Moto Guzzi Cardellino

The Moto Guzzi Cardellino was a small single-cylinder, two-stroke motorcycle produced by Moto Guzzi from 1954 until 1962, according to its Wikipedia article. The Museo Nicolis in Villafranca di Verona, which holds a 1956 example, says it was made from 1954 as the evolution of the Guzzino 65, with changes at the rear that made it easier to carry a passenger, that it sold for 99,000 lire and was gradually updated and improved, and that it left the catalogue only in 1965, so the sources differ on when production ended. The museum card lists a single cylinder of 64 cc making 2 horsepower, magneto ignition, a telescopic front fork, a rear swingarm with two shock absorbers, carburettor feed, chain transmission and drum brakes. A chronology of the company published by Ultimate Motorcycling lists the Guzzino 65 Cardellino among the postwar debuts and calls it Europe's best-selling motorcycle for more than ten years.