front, a unique innovation that we will see massively applied only years after WWII.<\/p>\n

TECHNICAL NOTES:
\n<\/strong>Carburetor
\nSide valves
\nMagneto ignition
\nMultiple disks clutch
\nChain drive
\nRigid frame
\nMechanical brakes\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n