Ducati Aurea

The Ducati 125 Aurea was a small Ducati motorcycle made from 1958 to 1962, and it differed only superficially from the 125 Bronco that followed it from 1960 to 1966. The two models came out of an unusual way of marketing the marque in the United States. Ducati's American importer, Berliner Motor Corporation, flew its dealers to Italy to look over the models in the lineup, together with a choice of handlebars, seats, fuel tanks and fenders that would fit each one, and the dealers picked the combinations they thought would sell best in the American market. The Aurea carried low racing or drag bar style handlebars. Two years later those were replaced with upright touring handlebars and knobby off-road tires, which produced the Bronco.