1949 - VESPA 125 CORSA “ALLOY FRAME”

   In 1949 Vespa was first built with a race chassis which was made from the same aluminium alloy used for the construction of aircraft and was assembled with rivets, alloy wheels and technology which was highly advanced during the 40's.
The fuel tank and steering position gave the rider more autonomy which resulted in the optimisation of high speed riding.

Vespa 125cc Corsa participated to many competitions and celebrated many prestigious victories in 1950, with the riders Giuseppe Cau and Dino Mazzoncini achieving the first and second place in the Grand Prix of Bologna; In the same year Cau also won at the Circuit of Perugia riding Vespa 125 in the race No. 38.

Worldwide only six copies of this model along with some prototypes were ever produced by Piaggio.